Dean John Feerick spoke with Constitution Daily about his work on the 25th Amendment, and the hidden powers of the Senate Judiciary Committee. As a young attorney, current Fordham Law professor and former dean John Feerick worked with Bayh’s subcommitee to draft the language that eventually became the 25th Amendment. He recounted the arduous process in a 1995 law journal article, “The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: An Explanation And Defense.” Bayh introduced Senate Joint Resolution 139 in December 1963, just months after replacing the late Estes Kefauver as subcommittee chair. (There was reported talk that the subcommittee would be phased out until…
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The Economist spoke to Fordham professor John Pfaff for an article about the Trump Administration’s efforts to combat gun violence in Chicago. One thing is certain, says John Pfaff at Fordham University in New York: sending in the National Guard, as Mr Trump seemed to suggest, would send the wrong signal and would probably worsen the already sour relations between the police and black Chicagoans. Deploying troops—when local police are unable to contain unrest and the mayor of a city appeals to the governor, who oversees the state National Guard—should be a last resort. Read the full article here.
James Brudney spoke with the Christian Science Monitor about tomato pickers’ successful labor organizing efforts, and how their model might apply to the wider agricultural industry. “The way in which they’ve handled these two large problems is remarkable,” says James Brudney, an expert in labor law at Fordham University in New York. “There’s no reason this model can’t work across the United States.” Read the full story here.
Real Clear Life referenced a symposium held by Fordham Law School’s Center on Law and Information Policy in an article discussing the potential of artificial intelligence in fighting cyber crime. As of March 1st, the nation’s first cybersecurity regulations took hold for financial institutions operating in New York State. On the eve of when the rules were set to go into effect, an interdisciplinary cadre of professionals gathered at Fordham Law School’s Center on Law and Information Policy to discuss how artificial intelligence and machine learning (yes there’s a difference; learn that here) could be used to fight cyber crime.…
NBC News quoted Fordham professor Benjamin Zipursky in an article on President Trump’s interactions with the media. “He’s basically stating that Mr. Obama committed crimes, and to state that somebody has committed a crime when it’s false is clearly defamatory,” Benjamin Zipursky, who teaches defamation law at Fordham University Law School in New York, told NBC News. Read the full story here.
The International Journalists’ Network referred to Fordham Law’s Center on National Security as an essential resource for journalists covering national security and terrorism. For those looking for other academic resources to complement their reporting on security policy, another valuable resource is the Center on National Security (CNS) at Fordham Law School. The initiative bills itself as “the preeminent source of legal analysis and statistical data on terrorism prosecutions in the U.S.” One of the highlights: a case-by-case look at ISIS prosecutions within the United States from March 2014 to June 2016. Journalists can find detailed information from these cases including…
Homeland Security Today referenced research conducted by Fordham University’s Center on National Security in an article on President Trump’s travel ban. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) asked Rodriguez about the Fordham University Law School’s Center on National Security report on ISIS prosecutions in the US which “looked at all ISIS prosecutions in the US and determined that of those involved … 18 percent were refugees or asylees. Shouldn’t that be of enormous concern to all of us?” … According a recent Fordham University Law School’s Center on National Security report on ISIS prosecutions in the US, 18 percent were a refugee/asylee;…