Thursday, October 14, 2021
Stephen Breyer’s Supreme Delusions
The New Republic
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn and coauthor Ryan D. Doerfler of the University of Chicago Law School review the new book by Justice Stephen Breyer, The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
America as a “Shining City on a Hill”— and Other Myths to Die By — A Commentary by Gregg Gonsalves
The Nation
Gregg Gonsalves is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School, the co-director of the Global Health Justice Partnership, and an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Congress Itself Should Prosecute Those It Charges With Contempt — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Saturday, October 9, 2021
Beside Classrooms, Americans Have Learned About Democracy at the Movies
NPR
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Stephen L. Carter ’79 discusses the movies that have shaped his view of American democracy.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
U.S. Rights Groups Petition for a Stop to Asylum Seeker Expulsions
Al Jazeera
A news report describes how the Lowenstein Human Rights Project and others submitted an emergency request to demand the U.S. stop using a public health directive to expel migrants.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
In Yale Forum, Whistleblower Warns of How Facebook Promotes Violence
New Haven Register
A news report describes an Information Society Project panel discussion featuring a former Facebook employee who is now speaking out against the company.
Thursday, September 30, 2021
An Early History of Rulemaking Power
The Regulatory Review
A paper by William K. Townsend Professor of Law Professor of Law Nicholas R. Parrillo on an early exercise of federal administrative power is summarized.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
The Solutions to Democracy’s Problems Lie in Books — 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, September 24, 2021
How California Plans To Turn the Screws on Nimby Cities
Full Stack Economics
Professor of Law David Schleicher discusses how the state of California can put pressure on cities to accommodate more new homes.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
What We Lost When We Lost Sandra Day O’Connor — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
‘I Lost Everything’: Deported Army Veteran From New Mexico Petitions for Return Home
Stars and Stripes
Casey Smith ’22 is quoted about a U.S. Army veteran deported to Mexico who is being assisted in his petition for military naturalization by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Has War Become Too Humane?
Foreign Affairs
The new book by Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is reviewed.
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Still Provokes a Debate Over Decency — 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.
Friday, September 17, 2021
Texas Bounty Hunters, or a Private Army? — A Commentary by Paul W. Kahn ’80
Austin American-Statesman
Paul W. Kahn ’80 is the Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities and the Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School.
Friday, September 17, 2021
How the Supreme Court Is Quietly Bolstering the Power of Religion
WNYC
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL discusses what recent Supreme Court rulings say about the current makeup’s views on religious liberties.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Until I’m Told Otherwise, I Prefer To Call You ‘They’ — A Commentary by Ian Ayres ’86
The Washington Post
Ian Ayres ’86 is Deputy Dean and the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor at Yale Law School and a Professor at the Yale School of Management.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
The Problem With Making War “Humane”
The Nation
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn discusses his new book.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Lawsuit Against Air Force Aims To Overturn Less-Than-Honorable Discharges Among Those With Trauma
WSHU
Alexis Kallen ’23 comments on a proposed nationwide class action suit filed by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Madison Police Step up Fight To Withhold Barbara Hamburg Murder Investigation Files From HBO’s ‘Murder on Middle Beach’ Filmmakers
The Hartford Courant
Clinical Lecturer David Schulz ’78 discusses efforts by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic to gain public access to police records from a 2010 murder in Madison, Connecticut.
Monday, September 13, 2021
How the Real Jane Roe Shaped the Abortion Wars
The New Yorker
A review of The Family Roe: An American Story cites research by Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel and Clinical Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL.
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Where Roe v. Wade Stands After Texas Abortion Ban Allowed To Go Into Effect
ABC News
Clinical Lecturer in Law Priscilla Smith comments on the Texas abortion ban.
Saturday, September 11, 2021
How 9/11 Radically Expanded the Power of the U.S. Government
Time
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 discusses potential dangers of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
Friday, September 10, 2021
60 Words, 20 Years
RadioLab
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 and Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh were interviewed about the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
God Has No Place in Supreme Court Opinions — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
BlackRock, Defying Soros Warning, Breaks New Ground in China
Bloomberg
Professor Taisu Zhang ’08 comments on U.S. asset managers’ willingness to invest in China.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The Dangers of Making War Less Dangerous
The New York Times
The New York Times reviews Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, the new book by Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
From a Founder — What Critical Race Theory Means
Dear Ohio Podcast
Professor of Law Gerald Torres ’77 was interviewed about critical race theory.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
YLS Liman Center Members Testify on Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania
Yale Daily News
The Yale Daily News reported on testimony given by Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik before the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee on the use of solitary confinement. Liman Center Director Jenny Carroll is quoted, and Liman Center clinical fellow Skylar Albertson ’18, Sarita Benesch ’23, and Wynne Graham ’22 are mentioned.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The Current for Sept. 8, 2021
CBC
Clinical Lecturer in Law Priscilla Smith discusses how the new Texas abortion law works and how it might be challenged.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The Lawfare Podcast: ‘Humane’ with Samuel Moyn
Lawfare
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn discusses his new book.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The Claim that the U.S. Government Already Has the Power to Lower Drug Prices
The Washington Post
Professor of Law Amy Kapczynski ’03 is quoted on to what degree the federal government can dictate drug prices.
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
What the U.S. Constitution Says About Immigration
WDET / Detroit Today
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 and Ilya Somin ’01 discussed what the Constitution says about immigration.
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
A Conversation On the Constitution with Leading Legal Scholar Akhil Reed Amar
KPFA Letters and Politics
Sterling Professor of Law Akhil Reed Amar discusses the Constitution.
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Texas’ Governor Got a Basic Fact About Pregnancy Wrong
The 19th
Executive Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy and Lecturer in Law Katherine L. Kraschel explains what a six-week limit on abortion means in practical terms.
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
In Eight-Year Scheme, Former Medical School Employee Charged With Stealing Millions From Yale
Yale Daily News
Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law Kate Stith comments on a charge of fraud and money laundering.
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Most Extreme Abortion Law in U.S. Takes Effect in Texas
The Guardian
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel and Melissa Murray ’02 comment on the new Texas abortion law.
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
American War from Sherman to McChrystal
Tocqueville21
Professor Samuel Moyn's book, Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, is reviewed.
Sunday, September 5, 2021
How the Jury Should View Elizabeth Holmes — 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, September 2, 2021
America Is Giving the World a Disturbing New Kind of War —A Commentary by Samuel Moyn
The New York Times
Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Seven Reactions to the Eviction Moratorium Decision
Law & Political Economy Project
Professor of Law Amy Kapczynski ’03, Ashraf Ahmed ’19, and Blake Emerson ’17 provided analysis of the Supreme Court's recent ruling ending the national moratorium on evictions.
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Michael Ratner’s Tragedy, and Ours — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn
The New York Review of Books
Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Harvard Shows That Even Atheists Can Be Chaplains — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
How the U.S. Created a World of Endless War — A Commentary By Samuel Moyn
The Guardian
Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.
Monday, August 30, 2021
The Lawfare Podcast: AUMF Reform After Afghanistan
Lawfare
Professor Oona Hathaway ’97 and Columbia Law School Matt Waxman ’99 discuss what the current situation in Afghanistan could mean for efforts to reform the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Taking a Hammer to Noncompete Agreements Might Hurt Workers — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Welcome to the Big SPAC Slowdown
CNN Business
Professor of Law John D. Morley ’06 is quoted in a report about increased scrutiny of special purpose acquisition companies.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Opinion: Democrats Just Launched a Missile at the GOP’s Fortress of Minority Rule
The Washington Post
A commentary quotes Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn on court reform provisions in the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Monday, August 23, 2021
Perhaps This Is What a Peaceful Transition Looks Like in Afghanistan — A Commentary by Paul W. Kahn ’80
The Hill
Paul W. Kahn ’80 is the Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities and the Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School.
Monday, August 23, 2021
Ackman Plans to Return Proceeds From $4 Billion SPAC
The Wall Street Journal
Professor of Law John Morley ’06 comments on a development in his lawsuit alleging a special purpose acquisition company has been improperly operating as an investment company.
Friday, August 20, 2021
Go Ahead. Ignore That Email. — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.