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On Friday, June 12, 2026, the AABANY Membership Committee hosted a special behind-the-scenes tour of Yankee Stadium, capped by a discussion with Alan Chang, General Counsel and Senior Vice President of the New York Yankees. The afternoon paired a guided walk-through of one of baseball’s most storied venues along with a conversation with one of its most senior executives. The tour was donated by Chang and the New York Yankees, with all proceeds supporting AABANY’s mission of advancing the interests of the Asian American legal community.
The group gathered at the Office Lobby next to Gate 2 of the stadium, where Gus the tour guide led the way through the Yankees Museum, Monument Park, the visitors’ dugout, and beyond. Gus’s unparalleled passion for baseball helped make decades of history feel immediate and personal. A highlight was the story behind one of baseball’s rarest feats: the perfect game – a game in which all the batters from one team are retired in order, with no one reaching base. Thus far, there have been only 24 perfect games in Major League Baseball history, and the Yankees have thrown more than any other franchise, with four. Gus shared that every Yankees pitcher to throw one shares the same first initial: Don Larsen (1956), David Wells (1998), David Cone (1999), and Domingo Germán (2023). Larsen remains the most famous with the only perfect game in World Series history, sealed on his 97th pitch when he struck out pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell, and catcher Yogi Berra leapt into his arms in one of the sport’s most enduring images.
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The most unexpected moment came at the very end of the tour. After a walk through Yankee Stadium, Gus handed each guest a pair of gloves. At first we were confused, but then Gus explained that we will be given the opportunity to hold some artifacts from Yankees history as part of this special tour. Among them were Aaron Judge’s bat, CC Sabathia’s size-15 cleats, Derek Jeter’s jersey from July 9, 2011 (the day he collected his 3,000th career hit, fittingly with a home run), and perhaps most iconic of all: a game-used bat swung by Babe Ruth himself. For a group that had spent the afternoon learning what made these objects significant, holding them in our hands was a once-in-a-lifetime honor.
The afternoon closed with a sit-down discussion with Alan Chang, who spoke candidly about the path that took him from serving as the Assistant Counsel at ESPN to General Counsel and Senior Vice President of the New York Yankees. He offered the group a look at the legal side of running a major ball club from players’ contracts, intellectual property, labor and player matters, stadium operations, regulatory work, and the range of issues that cross his desk on any given day. Speaking to a room of Asian American attorneys and students hoping to become attorneys one day, Chang reflected on what it has meant to reach that level in an industry where AAPI leadership remains rare, and shared advice for those drawn to sports law. The conversation gave members a window into a career few get to see up close.
The afternoon blended baseball history with a look at the legal career of one of the game’s most prominent executives. AABANY extends its sincere thanks to Alan Chang and the New York Yankees for their generosity in making this unique and memorable event possible. Thanks also to the Membership Committee for helping to put it together.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the fundamental constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship. In Trump v. Barbara, the Court found that Executive Order 14160, which sought to limit the scope of birthright citizenship, did not comply with the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) applauds the Court’s decision. It upheld what NAPABA has emphasized throughout the litigation: a constitutional right that the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community has understood and relied upon for nearly 130 years—ever since a young Chinese American fought for his birthright citizenship in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898). The Fourteenth Amendment promises every person equal treatment under the law and includes an equal claim of citizenship for persons born in the United States, regardless of the circumstances of their parents. EO 14160 attempted to upend that promise, and we are grateful that the Court invalidated it.
In three federal courts of appeals and in the Supreme Court, NAPABA led a nationwide coalition of its affiliates and national associates to defend birthright citizenship in this litigation. We underscored the significance of Wong Kim Ark, the crucial role of Asian Americans in shaping our nation’s immigration and civil rights jurisprudence, and the disproportionate impacts that EO 14160 would have on AANHPI communities. NAPABA highlighted how the congressional debates over the Fourteenth Amendment contemplated that the children of Chinese migrants, despite being heavily despised and vilified, would receive birthright citizenship. Lastly, we maintained that the federal government distorted the holding of Wong Kim Ark and created a faulty legal and historical analogy that Chinese migrants in the late 19th century were akin to today’s lawful permanent residents (i.e., green card holders).
NAPABA is thankful to its legal team for their exemplary work: Rahat N. Babar, who serves as NAPABA’s Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel, Edgar Chen, who serves as NAPABA’s Special Policy Advisor, Chris M. Kwok, who formerly served as co-chair of NAPABA’s Dispute Resolution Committee, and Seyfarth Shaw LLP (Wendy M. Feng, Owen Wolfe, and Lori Chen).
