Professor Richard Painter was recently interviewed by the Tampa Bay Times about ways that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' and his presidential campaign may be violating ethics rules in similar ways that former President Trump was accused of. DeSantis was recently photographed on the campaign trail in front of a Texas state-owned helicopter. Candidates using government-owned vehicles or transportation for campaign purposes is strictly forbidden. 

Prof. Alan Rozenshtein was interviewed on the podcast Public Policy about the recent Supreme Court rulings. He spoke with Steve Poskanzer, president emeritus of Carleton College. When discussing affirmative action, Rozenshtein said, "On raced-based affirmative action, SCOTUS “is actually not out of step with public opinion ... majorities of all races ... actually don't support this policy ... although elite opinion is very much against the ruling."

Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted in both national and local publications about recent amendments to Minnesota's juvenile sentencing laws. Under the new laws, which Professor Moriearty helped write, anyone incarcerated as a juvenile will be eligible for release after 15 years except in cases involving multiple victims. The Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic has been advocating for these reforms for more than a decade, and Professor Moriearty has testified in support of this legislation more than a dozen times.

On June 29, 2023, the Minnesota Board of Pardons voted unanimously to commute the prison sentence of Maureen Onyelobi, a client of the Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic. Previously sentenced to life in prison without the opportunity for release, Ms. Onyelobi will now be eligible for release in 18 years.  Students Dylan Saul '23 and Dahlia Wilson '24 worked closely with Ms. Onyelobi throughout the year and played instrumental roles preparing for the hearing. In reaching its decision, the Board cited to Ms.

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted by the Irish Times in an article covering her recent call as U.N. special rapporteur on human rights to abolish the non-jury Special Criminal Court in Ireland. With the initial reason for the Special Criminal Court being the Troubles, Prof. Ní Aoláin believes that circumstances of current day Ireland no longer require such a system, especially one that is typically indicative of non-democratic countries.

Prof. Kristin Hickman published a Bloomberg op-ed, Exempting Tax Rules from White House Review Is a Step Backwards, in which she criticized a recent agreement between the Treasury Department and Office of Management and Budget that exempts tax regulatory actions from review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. In the op-ed, Professor Hickman elaborates that "tax policy in 2023 covers much more than the traditional revenue-raising function that most members of the public associate with Treasury and the IRS.

On June 28, 2023, the U.S. Sentencing Commission posted a selection of the comments it received on its proposal to make certain criminal history amendments to the sentencing guidelines retroactive. Its posting included one submitted by Prof.

Prof. Charlotte Garden was interviewed in the Wisconsin State Journal about Madison Starbucks workers going on strike on Saturday, claiming the company engaged in unfair labor practices by removing Pride month-related displays and decorations from the stores in June.

The article states, "Workers said the move demonstrates the company's lack of support for its LGBTQ employees in a year when the annual celebration of the LGBTQ community has drawn backlash from social conservatives across the country."

Professor Jill Hasday was interviewed by WCCO News about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling released Friday, in a 6-3 majority ruling, that affirmed the rights of a Christian website and graphic designer in Colorado to tell her clients she won't build wedding websites for same-sex couples. In the case known as 303 Creative LLC v.

Prof. Daniel Schwarcz and colleagues Josephine Wolff, a professor of cybersecurity policy at Tufts University, Rainer Böhme, a security and privacy professor at the University of Innsbruck; and Daniel Woods, a cybersecurity lecturer at the University of Edinburgh recently shared their findings from a joint study that reveals that lawyers may be making cybersecurity issues worse.