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Acevedo: Recent US Supreme Court decisions show fractured court
Nash on potential implications of limits to nationwide injunctions
Nevitt analyzes Trump’s application of Posse Comitatus Act
Nash explains ruling on Georgia law restricting minor’s social media use
Nash: Automatic birthright citizenship law could be challenged
Sag: Disney copyrights cases may not bode well for plaintiffs
Sag: Meta wins AI copyright case, with a catch
Dudziak: Korean War helped enable modern forever wars
Lawrence: Trump eyes little-tested tactic for next step spending
Zhang: Ending tax-subsidized meals could benefit small businesses
Ajunwa: Billboard campaign challenges attitude toward AI
Dudziak’s Cold War Civil Rights book featured on reading list
Smith: Federal crackdown on political threats is “American problem”
Lawrence: Anti-impoundment prevents executive spending refusals
Ajunwa addresses questions and concerns about artificial intelligence
Nevitt: Can the president federalize National Guard troops?
Nash: Can California make a strong case for clean vehicle laws?
Nevitt: Trump-Newsom legal fight is a “case of first impression”
Sag: Will Midjourney prove fair use in Disney copyright case?
Nevitt: Can presidents deploy US troops domestically?
Acevedo: Protestors have the legal right to peaceful protest
Acevedo: California willing to resist federal immigration raids
Acevedo on controversy surrounding social media age limits
Ajunwa on lawyers’ continued AI missteps
Acevedo: Congress may push for firm deadline on TikTok decision
Roberts: Americans vulnerable against AI without state involvement
Acevedo on Georgia driving laws for international students
Zhang explains “No Tax on Tips” Act
Hutchinson: Court will enjoin Trump’s Harvard decision
Matthew Lawrence appointed public member of ACUS
Associate Dean of Faculty and Associate Professor of Law Matthew Lawrence has been appointed as a public member of the ACUS.
Nevitt named fellow to the ACOEL
The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) announced April 8 the election of 18 new fellows, including Mark Nevitt, associate professor of law.
Das Acevedo named research impact faculty fellow
Emory SVP of search names Das Acevedo a research impact faculty fellow.
Georgiev: How changing tariffs are creating a dealmaking freeze
Nevitt: How presidential administrations address climate change
Sag on OpenAI’s choice to stop producing imagery of living people
Acevedo: Gun rights protected, but people frustrated by violence
Das Acevedo: Academic job loss differs from other job losses
Volokh on whether President Trump can seek a third term
Ajunwa: 23andMe may leave African American genetic data at risk
Volokh on how Court may rule in Wisconsin religious rights case
Nevitt explains why climate change is a national security threat
Smith: We’re in constitutional peril
Ajunwa on whether 23andMe’s genetic data will be protected in bankruptcy sale
Roberts: 23andMe users may not be protected by the company’s privacy policy
Volokh: How US Supreme Court may rule on “nondelegation doctrine”
Nevitt on whether Trump can invoke Insurrection Act for immigration enforcement
Volokh: Impeaching judges could lead to the death of judicial independence
Bagley on legal uncertainties of accessing digital genetic data
Nevitt on Defense Secretary Hegseth’s move to replace judge advocate generals
Smith provides insights on landmark reverse discrimination case
Nevitt on how the Pentagon personnel firings threaten our apolitical military
Levine on “excessive” sentencing of Carbon Nation cult leader
Simon: Margin for error small in prominent startup companies
Hughes: Lawsuit over protected disabilities goes beyond education
Smith: Trump testing outer boundaries of the law
Davis on the cost of immigration enforcement in Georgia
Emory Law hosts 18th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies
More than 250 scholars from five different continents gathered at Emory Law in November 2024 for the 18th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS). Professors and Society for Empirical Legal Studies co-presidents Tonja Jacobi, Jonathan Nash, and Joanna Shepherd were instrumental in bringing the conference to Emory.
Shepherd on Georgia tort law and competing interests
Acevedo: Laken Riley Act may see legal challenges
Lawrence: Federal spending freeze may violate Impoundment Control Act
Strong’s work on mediation and arbitration cited in Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales’ President’s Circle Lecture
Acevedo: ICE arrests cause fear, uncertainty, long-term economic impact
Nevitt on President Trump’s potential deployment of the U.S. military
Nevitt: Trump may push US military towards more border security
Acevedo on Trump Administration’s moves to end birthright citizenship
Nevitt: How new immigration policy will impact sanctuary states
Hughes on why federal judge rejected plan to fix racial bias in Cobb Co. fire department
Davis: Trump administration's deportation plans may violate due process
Nevitt: Emergency orders should not be tapped day-to-day
Davis: How new policies will affect recent immigrants
Nevitt on impact of Trump's declaration of 'energy emergency'
Trump emergency order could halt the trade of outside energy sources to the U.S.
Davis: President Trump attempting to circumvent Congress on immigration laws
Nevitt: How invoking a national emergency affects U.S. borders
Davis comments on Trump’s new immigration policy
Nevitt on impact of declaring national energy emergency
Nevitt: Climate adaptation predictions for 2025
Nevitt: Georgia's immigrant communities brace for mass deportations in new Trump term
Nevitt advises Senate against using military for deportations
This week, Associate Professor Mark Nevitt provided a written statement for the record for a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that weighed the impact of using military personnel to enforce federal immigration laws.
Jennings: If SEC doesn't police Trump Media, blue state regulators may
Hutchinson: Fulton jail needs DOJ consent degree, plus political will
Nash: Fact-checking Trump's criminal charges
Nevitt on COP29 and the current state of international climate progress
Lawrence comments on Trump's plan to withhold funds from sanctuary cities
Das Acevedo on the history of sati and a widow's 1987 immolation
Cavedon on a bipartisan win for life
Acevedo: Technology, data, were key to conviction in Laken Riley case
The Turner Clinic: 25 years of defending the environment
In 1998, the Turner Foundation established Emory Law’s Turner Environmental Law clinic, which recently celebrated 25 years of public service. The clinic's pro bono work focuses clean and sustainable energy; regenerative agriculture and local food systems; natural resource protection; and environmental justice.
Sag on upcoming court cases that will shape AI's development
Nash: Trump DOJ picks, Blanche and Bove, have prosecutorial experience
Acevedo: The presidency shields Trump, but not his Georgia co-defendants
Acevedo: What a mass Trump pardon would do for 1,000+ convicted on Jan. 6 crimes
Sag on the ongoing legal skirmishes between publishers, OpenAI
Nevitt on the dangers of deploying troops on US soil
Das Acevedo: Academic extramural absolutism is an extraordinary privilege
Nevitt: US military rarely involved in civilian protest
Hughes: Gen Z didn't wait for political torch to be passed, they took it
Hughes: If you're in line at 7 p.m. to vote, stay in line, it's your right
Acevedo: If Trump wins, expect a 'grinding halt' in Fulton RICO case