Thousands of employees have lost their jobs in the latest wave of the Trump’s administration’s federal overhaul. James Brudney, Joseph Crowley Chair in Labor and Employment Law at Fordham Law, predicts in this Fortune article that federal unions will challenge President Donald Trump’s directives. In the latest installment of the Trump’s administration’s federal overhaul, thousands of government employees were dismissed across several different agencies over the weekend. … Unsurprisingly, federal worker unions, which have already filed lawsuits against the Trump administration for its previous mass resignation offer, are less than thrilled by this latest move. … “When the reasons for firing someone are…
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In this New York Daily News op-ed, Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry H. Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, explains why New York Governor Kathy Hochul should recall, not remove, New York City Mayor Eric Adams. As Gov. Hochul considers exercising her authority to initiate removal proceedings of Mayor Adams, I offer my advice. Don’t do it. It would be legally problematic. In fact, I have a better idea. She undoubtedly has the power to remove him. It’s in the state Constitution, allowing the state Legislature to enact removal authority for “misconduct” or “malversation.” Misconduct is a pretty ambiguous term.…
Fordham Law Professor Tanya Katerí Hernández shared her inspiring journey from her upbringing in New York City to her current role at Fordham Law, on the Blazing Ember Podcast with hosts Diana Santos ’10 and Maria Fernandez, emphasizing the importance of following one’s passions and intuition over conventional definitions of success. The discussion highlights the challenges Latino lawyers face, particularly the low representation of Latinas, and underscores the vital role of mentorship and support networks like Lawtina. Prof. Hernández also addresses misconceptions about critical race theory, framing it as an essential tool for understanding systemic racial disparities, while discussing her…
In this Slate op-ed, Bennett Capers, associate dean for research at Fordham Law, breaks down what is at stake if Judge Dale Ho considers whether to accept the government’s motion to dismiss the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams and what should happen next. After a week of drama over the fate of Mayor Eric Adams’ indictment, including quid pro quo allegations against Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, the ball is in Judge Dale Ho’s court. Specifically, Judge Ho will have a hearing on Wednesday to determine whether to accept the government’s motion to dismiss the case against…
As New York City Mayor Eric Adams rejects growing calls to resign, the pressure is moving to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who has the power to remove Adams from office. Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, joins Spectrum News NY1’s “News All Day” to discuss what the process would look like. Read “Attorney talks Hochul’s growing pressure to remove Adams” and watch the full segment on Spectrum News NY1.
In this co-authored op-ed for The Guardian US, Karen J. Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, argues that the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility is a “worldwide symbol of American hypocrisy.” Today we know Guantánamo mainly as the detention facility that held a total of 780 war on terror detainees over the past 23 years. The cruelty of Guantánamo has been exhaustively documented, notably in the 2023 UN special rapporteur’s report on the detention facility which described “the depth, severity, and evident nature of many detainees’ current physical and psychological harms”, both those still in Guantánamo and those who…
Although New York Governor Kathy Hochul has the power to begin removal proceedings against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a New York City mayor has never been removed by the governor. Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry H. Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, explained to The New York Times when the closest precedent last occurred. While the State Constitution clearly gives the governor the power to remove the mayor, history offers little guidance for how such a move might unfold. No governor since Franklin D. Roosevelt has even tried to use the removal power…
In a co-authored op-ed for U.S. News & World Report, Fordham Law Professor Bruce Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, explains why President Donald Trump’s Justice Department’s order to drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams for political reasons “threatens the rule of law.” In an escalating showdown over the Trump adminsitration’s moves to suspend the corruption and fraud case against New York City’s mayor, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan and five attorneys in the Justice Department’s public integrity section in Washington, D.C. resigned yesterday rather than follow orders to dismiss the…
In this New York Daily News article, Fordham Law Professor Bruce Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, reflects on acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove’s memo to drop the public corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Former Manhattan federal prosecutor and Fordham Law School professor Bruce Green, who heads the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics’, on Friday said Bove’s memo to drop the case was “abusive” and that Sassoon had made the right choice. “One can only conclude that the decision was made for improper partisan political reasons. Prosecutors are not…
Karen J. Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, explains to Vox the lack of precedent for one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders to ramp up immigration detention capacity at Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility on the island of Cuba. However, the people Trump is trying to send to Guantánamo are not those captured on the battlefield outside the US, but people previously held in the US. “That puts it in a different legal paradigm,” said Karen J. Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law. “That sets up a…