“Today’s conservative jurists have adopted the anti-expertise, populist stance of the larger conservative movement and are far less inclined than conservative judges in the past to prioritize health or value expertise,” writes Professor Wendy Parmet in an op-ed for Scientific American.
Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed joined GBH’s Morning Edition to take a closer look at the history of Roe v. Wade and abortion law.
”There are certain courtroom features that are designed to preserve the integrity of the process, and one is the oath,” says Professor Daniel Medwed, legal analyst for GBH News.
Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed, legal analyst for GBH News, provides a summary of the key Supreme Judicial Court decisions that been issued over the summer.
“[Judge Aileen Cannon] is leaning over backwards to treat Trump the way nobody else has been treated,” Professor Michael Meltsner tells Al Jazeera. “In US law and practice, we don’t interfere lightly with a criminal investigation. A criminal investigation by its very nature has to be private.”
Professor Daniel Medwed’s forthcoming book, BARRED: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out of Prison , has been included in Bloomberg’s list of The 10 Best Books to Read This Fall!🍂 #NUSLPride