Faculty in the Media

Grist April 29, 2025

Trump is bypassing community input to fast-track energy projects that risk pollution

Professor David Spence predicts how President Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency to fast-track energy projects across the country will play out in reality, with higher production levels for fossil fuels and lower security of critical minerals already observable.

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NPR April 28, 2025

‘If You Can Keep It’: America In Constitutional Crisis

Professor Tara Grove defines the situational factors that exist within a nation during a constitutional crisis and explains how it's difficult to know whether or not America is in that mode at the moment.

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The Jerusalem Post April 27, 2025

Who saved Donald Trump (and George Bush)? – opinion

Professor Ronen Avraham applies a new algorithm with AI intelligence to pinpoint the authors of unsigned Supreme Court opinions in pivotal cases such as Trump v. Anderson and Bush v. Gore.

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The Wall Street Journal April 25, 2025

Many Big Law Firms Shun Conservative Clients

Professor John Greil comments on the trend of some law firms' refusal to represent conservative clients following the recent court brief that denounced President Trump’s executive orders targeting firms that represented causes opposed by his administration.

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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression April 23, 2025

The government’s money, the government’s rules?

Professor David Rabban warns of the dangers of the federal government using funding as leverage to influence speech and academic freedom on college campuses and instead recommends addressing discrimination through lawful means.

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Texas Standard April 22, 2025

The Supreme Court orders Trump administration to stop deportations under Alien Enemies Act – for now

Professor Tara Grove comments on the Supreme Court’s pause on deportations of Venezuelan immigrants as a fast-moving, complex case that warrants continuing litigation in the coming weeks.

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NPR April 19, 2025

Supreme Court suspends Trump administration’s deportations to foreign prisons

Senior Lecturer Michele Deitch describes the mega prison in El Salvador where hundreds of migrants have been deported as a "Kafkaesque situation" where families are left unaware of their loved ones' whereabouts.

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Deseret News April 18, 2025

It’s not just the religious conservative schools wondering now if they need to forgo federal funding

Clinical Professor Steven Collis observed that the Trump administration's use of federal funding to influence university policies has occurred before in education, and said that it is unclear if such strings on aid are legally and constitutionally allowed.

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Bloomberg Law April 18, 2025

Trump Allows Migratory Bird Killings, Cancels Further Protection

Senior Lecturer Melinda Taylor predicts the courts will find the Trump administration's decision to allow unintentional bird killings under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act illegal, as was ruled previously.

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The Wall Street Journal April 14, 2025

The Little-Known Bureaucrats Tearing Through American Universities

Adjunct Professor Scott D. Schneider describes the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism's new approach to pressure universities by cutting federal funding as being unprecedented and outside standard legal processes.

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The Christian Science Monitor April 11, 2025

To speed deportations, Trump revives rarely used laws

Clinical Professor Denise Gilman predicts the courts likely will engage with the expansive use of foreign policy and wartime powers following President Trump's invoking of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 during a time of peace.

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Verfassungsblog April 11, 2025

The U.S. President’s Electoral Power Play

Professor Joshua Sellers pens an academic blog post that analyzes President Donald Trump's executive order regarding election administration, maintaining that Trump overstepped his legal authority.

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