Faculty in the News

Just Security

Impeachment, Incitement and What (Nearly) Happened on January 6th

Philip Bobbitt, Distinguished Senior Lecturer at Texas Law, penned an article for Just Security that explores what he thinks likely motivated President Trump's actions on Wednesday, January 6.

The New York Times

Have Trump’s Lies Wrecked Free Speech?

Professor Sanford Levinson lends his expertise in a New York Times Opinion piece which examines a debate that has broken out over whether the constitutional protection of the First Amendment has become a threat to democracy.

The Texas Standard

Capitol Protesters Could Face Charges Ranging From Criminal Trespass To Insurrection

Professor Steve Vladeck joins the Texas Standard to discuss potential legal consequences for members of the mob who forcefully entered the Capitol on Wednesday.

Dallas Morning News

We conservatives must publicly condemn this insurrection

Veronica Vargas Stidvent, Executive Director of the Center for Women in Law, penned an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News calling for those who claim adherence to conservative philosophy to "correctly name and denounce this assault on our democratic way of life."

NBC News THINK

Trump and Republicans’ Electoral College election objections betray conservative legal thought

In his latest op-ed for NBC News THINK, Professor Steve Vladeck discusses the events of the past few weeks and how they suggest the principles animating modern conservative constitutionalism are merely arguments of convenience.

Houston Chronicle

Vague standards, weak enforcement endanger Texas jail inmates, government watchdog finds

Professor Michele Deitch was quoted in a Houston Chronicle article about the state government watchdog's findings that the jail commission is failing to provide needed oversight of local jails and that it “has not proactively updated standards to keep pace with dynamic jail environments.”

Government Executive Magazine

Correcting Corrections: Lessons for Prisons and Jails in a Post-COVID World

In Professor Michele Deitch's latest essay for Government Executive Magazine, she argues that the COVID crisis has been a wake-up call like no other for our nation's prisons and jails. Not only are incarcerated people getting infected and dying at unprecedented rates, but so are the people who work in these facilities.

Texas Standard

Report: A Texas Code Violates The Human Rights Of Transgender People With Felonies

Prof. Ariel Dulitzky was interviewed by the Texas Standard regarding the new report from the Human Rights Clinic arguing that the TDCJ's adherence to the Texas Family Code violates human rights.

PBS

The challenges Biden will face on immigration reform

Prof. Denise Gilman was quoted in a PBS article regarding immigration and the challenges that President-elect Joe Biden will face as he attempts to implement immigration reforms.

Lawfare

The Fortnight that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post

Prof. Robert Chesney and Prof. Steve Vladeck's most recent episode of the National Security Law Podcast, in which they discussed President-elect Biden’s future policy on Guantanamo Bay and possible nominees for Secretary of Defense, was featured in Lawfare's weekly update.