On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled what was known as the Chevron doctrine, which gave deference to federal agencies when interpreting statutes. It’s demise is unlikely to result in the dramatic curtailment of agency power that some had…
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SCOTUS to Hear Mifepristone Case: American University Experts Comment
What: On Tuesday, March 26, the Supreme Court will hear a case that challenges the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, the FDA-approved medication used for medical abortion care (the most common abortion method in the U.S.). American University experts are available to comment on the implications…
Can Trump Legally Be President?
The latest episode of the University of Chicago podcast Big Brains features leading legal scholar William Baude discussing his argument that former President Trump is barred from holding office under Section 3 of the 14th amendment.
Rahimi: Supreme Court appears poised to affirm that the Constitution is not a suicide pact
Press Release from The National Family Violence Law Center- Rahimi: Supreme Court appears poised to affirm that the Constitution is not a suicide pact.
Expert: Bruen test is out of step and unworkable in practice, hopeful SCOTUS will provide guidance on evaluating future firearms restrictions
“The case U.S. v. Rahimi is the first opportunity since New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its application to a firearms restriction. I am particularly interested to see if the…
2 Experts Available on SCOTUS CFPB Case
Today the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing a case — Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited — in which the plaintiffs argue that funding the CFPB is unconstitutional. The Court’s decision could not only carry large…
U law expert available to comment on Supreme Court decision on affirmative action
In a widely anticipated decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday issued a decision finding that race-conscious admissions policies were unconstitutional. Students for Fair Admissions filed the original case against Harvard and the University of North Carolina. The decision, however, has…
University of Utah law professor and Navajo Nation member available to comment on SCOTUS decision on Indian Child Welfare Act
Implications of the SCOTUS decision on the Indian Child Welfare Act Defying expectations, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act, which gives preference to Native American families in adopting Native American children. The act…
The future of the Supreme Court: A conversation with law professor Richard W. Garnett
Richard W. Garnett is the University of Notre Dame’s Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law, director of the Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society and a concurrent professor of political science. Garnett discusses the future of the Supreme Court.
The Academy of Eating Disorders (AED) Releases a Statement on Recent Overturning of Legislation Protecting Reproductive Rights in the United States
The Academy of Eating Disorders (AED) Releases a Statement on Recent Overturning of Legislation Protecting Reproductive Rights in the United States
Commentary urgently calls on hospitalists to address inpatients’ contraceptive needs
The overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court gives new urgency to considering women’s contraceptive needs in all interactions with the health care system. A new commentary from Eileen Barrett, MD, Albuquerque, New Mexico calls on hospitalists to offer contraceptive counseling to patients of childbearing age regardless of reason for hospitalization. The editorial is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
SCOTUS Reverses Roe v. Wade: American University Experts Available to Comment
What: This morning, U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, limiting access to abortions across the country. American University has several experts available for commentary that have researched aspects of reproductive rights or worked in the public arena on abortion…
Veteran legal expert says SCOTUS abortion ruling will likely lead next to challenges to some marriage, contraception rights
Jonathan Entin, a veteran law professor and legal expert (who clerked for Ruth Bader Ginsberg in the 1980s) at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Law, is available for comment on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health…
GW Experts Available to Comment on the Supreme Court Abortion Decision
WASHINGTON (June 24, 2022) —The Supreme Court has overturned the 50-year-old precedent in Roe v. Wade access to abortion. The high court released its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Friday morning. The George Washington University has experts…
WashU Expert: SCOTUS ruling hints at why religious freedom means living with views we don’t like
While the ruling in the Maine case is unsurprising giving the court’s recent decisions around freedom of religion, some of the rhetoric around the case misrepresents the role of constitutional protections for religion in a pluralistic society, said John Inazu, expert on law and religion at Washington University in St. Louis.
Texas threat to revisit SCOTUS case could be ‘catastrophic’
In the aftermath of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, Texas Governor Greg Abbott discussed revisiting the 1982 Supreme Court ruling Plyler v. Doe requiring states to provide education to undocumented children. Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer,…
Why are companies silent on SCOTUS abortion reversal?
They say silence is golden. But when it comes to controversial issues such as the Supreme Court’s pending ruling on Roe v. Wade, saying something is better than saying nothing, says Wendy Smith, professor of management and co-director of the…
LGBTQ civil rights at risk with Roe v. Wade decision
With the Supreme Court poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide, there may be far-reaching implications for the legal rights of other groups, including the LGBTQ community. Katherine Sender, professor of communication and feminist, gender,…
Climate movement must prioritize reproductive rights as SCOTUS looks to reverse Roe v. Wade, expert says
The leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade should sound an alarm for the climate movement, says A.R. Siders, core faculty with the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center. “Reproductive justice is also environmental justice is also…
UW nursing, midwife experts address abortion issue in light of leaked SCOTUS opinion
Two University of Washington nursing and midwife experts in maternal health have provided the following quotes on the issue of restricting abortion or making it illegal — seen as increasingly likely due to the Supreme Court draft opinion, leaked to…
Supreme Court leaked abortion draft: U-M experts can comment on political, health effects
The U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged a leaked draft opinion on Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 court decision that granted federal protection of abortion rights. The University of Michigan has experts who can weigh in on the potential decision, which is expected to be formally announced before the term ends this summer.
This Isn’t the First SCOTUS Leak
Did you know the landmark Dred Scott decision which ruled that African Americans could not be citizens and was a contributing factor to the Civil War was leaked by a Supreme Court Justice? The leaked Alito draft opinion is not…
WVU law professor says leak of draft opinion from U.S. Supreme Court on abortion rights will have ‘significant impact’ on people’s trust in High Court
“Shocking” is how a law professor at West Virginia University describes the alleged leak of a draft majority opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court, first reported by Politico, which appears to strike down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision…
EXPERT: SCOTUS Roe v. Wade vote
Alison Gash Political scientist Alison Gash can speak about the Supreme Court voting to overturn Roe v. Wade. Gash is an academic expert in United States courts, gender, race, sexuality, same-sex marriage, constitutional rights and public policy. Her research explores…
Boston bomber death penalty case reflects changing SCOTUS role
The Supreme Court decided today to reinstate the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. John Blume is a professor of law at Cornell Law School and director of the Cornell Death Penalty Project. He has argued eight cases…
Marketing-Legal Expert Available on Supreme Court’s NCAA Ruling
Marketing professor and practicing attorney Henry C. (Hank) Boyd at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is available to discuss, broadly, the implications of the Supreme Court ruling that the NCAA has violated antitrust laws by colluding to deny education-related benefits…
@MTSU Healthcare Operations Expert Richard Tarpey Breaks Down SCOTUS Decision to Dismiss Challenge to the #AffordableCareAct
Richard Tarpey, assistant professor of management, in Middle Tennessee State University’s Jones College of Business, examines the U.S. Supreme Court recent decision to dismiss a challenge to the Affordable Care Act. In turning away a challenge from Republican-led states and the former…
Law, health economics experts available to comment on U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold the ACA
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the red states and two individuals who challenged the Affordable Care Act do not have legal standing to dispute the constitutionality of the law’s individual mandate to buy health insurance and…
From Snapchat to the Supreme Court: @KenPaulson1 is available to comment on Mahony Area School District v. B.L.
Ken Paulson, director of the Free Speech Center, at Middle Tennessee State University, is available to provide expertise on how First Amendment rights apply to social media. On Mahony Area School District v. B.L., for which arguments are on Wednesday, April…
SCOTUS donor privacy case could have ramifications for dark money in elections, Notre Dame expert says
On April 26 (Monday), the Supreme Court of the United States will address the constitutional standard for disclosure of donor information for the first time since Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Elena Kagan and Brett Kavanaugh joined the court.…
SCOTUS case could render farmworker rights ‘meaningless’
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case challenging the constitutionality of a California regulation that allows union organizers access to agricultural property to speak to farmworkers. Two property owners allege that the regulation violates the Fifth Amendment…
Supreme Court term limits would greatly reduce imbalance on the court, study finds
Imposing term limits on justices who sit on the U.S. Supreme Court could bring significant changes to the nation’s highest court, suggests a forthcoming paper from two Washington University in St. Louis law professors.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Supreme Court’s Hearing of Obamacare
A Rutgers health policy expert is available to discuss the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “The SCOTUS not being inclined to strike down the Patient Protection and ACA is welcome news for…
SCOTUS foster agency case presents important questions on balance between religious freedom and antidiscrimination laws, Notre Dame experts say
The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments Wednesday (Nov. 4) in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case that “presents timely and important questions about the Court’s First Amendment doctrines and the balance between religious freedom and antidiscrimination…
Rutgers health policy expert available to discuss upcoming Supreme Court decision on ACA
Joel. C. Cantor, director of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, is available to discuss the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether the Affordable Care Act, or a portion of the law, is unconstitutional, and what it could…
SCOTUS nomination battle could sway independent, religious voters
The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to vote on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Thursday, with a possible final vote on her confirmation as soon as Monday, Oct. 26 – a week in advance of…
SCOTUS hearings: What Judge Barrett’s confirmation could mean
ASU law scholars explain the impact the confirmation could have on existing public health, health care and reproductive laws
Writings indicate Barrett is comfortable overturning precedents, such as Roe v. Wade, that have been affirmed over and over, U of R professor says.
As the SCOTUS confirmation hearings continue, Dr. Jennifer Nelson, a U.S. historian and professor at the University of Redlands, says Roe v. Wade could be overturned next year. “Amy Coney Barrett, like other recent Supreme Court nominees, is not going…
Expert Available: Supreme Court Nominations 101
Lady Justice and Lady Liberty. Strong female symbols have long been used to represent the embodiment of American ideals and freedom. So, it almost seems fitting that two women — the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and President Donald Trump’s presumptive replacement nominee Amy Coney Barrett — are at the heart of tensions over a vacancy on the country’s highest court.
SCOTUS nominee represents the religious American woman
Following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Saturday to the Supreme Court. Barrett, a federal appeals court judge, is a religious conservative and draws criticism from Democrats for her positions on…
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch surprises University of Utah law students at orientation
Gorsuch, who took his seat on the Court in April 2017, on Friday encouraged law students to persevere through challenging times as they start their legal studies in the midst of a global pandemic.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Supreme Court Ruling Limiting Birth Control Coverage Under Obamacare
Professor Lena Merjanian, a reproductive health expert and gynecologist at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is available to comment on the Supreme Court ruling that allows employers with religious or moral objections to deny women birth control coverage…
WashU Expert: Electoral College ruling contradicts Founders’ ‘original intent’
While the Supreme Court decision limits independence of electors and prevents potential uncertainty in 2020 election, it contradicts the Constitution framers’ intentions for the Electoral College, according to a political science expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Donna Friedsam, an expert on health care financing, coverage, access, and cost, can discuss the Trump administration’s request that the U.S. Supreme Court invalidate the Affordable Care Act. The justices will hear arguments in the case sometime next
Donna Friedsam is Distinguished Researcher; Health Policy Programs Director, Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)College of Letters and Science. She is an expert on health care financing, coverage, and access. She can discuss: Medicaid, BadgerCare, Affordable Care Act, and other safety…
SCOTUS ruling won’t end the DACA saga
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration’s effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program was not legal. The decision is a win for those protected by DACA, undocumented children brought to the U.S.…
Mom and Pop Can Still Fire You for Being Gay: Rutgers Labor Law Expert Discusses Asterisks on SCOTUS Rulings
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (June 19, 2020) – The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Earlier in the week, the Court ruled employers cannot discriminate against workers on the…
GW Experts Available to Discuss the Supreme Court Ruling on DACA
The George Washington University has faculty available to provide opinions, expertise, and commentary on a variety of topics related to today’s SCOTUS ruling that the Trump administration may not proceed with its plan to end a program protecting young immigrants…
WashU Expert: DACA decision lets ‘Dreamers’ breathe a little easier
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision June 18 that the Trump Administration cannot shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program will allow more than 700,000 “Dreamers” to worry a bit less and continue focusing on their jobs, education and futures, said an immigration law expert at Washington University in St.
Experts available on DACA, LGBTQ SCOTUS decisions
June 18, 2020—Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and LGBTQ employment protections, University of Colorado Boulder experts are available for media interviews on next steps. On DACA ruling Violeta Chapin, professor…
.@umich expert: Supreme Court decision on LGBTQ+ rights will have ‘monumental’ impact on community
Contact: Nardy Baeza Bickel, 734-763-0368, [email protected] FACULTY Q&A Audio Supreme Court decision on LGBTQ+ rights will have ‘monumental’ impact on community Gary Harper is a professor of health behavior and health education at the University of Michigan’s School of Public…