Join us on October 22 for a discussion with Professor Ramzi Kassem about Tanzin v. Tanvir, which he argued before the Supreme Court on October 6. 

Professor Kassem is the Founding Director of the CLEAR (Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility) Clinic at CUNY School of Law and has an extensive record of civil and human rights litigation.  He is one of the only Arab and Muslim Americans to argue before our highest court.  Professor Kassem will discuss the case, what it's like to argue at the Supreme Court, and the significance of having representation by impacted communities.

Date: October 22, 2020
Time: 6:00 - 7:30pm EST
Moderated by Juvaria Khan, Founder of The Appellate Project
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Background: In October 2013, Muhammad Tanvir, a long-haul truck driver in Queens, filed a lawsuit against FBI agents who put his name on the federal government’s No-Fly List. Tanvir alleged that although he posed no security threat, the FBI kept him on the list to pressure him to become an informant against innocent members of his Muslim community, in violation of his religious beliefs.

On October 6, 2020—seven years later—the Supreme Court heard his case. Tanvir, joined by two other Muslim plaintiffs, argued that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act allows them to sue the FBI agents who violated their religious liberty to recover damages for the harms they suffered.

Catch the full argument here.