Faculty News

Professor Emmanuel Mauleón was interviewed by CNN about a newly disclosed memo that authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest…

Professor Emmanuel Mauleón was interviewed by The Economist about the reasons why Donald Trump is targeting Minnesota with ICE actions. One theory is that there is a link to the death of George Floyd…

Professor Emmanuel Mauleón was interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air about whether ICE agents are breaking the law in Minnesota. To host Terry Gross’ first question about what he sees as Illegal actions, he…

Professor Jane Kirtley, Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law, was interviewed by MPR News about the Department of Justice opening a civil rights investigation into a protest that disrupted a…

Professor Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, was interviewed by the Associated Press about the lawsuit filed by Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul to try to stop the immigration enforcement…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was interviewed by Reuters about how American CEOs’ lack of standing up to Donald Trump’s authoritarian approach for fear of…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was interviewed by CNN about Donald Trump’s purchase of up to $2 million in Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery investments days…

Professor Amy Sweasy was interviewed by Alex Witt on MS NOW to discuss the Department of Justice’s investigation of Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey for alleged their conspiracy to impede federal…

Professor Francis Shen, Solly Robins Distinguished Research Fellow, was quoted in a New York Times article exploring the 92-year-old Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein’s fitness for overseeing the…

Professor Jill Hasday was quoted in the Montreal newspaper La Presse about the Insurrection Act. Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the act due to the anti-ICE protests in…

Professor Ilan Wurman was interviewed on MPR News explaining the Insurrection Act. Prof. Wurman said, “This act, the Militia Act, or the so-called Insurrection Act, would allow federalized militia,…