Faculty in the Media

Shelterforce March 7, 2022

Property Tax Relief Programs Don’t Reach Many Homeowners of Color

Professor Heather Way authors an article about how homeowners of color are often excluded from state and local tax relief programs.

More of: Heather K Way

MSNBC March 7, 2022

Texas’ attack on tenure may be short lived. It’s still ominous.

Professor Steve Vladeck authors an op-ed piece on how Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick's recent proposal on revoking tenure for professors teaching Critical Race Theory are dangerous to the idea of academic freedom.

More of: Stephen I Vladeck

KXAN March 7, 2022

Russia holding off on large-scale cyberattacks against Ukraine, here’s why

Bobby Chesney, Dean of Academic Affairs and director of Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, is quoted in an article about strategic reasons why Russia has not yet conducted cyberattacks against Ukraine.

More of: Robert M Chesney

CNN March 4, 2022

Supreme Court says government can use state secrets privilege to block surveillance evidence in FISA case

Professor Steve Vladeck is quoted in an article on a Supreme Court ruling regarding the application of state secrets privilege in a FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) case.

More of: Stephen I Vladeck

National Law Journal March 3, 2022

As SCOTUS Clerk, Ketanji Brown Jackson Known for Her ‘Even Keel’ in Hot-Button Term

Erin Busby,  co-director of  the Texas Law Supreme Court Clinic, was quoted in the National Law Journal and Law.com about Ketanji Brown Jackson, with whom she co-clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer.

More of: Erin G Busby

Diverse Issues in Higher Education March 3, 2022

Some Domestic Violence Survivors Are Still Paying Abusers’ Student Loan Debt

Professor Angela Littwin is quoted in an article about a proposed Congressional bill that would result in domestic violence survivors no longer being responsible for their abuser's student loans.

More of: Angela K Littwin

My San Antonio March 3, 2022

Nirenberg calls San Antonio bond’s housing fund ‘unprecedented’ in recent Bloomberg interview

A report by Professor Heather Way is cited in an article about a proposed bond package in San Antonio that would expand the city's housing resources.

More of: Heather K Way

CNN March 3, 2022

Did a federal court just reveal Biden’s Supreme Court nominee?

Professor Steve Vladeck is quoted in an article about how the early issuing of a DC Circuit opinion could point to the possible nomination of a DC Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.  

More of: Stephen I Vladeck

CNN March 3, 2022

Why Texas is a legal graveyard for Biden policies

Professor Steve Vladeck is mentioned in an article regarding federal judge rulings against Biden administration policies in Texas.

More of: Stephen I Vladeck

Dallas Morning News February 28, 2022

Texas Gov. Abbott: Agencies must investigate gender-affirming care for trans kids as ‘child abuse’

Professor Randall Erben is quoted in an article about Attorney General Ken Paxton's opinion and Governor Abbott's directive that transgender children receiving gender-affirming care are investigated as "child abuse" cases.

More of: Randall H Erben

CNN February 28, 2022

Supreme Court takes up case of web designer who won’t work with same-sex couples

Professor Steve Vladeck is quoted in an article on a Supreme Court's decision regarding whether a business owner can be forced by anti-discrimination laws to serve same-sex couples despite a conflict with their religious beliefs.

More of: Stephen I Vladeck

Vivarae News February 16, 2022

In Texas, Prisons Without Air Conditioning Are Getting Hotter

Professor Ariel Dulitzky is quoted in an article about advocating for air conditioning in Texas prisons.

More of: Ariel E Dulitzky