Friday, June 5, 2020
No Justice, No Peace
WNYC / On the Media
Elizabeth Hinton, incoming professor of history, law and African-American studies at Yale and member of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School, is interviewed on On the Media on the historical roots of American law enforcement.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Residents Call For Police Reform, Dismantling Systemic Racism in Connecticut
WNPR / Where We Live
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey L. Meares is interviewed on WNPR about protests in Connecticut responding to the police killing of George Floyd.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Police violence: “Officers must be accountable for each other”
EuroNews
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey Meares is quoted in a EuroNews report on issues around police accountability.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
The Supreme Court, Too, Is on the Brink — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Our Allies Watch Ashen-Faced and Weep for This Country — A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh
Foreign Policy
Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Don’t Thank the Virus for Saving the Climate Yet — A Commentary by Daniel C. Esty ’86
The New York Times
Daniel C. Esty ’86 is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Are the George Floyd Protests Different? — A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Huawei’s very bad week
National Journal
Robert Williams, executive director of the Paul Tsai China Center, is quoted in a National Journal article about Huawei.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
The Military Justice Dimension: Constraints on Military Personnel in Handling Civil Unrest — A Commentary by Eugene Fidell
Just Security
Eugene R. Fidell is the Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
What’s behind racial disparities in American policing — and how to solve them
PBS NewsHour
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey L. Meares is interviewed on the PBS NewsHour about the protests over George Floyd’s death and the treatment of black Americans by police.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Experts: Obama-Era Policing Guidelines Should Be Revisited
NBC Connecticut
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey L. Meares is interviewed on NBC Connecticut about protests in the state and aaround the country.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
In nod to #MeToo, China codifies sexual harassment by law
Reuters
Paul Tsai China Center Senior Fellow Darius Longarino is quoted in a Reuters article about anti-sexual-harassment provisions in China's new civil code.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Chicago police and city leaders defend handling of protests and looting as questions swirl over response some found lacking
Chicago Tribune
Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tom Tyler is quoted in a Chicago Tribune article on that city’s response to protests over the death of George Floyd.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Defund Our Punishment Bureaucracy — A Commentary by Brian Highsmith ’17
The American Prospect
Brian Highsmith ’17 is Liman Senior Research Fellow in Residence at the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
High Court Allows Circuit Court Review In Deportation Cases
Law360
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law Eugene Fidell and the Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic are mentioned in a Law360 report.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
What Is the Insurrection Act of 1807, the Law Behind Trump’s Threat to States?
The New York Times
The New York Times quotes Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law Eugene R. Fidell about the Insurrection Act and President Trump’s threat to use the military for domestic law enforcement.
Monday, June 1, 2020
No one knows: How the unknowable consequences of COVID-19 affect thinking about foreign policy and US-China relations — A Commentary by Paul Gewirtz
Brookings Institution
Paul Gewirtz is the Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law at Yale Law School and is also the Director of Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center.
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Trump’s Empty “Withdrawal” from the World Health Organization — A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh
Just Security
Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Yale Law Professor Discusses National Unrest Following Deaths Of 2 African Americans
NPR / Weekend Edition Saturday
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Stephen Carter ’79 was interviewed on National Public Radio where he discussed the protests over the death of George Floyd.
Friday, May 29, 2020
Trump’s ‘Horrifying Lies’ About Lori Klausutis May Cross a Legal Line — A Commentary by Peter M. Schuck
The New York Times
Peter H. Schuck is the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law Emeritus at Yale University.
Friday, May 29, 2020
Twitter helped make Trump president. Now they’re at war
The Boston Globe
YLS clinical lecturer and Executive Director of the Information Society Project Nikolas Guggenberger is quoted in a Boston Globe article about President Trump’s relationship with Twitter.
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Trump move could scrap or weaken law that protects social media companies
Reuters
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack M. Balkin is quoted in a Reuters article about President Trump’s attempt to regulate social media.
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Sorry, President Trump, Twitter Makes Its Own Rules — A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Trump threatens Twitter over fact checks: What’s next?
Associated Press
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin is quoted in an Associated Press story about President Trump’s threat to regulate social media.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Can Procedural Justice Training Reduce Officer Misconduct?
The Crime Report
Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Tom Tyler is cited in a Crime Report article about procedural justice training as experienced by the Chicago Police Department.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Twitter becomes Trump’s latest enemy after it tags his claims as false
The Los Angeles Times
Executive Director of the Information Society Project Nikolas Guggenberger is quoted in the Los Angeles Times about President Trump’s threat to regulate social media.
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
CT veteran sues for freedom, alleges prison system failed to provide adequate coronavirus protection
New Haven Register
Bardia Vaseghi ’22 is quoted, and the Veterans Legal Services Clinic mentioned, in a New Haven Register article about a veteran who is suing to be released from a Connecticut prison, alleging that it has failed to adequately protect him from the coronavirus.
Monday, May 25, 2020
The Virus Is Still Here. The Only Thing That's Changed Is That We're Reopening.
WNPR / The Colin McEnroe Show
Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Faculty Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership Gregg Gonsalves was interviewed on WNPR about the effect that the reopening of businesses will have on the spread of the coronavirus.
Friday, May 22, 2020
Firing a Salvo in Culture Wars, Trump Pushes for Churches to Reopen
The New York Times
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is quoted in the New York Times about President Trump’s demand that governors reopen houses of worship regardless of state restrictions in place regarding large gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Apple Still Won't Help the FBI Break Into iPhones. Good. — A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Storytelling at the Supreme Court — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
The sticker price of college can mislead students. Covid-19 might make it worse. — A Commentary by Ian Ayres ’86 and Martin Skladany ’06
The Washington Post
Ian Ayres ’86 is the William K. Townsend Professor & Anne Urowsky Professorial Fellow in Law at Yale Law School. Martin Skladany ’06 is an associate professor at Penn State Dickinson Law.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
If Trump and Pence both get very sick, it’s not clear who would be president
The Washington Post
Scholarship by Sterling Professor of Law Akhil Amar ’84 and Vikram Amar ’88 is cited in a Washington Post commentary about who would take power should the president and vice president fall ill with the coronavirus.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
The Wolf at the Door
Off-Kilter Podcast
Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor Emeritus of Law Michael Graetz was interviewed on Medium’s Off-Kilter Podcast about his book, The Wolf at the Door.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
How the COVID-19 pandemic has created dire legal problems for the poor — A Commentary by Lincoln Caplan
The Los Angeles Times
Lincoln Caplan is the Truman Capote Visiting Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Trump’s demands of postal service could undermine the presidential election
The Boston Globe
Judith Resnik is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Robert Taylor is former principal deputy general counsel at the Department of Defense.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
The Legal Academy, Episode 1: Akhil Amar
The Volokh Conspiracy
Sterling Professor of Law Akhil Amar ’84 was the guest on The Legal Academy, a new podcast from The Volokh Conspiracy.
Monday, May 18, 2020
Don’t count on suing China for coronavirus compensation
Brookings Institution
Paul Tsai China Center Executive Director Robert Williams was a guest on a Brookings Institute podcast where he discussed the viability of suing China for its role in the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, May 15, 2020
The Trump Administration’s Indefensible Legal Defense of Its Asylum Ban — A Commentary by Oona A. Hathaway ’97
Just Security
Oona A. Hathaway ’97 is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law and a Counselor to the Dean at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Checks and Balances and COVID
Politics: Meet Me in the Middle Podcast
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 was a guest on the Politics: Meet Me in the Middle podcast where he discussed the constitutional concept of checks and balances and how it may change during the coronavirus pandemic.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Emoluments Suit Against Trump Advanced by Full 4th Circuit
Courthouse News Service
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is quoted in a Courthouse News Service article about a court decision that greenlights emoluments cases against President Trump.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
‘A momentous decision’: What the resolution of Detroit’s literacy case could mean for American schools
Chalkbeat
Professor of Law Justin Driver was interviewed by Chalkbeat regarding the recent federal court decision that found that students in the Detroit public school system have a constitutional right to basic education.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
5 Points on How The SCOTUS Case To Terminate Obamacare Would Hobble COVID-19 Response
Talking Points Memo
Professor Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is quoted in a Talking Points Memo article about the effect ending Obamacare would have on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Balance of Power: Yale’s Harold Koh on China Lawsuits (Podcast)
Bloomberg
Professor Harold Hongju Koh was interviewed for a Bloomberg podcast where he discusses attempts to sue the sovereign state of China for starting the Coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Congress must stop unemployment tax increases from worsening crisis — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05
The Hill
Yair Listokin ’05 is the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Judge Rules in Favor of Federal Inmates in Coronavirus Suit, Orders Speedier Releases
Reason
Reason reports that a federal judge has ordered a Connecticut prison to expedite its process for releasing inmates at serious risk for COVID-19. The prisoners were represented in part by The Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic.
Monday, May 11, 2020
Report Claims Vietnam-Era Veterans Were Exposed to Agent Orange on Guam
Military.com
The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization is mentioned in a Military.com article about a recently-released paper clinic members coauthored supporting claims by Vietnam-era veterans that they were exposed to Agent Orange on Guam.
Monday, May 11, 2020
What Taylor Swift and Beyoncé Teach us About Sex and Causes — A Commentary by Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 et al.
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 is Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale. Elise Sugarman is a joint degree student at Yale Law School. Robin Dembroff is Assistant Professor Philosophy at Yale University
Monday, May 11, 2020
Reasonable Conditions for State and Local Aid
The Niskanen Center
David Schleicher is Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Mothering in a Pandemic — A Commentary by Anne Alstott ’87
Boston Review
Anne Alstott ’87 is the Jacquin D. Bierman Professor at Yale Law School.