The upcoming Suffolk County DA election is going to be a "fascinating referendum on whether the progressive prosecutorial movement is here to stay in Boston, or whether it's just a short term blip on our political radar," says Professor Daniel Medwed.
Succeeding in trademark suits against the individuals behind Twitter spoof accounts is “not out of the question,” Professor Alexandra Roberts tells Bloomberg Law.
“There is only so much we can learn from photographs,” Professor Alexandra Meise tells The New York Times. “As much as a photograph is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, a photograph cannot necessarily tell you intent or the legitimacy of a military objective.”
Recommended listening: On Kara Swisher's New York Times “Sway” podcast, Mass. AG Maura Healey ’98 weighs in on social media, the Sacklers and Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' bill.
“The plan to electrify Boston’s school buses by 2030 “is absolutely the right move,” says Staci Rubin ’10, vice president of environmental justice at the Conservation Law Foundation. “Electric school buses dramatically improve air quality and our children deserve to be in a tailpipe emissions-free vehicle.”
“The current fentanyl situation is really a product of misguided drug policy and its enforcement,” Professor Leo Beletsky, faculty director of Health in Justice Action Lab, tells Quartz.
In an op-ed co-authored for the New York Daily News, Professor Woodrow Hartzog and Evan Sellinger argue that that face masks are important for protecting people from COVID-19, not facial surveillance.
With a pandemic upon us, it doesn’t require compassion to ensure that our immigration policies don’t threaten public health, writes Professor Wendy Parmet. "It just requires common sense."
If we need to triage law enforcement activity, I’d say ‘low-level drug crimes’ are at the top of that list of things we need to take a much more flexible approach on,” Professor Leo Beletsky tells The Appeal.
Community-wide responses will help to ensure "affordable water for all," says Martha Davis, newly named University Distinguished Professor.