#MeToo And The Supreme Court

3/28/18  //  Commentary

This post, which considers the current Supreme Court term through the lens of #MeToo, is part of a series on #MeToo, sex discrimination, and possible solutions that are more than quick fixes.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

#MeToo & Legal-Institutional Reform (Part I-Stormy Daniels)

3/26/18  //  Commentary

This post, which addresses non-disclosure agreements, is part of a series on #MeToo, sex discrimination, and possible solutions that are more than quick fixes.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Munger Tolles Proves Why We Still Need #MeToo

3/25/18  //  Quick Reactions

The news that a major law firm is requiring its summer associates to sign agreements to confidentially arbitrate sexual harassment claims underscores why we still need #MeToo.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

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

Relitigating Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt

2/12/18  //  Commentary

A recently filed amicus brief highlights how one court has departed from Whole Woman's Health and other cases.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Trump’s Male-Dominated Appointments Close the Door for Women

2/5/18  //  Commentary

President Trump's selection of primarily male nominees for a variety of positions will have consequences for the profession in the long run.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Helen Marie Berg

Michigan Law

Texas’s More Honest Take On Garza v. Hargan

1/11/18  //  In-Depth Analysis

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the outlandish arguments made to prevent undocumented young women from obtaining abortions.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Versus Trump: 2017 Scorecard

1/4/18  //  Uncategorized

On the first episode of Versus Trump of 2018, Jason and Charlie look back at Versus Trump cases in 2017 and score them as Administration wins, losses, or not-yet-decided. They also look ahead at big issues to come in 2018. Listen now!

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Enjoining the Contraception Rules

12/18/17  //  Commentary

A district court has stopped the Trump administration's hasty and poorly justified effort to relieve employers of their legal obligation to cover contraception.

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School

Versus Trump: #MeToo vs. Trump

12/14/17  //  In-Depth Analysis

On this week’s episode of Versus Trump, Charlie, Jason, and Easha talk about a defamation lawsuit brought by Summer Zervos, a woman who alleges that she was sexually assaulted by President Trump in a hotel room in 2007. Listen now!

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Easha Anand

San Francisco

Versus Trump: Borderline Searches + Response To First Mondays

11/16/17  //  Commentary

On this week’s episode of Versus Trump, Jason and Charlie discuss a new lawsuit that forces courts to answer the question of whether the federal government needs a warrant to search people's electronic devices at the U.S. border, and they also respond to a discussion on the Supreme Court podcast First Mondays regarding the government's recent filing in the Hargan v. Garza abortion case. Listen now!

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Hargan v. Garza And The (Near) Future Of Abortion Access

11/16/17  //  Commentary

Hargan v. Garza is but one instance in a broader attack on abortion access.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Hargan v. Garza As The Trump Administration's Vision For DOJ

11/13/17  //  Commentary

DOJ's conduct in Hargan v. Garza is the clearest example of how this administration wants to use DOJ for political purposes.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

The Trump DOJ's Puzzlingly Blasé View About Abortion Timing

10/30/17  //  Commentary

DOJ's position was about opposition to abortion, full stop. This explains it's baffling indifference to delaying to the moral implications of delaying a second-trimester abortion by eleven days.

Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law School

Versus Trump Emergency Pod: JD v. DHS

10/26/17  //  Commentary

On this week’s episode of Versus Trump, Easha and Charlie have a quick turn-around emergency pod to discuss an ongoing—wait, just now resolved—case filed by a pregnant 17-year-old girl in federal immigration custody who seeks an abortion. Easha and Charlie first talk about the procedural wrangling that this case has wrought and second about the legal claims in the case, which bring them into the exciting worlds of reproductive rights, immigration law, and international relations. Listen now!

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Easha Anand

San Francisco