Sonia Suter is The Henry St. George Tucker III Dean’s Research Professor of Law; The Kahan Family Research Professor of Law; Founding Director, Health Law Initiative at the George Washington University Law School. Professor Suter is an expert in the…
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2024 presidential and Michigan state elections: MSU experts can comment on wide range of issues
The 2024 presidential election is in full swing. As President Joe Biden is set to cruise to the Democratic nomination and former President Donald Trump is likely poised to receive the Republican nomination, 2024 is setting up to be a rematch of 2020.
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.
Experts Available for SCOTUS Social Media Cases
Tomorrow the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing two cases–O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed–both focused on whether individuals have the First Amendment right to criticize government officials on social media without being blocked from those officials’ personal accounts (if those…
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…
How a Repatriation Tax Challenge Before SCOTUS Could Upend the Tax Code
Samuel Handwerger describes implications of Moore v. United States, a case before the Supreme Court that challenges the Mandatory Repatriation Tax provision of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Sociologists Available to Discuss Affirmative Action Ruling in College Admissions
Washington, DC— What impact will the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions have? The American Sociological Association has compiled a list of experts who can provide background on the social issues that must be…
Law and diversity experts react to Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in institutes of higher education. The Court ruled 6-3 that admissions programs at Harvard University and University of North Carolina violated the 14th Amendment. “The Court showed a deep suspicion of…
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…
Experts available to comment on anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, PGA Tour and LIV Golf merger — June 19-23
Indiana University experts are available to comment on events of the week of June 19, including the merger of the the PGA Tour and LIV Golf and one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Bloomberg School Experts on Anniversary of Dobbs Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade
Two reproductive health and legal experts from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are available for comment about the upcoming one-year anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (June 24), which overturned the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark…
GW Experts on Alabama Redistricting Supreme Court Decision
In a surprising 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a challenge to Alabama’s congressional map. Although more than a quarter of Alabama’s population is Black, only one of the state’s seven congressional districts is represented by a…
Political Science Expert Available to Discuss Supreme Court Ruling Alabama’s Congressional Maps Violate Voting Rights Act
What: According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population. Chief Justice…
UGA Law professor discusses environmental implications of Sackett decision
On May 25, the Supreme Court issued its decision on Sackett v. EPA, No. 24-454 (2022). University of Georgia School of Law Assistant Professor Adam D. Orford, whose interdisciplinary research investigates legal and policy approaches to environmental protection, has shared…
GW Expert on Possible Consequences for Justice Clarence Thomas
A committee of federal judges received a request from congressional Democrats to determine if Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s dealings with billionaire GOP donor Harlan Crow violated ethics laws. It is unclear how the committee, headed by Chief Justice John…
Among the cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court will be Counterman v. Colorado, No. 21-138. University of Georgia School of Law Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law Randy Beck is available for commentary.
Among the cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court will be Counterman v. Colorado, No. 21-138. The case focuses on whether to establish that a statement is a “true threat” unprotected by the First Amendment, the government must show…
Among the upcoming cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court will be Arizona v. Navajo Nation, No. 21-1484. University of Georgia School of Law Assistant Professor Adam D. Orford is available for further commentary
Among the upcoming cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court will be Arizona v. Navajo Nation, No. 21-1484. The case focuses on two issues: Whether the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, allowing the…
Upcoming Supreme Court ruling could dramatically limit Clean Water Act, Tulane expert says
The U.S. Supreme Court could soon rule on a challenge to the Clean Water Act, dramatically affecting the quality of the nation’s waterways. Haley Gentry, a water law expert at the Tulane University Law School, says that if the high…
Two Albany Law School Scholars Available to Comment on SCOTUS case, 303 Creative v. Elenis
As the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case, 303 Creative v. Elenis, which challenges a Colorado state law that bars businesses that are open to the public from discriminating against gay people or announcing their intent to do so,…
Notre Dame experts discuss 2022 midterm elections
The 2022 midterm elections will take place Tuesday (Nov. 8). With the country facing the looming effects of violence perpetrated at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, uncertain economic times, high-profile Supreme Court decisions and hot-button policy issues, Notre…
GW Law Expert Available to Discuss Upcoming Supreme Court Affirmative Action Case
WASHINGTON (Oct. 27, 2022)— On Monday the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. Harvard College, a seminal case that may settle whether colleges/universities may use race as a factor in admissions, potentially striking…
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.
Amicus Brief Urges High Court to Preserve Legal Rights for Medicaid Beneficiaries
WASHINGTON (October 10, 2022)–A case that could bar Medicaid beneficiaries from access to the federal courts when states violate their rights could put millions of beneficiaries at risk, according to a public health amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court.…
Wetlands case before the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 3 explained
Among the first cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court for the October 2022 term will be Sackett v. EPA, No. 24-454 (2022). At stake is the definition of “waters of the United States” and the area of…
ACR Statement on Access to Reproductive Healthcare
The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is deeply concerned about the U.S. Supreme
Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling because it negatively impacts the practice of rheumatology.
Supreme Court’s decision to limit EPA oversight of CO2 emissions ‘a thinly veiled attempt to protect the coal industry,’ Notre Dame expert says
Alan Hamlet is an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences. His research focuses on integrated modeling of climate variability and climate change. In response to the recent Supreme Court EPA ruling, Hamlet said the following: “The…
Supreme Court’s EPA ruling puts human health and ecology at risk
The Supreme Court has curtailed the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce carbon emissions from power plants in a decision that could limit other federal agencies’ regulatory powers. Catherine Kling is an environmental economist and an expert in…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Rollback of Roe V Wade Threatens Women’s Health
Speaking on behalf of the American Thoracic Society, ATS President Gregory Downey, MD, ATSF, issued a statement in response to the historic Supreme Court decision to roll back Roe v Wade:
FSU expert on social movements lends insight on public protests over Roe v. Wade
By: Pete Reinwald | Published: June 24, 2022 | 2:31 pm | SHARE: Deana Rohlinger, a Florida State University professor of sociology and an expert on political participation and social movements, said she expects mass protests stemming from Friday’s news that the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that gave women a right to choose an abortion before fetal viability.
WashU Experts: Supreme Court decision will transform American life, politics
Experts from Washington University in St. Louis offer perspectives on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the impact it will have on American law, people and politics.
Experts Advisory: Roe vs. Wade Overturned
ALBANY, N.Y. (June 24, 2022) — Nearly 50 years after the Supreme Court of the United States enshrined a constitutional right to an abortion in Roe v. Wade (1973), the Court today overturned that decision, sending the issue of reproductive…
GW Experts Available: Supreme Court Ruling on West Virginia v. EPA
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on West Virginia v. the Environmental Protection Agency in a case that could limit EPA’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Environmental and legal experts say that if the High…
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.
Johns Hopkins Experts Available to Discuss Roe v. Wade Decision
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to announce a decision on overturning Roe v. Wade, Johns Hopkins University experts are available to discuss the court’s action and what it could mean for the future of women’s health. They can also…
GW Experts Available to Comment on the Supreme Court Abortion Decision
WASHINGTON (June 14, 2022) —The Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which might overturn Roe v. Wade, could lead to long-lasting impacts on society as well as risks to mothers, children and families. If the Court…
GW Law Expert Available to Discuss FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate
WASHINGTON (May 17, 2022)—On Monday the Supreme Court issued its opinion in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate invalidating a provision of federal campaign finance law that capped the amount of money a candidate can collect after an election from…
GW Expert Available to Discuss Abortion Rules Overseas
WASHINGTON (May 10, 2022)—In wake of the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion that, if held, would overturn the right to an abortion in the United States, many commentators are looking at how abortion is handled in other countries. Shirley Graham…
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,…
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,…
Rolling back abortion rights is ‘democratic backsliding,’ UW political scientist says
The U.S. Supreme Court’s draft ruling, leaked Monday, that would overturn the constitutional right to an abortion, shows how the country is “backsliding” on democracy, says Sophia Jordán Wallace, an associate professor of political science at the University of Washington.…
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…
Final Anderson Seminar to Explore Legal Mechanism of Texas S.B.8, and Copycat Laws Designed to Skirt Judicial Review
The final Warren M. Anderson Seminar of 2022 will focus on a growing wave of state laws designed to target constitutional rights while limiting judicial review.
The United States Supreme Court left the first of these kinds of laws – Texas S.B.8, an anti-abortion statute – in place last December. Now, the legal mechanism S.B.8 used to avoid early judicial review can and may be applied to a wide range of individual rights and areas subject to federal preemption.
The Government Law Center at Albany Law School will host the virtual seminar, “Designing Statutes to Evade Judicial Review: The Future After Texas’ S.B.8,” on Tuesday, May 17 from noon-1 p.m.
Policy and Supreme Court experts available to speak on leaked opinion that appears to overturn Roe v. Wade
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 3, 2022) — Last night the news organization Politico reported on a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision in the Mississippi case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. While the final opinion, expected this summer, could…
George Washington University professors are available to discuss the Court’s apparent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade from multiple angles
Lara Brown is the director of GW’s Graduate School of Political Management. She can discuss how the Supreme Court’s decision could impact the 2022 and 2024 elections and the Biden administration’s response to the Court’s ruling. Casey Burgat is an…
Ray Brescia on the supreme court and ethics
Since the election of 2020, issues of legal and judicial ethics have dominated the news.
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…
D.C. Circuit Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is slated to make history as the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States. GW faculty experts are available to comment on the judicial, political, and procedural aspects of Judg
Brandon Bartels, a professor of political science, is an expert on judicial politics. He can provide more insight into Judge Jackson’s background and judicial philosophy and the power dynamics that could be in play during the proceedings. Todd Belt, a…
Law, Policy and Women’s Studies Expert Available to Speak About Texas Abortion Ban
ALBANY, N.Y. (Sept. 2, 2021) — The new Texas ban on all abortions past six weeks of gestation — the most restrictive in the nation — went into effect Sept. 1 after the Supreme Court rejected an emergency application to…
Supreme Court: Off-campus student speech protected, but schools do have power to regulate
The Supreme Court’s 8-1 recent decision in Mahanoy allows both sides to claim victory, according to Clare Norins, director of the University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic, who also serves as an assistant clinical professor.
Law, school discipline experts available to comment on Supreme Court ruling on high schooler’s free speech case
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that a school district in Pennsylvania violated the First Amendment when it punished a high school student for using vulgar language in a Snapchat message that was posted off school grounds. Indiana…