Jennifer Gordon was interviewed by Univision about President Trump’s statement that he can end birthright citizenship, a key part of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, through an executive order. “The president does not have the power to change the Constitution in any way—not through an executive order, nor through any other means.” (Translated from Spanish) Watch the full interview (in Spanish).
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Deborah Denno was quoted in a Popular Science article about lethal injection as a form of capital punishment. But the push to keep the execution chamber stocked with lethal injection drugs may be misguided. While death by drug has become the execution method of choice in the past few decades—all of the 31 death penalty states use it—injection is more likely to go wrong than any other method, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. “It’s always been problematic,” says Deborah Denno, a law professor at Fordham University who studies execution methods. “That said, it’s gotten worse.” … Even…
Visiting Professor Corey Brettschneider was quoted in a Vanity Fair article about President Trump’s immigration plan. “It’s certainly in the idea of originalism, in that it relies that you understand the text at the time it was written, [but] there are a lot of people, even in that broadly conservative camp, that just reject it,” said Corey Brettschneider, professor of political science and public policy at Brown University, and the recent author of The Oath and the Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents. “There are a couple of scholars that are pushing it, but it’s not a…
Karen Greenberg was quoted in an Enterprise-Record article about the absence of domestic terrorism laws in the United States. Opponents of domestic terrorism laws say prosecutors already have enough tools. They worry what would happen if law enforcement were empowered to apply the same tools to a domestic investigation, like a secret warrant to monitor communications, as they have for international investigations. They also contend that increased powers could run afoul of civil liberties protection and lead to groups being classified as terror organizations just because the government didn’t like their ideology. “You want to be really careful given the…
Susan Scafidi’s work on cultural appropriation was cited in The Hill. “Cultural appropriation” has become a common term on campuses and is receiving broader meaning with each passing year. In Utah, a high school student was denounced for wearing a Chinese dress to her prom. White students wearing hoop earrings or dreadlocks have been denounced, while there have been protests over serving sushi at Oberlin College, holding yoga classes at the University of Ottawa or having a “Mexican food night” at Clemson University. The reason behind such limitless forms of cultural appropriation is its limitless meaning. Fordham University law professor…
Alumnus Christopher Mitchell ’00, currently the general counsel at Kickstarter, was interviewed by Law360 regarding his work experience and career path. Kickstarter is a global crowdfunding platform for creative projects. Chris Mitchell, the general counsel of Kickstarter whose resume also includes serving as the top lawyer at both Tumblr and littleBits, said he breaks down the responsibilities of the role into four C’s: compliance, counsel, catalyst and conscience. … What kind of legal issues do you deal with as the general counsel of a public benefit corporation? You’re dealing with a lot of the same issues — transactional, [intellectual…
Karen Greenberg was quoted in a VOA News article about the recent mailing of pipe bombs that targeted critics of President Trump. “Our current laws dealing with political violence are sufficient in terms of giving long sentences to the perpetrators,” said Karen Greenberg, director of Center on National Security at Fordham Law, a nonpartisan research group. “I don’t think we need a new law that could add more to the sensitivity. The Obama administration had some interest in creating a federal charge for domestic terrorism, but again it didn’t get anywhere because of the political climate,” Greenberg said. …
David A. Andelman, visiting scholar at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, wrote an op-ed for CNN about Jair Bolsonaro, the newly elected president of Brazil. Brazil has embraced Trumpism — and then some. Eager to avoid the catastrophic economic meltdown of neighboring Venezuela — led by socialist President Nicolas Maduro — Brazilian voters have thrown their lot overwhelmingly behind a far right-wing candidate. In one stroke, the nation has swung from its once-beloved left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who languishes in prison on corruption charges, to Jair Bolsonaro. It is only the latest victory…
Howard Erichson was quoted in a USA Today article about cy pres settlements of class action lawsuits. The Supreme Court faces a difficult question: What happens when there are 129 million winners in a class action lawsuit, each of whom stands to receive 4 cents? Federal judges in California thought they had an answer. Faced with a privacy invasion lawsuit first filed against Google in 2010, they approved an $8.5 million settlement that split most of the proceeds among six universities and nonprofit groups researching internet privacy issues. The plaintiffs’ lawyers got more than $2 million. Google users got nothing.…
Adjunct Professor Matt Gold was cited in a Wall Street Journal article about delivery apps that may be evading customs duties. Several attorneys said customs evasion, while common, can be a crime. Companies that knowingly facilitate such behavior could be committing organized customs fraud, said Matt Gold, a former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative. Read full article.