Professor Karen Greenberg wrote an op-ed for Truthout about the overall state of immigration at the U.S. southern border and the current administration’s response to the inhumane conditions in immigration detention centers. What’s genuinely new with the current border crossings is the number of children among the migrants. According to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan’s sobering recent testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the presence of such children has risen 72% in recent years. Some even come “unaccompanied.” Others belong to migrant families. And while last month the government officially stopped its cruel policy of separating families, leaving…
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Visiting professor Corey Brettschneider wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post looking at key findings from Robert Mueller’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on July 24, 2019. In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III reiterated a central conclusion from his report: Under Justice Department policy, a president cannot be prosecuted while in office. He also emphasized a point lost on many Americans. Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) asked Mueller, “Could you charge the president with a crime after he left office?” Mueller answered “Yes.” Buck, who seemed surprised, asked again whether…
Fordham Law alumnus Scott Hammond ’02 has joined Martin LLP as Partner in the firm’s debt finance practice group. Martin LLP is pleased to announce that Scott Hammond has joined as Partner in the firm’s debt finance practice group. Scott’s practice concentrates on middle market debt finance where he advises both lenders and borrowers, as well as other stakeholders involved in finance transactions, including banks, alternative lenders, private equity sponsors and operating companies in a variety of industries. Scott brings a wealth of experience gained in the finance practices of major national and international law firms, including as Partner at Winston &…
United States Attorney General William P. Barr blasted tech companies for resisting efforts to give law enforcement access to encrypted information in a July 23 keynote address to the 8th International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus. Barr, the first cabinet-level official to address the 10-year-old conference, began his talk by comparing stark advances in technology that have occurred since his previous tenure as attorney general from 1991 to 1993. He singled out encryption technology as particularly praiseworthy. “Encryption provides enormous benefits to society by enabling secure communications, data storage and on-line transactions,” said Barr. “We can now…
Professor Catherine Powell co-wrote an article with researcher Rebecca Hughes published in Just Security about President Trump using the issue of human trafficking, specifically the trafficking of women, to leverage support for polarizing immigration policies. Take, for instance, Trump’s attempts to establish himself as a crusader against human trafficking– one who is especially determined to address sex trafficking. On multiple occasions, Trump has lamented to reporters that traffickers are viciously exploiting migrant women at the U.S.-Mexico border. His favorite anecdote involves women and duct tape. “Women are tied up, they’re bound, duct tape put around their faces, around their mouths,” he remarked at…
Professor Nestor Davidson was quoted by Pacific Standard for an article on different ways in which local governments are working to preserve and encourage the creation of affordable housing in their cities. Many cities, when given the opportunity to expand tenant protections and affordable housing, have failed to take it, instead embracing highly exclusionary zoning policies that have kept lower-income residents out. In cities like San Jose, California, Sandy Springs, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, nearly all residential land is zoned for single-family homes, despite the fact that inclusionary zoning is permitted. Recognizing that simply allowing cities to develop affordable…
Professor Sean Griffith was quoted in The American Lawyer where he provides historical context for the use of representations and warranties insurance in merger and acquisition practices. Insuring Against Failure Representations and warranties insurance has been around for about 20 years, but it has become increasingly popular within the past five, according to Sean Griffith, a professor of corporate and securities law at Fordham University School of Law, who has studied and written about its use. In the United Kingdom and Australia, where the policies were first introduced, it is called warranty and indemnity insurance. “It really takes off in…
Professor Jed Shugerman wrote an article for Politico Magazine about the approach that Democratic Congress members should take when questioning Robert Mueller during his Capitol Hill hearing on July 24, 2019. So far, the solution has been to expand the hearing time. Here’s a better one: None of the members should ask the questions at all. Their expert staffers should ask all the questions—not just to resolve the battle of egos, but to give Congress its only chance to make any real progress on the issue. To go by Mueller’s previous statements, the hearings aren’t likely to turn up new…
Visiting clinical professor John Rogan wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post on the ambiguity surrounding the ability of acting Cabinet secretaries to participate in enacting the 25th Amendment. As many of Trump’s critics have learned since 2016, Section 4 of the 25th Amendment empowers the vice president and a majority of the “principal officers of the executive departments” to remove an “unable” president from the office’s powers and duties. Members of Congress who worked on the amendment said they intended the “principal officers” to be the leaders of the “executive departments” listed in a federal law. Officials holding positions a…
Professor Bruce Green is quoted in an Associated Press article looking at why federal prosecutors in Manhattan only charged Michael Cohen in the hush-money scandal that the president was publicly implicated in. There was no news conference or press release announcing the end of the investigation this week. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman, has stayed silent on the matter. His office declined to answer questions. The closure of the case became public only because news organizations, including The Associated Press, petitioned a judge to release search warrants related to the FBI raid of…