Constitutional law expert Eric Segall, the Kathy and Lawrence Ashe Professor of Law with Georgia State University, is available to speak to the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s immigration reform measures.

Segall says, “any move to impeach the president because of his immigration executive orders would be nonsense and not in the best interests of the country. Presidents should not be impeached for taking actions that might be legally questionable. What the President is planning is different in kind than what previous Presidents have done because the policy would be broader and more formal.

He adds, “Whether the President's plans are illegal is not an easy question. Presidents have large discretion to allocate resources. On the other hand, broad policy should be spelled out by the Congress. Whatever happens, the courts should not be the umpire here. Congress can protect itself.”

Segall is the author of the book, “Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is not a Court and its Justices are not Judges,” and numerous academic articles on constitutional law that He teaches federal courts and constitutional law. He graduated from Emory University and Vanderbilt Law School. Before joining Georgia State Law, he worked for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and the United States Department of Justice.

For more information, including links to his publications, visit http://law.gsu.edu/profile/eric-j-segall/.