U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared Tuesday at Fordham Law School’s Robert L. Levine Distinguished Lecture Series; an event which was attended by more than 300 people, says the New York Law Journal. In the event, Justice Ginsburg spoke about the rising power of women and their rights in law and other professions. “As more women are out there doing things, there will be more women with the courage to try and we will all be better for it,” she said. Read full article.
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Professor Karen Greenberg wrote an op-ed for New York Daily News about the recent bombing incident in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. There is no question Ahmad Khan Rahami, the suspected bomber in this weekend’s bombings, should be prosecuted in U.S. federal court. Rahami is an American citizen who is being tried for a crime perpetrated on American soil. As such, he is guaranteed the right to be charged and tried here. … Within months of the attacks, the government kept Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen initially charged as a “dirty bomber,” in “enemy combatant” custody without access to…
Center on National Security Director Karen Greenberg was quoted in the Associated Press where she speaks about how quick Islamic State is to claim responsibility for attacks and how this obsession to claim influence distinguishes IS from the other terrorist groups of today. “If they find out the person is Muslim — that alone might be enough for them to claim credit,” she said. Read full story.
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan to give a keynote address at the Fordham University School of Law, says a post in Belfast Telegraph. In a keynote address at Fordham University’s School of Law, the Minister is expected to say Ireland is “wholeheartedly committed to our membership of the European Union and of the eurozone”. Read full article.
Professor Karen Greenburg was quoted in an ABC News report about the recent stabbings at a Minnesota mall. If Saturday’s stabbings are ultimately deemed a terrorist act, it would be the first carried out by a Somali on U.S. soil, said Karen Greenburg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law. Read full article.
Professor John Pfaff was quoted in the Daily Mail (UK) where he discusses how the new oddly worded ruling in Arizona utterly ignores the reality of plea bargaining. ‘So court’s emphasis on as-applied challenges seems misplaced—seems to ignore reality of plea bargaining,’ Pfaff tweeted on Friday. ‘I also wonder if it’ll operate even more in the shadows: “take this plea for the drug deal or we’ll tack on sexual abuse of your child,”‘ he added. Read full article.
Fordham Law alumnus and adjunct professor Judge Denny Chin ’78 wrote an op-ed for the New York Times about his family’s path to U.S. citizenship and how their journey reverberates with him today. My grandfather immigrated to the United States from China almost 100 years ago — on Nov. 16, 1916. Because of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and subsequent similar legislation, there was no open door to the American dream for him. He was able to enter only by buying a piece of paper representing that he was the son of a United States citizen. … In 1947, something…
Professor John Pfaff was quoted in Slate.com, where he discusses how this new decision in Arizona utterly ignores the reality of plea bargaining. Given the immense expense and hassle of a trial, many defendants are pressured into striking a deal with a prosecutor, trading a lighter sentence for an admission of guilt. Arizona prosecutors can now dangle the threat of a probable child molestation conviction to coerce any parent of a young child into taking a plea deal on unrelated charges. … This terrible decision has gutted constitutional rights and turned many of the state’s residents into unknowing criminals. Read…
Adjunct Professor Patricia Miller (chief of special federal litigation, New York City Law Department) and Judith Livingston (senior partner, Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore), wife of Fordham Law alumnus Thomas Moore ’72 and mother of a Fordham Law alumnus and current student, were mentioned in the New York Law Journal’s list of Top Women in Law 2016. These outstanding attorneys, gathered with the help of recommendations from the legal community, are making strides to push the legal profession forward for women. Read full article.
Professor Thomas Lee was quoted in Yahoo where he speaks about the presidential pardon of Edward Snowden. “There is precedent for a presidential pardon prior to the formal filing of any charges of treason or related criminal offenses,” Thomas Lee. Read full article.