Does the Public Have a Right to Know the State of the President’s COVID-19 Diagnosis?
Should the public know the state of the president’s health? The short answer, says Professor Wendy Parmet:Yes.
Should the public know the state of the president’s health? The short answer, says Professor Wendy Parmet:Yes.
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court has deepened the U.S. partisan divide in a way that may influence the election in November, says Professor Dan Urman.
Professor Michael Meltsner was in the room when, in 1972, faculty members at Columbia Law voted to hire Ginsburg as the school’s first female tenure-track professor. In a piece for the Human Rights at Home Blog, he recounts what happened.
“Just because Jefferson County hasn’t issued a state court indictment doesn’t mean there won’t be federal charges,” says Professor Daniel Medwed.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “careful with her words [and] her rulings,” says Professor Dan Urman. He reflects on the justice’s legacy and the future of SCOTUS.
What can you expect when you arrive on campus? This is your guide to Northeastern’s testing and quarantine guidelines.
Professor Daniel Medwed tells The Post Crescent that Stephen Avery’s appeal is inherently a long shot: “After conviction, the presumption of innocence vanishes and a presumption of guilt takes hold. It takes a lot to rebut that presumption in a post-conviction filing.”
In a powerful piece co-authored with Parnia Zahedi for Boston Magazine, The Honorable William “Mo” Cowan ’94 writes about navigating around and tackling head-on the realities of structural racism.
Listen back: Professor Deborah Ramirez joined WBUR’s Morning Edition to explain Qualified Immunity and its place in the Police Reform debate.
Earlier this year, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that labels conspiracies to commit hate crimes as lynchings, which would make them a federal crime if the measure is signed into law. Professors Margaret Burnham and Jonathan Kahn say it will be noteworthy to watch how the case proceeds amid a news coverage cycle that is dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic.