ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Suzette Malveaux

Suzette Malveaux is the Roger D. Groot Professor of Law at Washington & Lee University School of Law. She has taught Civil Procedure, Complex Litigation, Employment Discrimination, and Constitutional Civil Rights for over two decades. Her scholarship explores the intersection of civil rights and civil procedure, and access to justice issues. She is a member of the American Law Institute and a former civil rights lawyer, where she worked on high profile discrimination class actions.

POSTS BY Suzette Malveaux

21 July 2025

Suzette Malveaux

Stopping the Davids, Shielding the Goliaths

In Barbara v. Trump, an individual federal district court judge stopped the Administration’s birthright citizenship executive order nationwide. Just when the Supreme Court said this was not allowed in Trump v. CASA, a New Hampshire judge ordered universal relief, this time through a class action. There is a big difference between a nationwide injunction that benefits non-parties and a class action that benefits class members. But what they have in common is that they both empower the “little guy” to enforce the rule of law. The Supreme Court has eliminated the former and is now trying to kneecap the latter. Continue reading >>