Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted by The Washington Post on Section 3, and whether or not Donald Trump will be barred from running for president in the state of Minnesota. Citing uncertainty over which outcome would be more democratic, Prof. Rozenshtein shared, “It’s just not clear if America would remain a liberal democracy after a second Trump presidency.

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted in the Star Tribune about the Law School’s upcoming event: “Section 3, Insurrection and the 2024 Election” and its significance. On Nov. 2, the Minnesota Supreme Court will hear arguments as to whether Donald Trump should be barred from appearing on the Minnesota presidential ballot in 2024. A recent law review article said the U.S. Constitution prohibits former office holders who participated in an insurrection or rebellion from holding future office.

Professor Myron Orfield, Jr. was part of a panel discussion about housing in the Twin Cities this week at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs in their ongoing series, the Mondale Dialogues. He was quoted in Evan Ramstad’s business column in the Star Tribune. In the panel discussion, it was discussed how, for several decades after the Fair Housing Act, Minnesota put integration first and incentivized new housing for lower-income families in the Twin Cities.

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, U.N. special rapporteur on protecting human rights while countering terrorism, told a U.N. news conference that when rules of international humanitarian law are breached, such as in the Hamas-Israel conflict, “we are also in the territory of war crimes.” She stressed that under the Geneva Conventions governing the conduct of war, it isn’t only Israel and Hamas that must respect international humanitarian law. Those “with influence” over the parties also have an obligation to ensure the rules of war are respected — and to remind the parties to comply.

Last year, Professor Daniel Schwarcz, former Minnesota Law Professor Jonathan Choi, Professor Kristin Hickman, and Professor Amy Monahan experimented with ChatGPT and had it take exams in torts, employee benefits, taxation, and aspects of constitutional law. The tests included a total of 95 multiple-choice questions and 12 essay questions. The chatbot generally did better on the essays than the multiple-choice questions, scoring in the 17th percentile of all students and the 7th percentile, respectively.

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, in her role as UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, held a press conference at the United Nations this week to report on her findings of that "systematic violations of international law from countering terrorism measures across every region unrelentingly undermine human rights and the rule of law across the globe."

Professor Daniel Schwarcz was quoted in MSN about recent research that shows that medical insurance carriers are shifting their broad standards in making coverage determinations to more specific rules of what they will cover, which in turn can make health insurance denial appeals more difficult. “Insurers have essentially changed their contracts so the ultimate rules are the medical policies,” Schwarcz said.