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:
7/22- MSNBC
BEHIND MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE'S LATEST COVID MISINFORMATION STUNT
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., was temporarily kicked off Twitter this week (again) for violating its policy regarding posts containing misinformation about Covid-19. It turns out that posting lies and deceptions about a raging pandemic can really irk a social media giant.
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
7/20- Los Angeles Times
ANOTHER L.A. RECALL EFFORT HAS SPRUNG UP. THIS ONE TARGETS COUNCILMAN KEVIN DE LEÓN
7/19- ABC 7
GOP RECALL CANDIDATE KEVIN FAULCONER CHALLENGES NEWSOM TO DEBATE HIM
Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson believes Newsom is taking the recall effort seriously, but isn't too concerned about those running against him.
"We don't have a big marquee name in this list. And the date of this recall, I think that also helps the governor," said Levinson. "Biggest question for the governor will probably be how the COVID numbers are doing and how his base is feeling. Whether or not his base shows up or if they feel apathetic."
7/16- Los Angeles Times
UNDER FIRE, FEUER DEFENDS HIS OFFICE’S HANDLING OF DWP BILLING LITIGATION
7/13- WitnessLA
The supposed evidence — or lack thereof — raises “serious questions about the motives for” and legitimacy of “these ultimately fruitless investigations,” according to Kennedy, whose day job is as an associate clinical professor at Loyola School of Law, and the executive director for Loyola’s Center for Juvenile Law & Policy.
7/12- CBS News
SUPREME COURT'S VOTING RIGHTS RULING CASTS SHADOW ON FUTURE LEGAL BATTLES
"The reason we have the federal Voting Rights Act is because there was a problem that needed to be solved on the national level, and if you look at the list of all the restrictive voting laws proposed, it's clear that problem has not disappeared, but our solution has," said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School and CBS News legal contributor. "The court has pulled our solution out from under us."
7/12- MSNBC
MO BROOKS' 2020 ELECTION LIES MAY BE PROTECTED UNDER A 1988 LAW
When Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., sued Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., as well as former President Donald Trump, Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. and Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani, Brooks more or less claimed: "I work for the federal government, so I can't be liable for helping plot an insurrection against it."
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
7/9- CBS Los Angeles
‘A LOT OF JOCKEYING’: WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT GARCETTI HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS AMBASSADOR TO INDIA?
“There’s going to be a lot of jockeying in City Hall right now,” Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School, said.
7/7- KCRW
ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND IMPOSES MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL EXECUTIONS DURING DOJ REVIEW
Federal executions surged during the end of former President Trump’s term, including 13 people in the final six months of his administration. But last week, Attorney General Merrick Garland paused federal executions while the Justice Department reviews its policies and procedures.
Guest: Jessica Levinson, Professor, LMU's Loyola Law School.
7/6- CBS News
SUPREME COURT SHIFTS SLOWLY TO THE RIGHT IN FIRST TERM WITH EXPANDED CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY
"A court where Justice Kavanaugh is at the center and Chief Justice Roberts is center-left is a very conservative court," said Jessica Levinson, a CBS News legal contributor and professor at Loyola Law School. "Let's also remember that Justice Kavanaugh and Justice Barrett know that everybody is watching them to see if they look like political hacks, and the further they get from their confirmation hearings, potentially the less worried they'll be about how we perceive them."
7/6- Los Angeles Times
SHE WAS A WATCHDOG OVER L.A. POLITICIANS. BUT THEY HAD POWER OVER HER RAISE
7/4- USA Today
POLICE SAY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF DODGERS PITCHER TREVOR BAUER 'BIGGER THAN WE THOUGHT'
Laurie Levenson, a professor of criminal law at Loyola Law School of Loyola Marymount (Calif.) University, said celebrity “complicates it a little bit because I think prosecutors try to be extra careful.’’
“They look carefully at every aspect of the case whether they’re going to charge or not, because they know that it’s going to be under a microscope,’’ Levenson added. “It doesn’t mean that they won’t charge him, but they’re going to talk to the witnesses and do a thorough investigation because they know that others will be looking at it.’’
7/3- Associated Press
RIOTERS ACCUSED OF ERASING CONTENT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, PHONES
But even if it does not result in more charges, deleting evidence will make it difficult for those defendants to get much benefit at sentencing for accepting responsibility for their actions, said Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School.
7/2- NPR
NEW, EARLIER DATE PUTS GOP AT A DISADVANTAGE IN CALIFORNIA RECALL ELECTION
"She's in a difficult position," said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. "Politically, we're all asking these questions: Is she too beholden to Newsom? Or is she trying too hard to show her independence?"
7/2- Insider
The outcome of the Cosby case should dissuade local and federal prosecutors from making non-prosecution deals in the future, according to Laurie Levenson, a Loyola Law School professor.
"I've always worried about agreements that say, 'We're never going to prosecute,'" Levenson said. "You don't know what evidence you're going to get down the road."