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Fury and Despair over the Masterpiece Cakeshop Ruling are Misplaced

6/6/18 // Quick Reactions

Justice Kennedy makes an open-ended call for tolerance and compromise in his opinion. For that, he should be commended

Joshua Matz

Ducking Day at the SCOTUS

6/5/18 // Commentary

There are times when strategic ducking makes sense practically if not strictly legally

Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law School

Versus Trump: An Immigration Omnibus

5/31/18 // Uncategorized

On this week's episode of Versus Trump, Easha, Charlie, and Jason discuss recent important cases in the world of immigration, including a new lawsuit contending that the Trump Administration may not pursue its apparent policy of legally separating immigrant children from adults that they enter the country with. Listen now!

Easha Anand

San Francisco

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Shielding Mueller: Thoughts on Morrison v Olson

5/23/18 // Commentary

Identifying a major flaw in arguments that Congress can't shield Mueller

Richard Primus

University of Michigan Law School

Versus Trump: Preventing The Prevention Of The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

5/17/18 // Commentary

On this week's episode of Versus Trump, Easha, Charlie, and Jason discuss a series of recent rulings that have stopped the Trump Administration from revoking federal grants to entities that have been working to reduce teen pregnancy. Listen now!

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Easha Anand

San Francisco

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Correcting the Record in the Travel Ban Case

5/6/18 // Latest Developments

Amir Ali has filed a letter at the Supreme Court concerning an erroneous factual representation by the Solicitor General

Joshua Matz

Versus Trump: The View From 10,000 Feet (Joshua Matz Speech)

4/19/18 // Commentary

On a new episode of Versus Trump, we bring you a podcast version of the speech that Take Care publisher Joshua Matz gave at Harvard Law School on April 3, 2018. The talk, titled "The Legal Resistance to Trump," describes themes, achievements, and limitations of various lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration and its policies. Listen now!

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Joshua Matz

Requiem for Reinhardt, Chief Justice of the Warren Court in Exile

4/6/18 // Commentary

Reinhardt kept alive a powerful vision of the Constitution

Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law School

Partisan Gerrymandering Returns to the Supreme Court

3/27/18 // In-Depth Analysis

Partisan gerrymandering at its core is viewpoint discrimination pure and simple, and it cannot be squared with our Constitution’s promise that voters choose their representatives, not the other way around.

David Gans

CAC

Congressional Power to Immunize the President Against State Court Litigation

3/26/18 // In-Depth Analysis

Thoughts on a thus-far-hypothetical question

Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law School

Is Congress a Watchdog Asleep on the Job?

3/20/18 // Commentary

By Former Republican Congressmen Tom Coleman and Mickey Edwards

Take Care

Even If McCabe Committed Wrongdoing, He Was Likely Fired for 'This Russia Thing'

3/20/18 // Commentary

The firing of James Comey closely parallels McCabe's firing

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

Hamilton Versus Trump

3/15/18 // Commentary

'Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity'

Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law School

Trump's Politicization of Law Enforcement is Authoritarian in Nature

3/9/18 // In-Depth Analysis

Trump’s actions to quash the independence of federal law enforcement mirror the approach of autocratic leaders around the globe.

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