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Professor Jill Hasday appeared on the KFAI Radio show “Truth to Tell” to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court and some of its most important recent decisions.

Professor Kitrosser spoke about Justice Kennedy's retirement and the future of the Supreme Court on Minnesota Public Radio's "Politics Friday." Among other things, she discussed the potential implications of the…

Professor Christopher M. Turoski presented on the topic of “Patents as a Career Tool” at the Second Annual Institute for Molecular Virology (IMV) Career Development Symposium at the University of Minnesota. The…

Professor Susan Wolf was quoted in the Scientific American about consent issues connected to the use of genetic testing to reunite separated immigrant families. Wolf emphasized that a…

Professor Kristin Hickman's article with Matthew Krueger '06, In Search of the Modern Skidmore Standard, 107 Colum. L. Rev. 1235 (2007), was cited by United States Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch,…

Professor Heidi Kitrosser was quoted in the Washington Examiner regarding calls to fire a U.S. Department of Justice paralegal who participated in an immigration protest at a restaurant. Regarding…

Professor JaneAnne Murray co-chaired the annual Bloomsday Celebration of the Irish American Bar Association at Federal Hall in New York City on Monday, June 11, 2018. The celebration, founded by Murray in 2008,…

Professor JaneAnne Murray, who runs the Law School’s Clemency Project, appeared on MPR News to discuss the issue of presidential pardons. Murray discussed the scope of this constitutional power, whether the…

Professor Heidi Kitrosser was quoted in an article in The Columbus Dispatch (subscription required) about a U.S. Justice Department investigation into alleged classified information leaks…

In Praxair Distribution, Inc. v. Mallinckrodt Hospital Products, Inc. (Fed. Cir. May 16, 2018), Judge Pauline Newman filed a concurring opinion quoting Professor Thomas Cotter’s 2007 article, “A Burkean…

Professor Linus Chan joined MPR News to discuss how ICE has historically operated and what types of changes have been made since President Trump took office. Chan emphasized, among other things, a “change in [ICE’s…

Professor Heidi Kitrosser was quoted in an article in the Grand Forks Herald on the question of whether presidents have the constitutional power to issue pardons to themselves.