Can police tell if drivers are stoned? With new ruling in N.J., the debate continues.
New Jersey has tightened its standards for admitting expert testimony on matters of medicine or science. Pennsylvania, says Prof. Jules Epstein, has not. Read More
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Pooh Had His Run. Copyright Terms Don’t Need to Keep Extending.
Associate Dean Donald Harris on Winnie the Pooh and the purpose of copyright law in the United States. Read More
Why Did FTX Fail? A Judge Is Letting FTX Itself Decide.
By declining to appoint an independent examiner in the FTX bankruptcy, Prof. Jonathan Lipson says the court has overlooked an important element of Chapter 11: public transparency and the chance to learn from failure. Read More
Your guide to the upcoming Supreme Court cases on student loan forgiveness
Prof. Mark Rahdert is a constitutional law scholar and expert on the Supreme Court. He offers his thoughts on the upcoming student loan debt cases being heard by the Court on Feb. 28. Read More
Nicaragua strips 94 political opponents of citizenship
Prof. Peter Spiro says that Nicaragua’s decision to strip citizenship from 94 people, mostly writers, journalists, and activists, violates a 1961 UN treaty. Read More
Heath on “Arbitration and State-Driven Reform” by Alschner
New scholarship by Prof. Ben Heath available now via Legal Theory Blog. Read More
‘Your Advocacy Could Backfire’: These 2 Lawyers Flubbed Their High-Profile Cases
What happens when zealous advocacy goes awry? While getting jurors’ attention is critical, says Prof. Jules Epstein, using crude language to do so is ill-advised. Read More
How One Judge Could Throw abortion Pill Access Into Question Nationwide
A federal judge in Texas could disrupt access to abortion pills nationwide. But, says Dean Rachel Rebouche, doing so would require ignoring “copious evidence” of their safety. Read More
An Abortion Public Health Emergency Has Benefits, But Is A Risky Move
The Biden Administration is reportedly mulling a declaration that abortion access is a public health emergency. Dean Rachel Rebouche says such a move would signal the gravity of Dobbs’ consequences for public health. Read More
The Americans Who Are Fleeing the United States
As violent right-wing extremism rises, Prof. Peter Spiro says that dual citizenship, once a curiosity, has become an insurance policy for Americans in marginalized groups. Read More
