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#MeToo And The Supreme Court

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

Versus Trump: Can The Government Execute Drug Dealers?

3/22/18 // Commentary

On a new episode of Versus Trump, Easha and Charlie take a quick gander at Donald Trump's proposal to seek the death penalty for drug dealers. Listen now!

Easha Anand

San Francisco

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Is Congress a Watchdog Asleep on the Job?

3/20/18 // Commentary

By Former Republican Congressmen Tom Coleman and Mickey Edwards

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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

Versus Trump: Versus David Dennison

3/15/18 // Commentary

On a new episode of Versus Trump, Easha, Jason, and Charlie do a near-live episode about Stormy Daniels' lawsuit against David Dennison—we mean, Donald Trump. Listen now!

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Easha Anand

San Francisco

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

President Trump Pretends He’s Solved His Foreign Emoluments Problem. He Hasn’t.

3/14/18 // Commentary

The right thing to do would be for President Trump to obey the Constitution, and this donation doesn’t begin to satisfy that obligation.

Brianne J. Gorod

Constitutional Accountability Center

Knock it off, Idaho. (But carry on, Idaho.)

3/9/18 // Commentary

The Trump administration won't look the other way as Idaho ignores the Affordable Care Act. But it's hoping to adopt a rule that will allow Idaho to achieve the same goal by other means.

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School

Versus Trump: California Versus The Wall [UPDATED WITH EPISODE]

3/8/18 // Commentary

On a new episode of Versus Trump, Easha, Jason, and Charlie discuss a recent district court opinion that rejected California's challenge to the Trump Administration's expedited border wall projects in California. Listen now!

Easha Anand

San Francisco

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Opioids and Unorthodox Civil Procedure: Will the MDL solve the crisis?

3/7/18 // Commentary

The opioid litigation may be the starkest example yet of the power of large multi-district litigations and the unorthodox role that judges assume in them.

Abbe R. Gluck

Yale 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

A Feeble Constitutional Challenge to the ACA.

3/5/18 // Commentary

A group of 20 states argues that the entire ACA should be invalidated. The litigation doesn't have legs, but will the Justice Department defend the law?

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School

Versus Trump: Russia Check-In

3/1/18 // Commentary

On a new episode of Versus Trump, Easha, Jason, and Charlie check back in with the most politically charged of all Versus Trump suits: the Russia investigation. Listen now!

Easha Anand

San Francisco

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP