Plenary: The Commander in Chief at High-Tide, Wherever that Line May Be

The Commander in Chief at High-Tide, Wherever that Line May Be

60 minutes

1.0 G

Plenary description: This presentation will center on the increasing use of commander in chief powers such as the Alien Act as well as the use of the military and other national security functions for routine duties and what the state of the law is regarding these uses.  It will try to cut through hyperbole in the press and provide meaningful examples of where an administration will test norms and either be constrained or create new norms through formal rulings or judicial and legislative acquiescence. 

Prof. Joshua ("Josh") Kastenberg born in Los Angeles in 1967 and an avid Dodgers fan, grew up in what was then called West Germany, Rockville Maryland and Los Angeles again. He attended UCLA, Purdue (for a masters) and Georgetown. Commissioned through Air Force ROTC in college he had a career in the Air Force where he worked on intelligence, cyber warfare and was a judge advocate. He also served as a prosecutor where he prosecuted over 200 trials. An avid historian, he joined the faculty at UNM’s law school in 2016.