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The.Ink: How to get Americans to care about human rights
Professor David Kaye discusses the state of human rights work in America at the state and city level, his involvement in trying to build a national human rights infrastructure here in the U.S., and what’s likely to happen as we enter the even more challenging political environment that lies ahead.
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The Hill: California New Members 2025
California state Sen. Dave Min (D) is slated to keep a competitive California House seat blue, defeating Republican Scott Baugh, an Orange County businessman and former California State Assembly minority leader.
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Fordham Law: Entrepreneurial Law Clinic Students Work with Small Businesses to Make a Big Impact
Professor Carrie Hempel’s work as a visiting professor at Fordham Law School’s Entrepreneurial Law Clinic was highlighted in Fordham Law News.
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Law.com: Professors Association Appoints New GC at Fractious Time
Professor Veena Dubal has been appointed as general counsel for The American Association of University Professors — which advocates for academic freedom, shared governance and higher education rights.
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The New York Times: Supreme Court Appears Inclined to Uphold Tennessee Law on Transgender Care*
Professor Courtney Cahill is quoted in The New York Times discussing the Supreme Court’s considerations regarding the Tennessee law on transgender care for youth.
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The Hill: Inefficient and reckless: Why DOGE could be so dangerous (Op-Ed)
In an opinion for The Hill, Professor Alejandro Camacho and co-authors unpack the potential dangers of Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Politico: In Supreme Court battle over transgender rights, conservatives look to an unlikely ally: Europe
Dean Austen Parrish was quoted in Politico discussing the rise of the conservative crusade against U.S. judges in the 2000s: “There was this great pushback on anything foreign, because somehow it was giving up on American sovereignty, and we had to chart our own path.”
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Bite-Sized Business Law: Big Spenders: The Evolution of Corporate Money in Elections (Podcast)
Professor Ann Southworth dives into the decades-long campaign to deregulate campaign finance, drawing from her book, Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending.
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LAist: Your Amazon delivery driver doesn’t actually work for Amazon. A union drive in Southern California is challenging that
Professor Veena Dubal was quoted in LAist, offering insights into the Teamsters’ long-term organizing strategy amid their legal dispute with Amazon.
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The Daily Journal: 1989 precedent on default judgements*
Professor Paul Hoffman comments on the ruling, which could have significant implications in other collections cases in which defendants are not properly served.
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The New York Times: Ride-Hailing Drivers in Massachusetts Win Right to Unionize
Professor Veena Dubal commented in the New York Times on the new law in Massachusetts giving ride-hailing drivers the right to unionize.
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MSN:An Overlooked Path to a Financial Fresh Start
Professor Dalié Jiménez said that even in the absence of widespread economic catastrophe, when someone declares bankruptcy “there has been a failure…a lot of that failure is not on the person but on the system that has no other safety net for you.”
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KUER: With water rights in hand, Navajo still hope to restore farms on Utah’s San Juan
Professor Heather Tanana is quoted: “The government’s policy at that time was to promote agriculture, to promote farming. So this promise has been made to Navajo for a very long time that they would be able to productively develop the land … and you can’t do any of that without water.”
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CATO Institute: A Look Back at the Panic Over Big Money in Politics (Book Review)
Professor Ann Southworth’s Book Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending “…offers a balanced take on the fallout from the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.”
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Reason: Professor Ann Southworth’s Book “Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending” (Book Review)
“Ann Southworth’s Big Money Unleashed is a reasonably illuminating new book.”
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Daily Journal: LA DA Gascón to recommend resentencing of Menendez brothers*
Professor Katie Tinto was quoted in The Daily Journal about the potential resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez.
