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:
12/31- MSNBC
Republican Party Paying Donald Trump's Legal Bills Is More Proof He Owns The GOP
The Republican National Committee is paying for former President Donald Trump’s personal legal bills, which is legal, politically savvy and deeply informative about the future of the Republican Party. The RNC is not spending this up to $1.6 million on competitive federal or state races. It is not spending this money to push policy proposals. It is spending this money to pay for lawyers that Trump had to hire to defend himself in criminal and civil fraud investigations that do not relate to his time as president.
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
12/28- ABC 7
With California Losing Congressional Seat, New Map Could Play Big Role In Who Controls Congress
"When it comes to Congress, every congressional district has to have an equal population. They have to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act. That means making sure that you're not diluting racial power, racial voting power. People on both sides are not particularly thrilled," said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School. "There are a lot of different interest groups that are not particularly thrilled and that frankly is as it should be."
12/24- NPR Illinois
SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CASES THAT WILL BEAR ON BIDEN'S WORKPLACE VACCINE ORDERS
A week into the new year, the Supreme Court will hear two cases that will bear heavily on President Biden's ability to enforce his orders on COVID vaccines in the workplace. To help us understand what the justices will be deciding and what the implications could be, I'm joined by Jessica Levinson. She's a law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and host of the "Passing Judgment" podcast. Welcome to the program.
12/21- MSNBC
MANCHIN'S BUILD BACK BETTER OPPOSITION COULD BADLY HURT AMERICA'S WORKING WOMEN
Failure to pass President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan will be a failure for women, particularly those who are poor or working class. The plan, which is at the top of Biden’s legislative wish list, is a $1.8 trillion initiative to strengthen this country’s safety net and address our climate crisis. The plan would, among other things, provide free preschool for 3- and 4-years-olds, fund child care, paid family leave, a child tax credit, care for elderly and disabled people, rebates and tax credits to promote clean energy, and an expanded Medicare program.
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
12/19- KTLA 5
LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR DISCUSSES CA LAW CHALLENGES TO U.S. SUPREME COURT
Loyola Law School’s Jessica Levinson joined Inside California Politics this week to talk about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gun law proposal and why it will likely not get far if it ever makes it to the Supreme Court.
“In the end, I don’t think this court allows California to move forward with the current proposal,” Levinson said.
Levinson also gives insight on whether more challenges from states will happen and how the Supreme Court may respond.
12/18- Los Angeles Times
COLUMN: NEWSOM STARES DOWN TEXAS ON ABORTION AND GUNS, WINNING POLITICAL POINTS IN THE PROCESS
12/17- CNN
ELIZABETH HOLMES TRIAL: CLOSING ARGUMENTS BEGIN
As Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School and former federal prosecutor, previously told CNN Business, the case may come down to Holmes' credibility as a witness and defendant: "This case is very much about who is Elizabeth Holmes and how opportunistic is she that she'll say whatever the moment requires her to say."
12/16- Los Angeles Times
OP-ED: WHY MAKE ERIC GARCETTI AMBASSADOR TO INDIA?
12/15- Reuters
GHISLAINE MAXWELL'S LAWYERS TO FOCUS HER DEFENSE ON 'MEMORY, MANIPULATION AND MONEY'
The fund considered whether a claimant's assertions matched up with any law enforcement findings, but it is a "stretch" to say that cooperating enhanced the women's claims, said Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School.
"There is no requirement that a victim cooperate or testify for the prosecution," said Levenson, who reviewed the fund's protocol at Reuters' request.
12/13- ABC 7
PRO-GUN ACTIVISTS SLAM NEWSOM ON PLEDGE TO MODEL ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN ON TEXAS ABORTION LAW
"I think what Gov. Newsom is trying to project out is, 'Well, if the way to make sure that we can insulate our laws from a federal court overturning them is to say, OK, it's going to be a private actor, not the state that enforces it, then I'm going to go ahead and do that.' So, is this is a political move? Absolutely. Is it a legal move? Absolutely. It's a little bit of both," said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
12/12- MSNBC
BIDEN USED THE SUPREME COURT COMMISSION TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF CARING ABOUT REFORM
At the moment when we most need genuine, structural changes to the Supreme Court, we won’t get them. This is a court now facing serious questions regarding its integrity and, specifically, the way its members are appointed. After February 2016, when Justice Antonin Scalia died, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed not to give President Barack Obama’s choice to fill that seat, now-Attorney General Merrick Garland, a hearing.
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
12/11- MSNBC
TEXAS ABORTION PROVIDERS JUST WON A CASE. HERE'S WHY IT'S NOT TIME TO CELEBRATE
The Supreme Court on Friday handed down a big decision in a case involving a challenge to Texas’ restrictive abortion law. But its decision does not directly address the constitutionality of restrictions on abortions. Instead, this decision is about who can sue and be sued to stop Texas’ law from being in effect.
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
12/10- MSNBC
TRUMP'S JAN. 6 PRIVILEGE ARGUMENT JUST GOT LAUGHED OUT OF COURT — AGAIN
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., has (correctly) denied former President Donald Trump’s attempt to test the boundaries of his own power to the detriment of the power of the executive and legislative branches. The ruling comes after Trump sued to prevent the National Archives from turning over White House documents related to the insurrection on Jan. 6 to a House select committee investigating it.
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
12/9- CBS Los Angeles
LAPD UNION ACCUSES COMMISSIONER SALIMPOUR OF ETHICS VIOLATION
“Do you see a conflict of interest?” said Jessica Levinson, professor at Loyola Law School. “I see a potential conflict of interest here.”
Levinson, who was once on the L.A. Ethics Commission added that the ethics code says city officials cannot attempt to use their official positions to influence city decisions when they know they have a financial interest.
12/8- KCBS Radio
SCOTT PETERSON TO BE RE-SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDERING PREGNANT WIFE
Peterson was originally sent to Death Row following his conviction, and he sat there until the California Supreme Court tossed the sentence last year. The justices ruled a pair of jurors who were willing to impose the death penalty, but personally objected to it, were improperly dismissed.
"They said that the way that the jurors were selected was prejudicial to Peterson," Loyola Law School Professor Laurie Levenson told KCBS Radio.
12/7- Washington Post
REP. NUNES TO RETIRE AND WORK FOR TRUMP’S NEW SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY
“This decision makes sense for him because he’s been a Trump loyalist for a long time and he’s been somebody who has talked about social media for a long time,” said Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson. “Of course, the irony here is that he sued social media companies a number of times and the irony is that he will now be representing one.”
12/7- Patch
JUDGE ORDERS RPV MURDERER TO FACE HIS VICTIM'S FAMILY
"We believe he should be prosecuted in juvenile court," said Berumen's attorney, who leads the Center for Juvenile Law & Policy at Loyola Law School and said his client has done "incredible work" with mentally ill inmates while behind bars.
"We asked the leadership at the D.A.'s office to follow its own policy and we got no answers."
12/6- KCRW
WILL MORE STATES HOLD PARENTS LIABLE AFTER TEEN FATALLY SHOOTS STUDENTS IN MICHIGAN?
Another horrific school shooting happened just outside of Detroit last Tuesday. Four high school students were killed. What makes this case different from all the others: The parents of the alleged shooter have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Both have pleaded not guilty.
These parents helped their son buy the gun, knew he was looking for ammo, were called onto campus to talk about troubling drawings he made, and were told he needed counseling and should be taken home (but didn’t do so). That’s according to Jessica Levinson, professor at Loyola Law School.
Guest: Jessica Levinson, Professor, LMU Loyola Law School.
12/6- Mercury News
COUPLE ACCUSED OF STARTING FATAL EL DORADO FIRE WITH GENDER REVEAL WANTS CHARGES THROWN OUT
12/4- CNN
HOW ELIZABETH HOLMES' ABUSE ALLEGATIONS COULD IMPACT HER CRIMINAL TRIAL
12/3- Mercury News
BAY AREA LAWMAKER RECOUNTS ABORTION EXPERIENCE AS SUPREME COURT IS POISED TO GUT ROE
12/1- KCRW
SUPREME COURT SEEMS LIKELY TO EVISCERATE ROE V. WADE AFTER HEARING MAJOR MS ABORTION CASE
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks. This is one of the biggest abortion rights cases the high court has taken up in some three decades, since Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey.
Guest: Jessica Levinson, Professor, LMU Loyola Law School.
12/1- KTLA
LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR JESSICA LEVINSON TALKS ON MISSISSIPPI’S ABORTION CASE
Loyola Law School Professor Jessica Levinson joined us live with a preview of the biggest abortion case in decades. For more information on Professor Jessica Levinson and her podcast “Passing Judgement” you can visit her website or follow her on twitter.