Professor Jill Hasday appeared on WCCO Radio’s Adam and Jordana Show to discuss whether former President Trump is immune from criminal prosecution.
A Package Deal: The Delicious Intersection of Food, Business, and Law
March 25, 2024, 12:15 to 1:15 pm
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in Newsweek about misconduct allegations against Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis and how a dangerous precedent could be set against prosecutors involved in high-profile cases. Willis is the lead prosecutor in the 2020 election-related case against Donald Trump. She has acknowledged a romantic relationship with another prosecutor in the case and has been subpoenaed for improper actions. Willis has denied any conflict of interest.
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in the Washington Post about a reporter who may have had a conflict of interest in a major news feature he wrote for the Boston Globe. The reporter signed a letter attesting to the sound mind of the story’s subject, who was terminally ill and wanted to end her life. The Globe said that while the reporter violated the publication’s journalistic standards, it published the story. Professor Kirtley questioned these decisions. “He did not need to be the one to sign it.
The Rights of Nature vs. Human Rights?
April 11, 2024, 8:30 am
Professor Myron Orfield was quoted on KSTP about a task force charged with examining how to overhaul the state’s largest planning agency. Six different reform recommendations will be sent to the Legislature. Professor Orfield had accused the Metropolitan Council of interfering in the work of the task force and criticized it for refusing to answer his questions during previous meetings. He said, “It was a very cynical process to prevent reform to a deeply troubled agency.”
Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted in Washington Monthly about the Supreme Court’s Reconsideration of the Chevron Deference, a 40-year-old precedent that grants federal agencies significant leeway in interpreting the scope of their own powers as shown in two cases that came before the high court in January.
Clemency Project Clinic and Civil Rights Appellate Clinic Collaborate to Secure Major Victory in Tanya Wager et al. v. DOC
The University of Minnesota Law School’s Clemency Project Clinic—in collaboration with the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, ACLU-MN, and Mitchell Hamline School of Law’s Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners Clinic—has secured a major victory for four individuals it was representing in a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections (DOC). In Tanya Wagner et al. v. DOC, the plaintiffs had challenged the DOC’s decision to return them to prison.
Minnesota Law students from the Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic and the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic built a case in preparation for oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court
Has a noncitizen truly been notified of their immigration-related removal hearing if the federal government fails to follow its statutory requirements to provide written notice? In January, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the question of proper notification and whether the federal government may remove noncitizens in absentia if they were not duly informed of their hearing date.
Just Security asked several leading experts, including Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, to provide their views on the judicial order from the International Court of Justice on the South Africa v Israel Genocide Convention Case. The court ordered ordered Israel to take measures to prevent and punish direct incitement of genocide in its war in Gaza, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire.