Professor Megan Walsh commented in a FOX 9 investigation report on ghost guns — guns without serial numbers. The Minnesota Supreme Court will be hearing a case challenging the validity of the ghost gun law. Some have claimed the current law is vague and makes it difficult for law-abiding gun owners to comply. Prof. Walsh said, “The language is very clear,” she said, speaking of the current state statute.
Prof. Francis Shen and Prof. Susan Wolf Lead a National Working Group that Released Landmark Ethical Guidance for New Portable MRI Brain Research
MRI has transformed neuroscience research over the past 50 years, but research participants have had to travel to the scanner. With the advent of highly portable magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI), the scanner will now come to them. This portable technology will allow for more inclusive research with new communities and will enable researchers without access to conventional MRI to study the brain.
Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin participated in a discussion at the U.S.
Reparative Justice in the United States: Human Rights in Practice
June 20, 2024, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, online
Prof. June Carbone's new book Fair Shake, with co-authors Naomi Cahn (University of Virginia Law School) and Nancy Levit (University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law), was mentioned in Forbes last month in an article that examines pay equity for women in the workplace.
Professor Charlotte Garden and co-author Michael Oswalt co-authored an opinion piece in The Hill about how collective bargaining can counteract intrusive workplace surveillance.
Professor Myron Orfield published an opinion piece in the Star Tribune about the implications of school segregation in Minnesota.
Professor Alan Rozenshtein was interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald about what could happen if Donald Trump is elected president and the implications of his use of executive powers. Some experts interviewed said it is possible to construct a hypothetical path in which the United States descends into dictatorship, similarly to other countries where the leader manipulates an unstable political environment and laws are dismantled to provide them with absolute power. Prof. Rozenshtein is described in the article as being more optimistic saying that U.S.
Professor Jill Hasday appeared on WCCO Radio’s Adam and Jordana Show to discuss the constitutional implications of former president Donald Trump's conviction in the New York hush money trial.
Professor Richard Painter was interviewed on KCBS Radio about the guilty verdicts in the Trump hush money trial. He provided his analysis of the verdicts. Painter was chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration,