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#MeToo: Update on Arbitration-Related Advocacy

Law students' advocacy led to a powerful letter to law firms recruiting on campus from many different law schools.

Michigan Law School

Versus Trump: So, What's New?

On this week's episode of Versus Trump, Easha and Jason reveal their big announcement: we're doing our first ever live show: Saturday, June 9, in DC, as part of the ACS National Convention. After that excitement, they get into a handful of updates about cases about auto emissions, HUD programs, the ban on military service by transgender individuals, and more. Listen now!

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Easha Anand

San Francisco

Magic-Words Thinking in Trump v. Hawaii -- or, How Not to Assess Governmental Motive

4/25/18 // Commentary

Giving President Trump the benefit of the doubt is one thing. Fictionalizing an account of his motive so as to avoid reaching a certain conclusion is something else.

Richard Primus

University of Michigan Law School

SCOTUS Travel Ban Argument Post-Mortem and the Surprising Relevance of Korematsu

4/25/18 // Commentary

Korematsu holds that in a case like this one the obligation to strictly scrutinize invidiously discriminatory policies remains even when the government asserts a facially plausible national security justification.

Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law School

This Week’s Blockbuster SCOTUS Cases Share a Troublesome Common Issue

4/24/18 // Commentary

Both the travel ban case and the Texas redistricting litigation raise questions about the staying power of discriminatory intent.

Justin Levitt

Loyola Law School

Our Constitution Forbids a Religious Test for Immigration

4/19/18 // Commentary

The Supreme Court should strike down Trump’s travel ban.

David Gans

CAC

Here's Why SCOTUS Should Block Travel Ban 3.0

4/17/18 // In-Depth Analysis

The government can't act based on animus toward particular religions. But that's exactly what Trump did.

Joshua Matz

Versus Trump: The Citizenship Question

4/5/18 // Commentary

On a new episode of Versus Trump, Jason and Easha discuss lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration's decision to ask a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. Listen now!

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Easha Anand

San Francisco

The Legal Resistance to Trump

4/5/18 // Quick Reactions

A wide-ranging, thematic talk at Harvard Law School

Joshua Matz

#MeToo: Advocacy On Mandatory Arbitration Clauses

3/29/18 // Quick Reactions

Some recent organization against mandatory arbitration.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Census Smoke Signals

3/29/18 // Commentary

Where there is smoke, there is usually a fire

Jennifer Nou

University of Chicago Law School

Trump is Running on Animus Autopilot

3/28/18 // Commentary

We thus live in a strange new world, where bigots serve openly and soldiers are forced into closets.

Joshua Matz

Is Marriage a Fundamental Right 'in Equal Protection'

3/22/18 // In-Depth Analysis

Would it be unconstitutional for a state to abolish marriage as a legal status for everyone?

Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law School

NIFLA v. Becerra: The Conservative Attack on Disclosure

3/15/18 // Commentary

Disclosure laws further First Amendment values by ensuring that consumers have access to accurate information about their rights to state-funded care and how to access these benefits.

David Gans

CAC

The Costs of Conscience and the Trump Contraception Rules

3/6/18 // Commentary

The Constitution prohibits the government from accommodating religious practices when doing so entails undue hardship to third parties

Micah Schwartzman

University of Virginia School of Law

Nelson Tebbe

Brooklyn Law School

Richard C. Schragger

UVA School of Law