Faculty in the News

External link Donald Trump with his right fist in the air, with a graphic of the United States flag hanging sideways above him.

The New York Times January 8, 2021

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.
External link Barbed wire fencing outside of the federal correctional institution in Englewood, Colorado.

Government Executive Magazine January 7, 2021

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.