Faculty in the Media

Scientific American June 15, 2023

There’s No Evidence for Claims That Environmentally Friendly Investments Are Bad for the Poor

Professor David Spence disputes claims that ESG is to blame for the fossil fuel industry's financial woes and instead asserts that investors are being driven away by the price of oil and availability of better investments.

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The Florida Times-Union June 13, 2023

DeSantis tight-lipped on migrant flights as experts ponder potential legal peril

Clinical Professor Denise Gilman speaks on the likelihood that criminal prosecutions or civil lawsuits will result from recent actions taken by Florida's migrant flight program.

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Wired June 7, 2023

The Bold Plan to Create Cyber 311 Hotlines

Dean Bobby Chesney is featured in a story about his pilot cybersecurity clinic program at UT Austin that aims to partner with students to launch a Cyber 311 hotline for local businesses.

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Scripps News June 7, 2023

‘We don’t deliver babies here’: Hospitals turn away pregnant patients

Professor Elizabeth Sepper comments on a recent investigation that revealed numerous Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act violations involving pregnant patients.

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Texas Tribune June 6, 2023

Texas bill to increase transparency in public records law left in limbo despite passing Legislature

Adjunct Professor Randall Erben discusses Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's failure to sign off on a bill that the Texas Legislature passed to close a loophole allowing the government to withhold particular law enforcement records.

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Lead Stories June 6, 2023

Fact Check: Title 10 And Executive Order 13912 Do Not Mean Trump Is Still Commander In Chief

Professor Theodore Rave explains that Executive Orders and Title 10 cannot override the Constitution, in relations to claims that Donald Trump is still president.

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The Guardian May 30, 2023

US supreme court end-of-term decisions could transform key areas of public life

Professor Tara Grove speaks on the Supreme Court's surprising pace of controversial rulings and explains why the upcoming affirmative action case will affect all higher education institutions in the country.

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The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2023

Texas House Votes to Impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton

Adjunct Professor Randall Erben explains the rarity of impeachments and how the vague language in the Texas Constitution leaves lawmakers with ambiguous directions for the proceedings of Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment.

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KXAN May 23, 2023

Is Travis County DA Garza dropping more felonies? Here’s what the data show

Professor Jennifer Laurin is interviewed about the vast discretion that district attorneys have over which criminal cases proceed in an article about the amount of dismissed felony cases in Travis County.

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Boston Review May 24, 2023

Keeping the Faith

Professor Elizabeth Sepper co-authors an article about the prevalence of "government-religious" hospitals and the harmful impacts of their religious care restrictions.

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Texas Monthly May 23, 2023

OB-GYN Residents Are Leaving Texas for Abortion Training–Maybe for Good

Professor Elizabeth Sepper and Adjunct Professor David Gonzalez weigh in on the lack of clarity surrounding Texas' abortion laws and the resulting apprehension from medical providers.

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U.S. Department of Justice May 12, 2023

Durham Special Counsel Report

Lecturer Adam Klein's work as Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Chairman and resulting article is quoted in the Durham Special Counsel Report regarding intelligence activities and investigations from the 2016 presidential campaigns.

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