“President Trump now is in defiance of an order by a federal judge [that ordered] planes to come back to the United States. The real showdown is between President Trump and the courts in an extraordinary case of executive defiance of the judiciary.”
Professor Nadia Anguiano ’17 in an interview with MPR about the legality of the Trump administration’s deportation of Venezuelans to El Salvador.
“The federal government has more data on American citizens than almost any other institution, and so if we’re going just to remove the guardrails that protect that data, there’s no saying which actors may gain access to it.”
Professor Nicholas Bednar ’16 in an interview with CNN about DOGE’s access to American citizens’ data.
“The president has the constitutional power to pardon someone before that person has been indicted for any federal crime.”
Professor Jill Hasday in a FactCheck by Reuters about pardons by President Joe Biden before he left the White House.
“We have a very dangerous situation in that we have a P5 member of the Security Council, the United States, acting like a rogue state.”
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin in an interview with NPR about the El Salvador prison where the United States sent 200 Venezuelan migrants suspected of being gang members.
“Use of public office for private gain is prohibited for everyone in the executive branch. You cannot use your official position to promote any private organization, company, nonprofit, or anybody. You simply cannot do that."
Professor Richard Painter citing the Code of Federal Regulations, in USA Today about President Trump’s promotion of Tesla at the White House.
“I’m not surprised that no one is going to get arrested for this. But what I would expect is a very thorough counterintelligence investigation.”
Professor Alan Rozenshtein to the Wall Street Journal about top government officials sharing military war plans on the commercial and unsecured app Signal.
“There are different ways to answer how high-dollar climate catastrophes can influence the home insurance market across state borders. Regulatory pressures in some states create distortions such as artificially low rates in California and Florida, that may encourage insurers to seek compensation in states more forgiving of increases.”
Professor Daniel Schwarcz in an interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune about the rising cost of property insurance in Minnesota.
“It became very clear that there were not enough lawyers who knew enough about [gun laws] to be effective. And there is a strong counterweight of well-trained and engaged lawyers who are actively bringing lawsuits to expand the Second Amendment and push back against gun regulations.”
Professor Megan Walsh in a feature about the Gun Violence Prevention Clinic on WCCO News.