Free Live For IMLA Members
February 9, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Preemption Webinar – The Post-Election Preemption Landscape
Speaker: Kim Haddow & Rick Su
CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
The results from the November 2020 elections will have consequences for state-local government relationships across the nation. The balance of power and ability for the federal, state, and local governments to work together is critical to respond to the demands of the pandemic, strengthen the systems upholding our democracy, and address the calls for justice for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Local governments will continue to be on the front lines of myriad critical issues and will continue to be impacted by past and potential state interference that has – and intends to – thwart the ability of local governments to effectively meet the needs of their communities.
This webinar will map the changes in terrain caused by the 2020 elections, including local public health protections, workplace safety, local fiscal authority, redistricting, and criminal justice and police reform with the goal of sharing and exploring trends and informing local solutions to meet our country’s ongoing challenges.
Speaker: Kim Haddow & Rick Su
Kim Haddow is a strategic advisor to the Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC), an organization formed to connect, coordinate and create opportunities to counter the misuse of preemption, affirm local authority and independence and promote equity. At present, LSSC is helping local governments define and expand their powers to respond and recover from the pandemic. For the past two decades as president of Haddow Communications, Inc., Haddow has worked with a broad range of nonprofit organizations on messaging and branding, strategic campaign planning, and opposition management. Haddow also worked as the National Communications Director for the Sierra Club and at Greer, Margolis, Mitchell, Burns (GMMB), a Washington, DC- based media consulting firm, advising political, initiative, cause-related marketing, and nonprofits campaigns. Haddow began her career at WWL-AM in New Orleans where she worked as a reporter, assignment editor and managed the news department.
Rick Su is a Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, where he teaches and writes in the areas of local government law, immigration, and federalism. His research focuses on the intersection between cities and immigration. His work has appeared in the Columbia Law Review, the William & Mary Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, and the North Carolina Law Review.
Su received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 2001 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2004. After graduating from law school, he clerked for The Honorable Stephen Reinhardt on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and worked in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Prior to joining the Carolina Law faculty in 2019, Su taught at the University at Buffalo School of Law, where he won the faculty teaching award in 2009 and 2015. He was a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School in 2015 and Washington University in St. Louis School of Law in 2018.