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—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in the Los Angeles Times on the propriety of former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman staying in his post while his supporters organized a potential presidential…
—Professor Richard Painter's Harvard Law Review article, "The Dodd-Frank Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Provision: Was it Effective, Needed or Sufficient?" was cited in a Thomson Reuters story on the…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about a motion to disqualify Judge Vaughn Walker from the California Proposition 8 case because the judge is gay. Painter said that the…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a USA Today story on the indictment of former presidential candidate John Edwards for election law violations. Painter pointed out that the prosecution's theory, that a…
—Professor Richard Painter wrote an op-ed entitled "Give All Judicial Nominees a Vote" for the Dallas-Fort Worth Star Telegram. Painter spoke approvingly of arguments by Republican Senators, particularly…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted by Sen. Daniel K. Inouye and Sen. Barbara Boxer's op-ed entitled "Goodwin Liu's Nomination should have been OK'd" in the Honolulu Star Advertiser. The article said, "...…
—Professor Richard Painter wrote an editorial for Politico entitled "The Case for Goodwin Liu." In speeches on the Senate floor, Senators Feinstein (D CA) and Coons (D DE) both quoted from this and other…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a New York Times article on the Senate Ethics Committee's referral to the Justice Department of its conclusion that Senator John Ensign (R NV) had broken the law in…
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Professor Richard Painter published an op-ed in the Star Tribune urging state legislators to reject a potentially divisive constitutional amendment on same sex marriage. Painter pointed out that the…

—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a USA Today article on the motion to recuse U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in the California Proposition 8 case. Painter pointed out that the mere fact that Judge…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted by Reuters in a story about an important insider trading case in which U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff expressed concern about new powers vested in the SEC under the Dodd-Frank…
—Professor Richard Painter was referenced in a San Francisco Chronicle article regarding the nomination of UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to a federal appeals court. The article stated, "Several…