Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Can a Sitting President Be Indicted?
The New York Times
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Amar ’84 is quoted in an article about whether a sitting president can be indicted on criminal charges.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Exxon Refinery Neighbor Group Scoffs at Texas-EPA Agreement
Bloomberg BNA
Visiting Clinical Professor of Law Marianne Engleman-Lado is quoted, and the Environmental Justice clinic mentioned, in an article about a settlement between the Texas state environmental regulator and the EPA over an Exxon Mobil Corp. refinery.
Saturday, May 27, 2017
China to launch cybersecurity law despite concerns
Daily Mail
Graham Webster, a senior fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center, is quoted in an article about new cybersecurity legislation in China.
Friday, May 26, 2017
China condemns 'provocative' US warship in South China Sea
The Sydney Morning Herald
Graham Webster, a senior fellow at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center, is quoted in an article about a freedom of navigation operation by the U.S. Navy in the South China Sea.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
How the G.O.P. Sabotaged Obamacare—A Commentary by Abbe R. Gluck ’00
The New York Times
Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Report: Re-Zone Westville Village
New Haven Independent
Kendyl Clausen ’19, Joseph Jampel ’17, and Andrew Parker ’19 are quoted in article about their zoning proposal presentation at the March and April Westville CMT meetings. They are members of the Ludwig Center for Community and Economic Development, which represents the Westville Village Renaissance Alliance in this matter.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Montana's Surprise Is Just One Strike Against Early Voting—A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Guest: James Forman, Jr.
The Bill Press Show
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 was a guest where he discussed his new book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.
Monday, May 22, 2017
How the Swastika Became a Confederate Flag
The New York Times
Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Whitman’s ’88 new book, Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law is cited in an article about racism in America.
Monday, May 22, 2017
David Schleicher on Local and State Regulation and Declining Mobility
Macro Musings with David Beckworth
Associate Professor of Law David Schleicher was a guest on a podcast where he discussed how government regulations have led to a significant decline in inter-state mobility.
Monday, May 22, 2017
What you need to know about the 5th Amendment and how it applies to Flynn
WFIN - 1330 AM (Findlay, Ohio)
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Amar ’84 is quoted in an article about former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights after the Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed his personal documents.
Sunday, May 21, 2017
PolitiFact: Obstruction of justice, presidential immunity, impeachment, what you need to know
Tampa Bay Times
Henry R. Luce Professor of Law and Political Science Susan Rose-Ackerman is quoted in an article about President Trump’s legal situation.
Friday, May 19, 2017
America’s declining mobility has millennials feeling stuck
Curbed
Associate Professor of Law David Schleicher is quoted in an article on the declining domestic migration rates among millennials.
Friday, May 19, 2017
Four More Years? Don’t expect President Trump to go down without a fight. And he may take our Constitution with him.—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67
Huffington Post
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School.
Friday, May 19, 2017
The Nazis as students of America’s worst racial atrocities
The Washington Post
Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Whitman’s ’88 new book, Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law is cited in an article about racism in America.
Friday, May 19, 2017
In one Alabama community, environmental justice is hard to find
Newsworks
Visiting Clinical Professor of Law Marianne Engleman Lado is quoted in an article about an Alabama community’s longstanding civil rights complaint against the Environmental Protection Agency.
Friday, May 19, 2017
What Changed This Week for a Nixon Biographer—A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, May 19, 2017
Brazil’s tide against corruption swells—A Commentary by Susan Rose-Ackerman
The Conversation
Susan Rose-Ackerman is Henry R. Luce Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Can the Special Counsel Uncover the Truth? Dream On—A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg View
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Comey Firing Could Wake a Constitutional Wolf
Bloomberg BNA
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Amar ’84 is quoted in an article about congressional efforts to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate links between Russia and the Trump campaign.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
When Black America Was Pro-Police
The Atlantic
A book by Professor of Law James Forman Jr. ’92 is discussed in an article about views about police by black Americans.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Trump's Flexing Of Executive Power Raises Legal Questions
Morning Edition
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 is part of a panel discussing executive power.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Did President Trump Obstruct Justice?
The Atlantic
Simeon E. Baldwin Professor Emeritus of Law Peter Schuck is quoted in an article about whether the president obstructed justice.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Trump’s administration says the travel ban isn’t like Japanese internment. It is.—A Commentary by Duncan Williams and Gideon Yaffe
The Washington Post
Duncan Williams is an associate professor of religion and East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Southern California and Gideon Yaffe is Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
For Voting Rights Advocates, Court Decision Is ‘Temporary Victory’
The New York Times
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law Heather Gerken is quoted in an article about the Supreme Court’s decision not to reconsider an appellate decision on voting rights.
Monday, May 15, 2017
“Motivated ignorance” is ruining our political discourse
Vox.com
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is quoted in an article about political discourse.
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Fareed Zakaria/ GPS
CNN
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodriguez ’00 was a guest where she discussed the firing of FBI director James Comey.
Friday, May 12, 2017
U.S. Crackdown on For-Profit Schools Is Said to Go Idle
The New York Times
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic is referenced in an article on an apparent slowdown of federal investigations into for-profit colleges. The VLSC represents Veterans Education Success, an organization that advocates for former members of the military who say they were misled by for-profit colleges. Its director, Carrie Wofford ’01, is quoted.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Would creating one big electric grid in the West threaten California?
San Francisco Chronicle
Juliana Brint ’17 is quoted in an article about a study by the Environmental Protection Clinic about a proposed consolidation of power grid management in the West.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Outgoing Yale Law Dean Says School Is ‘Reinvigorated’
Law.com
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 is interviewed about his tenure as dean of the law school.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
A Warning on Trump’s Religious Liberty Order—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Podcast: Exploring the debate over ‘sanctuary cities’
National Constitution Center/ Constitution Daily
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 was a guest on a podcast, where she discussed the future of sanctuary cities.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Is This a Constitutional Crisis?
Politico
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Robert Post ’77, David Cole ’84, Saikrishna Prakash ’93, and Jamal Greene ’05 contributed to an article on the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
We’ve Got to ACT UP to Stop Trumpcare—A Commentary by Gregg Gonsalves
The Nation
Gregg Gonsalves is a Research Scholar in Law and Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, the co-director of the Global Health Justice Partnership, and a leading HIV/AIDS activist.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
A Landfill Is Consuming This Historic Alabama Community. The EPA Ignored Complaints. Now the Case Is Closed.
Mother Jones
Visiting Clinical Professor of Law Marianne Engleman Lado is quoted in an article about a longstanding civil rights complaint against the Environmental Protection Agency that was abruptly closed last month.
Monday, May 8, 2017
The 'Portals' Encouraging Real Conversations About Policing and Race
Citylab
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey L. Meares and Justice Collaboratory member Professor Vesla Weaver are interviewed in an article about a project facilitating discussions about policing and incarceration among low-income black and Latino communities in U.S. cities.
Monday, May 8, 2017
I Side With the 'Bad Guys' on Encryption—A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Sunday, May 7, 2017
A Travel Ban’s Foe: A Young Firebrand and Her Pro Bono Brigade
The New York Times
Deputy Dean for Experiential Education and William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in a profile of visiting clinical lecturer Rebecca Heller ’10. Ms. Heller’s husband, Dan Mullkoff ’10, is mentioned.
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Attorney: Police shooting of black teen ‘completely unjustified’
MSNBC
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey L. Meares was a guest where she discussed police reform.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
FBI chief’s testimony on Trump-Russia investigation unlikely to reveal full picture
The Spokesman-Review
Associate Dean for Admissions & Financial Aid Asha Rangappa ’00 is quoted in a story about FBI director James Comey’s testimony before Congress regarding possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Navy spy case moved up to Thursday, shortened to 2 days
The Virginian-Pilot
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is mentioned in an article about the rescheduling of a Navy court case.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Online Dating Tries to Flirt With the Workplace
The Atlantic
Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences Vicki Schultz is quoted in an article about dating within the workplace.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
ACLU sues LAPD for public records act violations
Los Angeles Sentinel
A lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department filed by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic and the ACLU is discussed in an article.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Can the Police Regain Trust?
Yale Insights
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey L. Meares is interviewed about the relationship between police and communities.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Episode 165: Immigration Reform and Europe’s Collapsing Left
The American Interest
Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law Emeritus Peter Schuck was a guest on a podcast where he discussed immigration policy.
Monday, May 1, 2017
Taking a ride on the NIH budget rollercoaster—A Commentary by Harlan M. Krumholz and Gregg Gonsalves
STAT
Harlan M. Krumholz is professor of cardiology, investigative medicine, and public health at Yale University and Gregg Gonsalves is assistant professor of epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health; a research scholar and associate adjunct professor at Yale Law School; and co-director of the Yale Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency and the Yale Global Health Justice Partnership.
Monday, May 1, 2017
Meet the next Dean of Yale Law School
WSHU
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law Heather Gerken was interviewed about her upcoming deanship.
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Time & Punishment
The Independent
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 was interviewed about his book “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.”
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Black-on-black crime, black-on-black punishment in America
The Guardian
A book by Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 was reviewed.
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Whiplash: U.S.-China Relations in Trump’s First 100 Days — A Commentary by Robert D. Williams
Illinois Law Review
Robert D. Williams is Executive director of the Yale Law School Paul Tsai China Center, where he is also a Senior Fellow and Lecturer in Law.