#MeToo: Update on Arbitration-Related Advocacy

5/16/18  //  Quick Reactions

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

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Versus Trump: So, What's New?

5/10/18  //  Commentary

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

Presidential Statements and the Entry Ban

5/10/18  //  Commentary

A different take on how presidential statements or the possibility of them might affect Trump v. Hawaii (the entry ban case).

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Disparate Impact and the Administrative Procedure Act

5/10/18  //  Commentary

The Supreme Court has held that there's no private right of action to enforce Title VI. But the civil rights laws can still form the basis of a challenge to a waiver allowing states to impose work requirements.

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School

Eli Savit

University of Michigan Law School

There’s No Justification for Michigan’s Discriminatory Work Requirements

5/9/18  //  Uncategorized

Low-income residents in Michigan’s cities are significantly less able to travel for work than people in rural communities. But Michigan legislators wants to exempt only the latter from their new work requirements. That's both immoral and illegal.

Eli Savit

University of Michigan Law School

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School

Michigan’s Discriminatory Work Requirements

5/8/18  //  Uncategorized

Michigan legislators want to exempt rural residents from Medicaid work requirements, but not extend the same accommodation to people who live in cities. The racial disparities are obvious—and unlawful.

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School

Eli Savit

University of Michigan Law School

The Solicitor General's Post-Factual World

5/8/18  //  Commentary

The SG's letter of correction to the Supreme Court says more about the kind of misstatements he will tolerate rather than the kind he won't.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Does the John Edwards Case Really Help Michael Cohen and Donald Trump?

5/8/18  //  In-Depth Analysis

The Campaign Finance violations trial of John Edwards for encouraging the payment of hush money to his paramour resulted in a hung jury. Is that a helpful precedent for Michael Cohen and Donald Trump in a potential Stormy Daniels case?

Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law School

The Danger of Constant Impeachment Talk

5/7/18  //  Latest Developments

When calls to impeach the president are played on repeat for years, they lose their punch. That is where we find ourselves today.

Laurence H. Tribe

Harvard Law School

Introducing the Great Democracy Initiative

5/7/18  //  Latest Developments

The Great Democracy Initiative aims to produce bold, progressive solutions to the biggest problems facing our country.

Ganesh Sitaraman

Vanderbilt Law School

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

Versus Trump: The Great Marijuana Debate

5/3/18  //  Commentary

On a new episode of Versus Trump, Easha, Charlie, and Jason continue their investigation of the relationship between federal and state law by debating the Trump Administration's reversal of Obama-era guidance about marijuana enforcement. Listen now!

Jason Harrow

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Easha Anand

San Francisco

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

Bring back the Medicare experiments!

5/3/18  //  Commentary

Last year, the Department of Health and Human Services under Tom Price dismantled some demonstration projects that would have told us a lot about how to hold down Medicare spending. Alex Azar, the new Secretary of HHS, should bring them back.

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School

An Emoluments Case Arrives in the Second Circuit

5/2/18  //  Commentary

Supported by powerful amicus briefs, the plaintiffs in CREW v. Trump have urged the Second Circuit to hold that their claims must be decided on the merits

September and/or January 25th (or how the Solicitor General learned to stop worrying and love the President’s disavowal of anti-Muslim animus)

4/30/18  //  Commentary

The Solicitor General is apparently still trying to figure out why the entry ban is constitutional.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School