President Trump's Assault on the Antiquities Act

12/5/17  //  Commentary

On Monday, President Trump announced that his administration was taking dramatic action to reduce the size of two national monuments in Utah. The President’s announcement is out of step with historical use of the Antiquities Act.

Versus Trump: Trump The Trustbuster (Interview with Lina Khan)

11/30/17  //  In-Depth Analysis

On this week’s episode of Versus Trump, Charlie has an interview with antitrust expert Lina Khan, Director of Legal Policy of the Open Markets Institute, about the lawsuit filed by the Trump Administration to block the proposed AT&T/Time Warner merger. Listen now!

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Net Neutrality as a Response to the Potential Harms of Vertical Integration

11/30/17  //  Commentary

The case for net neutrality comes down a pithy adage: Trust [that carriers won’t violate net neutrality principles], but verify [compliance through enforceable rules]

Tejas Narechania

UC Berkeley School of Law

Net Neutrality

11/28/17  //  In-Depth Analysis

Where did the existing rules come from? What do these rules accomplish? And what effect might their repeal have?

Tejas Narechania

UC Berkeley School of Law

Not So Fast, Mr. President

11/24/17  //  In-Depth Analysis

Under Dodd-Frank, now that Richard Cordray has resigned as Director, the CFPB’s Deputy Director is the Bureau’s acting Director. President Trump may decide he doesn’t care what Dodd-Frank says, but he doesn’t get the final say.

Brianne J. Gorod

Constitutional Accountability Center

Antitrust After the Fall

11/21/17  //  In-Depth Analysis

Trump has needlessly created many reasons to look skeptically on DOJ's justified, important lawsuit to prevent AT&T and Times Warner from merging.

Eric Citron

Goldstein & Russell

Versus Trump: Updates, Y'all!

11/9/17  //  Commentary

You want updates, so we've got updates! On this week’s episode of Versus Trump, Jason and Easha revisit several important cases and news items that we've previously mentioned so that you have the latest information on them. Listen now!

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Easha Anand

San Francisco

Some Doubts About A Suit to Block Trump From Stopping Cost-Sharing Payments

10/19/17  //  Commentary

Yesterday, a group of 19 states asked a California district court to stop the Trump administration from cutting off the cost-sharing payments. Their lawsuit likely isn't meritorious.

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School

Trump's ACA Sabotage and the President's Constitutional Take Care Duty

10/17/17  //  Quick Reactions

The President has not even tried to suggest that he is using his power in the law's interest. Rather, he has boasted that he is using his power to kill it

Abbe R. Gluck

Yale Law School

Versus Trump: The Contraception Mandate Challenges

10/12/17  //  Commentary

On this week’s episode of Versus Trump, Easha and Jason discuss the Administration's drastic expansion of the number of companies that may now offer health insurance that does not cover birth control, as well as several lawsuits that were immediately filed challenging these new regulations. Listen now!

Easha Anand

San Francisco

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

EPA Defies Its Own Best Analysis of the Clean Power Plan

10/10/17  //  In-Depth Analysis

Put simply, the Pruitt EPA is issuing its proposed repeal order despite its own best analysis showing that repealing the Clean Power Plan is a very, very bad idea.

Eli Savit

University of Michigan Law School

President Trump’s 'Pro-Life' Week

10/9/17  //  Commentary

There are many ways to protect life, yet we often speak as if restricting abortion is the only way to do so

Rachel Tuchman

Kaplan & Company

Free Speech Solidarity

10/6/17  //  In-Depth Analysis

Collective action has proven an effective response to the President’s attempted interference with the employment of Jemele Hill and NFL players.

Charlotte Garden

Seattle University School of Law

Versus Trump: So, Can California Really Do That?

10/5/17  //  Commentary

On this week’s episode of Versus Trump, Charlie and Jason discuss a recently-passed bill awaiting the signature of California Governor Jerry Brown that, if signed into law, would require presidential candidates to disclose five years of federal of tax returns in order to appear on the ballot in California. Jason and Charlie ask each other whether California has the constitutional power to do that, and, if so, whether it's a good idea. Listen now!

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Faux Federalism

9/28/17  //  Commentary

Graham-Cassidy should be seen for what it is: an effort to prevent any level of government, state or federal, from making good on the promise of universal coverage.

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School