Friday, September 15, 2023
Should District Residents Have Greater Independence?
CQ Research
Professor of Law David Schleicher is quoted in a report outlining the arguments for and against Washington, D.C. statehood.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Finally Ending America’s Forever War, Part II: Prescription — A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh
Just Security
Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Fact Check-No Law Requires DNA Testing To Establish Paternity in United States
Reuters
Anne Urowsky Professor of Law Douglas NeJaime, in a fact check debunking claims that new laws require DNA testing to establish paternity, explains how voluntary acknowledgement of paternity works.
Monday, September 11, 2023
Finally Ending America’s Forever War, Part I: Diagnosis — A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh
Just Security
Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, September 8, 2023
The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman Review — AI, Synthetic Biology and a New Dawn for Humanity
The Guardian
Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro ’90 reviews the new book by artificial intelligene entrepreneur Mustafa Suleyman.
Friday, September 8, 2023
Connecticut’s New Commutation Policy Raises the Bar for Second Chances
Bolts
Clinical Professor of Law Miriam Gohara is discusses policy changes adopted by the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Friday, September 1, 2023
Why Thomas Jefferson Crops Up in Trump’s Arguments Over Fake Electors and Jan. 6
The Wall Street Journal
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 and David Fontana ’05, referencing a paper they wrote about Thomas Jefferson’s certification of 1800 election, explain why comparisons to the 2020 election fall short.
Thursday, August 31, 2023
What to Do With Murals Accused of Racism — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
The Washington Post
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Why Aren’t Cops Held to Account?
The New York Review
Clinical Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL reviews the books The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts by Visiting Lecturer Stephen Bright and James Kwak ’11, and Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable by Joanna Schwartz ’00.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Behind the Curtain of 401K Plans with Law Professors Ian Ayres and Quinn Curtis
Validea Blog
Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor Ian Ayres ’86 and Quinn Curtis ’09 discuss how 401(k) plans can produce better outcomes.
Saturday, August 26, 2023
Can Liberalism Save Itself? — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn
The New York Times
Samuel Moyn is Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University.
Friday, August 25, 2023
The NIMBY Tax on Britain and America
Financial Times
An explanation of why infrastructure in the U.S. and U.K. costs more to build quotes a paper coauthored by Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15.
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
William Eskridge on 303 Creative v. Elenis Decision and Impact
C-SPAN/Washington Journal
Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law William Eskridge ’78 discussed the Supreme Court’s 303 Creative v. Elenis decision.
Saturday, August 19, 2023
A Ballyhooed Book, or Just a Bunch of Blurbs? — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
The Washington Post
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
How State Capacity Can Help America Build
The American Prospect
A new paper co-authored by Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15 shows the cost of underinvesting in government.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
‘This Is an Existential Threat’: Will AI Really Eliminate Actors and Ruin Hollywood? Insiders Sound Off
Variety
Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 discusses filmmaking and artificial intelligence.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
5 Ways the IRS Funding Boost Is Paying Off — A Commentary by Natasha Sarin
The Washington Post
Natasha Sarin is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Drugmakers Prep Medicare Pricing Suits for March to High Court
Bloomberg Law
Abbe R. Gluck ’00, Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law and the founding Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy is quoted about upcoming challenges by major U.S. drug manufacturers to the Biden administration’s drug price negotiation program.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Pittsburgh Journalist Sues Allegheny County Over Jail 'Gag Order' Policies
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic has helped bring a lawsuit against Allegheny County by a journalist that claims a county jail “gag order” violates jail staff’s First Amendment right.
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
The Deeply Sad Lawsuit of ‘The Blind Side’ Player Michael Oher — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
The Washington Post
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Simon Ateba Is Right to Fight His White House Ban — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
The Washington Post
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, August 14, 2023
Coinbase vs. SEC: Exchange Gets Support From GOP Senator, Legal Scholars Through Amicus Briefs
International Business Times
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 and other legal scholars wrote an amicus brief un support of Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange.
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Are Educated Elites the Bad Guys?
CNN/The Smerconish Show
Guido Calabresi Professor of Law Daniel Markovits ’00 discussed the idea of merit in America and his book The Meritocracy Trap.
Friday, August 11, 2023
Memo to Liberals: The Cold War Is Over
The Washington Post
The new book by Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History Samuel Moyn, Liberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times, is reviewed.
Friday, August 11, 2023
Harvard Business School May Struggle to Beat Professor’s Lawsuit — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
The Washington Post
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, August 7, 2023
Debunking 5 Republican Arguments Against the Global Minimum Tax — A Commentary by Natasha Sarin and Kimberly Clausing
The Washington Post
Natasha Sarin is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Sunday, August 6, 2023
How Retirement Plans Should Protect Employees From Themselves — A Commentary by Ian Ayres ’86 and Quinn Curtis ’09
The Wall Street Journal
Ian Ayres ’86 is the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor at Yale Law School. Quinn Curtis ’09 is the Honorable Albert V. Bryan Jr. ’50 Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Monday, July 31, 2023
Building Better Defaults, with David Schleicher
Public Money Pod
Professor of Law David Schleicher discusses his new book, In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Fiscal Crises.
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Indicted Populists Have a History of Staying in Office — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, July 28, 2023
Why YIMBY Righteousness Backfires
The Atlantic
Scholarship by Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15 is cited in a piece about zoning reform and suburbs.
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Deus Ex Machina: The Dangers of AI Godbots — A Commentary by Webb Keane and Scott J. Shapiro ’90
The Spectator
Scott Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School. Webb Keane is the George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
U.S. Judge Chides Trump, Tosses Bowe Bergdahl Desertion Conviction
The Washington Post
Research Scholar Eugene Fidell is quoted about the latest in the case of his client Bowe Berghdal, whose dishonorable discharge from the U.S. Army has been vacated.
Monday, July 24, 2023
Blumenthal Demands End to LGBTQ Discrimination at VA
WSHU
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic filed a rule-making petition on behalf of several advocacy groups to request enforcement of anti-discrimination regulations. Sen. Richard Blumenthal ’73 spoke about the issue at a press conference.
Monday, July 24, 2023
Affirmative Action Is Banned — Except at Military Academies? Why That Won’t Help Students — A Commentary by Zoe Kreitenberg ’24
Los Angeles Times
Zoe Kreitenberg ’24, a 2016 West Point graduate and former Army captain, is a student at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Biden Must Pardon Trump to Avert Civil War — A Commentary by E. Donald Elliott ’74
The American Spectator
E. Donald Elliott ’74 is the Florence Rogatz Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, July 14, 2023
Declaring Independence from Thomas Jefferson — A Commentary by Akhil Reed Amar ’84
National Review
Akhil Reed Amar ’84 is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
The Future of Law: How AI Could Revolutionize the Legal Landscape
Fox 5 New York
Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law William N. Eskridge Jr. ’78 discusses how artificial intelligence is changing the legal profession.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
The Basketball Court — A Commentary by David Schleicher and David Fontana ’05
The Slow Boring
David N. Schleicher is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. David Fontana ’05 is the Samuel Tyler Research Professor at George Washington University Law School.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Is It Ethical to Supply Cluster Bomb Munitions to Ukraine?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn discusses the ethics of using cluster bomb munitions, which have been banned by 123 countries and which the U.S. has agreed to supply to Ukraine.
Monday, July 10, 2023
How Equalization Makes Canada Distinct From the U.S.: David Schleicher on the Persistence of Local Budget Crises
The Hub
Professor of Law David Schleicher discusses his book, In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises.
Saturday, July 8, 2023
Pray for the Court; The Supreme Court’s ‘Neutral’ Stance on Religion Creates More Chaos Than Clarity — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
The Washington Post
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Saturday, July 8, 2023
David Schleicher on the Campbell Conversations
WVRO
Professor of Law David Schleicher discusses his book In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises.
Saturday, July 8, 2023
Social Media Rebuff Shows Biden Overstepped on Covid Misinformation — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
The Washington Post
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 6, 2023
For Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Law Is in the Details — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Decoding the Information Age with Scott Shapiro
Why is This Happening?: The Chris Hayes Podcast
Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90 discusses the history of hacking and the future of cybercrime.
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Aim Lower — A Commentary by Lara Bazelon and James Forman Jr. ’92
New York Magazine — Intelligencer
Lara Bazelon is a professor of law and the director of the Criminal Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinical Programs at the University of San Francisco School of Law. James Forman Jr. ’92 is J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, July 3, 2023
The VA Rolls Out Its New Equity Team To Investigate Racism in Benefits Decisions
WSHU
Adam Henderson ’23 comments on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ announcement that it has set up a dedicated team to investigate racial disparities in its benefits decisions — due in part to a case brought by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Saturday, July 1, 2023
Biden Rules Tighten Limits on Drone Strikes
The New York Times
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona A. Hathaway ’97 comments on a newly declassified rules for the U.S. military and C.I.A. to conduct counterterrorism drone strikes and commando raids.
Friday, June 30, 2023
Supreme Court Injustice: ‘Legal Innocence’ Is Not Enough. — A Commentary by Eugene Fidell
The Hill
Eugene Fidell is a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, June 30, 2023
Supreme Court Says 1st Amendment Entitles Web Designer To Refuse Same-Sex Wedding Work
NPR
Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law William N. Eskridge Jr. predicts whether predicts whether a Supreme Court ruling that a web designer can refuse same-sex wedding will prompt a flood of similar cases.