In this op-ed for MSNBC, Fordham Law Professor John Pfaff breaks down President Donald Trump’s newest executive order titled “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens.” This Monday, President Donald Trump issued yet another executive order, this one titled “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens.” As the ominous “unleashing” in the title makes clear, the order’s proposals, like so many “tough-on-crime” approaches, are far more about indulging in cruel punitiveness than in actually reducing crime. Read “Trump’s new executive order promises to ‘unleash’ law enforcement. It won’t make us safer.” on MSNBC.
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In this WITF article, Fordham Law Professor Bruce Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, questioned Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams’ decision to make the investigation into allegedly fraudulent voter registration forms in five Pennsylvania counties public. An investigation into allegedly fraudulent voter registration forms in five Pennsylvania counties turned six months old this week, but the state’s top prosecutor said he can’t provide any details on it. … The potentially fraudulent forms became national news in late October when Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams announced a criminal investigation shortly before Election Day. Adams…
In this op-ed for New York Law Journal, Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry H. Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, shares what this year’s Law Day means to him. Read “Saving the Republic” in New York Law Journal. Read the PDF of “Saving the Republic” in New York Law Journal. Time to become a Radical Conservativehttps://t.co/WtASXGpmqx@AllRiseOWN @rickhasen @rgoodlaw @MainJustice @FordhamLawNYC @FLSdemocracy @GersonBorrero @CityAndStateNY @judgeluttig @BillKristol @NormOrnstein @SDDFund @KlasfeldReports pic.twitter.com/xfeGkGE2Ge — Jerry Goldfeder (@JerryGoldfeder) May 1, 2025
Fordham Law Professor Olivier Sylvain spoke with Bloomberg about the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Anna Gomez speaking out against FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s agenda and the eroding line between the FCC and the Oval Office. Despite her limited ability to affect meaningful change, Gomez’s opposition is essential, Fordham University Law professor Olivier Sylvain said. “The dissents kind of identify limitations in the majority’s plans,” said Sylvain, who teaches communications and administrative law. “Even if Chair Carr is strident about what he believes is unnecessary regulation, it’s going to be good for there to be a dissenting opinion about it, for…
Law schools across the country are seeing surging application rates this year, according to data from the American Bar Association. Legal education reporter Christine Charnosky has details from the report and insights from deans—including Fordham Law Dean Joseph Landau—and others, in this Law.com article. Read “Law Schools Report Record-High Application Rates as Numbers Continue to Skyrocket” on Law.com.
In this article in The New York Times, Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout comments on the Trump Organization’s newest Middle East golf course and real estate deal involving a Qatari government-owned firm. Zephyr Teachout, a professor of corporate and anticorruption law at Fordham Law School in New York, was part of a team that sued Mr. Trump during his first term for allegedly taking improper financial payments from foreign governments. The lawsuit, which Mr. Trump’s lawyers challenged, was deemed moot by the Supreme Court after Mr. Trump’s first term ended and before the case was decided. It has not been refiled. Ms. Teachout said…
In this PolitiFact article, Fordham Law Professor Jennifer Gordon comments on nationwide injunctions across presidencies as well as the injunctions that have been issued against President Donald Trump’s policies thus far during his second term. Jennifer Gordon, Fordham Law School professor, referred to the Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas case during Biden’s term. Plaintiffs in that case obtained a September 2021 court order preventing families from being expelled, “on the grounds that the Title 42 statute did not authorize expulsions.” … Fordham’s Gordon said the injunctions show courts are doing what they were set up to do. “President Trump is seeking to deport immigrants…
In this op-ed for The New York Sun, Fordham Law Professor Sean Griffith shares his thoughts on tomorrow’s “Lawyers Rule of Law Rally” in New York City that is thematically connected to the National Law Day of Action. The New York City Bar Association is holding a “Rally for the Rule of Law” on Thursday in front of the federal courthouse at Foley Square. The rally is supposedly non-partisan, cloaked in the language of neutral principle. But make no mistake: This event, like so many others in mainstream legal culture, is an act of political theatre. And it is just…
On the latest episode of “The Ezra Klein Show,” Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout offers her perspective on why America struggles to build housing and green energy infrastructure. Zephyr, what’s your take on this? Teachout: Housing is a global crisis right now. It’s not just an American crisis. Especially the cost of housing — … Zephyr, there was an example you had wanted to bring in. Teachout: I actually do want to turn to green energy because I think it’s really important. But I do want to pick up on what you’re talking about with the Second Avenue subway. As you point…
Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout spoke with The Washington Post about the Take It Down Act—a bill that would make it a federal crime to post non-consensual intimate imagery of any person—and whether it is well-crafted to survive First Amendment challenges in court. The bill also had supporters on the left, including several who spoke at a news conference Monday convened by the advocacy group Americans for Responsible Innovation. They included Fordham University law professor Zephyr Teachout, who said that unlike some past efforts to regulate social media, the Take It Down Act is well-crafted to survive First Amendment challenges…