Loyola Law School faculty members pride themselves on being accessible to the media and part of the public discourse on news of legal significance. Visit Loyola's Summary Judgments faculty blog to read faculty opinions on current legal issues. Highlights of recent media appearances and quotations include:
March 2022
3/14- CBS Los Angeles
REPUBLICAN STATE LAWMAKERS CALL FOR SUSPENSION OF GAS TAX
"Both Gov. Newsom and Republicans are largely in agreement that something needs to happen," said Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson. "But members of the Democratic legislature are not necessarily behind Gov. Newsom here so we're seeing a really interesting split."
3/14- MSNBC
TEXAS AND MISSOURI DELIVER A ONE-TWO PUNCH ON ABORTION RIGHTS
The Texas Supreme Court essentially ended the suit abortion providers had filed to try to halt Texas’ unconstitutional ban on all abortions after six weeks. After the U.S. Supreme Court likely concludes this summer that there is no constitutionally protected right to abortion, more red states will likely follow suit and pass copycat laws. Typically, this would mean that women with resources to travel, who live in states that outlaw abortions, would go to neighboring states to obtain abortions. But here's the second punch: Missouri is now trying to prevent women from getting out-of-state abortions. If Missouri is successful, this would foreclose the ability of women who live in red states to have any access to abortion.
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
3/11- USA Today
WE'RE HELPING UKRAINE. WHEN WILL AMERICA ADDRESS ITS OWN REFUGEE CRISES?
The heartbreaking war in Ukraine is a powerful public lesson on how quickly and robustly the United States of America, its people and its government can mobilize economic and military power to help those rendered homeless and destitute by the actions of a vicious and violent adversary.
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Eric Miller.
3/11- Los Angeles Times
SOME JAN. 6 TRIALS ARE ON HOLD. WHY? THERE'S TOO MUCH EVIDENCE
3/11- ABC 7
SENATOR SEEKS DELAY ON GARCETTI'S AMBASSADORSHIP NOMINATION OVER CLAIMS LA MAYOR WAS AWARE OF ABUSE
"The lingering might actually mean something, so the people that Mayor Garcetti had his hearing with are basically already ambassadors now as I understand it," Loyola Law School Professor Jessica Levinson said. "He's the only one who's not now taken the post, and this has just been dragged out since the first moment."
3/9- TaxProf Blog
Ariel Jurow Kleiman (Loyola-L.A.; Google Scholar) presents Whose Child Is This? Improving Child-Claiming Rules In Safety Net Programs, 131 Yale L. J. ___ (2022) (with Jacob Goldin (Stanford; Google Scholar)), at Toronto today as part of its James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop Series.
This Article critically assesses the design of child-claiming rules for safety net programs, using as case studies the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit. It considers how best to design child-claiming rules to achieve specific program goals, the foremost of which is supporting children’s well-being. This analysis illustrates that no single rule regime dominates.
3/8- Los Angeles Times
CANDIDATE ALLEGES SHERIFF VILLANUEVA'S RADIO SHOW VIOLATES ELECTION, BROADCASTING RULES
3/6- Los Angeles Times
BUSCAINO SPENDS DONOR FUNDS ON FAMILY TRIPS TO HAWAII AND ITALY
3/4- Reuters
U.S. HOUSE PANEL'S PUSH FOR TRUMP CRIMINAL CHARGES MAY FALL FLAT
"We've seen Garland proceed very cautiously - to the chagrin of many Democrats," said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
"It would be a monumental thing for our nation if the Justice Department charged a former president with a crime of undermining our democracy," Levinson added. "There could be a lot of evidence, but the Justice Department is not going to do it unless they have crossed every 't' and dotted every 'i.'"
3/3- MSNBC
JAN. 6 COMMITTEE'S COURT FILING MATCHES OUR SUSPICIONS OF TRUMP'S CULPABILITY
In a media world where words and phrases including “This is big” or “This is a bombshell” are used far too often, we got some legitimately consequential news this week concerning former President Donald Trump and his legal troubles. The House committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last Jan. 6 has alleged that the evidence is “more than sufficient to establish a good faith belief” that Trump and others may have committed crimes or fraud to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
3/1- Reuters
TRUMP LAWYER JOHN EASTMAN FACING PROBE BY CALIFORNIA STATE BAR
Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, said Tuesday's disclosure shows California bar officials "think it’s in the public’s interest to know that they got all the complaints and they’re taking them seriously."