Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Closing the Nation’s Doors — A Commentary by Cristina Rodríguez ’00
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Cristina Rodríguez is the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Reengaging on Treaties and Other International Agreements — A Commentary by Oona Hathaway ’97
Oona A. Hathaway is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Liberals Weigh Jurisdiction Stripping to Rein in Supreme Court
Bloomberg Businessweek
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn spoke to Bloomberg Businessweek about the Supreme Court.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Heavyweight Jurisdiction Fight Set to Be Argued at Supreme Court
Bloomberg Law
Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of International Law Lea Brilmayer is quoted in Bloomberg Law story about two cases before the Supreme Court involving Ford Motor Co.
Monday, October 5, 2020
John Roberts faces a new round of legacy-defining turmoil
CNN
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 was interviewed on CNN about Chief Justice John Roberts.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
What works to reduce police brutality
APA Monitor
Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Tom Tyler and Justice Collaboratory member Phillip Atiba Goff’s research is cited in this article in the October issue of the APA Monitor on Psychology.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Yale Professor Urges Kosovo to Stop Attempts to Expel American Human Rights Lawyer
Exit Albania
Exit Albania reports on a letter from Binger Clinical Professor of Human Rights James Silk ’89 to the Albanian prime minister regarding that government’s attempt to deport an American citizen and human rights lawyer.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Legal Scholars Worry About Affirmative Action and Civil Rights if Barrett is Confirmed
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Professor of Law Justin Driver is quoted in a Diverse Issues in Higher Education article about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Urban Housing Lauded; Suburbs Challenged
New Haven Independent
Clinical Associate Professor Anika Singh Lemar and Karen Anderson ’21 are quoted in a New Haven Independent article about efforts by the Community & Economic Development Clinic to challenge zoning restrictions in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Monday, September 28, 2020
How the ‘minority rule’ problem could get much worse
The Washington Post
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is cited in a Washington Post commentary about the future of the Supreme Court.
Saturday, September 26, 2020
Trump and Biden Make Too Big a Deal of TikTok — A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, September 25, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court With Guest Samuel Moyn
Rolling Stone / Useful Idiots podcast
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn was interviewed for a Rolling Stone podcast about the future of the Supreme Court.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
The Virus That Stole Christmas — A Commentary by Gregg Gonsalves
The Nation
Gregg Gonsalves is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Faculty Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
How the U.S. Supreme Court affects the world
Washington Post
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 is quoted in a Washington Post article about how the U.S. Supreme Court affects the world.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
How Did a Young, Unknown Lawyer Change the World? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
The Supreme Court’s role in economic policy, explained
Vox
Professor of Law and founding Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is quoted in Vox about the Supreme Court’s role in the economy.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Esty Sees COVID-19 Responses Guiding States On Environmental Crises
Inside EPA
Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy Daniel Esty ’86 is quoted in an InsideEPA article about how states’ COVID-19 response is shaping their policies relating to environmental crises.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Appointees: Less Parking = More Housing
New Haven Independent
Clinical Associate Professor Anika Singh-Lemar is quoted in the New Haven Independent about parking minimums for new housing developments.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Packing the Supreme Court, explained
Fast Company
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is quoted in Fast Company in a piece on expanding the size of the Supreme Court.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
The Supreme Court Is Slipping Away From Democrats
The New York Times
Scholarship by Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is mentioned in a New York Times opinion piece about the future of the Supreme Court.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Ginsburg’s death sparks notorious divisions, exposes frailty of US judicial system
France 24
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 was interviewed by FRANCE 24 about the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and what it means to the future of the Supreme Court.
Monday, September 21, 2020
What the Senate Should Do About the Supreme Court Vacancy — A Commentary by Donald Elliott ’74
The American Spectator
E. Donald Elliott is a Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, September 21, 2020
Packing the Court—or Taming the Courts?
The Nation
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is quoted in the Nation on expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
Sunday, September 20, 2020
Supreme Court’s legitimacy at stake in wake of Ginsburg’s death
Roll Call
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 is quoted in Roll Call about the Supreme Court in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.
Sunday, September 20, 2020
‘Her Black Coffee Always Brewed Strong’ — A Commentary by Abbe R. Gluck ’00 and Gillian E. Metzger
The New York Times
Abbe R. Gluck is a Professor of Law and the founding Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School. Gillian E. Metzger is a law professor and faculty co-director of the Center for Constitutional Governance at Columbia Law School.
Sunday, September 20, 2020
If Republicans Confirm New Justice, Scholars Say Democratic Court Packing Is Possible
NPR
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is quoted by NPR in a story about possibly expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
Sunday, September 20, 2020
Study disputes Cuomo on Trump tax package; experts say it's complicated
Newsday
Wilbur H. Friedman Professor of Tax Law Michael Graetz is quoted in Newsday about the result of President Trump’s 2017 tax law in New York State.
Saturday, September 19, 2020
The Case That Helped Define Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Gender Equality Fight
The Wall Street Journal
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel is quoted in the Wall Street Journal about a 1972 case that helped define Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy on equal rights for women.
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Let’s Appreciate Justice Ginsburg Before We Fight Over Replacing Her — A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead; Giant of the Supreme Court Was 87
Los Angeles Times
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
The Breonna Taylor Settlement Is Part of the Solution — A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Bill Barr, Unbound
Washington Post
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is quoted in the Washington Post about Attorney General Bill Barr.
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
US Push For Iran Sanctions Heightens Trade Uncertainty
Law360
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is cited in a Law360 article about the effect of sanctions against Iran on trade agreements.
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Joining COVAX Could Save American Lives — A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh et al.
Foreign Policy
Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. Eric A. Friedman is the O'Neill Institute’s Global Health Justice Scholar and the Project Leader for the Platform for a Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH). Lawrence O. Gostin is University Professor at Georgetown University and director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and is the Founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law. Matthew M. Kavanagh, PhD is assistant professor of global health at Georgetown University and director of the Global Health Policy and Politics Initiative at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. John T. Monahan is a senior fellow at the McCourt School of Public Policy and a senior scholar at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
Monday, September 14, 2020
War Crimes Risk Grows for U.S. Over Saudi Strikes in Yemen
The New York Times
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 is quoted in the New York Times about whether President Trump’s arms-sale policies could lead to charges of war crimes against American officials.
Sunday, September 13, 2020
Here’s how Congress could save our democracy from vote-count chaos. — A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67 and Ro Khanna ’01
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) is the first vice chair of the Progressive Caucus in Congress.
Thursday, September 10, 2020
A Court Just Slammed the Guantánamo Gate Shut — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Death of trade deal with China could be 'October surprise'
Politico
Professor of Law Taisu Zhang ’08 is one of several experts cited in a Politico article about a potential China-related “October Surprise” this election season.
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
It’s Too Hard to Sue the Bosses of Bad Cops — A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Saturday, September 5, 2020
Are the Afghan peace talks finally about to begin?
BBC Newshour
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 was interviewed by BBC News on recent U.S. sanctions against the ICC Prosecutor and her top aide.
Friday, September 4, 2020
Mitch McConnell May Have Accidentally Saved Obamacare
Slate
John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence William Eskridge ’78 is quoted in Slate about the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
Thursday, September 3, 2020
You Think Things Couldn’t Get Any Worse With the Pandemic? — A Commentary by Gregg Gonsalves
The Nation
Gregg Gonsalves is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Faculty Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership.
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Yale Law School helps win suit against CIA, lifting censorship of book on terrorism
New Haven Register
Floyd Abrams Clinical Lecturer in Law David Schulz ’78 and David Froomkin ’20 are quoted in a Hearst Newspapers article about a former FBI agent whose book was redacted after the CIA took issue with his eyewitness account of its interrogation of Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah. The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic assisted a filmmaker and a journalist in their efforts to gain access to the redacted information.
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Case over 1966 US bomb accident in Spain goes before court
Associated Press
Lily Halpern ’21 is quoted in an Associated Press story about the developments in a class action suit challenging Veterans Affairs’ refusal to provide disability compensation to veterans exposed to ionizing radiation. The plaintiffs are represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Saturday, August 29, 2020
C.I.A. Uncensors Memoir of F.B.I. Agent Who Protested Torture of Terrorists
The New York Times
The New York Times covers the story of a former FBI agent whose book was redacted after the CIA took issue with his eyewitness account of its interrogation of Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah. The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic assisted a filmmaker and a journalist in their efforts to gain access to the redacted information.
Friday, August 28, 2020
Immigrants, States Say Wolf Lacks Authority To Limit DACA
Law360
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93, Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law Muneer Ahmad, and Clinical Associate Professor of Law Marisol Orihuela ’08 and the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization are mentioned in a Law360 article about the latest developments in the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Friday, August 28, 2020
Court Upholds Bowe Bergdahl's Sentence Despite Trump 'Dirty Traitor' Comments
Military.com
Senior Research Scholar Eugene Fidell is quoted in a Military.com article about developments in the case of his client, former Army Sgt. Robert "Bowe" Bergdahl.
Friday, August 28, 2020
Young immigrants challenge Trump administration decision to scale back DACA program
CBS News
The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic is mentioned in a CBS News report on a complaint filed in federal court that challenges the Trump administration’s efforts to scale back the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
It’s Not a Big Deal When Politicians Plagiarize — A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Could It Be Bush v. Gore All Over Again? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.