Fordham Law Professor Ethan J. Leib was quoted in Law360 article about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining the court’s two most conservative members Wednesday to suggest laws that differentiate based on transgender status should be subject to the lowest level of judicial review. Read “High Court Concurrences Signal Hard Battle For Trans Rights” on Law360.
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As the U.S. garment industry faces the heat with raids and subsequent arrests conducted by Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE), Susan Scafidi, founder and director of Fordham Law’s Fashion Law Institute, told Apparel Resources that she fears a large decline in domestic garment production. Factories have reported delayed shipments and reduction in production in the wake of raids. Such a crackdown has shaken the USA’s garment, apparel and fashion industry as a whole. In this regard, Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, feared a large decline in garment production in the USA, in the…
Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, discusses the race for governor and lieutenant governor in New York in this op-ed for Dan’s Papers (see page 110). Dan’s Papers June 13, 2025 Publish at Calameo Read “Op-Ed | Democracy Defender: Lieutenant Governor Running Against the Governor!” in the June 13, 2025 edition of Dan’s Papers.
Fordham Law Professor Thomas Lee, who previously served as special counsel in the U.S. Department of Defense, clarifies in a FactCheck.org article written by Saranac Hale Spencer and D’Angelo Gore which sections of federal law have been used by U.S. presidents in recent years. Does Trump have authority to send troops to LA? … In his June 7 memo, Trump had cited a section of federal law — Title 10 of the U.S. Code, section 12406 — that describes three instances in which the president can federalize National Guard troops, the two that he referenced and also when the U.S. is being invaded. The last…
Sebastian Vegas ’25 returned to New York with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in International and European Business Law from Universidad Pontificia Comillas, after spending his entire third year in Spain. Through Fordham Law’s Double-Degree Program, he was able to study abroad in a country with ties to his ancestral background and explore international and corporate law with fellow law students from around the world. After graduating with his J.D. degree from Fordham Law this past May, Vegas will begin his career working at Citibank. Where did you study before Fordham Law? I studied at the University of Miami…
The judge overseeing the sex-crimes trial of former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein declared a mistrial on a final charge against him, after the jury foreman said he was unwilling to return to deliberations. Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader explained to The New York Times what was unusual about this instance. On Friday, a juror said he had overheard others on the jury — in an elevator and outside the courthouse the day before — talking about another member of the group. He said he believed what he had heard amounted to misconduct. Later, he unsuccessfully asked the judge to dismiss him from the…
Efforts to expand the scope and availability of Oregon’s Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot, which is set to expire at the end of June 2025, have been curtailed after pushback from district attorneys across Oregon. Fordham Law Professor John Pfaff’s 2017 book, Locked In, was referenced by Prism and explains who shoulders the cost of prisons. This story was originally published in English by Wesley Vaughan, at Prism. John F. Pfaff, a professor at Fordham School of Law, explains in his book “Locked In” that prison is a cost shouldered by the state and not the county that sentences people to prison.…
Fordham Law Professor Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute, explains to Vogue Business why she believes there is a direct policy conflict between limits on immigration and a desire to increase manufacturing. There is a direct policy conflict between limits on immigration and a desire to increase manufacturing, says Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School. “It’s something that I’ve been concerned about since the election, and the recent immigration raids in LA are spotlighting the issue in a dramatic fashion.” Garment factories in the US have been staffed…
As the New York City mayoral primary election approaches, Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, covers the candidates running for election, explains the ranked choice voting system, and emphasizes the importance of voters indicating the correct number of preferences on their ballots, in this amNY op-ed (see page 18). June 11, 2025 Publish at Calameo Read “Op-Ed | Democracy Defender: Don’t Lose Your Vote—Rank All 5!” in the June 11, 2025 edition of amNY.
Fordham Law Professor Andrew Kent spoke with American Banker about the Take Care Clause found in Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, which states that “[the President] shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Read “CFPB lawsuit hinges on Trump’s ‘faithful’ execution of laws” on American Banker.