“In the current climate, it is hard to place full confidence in the accuracy of government-administered surveys because the employees who remain in these agencies are so fearful of retaliation.”
Professor Nicholas Bednar ’16 was quoted in the Washington Post about the cancellation of the federal employee viewpoint survey.
“Historically, courts have been very deferential, for better or worse, to presidential declarations of emergency.”
Professor Jill Hasday, in an interview with Reuters about a lawsuit that challenged the federal government's takeover of the Washington, D.C., Police Department.
“The lower courts aren’t certain what to do with Skidmore after Loper Bright. What we’re seeing reflected in the Ninth Circuit and Fifth Circuit is emblematic of that uncertainty.”
Professor Kristin Hickman, in an interview with Bloomberg Law, discusses how federal appeals courts are approaching cases one year after the doctrine of the Chevron deference was overturned in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.
“Any time that you’re reducing a transparency function in a place where there is not a high degree of trust between certain communities and the police — on the back of getting rid of the federal consent decree — I think it would make any community wonder what this police department is going to do.”
Professor Emmanuel Mauleón was quoted in the Minnesota Star Tribune about police use of scanning encryption.
“Unconstitutional. Illegal. Congress must impeach him if he invokes the Insurrection Act. There is no insurrection.”
Professor Richard Painter, in an interview with The Boston Globe, about President Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in order to send the National Guard into U.S. cities.
“What we are seeing is the almost wholesale collapse of the Justice Department as an organization based on the rule of law.”
Prof. Alan Rozenshtein was quoted in the New York Times about the politicization of the U.S. Justice Department under Donald Trump and the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.
“What I ask of people is, don’t just show up today [at memorial services], think about what you can do tomorrow, what can you do next week, can you donate, can you volunteer? And what I ask of my legislators is, can we do something about this legislatively, can we ban the assault weapons that seem to have been used in this shooting.”
Professor Megan Walsh, in an interview with ABC News about the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.
“The Federal Reserve is not just a bank. It has tremendous regulatory authority. There is no executive power exception for financial regulators, and never has been.”
Professor Ilan Wurman was quoted in the Wall Street Journal about President Trump’s lack of authority to remove a Federal Reserve Governor.