We would like to invite you to the
Reenactment of U.S. vs. Bhagat Singh Thind
DATE:
June 26, 2010
TIME:
2:15 - 3:45 p.m.
LOCATION:
Great Hall in
Faneuil Hall
One Faneuil Hall
Sq. - 2nd Floor
Boston, MA
Space is
limited.
Please RSVP
to Sa’adiyah
Masoud at
617.406.4648
if interested in
attending.
A Mock Argument and Court Deliberation: Reenactment of U.S. vs. Bhagat Singh
Thind (1923), the case in which the Supreme Court deemed Asian Indians ineligible for
citizenship because U.S. law allowed only free whites to become naturalized citizens.
Speakers
Introduction:
Rajini Srikanth, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Associate Professor of English,
Director of University Honors Program, University of Massachusettes at Boston
Judges:
The Honorable Amul R. Thapar, United States District Judge, Eastern District of
Kentucky
The Honorable Vijay “Jay” Chand Gandhi, United States Magistrate Judge, Central
District of California
The Honorable Douglas P. Woodlock, United States District Judge, District of
Massachusetts
Appellate Teams:
Alamdar Hamdani, Trial Attorney, Counterterrorism Section, National Security
Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Kalpana Srinivasan, Partner, Susman Godfrey LLP
Rita Gunasekaran, Partner, Haight Brown & Bonesteel
Seema Patel, Attorney in the Division of Fair Labor Standards, Office of the Solicitor,
U.S. Department of Labor
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