Loyola 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:
New York Times – 09.30.18
CALIFORNIA’S PUBLICLY HELD CORPORATIONS WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE WOMEN ON THEIR BOARDS
Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles who has written about the bill, said on Sunday that it amounts to a “blatant gender preference.”
Los Angeles Times – 09.30.18
JERRY BROWN SIGNS BILL REQUIRING CALIFORNIA CORPORATE BOARDS TO INCLUDE WOMEN
The new law may, in fact, be vulnerable to a court challenge, said Jessica Levinson, a clinical professor of law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
KCALTV – 09.29.18
WHAT EVIDENCE FROM FBI INVESTIGATION WOULD BE NEEDED TO SWAY KAVANAUGH VOTE FOR REPUBLICAN SENATORS?
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses the FBI probe into sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Just Lines Podcast – 09.28.18
INTERVIEW: PROFESSOR JUSTIN LEVITT
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Associate Dean of Research Justin Levitt discusses redistricting.
KABC-LA – 09.28.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses Senator Jeff Flake’s actions during the Kavanaugh hearing.
Jewish Journal – 09.27.18
WHAT’S HAPPENING: SKIRBALL HARVEST FESTIVAL, ANAT HOFFMAN SPEAKS AND MORE
Decades after the Holocaust, Loyola Law School Professor Stanley Goldman learned his mother may have been rescued from the Ravensbrück concentration camp. This discovery led to years of research and a book, “Left to the Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Bargain That Broke Adolf Hitler and Saved My Mother.”
Jurist – 09.27.18
THE SUPREME COURT JUST HELPED STEM THE TIDE OF DARK MONEY?
Jurist Guest Columnist Jessica A. Levinson of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles discusses the potential implications of recent campaign finance disclosure reforms.
TaxProf Blog – 09.27.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professors Ted Seto and Katie Pratt are ranked in the Top 25 all-time SSRN downloads.
KQED-FM – 09.27.18
KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION PROCESS SPILLS INTO CALIFORNIA SENATE RACE
Loyola Law School Professor Jessica Levinson said de León is coming hard for Feinstein...“It’s easy to be aggressive when you’re Sen. Kevin de León and you’re facing a huge uphill battle," she said.
KCRW-FM – 09.27.18
QUESTIONING CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson analyzes Senate Republicans’ plan to have Arizona prosecutor Rachel Mitchell question Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh.
KCRW-FM – 09.27.18
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE FORD-KAVANAUGH HEARING?
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson breaks down what happened during the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh.
Los Angeles Daily Journal – 09.27.18
POLITICALLY FRAUGHT KAVANAUGH FIGHT MAKES AN 8-JUSTICE SCOTUS TERM SEEM EVER MORE LIKELY
"There was already some uncertainty about whether Judge Kavanaugh would be confirmed when the court met for its long conference," commented Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School. "It wouldn't surprise me that the court took explicitly into account that they might have an eight-justice court when considering which cases to take."
CNN International – 09.26.18
KAVANAUGH & ACCUSER TO TESTIFY ON ASSAULT CLAIM
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses new accusations against Brett Kavanaugh and how they may affect the decision to vote on his nomination on Friday.
The Wrap – 09.26.18
ARE BRETT KAVANAUGH’S DEFENDERS STEALING OJ SIMPSON’S LEGAL STRATEGY? (also featured on Yahoo! Entertainment)
“You can’t win, can you?” Loyola Law School Professor Laurie Levenson, who closely followed the Simpson case as well as the Kavanaugh news, joked on Wednesday. “I don’t buy into these arguments that when the evidence is too good, it can’t be true. We don’t usually see those arguments, except for here and in the OJ case.”
Bloomberg Big Law Business – 09.26.18
HYUNDAI FUEL ECONOMY CASE PUTS NATIONWIDE CLASS SUITS IN PERIL
The “big picture” is that under the Ninth Circuit panel’s standard, “if a court had to consider all the different varieties of state law, it makes settlement a lot harder,” said Professor Adam Zimmerman of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
KPCC-FM – 09.26.18
A THIRD ACCUSER COMES OUT AGAINST KAVANAUGH, A DAY BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson examines the latest allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Criminal Law Jotwell – 09.26.18
OUT OF TOUCH AND OUT OF ORDER: FRISKING AS A FORM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Eric Miller reviews Professor Ross’ article “What the #MeToo Campaign Teaches About Stop and Frisk.” Excerpt: The rule-of-law limitation on police power is supposed to make the public less vulnerable, by setting out clear rules of engagement and ensuring that the civilian and police officer enjoy an equal standing before the law. But the ability to engage in low-visibility, sexually-intrusive interactions entrenches a different, more arbitrary, set of norms that enforce precariousness.
KCRW-FM – 09.26.18
DE LEON, FEINSTEIN AND KAVANAUGH ALLEGATIONS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses how Dianne Feinstein’s decision to hold a letter regarding the Kavanaugh allegations will affect the California senate race.
Mother Jones – 09.26.18
KAVANAUGH SAYS THE CLAIMS AGAINST HIM ARE “UNCORROBORATED.” LEGALLY SPEAKING, THAT’S NOT TRUE.
Laurie Levenson, an expert in criminal law and evidence at Loyola Law School, also said Kavanaugh’s use of the term “uncorroborated” was incorrect as a legal term… “I think words are being used now just for political purposes and not at all how we would legally use those terms,” she said.
KABC-AM – 09.26.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson explains what to expect during Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony tomorrow.
Associated Press – 09.26.18
BILL COSBY BEHIND BARS: APPEAL LOOMING, LAWSUITS PENDING (also featured on CBS News, Yahoo, MSN Canada and many others)
"That one is front and center because he didn't rule that way on the initial trial," Loyola Law School Professor Laurie Levenson said. "It raises the question of why is he doing so this time? Why is he trying to put his thumb on the scales of justice?"
MSNBC – 09.26.18
THIRD ACCUSER SAYS KAVANAUGH & FRIEND MARK JUDGE WERE PRESENT AT “GANG” RAPES WHERE SHE WAS A VICTIM
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses new allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.
Associated Press – 09.25.18
BILL COSBY IN PRISON: WHERE HE’LL GO, WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE
“You don’t want your client to go to prison and find out that those twilight years of their life they shouldn’t have had to spend there in the first place,” said Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson.
FindLaw – 09.25.18
CAN A PERMANENT RESIDENT BE DEPORTED FOR ACCIDENTALLY VOTING?
Confusion or misinformation is rarely, if ever, a successful defense. "In any particular case, an individual may attempt to show that he/she didn't understand or was specifically misled into checking the (citizenship) box, but those defenses don't work often," Justin Levitt, a former top official in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
The Hill – 09.25.18
THE MEMO: TRUMP CRITICS AND ALLIES UNITE: DON'T FIRE ROSENSTEIN
“I think Mueller is proceeding until he is told not to,” said Justin Levitt, a former deputy assistant attorney general and a professor at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. “He is doing the job with zero leaking, as far as anybody can tell, and with fairly dramatic success. So his job is to ignore the turmoil around him.”
KCRW-FM – 09.24.18
IF ROD ROSENSTEIN IS OUT, WHAT WILL IT MEAN FOR ROBERT MUELLER’S RUSSIA PROBE?
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson examines what could happen to Mueller’s investigation should Rod Rosenstein leave his post.
Emory News Center – 09.24.18
NEW BOOK EXPLORES TIMELY HISTORY OF VOTER SUPPRESSION IN AMERICA
Citing a study by Loyola Law School Professor Justin Levitt, between 2000 and 2014 there have been only 31 cases of voter identification fraud confirmed out of 1 billion ballots cast, she notes.
Canal City TV – 09.19.18
5 PAÍSES ARGUMENTAN CRÍMENES DE LEASA HUMANUIDA (5 COUNTRIES ARGUE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY)
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Cesare Romano discusses a complaint against Nicolas Maduro before the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
NBC News – 09.24.18
BILL COSBY TO BE SENTENCED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ANDREA CONSTAND CASE
"I still think that an elder defendant will argue that given his age, he should be allowed to stay out on appeal," Loyola Law School Professor Laurie Levenson said in an email. "However, I don't think that it is at all a certainty. Although Cosby is not a flight risk, he doesn't seem to have any clear winners for his appeal."
Associated Press – 09.24.18
BILL COSBY SENTENCING: WILL HE GO TO PRISON? JUDGE SET TO DECIDE
“You don't want your client to go to prison and find out that [in] those twilight years of their life they shouldn't have had to spend there in the first place,” said Loyola Law School Professor Laurie Levenson.
KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk” – 09.24.18
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION IF ROD ROSENSTEIN LEAVES THE DOJ?
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Associate Dean of Research Justin Levitt discusses how Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s potential exit could affect the Mueller investigation.
Fox News – 09.24.18
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS DEFECTING TO SUPPORT GOP-LED BALLOT MEASURE TO REPEAL GAS TAX HIKE
Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, points out that California indeed has a “robust” history of ballot initiatives being used to significantly impact elections… “It’s an effective way to connect voter issues with candidates,” Levinson, who specializes in ballot initiatives, told Fox News. “It games the electoral system in so many ways.”
Daily Mail UK – 09.24.18
It has been suggested that due to Cosby's age his legal team will fight for home detention, according to Loyola Law School Professor Laurie Levenson.
KABC-AM – 09.24.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson examines how the Mueller investigation may change based on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s potential exit.
KABC-AM’s “Champions of Justice Radio Show” – 09.23.18
“I went to law school, David, and there were two women in my class. Now at Loyola Law School, more than half of the class are women.”
KFI-AM – 09.22.18
FIGHT TO CONFIRM JUDGE KAVANAUGH TO THE SUPREME COURT, PREVIEW OF THE FALL TV SEASON, AND MORE!
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses money, politics and the Supreme Court.
Legal Theory Blog – 09.22.18
DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK: "EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE IN PUERTO RICO" BY MURRAY
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Yxta Maya Murray’s article “'FEMA Has Been a Nightmare:' Epistemic Injustice in Puerto Rico” is described as “important and deeply interesting.”
KABC-AM – 09.21.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses Brett Kavanaugh and his upcoming confirmation hearings.
Associated Press – 09.20.18
SENTENCING OPTIONS FOR BILL COSBY, CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, INCLUDE PRISON, JAIL AND PROBATION (also featured on Chicago Sun Times, MSN, Voice of America, Yahoo Canada)
"You don't want your client to go to prison and find out that (in) those twilight years of their life they shouldn't have had to spend there in the first place," said Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson.
Lake County News – 09.20.18
NEW LAW PROVIDES INNOCENT PEOPLE ACCESS TO MATERIALS AVAILABLE AT TRIAL
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law sponsored by the California Innocence Coalition, a group made up of three innocence organizations – the Northern California Innocence Project, or NCIP, in Santa Clara, the California Innocence Project in San Diego, and the Loyola Project for the Innocent in Los Angeles.
KNX-1070 AM – 09.06.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Stan Goldman discusses the implications of the New York Times opinion piece from an anonymous senior Trump official saying there are those in White House protecting the country from the president's worst instincts.
Associated Press – 09.20.18
SENTENCING OPTIONS FOR COSBY INCLUDE PRISON, JAIL, PROBATION (also featured on Vancouver Sun, Yahoo UK and many others)
"You don't want your client to go to prison and find out that (in) those twilight years of their life they shouldn't have had to spend there in the first place," said Loyola Law School Professor Laurie Levenson.
Los Angeles Sentinel – 09.20.18
MEET SEAN COLLINSON, HIP-HOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF 2020
His educational background begins at Loyola Law School, where he received training in mediation and litigating cases.
Fox News – 09.19.18
“California has positioned itself as the center of the Trump resistance,” Jessica Levinson, a clinical law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, told Fox News. “It’s bloody combat.”
Bloomberg – 09.19.18
THINKING OF HIRING IN-HOUSE CYBER COUNSEL? HERE ARE SOME TIPS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Adjunct Professor Robert Kang shares tips for hiring cyber counsel. Excerpt: The day may come when candidates possessing all of these traits exist in droves, but today is not that day. Until then, you and your company will need to prioritize your in-house counsel’s key traits based on your company’s needs.
USA Today – 09.19.18
THESE STATE LAWMAKERS ARE RUNNING UNOPPOSED, BUT STILL RAKING IN CAMPAIGN CASH
State rules vary for what officials can legally do with their campaign funds, but a basic premise holds true for many state and federal politicians, according to Jessica Levinson, a political ethics expert and professor of law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. “Campaign purposes are OK. Personal purposes are not,” Levinson said. “The money is not to be used to line your own pockets.”
Nonprofit Quarterly – 09.19.18
SCOTUS REFUSES TO STAY ORDER ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURE ON EVE OF MIDTERMS
Still, Jessica Levinson, an election law professor at Loyola Law School, calls the original decision and the Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene a “huge win for the public.”
San Francisco Chronicle – 09.18.18
KAVANAUGH ACCUSER WANTS FBI INVESTIGATION BEFORE TESTIFYING TO SENATE COMMITTEE
“Who wants to be blamed and shamed?” asked Jessica Levinson, a law professor and election-law specialist at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. “There’s still a huge stigma attached to coming forward with these allegations. ... She is risking her professional and social standing, not to mention her mental health.”
San Francisco Chronicle – 09.18.18
TRUMP AND KEVIN DE LEÓN AGREE FEINSTEIN BLEW IT. DID SHE HAVE ANOTHER WAY?
Despite Feinstein’s claim that she was bound by her confidentiality agreement, there were steps the senator could have taken to alert her colleagues earlier to at least some of the allegations in Ford’s letter, said Jessica Levinson, a political ethics expert at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Daily Journal – 09.18.18
PROFESSOR TESTIFIES THAT ATTORNEYS’ ESTATE PLAN WAS ‘REASONABLE’
Joseph V. Sliskovich said the charitable reminder unit trusts, or CRUTs, the plan created were a fine solution to the family's "dirt rich but cash poor" situation…"How do you make a commitment to charity, avoid income tax and throw off income to family members? The CRUT seemed like a legitimate and perfectly reasonable tool to accomplish those goals," Sliskovich said.
KQED-FM – 09.18.18
BRETT KAVANAUGH AND HIS ACCUSER, CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD, TO TESTIFY MONDAY
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson analyzes the accusations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and its effects on his nomination.
U.S. News & World Report – 09.18.18
14 LAW SCHOOLS THAT TRAINED FAMOUS LAWYERS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles is named to a list of schools that have trained famous attorneys.
KABC-AM – 09.18.18
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SCOTUS NOMINEE
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses accusations against Brett Kavanaugh.
Legal Theory Blog – 09.18.18
LEVITT ON CITIZENSHIP & THE CENSUS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Associate Dean for Research Justin Levitt’s article “Citizenship and the Census” is featured.
KCRW-FM – 09.17.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses Palo Alto University professor Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Legal Theory Blog – 09.17.18
MURRAY ON HURRICANE MARIA & EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE IN PUERTO RICO
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Yxta Maya Murray’s article “'FEMA Has Been a Nightmare:' Epistemic Injustice in Puerto Rico” is featured.
TaxProf Blog – 09.17.18
HEMEL PRESENTS BEYOND THE MARRIAGE TAX TRILEMMA TODAY AT LOYOLA-L.A.
Daniel Hemel (Chicago) presents “Beyond the Marriage Tax Trilemma” at Loyola-L.A. today as part of its Tax Policy Colloquium Series hosted by Ellen Aprill and Katie Pratt…Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.) is the commentator.
Los Angeles Daily Journal – 09.17.18
CHIEF JUSTICE’S ADVOCACY ROLE ON MONEY BAIL LAW RAISES ETHICS
Loyola Law School Professor Laurie L. Levenson said Cantil-Sakauye has not at this point violated any judicial canons and would “not necessarily” need to recuse herself due to her comments. She pointed to two circumstances laid out in the California Code of Judicial Ethics.
KCBS-TV – 09.16.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses how recent accusations could affect Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
Blog for Iowa – 09.16.18
ONE UNSPOKEN REASON TO VOTE THIS FALL
Loyola Law School Professor Justin Levitt studied voter impersonation, the major type of fraud that strict voter ID laws and voter purges in part aim to curtail.
KCAL-TV – 09.16.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson examines breaking news in politics including accusations against Brett Kavanaugh, Paul Manafort flipping and President Trump doubling down on his comments regarding Hurricane Maria’s death toll.
Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities – 09.12.18
LOYOLA IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CLINIC PURSUES LEGAL INTEGRITY ON BOTH SIDES OF BORDER
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Kathleen Kim and Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic Co-Directors Marissa Montes ’12 and Emily Robinson ’12 are featured in a story about the clinic’s work to help find immigration relief for clients. Excerpt: The heart of the issue, as LIJC attorneys see it, is educating clients about their rights. To that end, more than 10,000 free client consultations have been conducted since the clinic was founded in 2012.
Fox News – 09.12.18
CALIFORNIA VS. TRUMP: NEW STATE LAWS TAKE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHITE HOUSE ENERGY AGENDA
“California has positioned itself as the center of the Trump resistance,” Jessica Levinson, a clinical law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, told Fox News. “It’s bloody combat.”
The Loyolan – 09.12.18
KAVANAUGH: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SCOTUS NOMINEE
One of the main goals of these hearings is to determine how the nominee interprets the Constitution and the consequences of that philosophy on certain issues, according to Kimberly West-Faulcon, the James P. Bradley chair in Constitutional Law and a law professor at Loyola Law School.
KABC-AM – 09.11.18
HOMELESS VETERAN SUES COUPLE FOR SQUANDERING FUNDS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses the case of a couple spending the $400,000 they raised for a homeless veteran via a GoFundMe campaign.
KCET-TV – 09.11.18
“The People V. Kiera Newsome” follows a team of Loyola Law School students and professors as they fight to free a young woman they believe was wrongly convicted.
San Francisco Chronicle – 09.11.18
JERRY BROWN PUTS AN OLD FRIEND IN A SIX-FIGURE STATE JOB
“This is not a thing that brings down democracy or forces state government to crumble, but it is what it looks like, a favor to a friend,” said Jessica Levinson, who teaches campaign ethics and political law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. “And it’s not a victimless favor, because there could be someone with a resume that is better suited who was passed over. And this position serves the public. Does the public get the benefit of having the best people serving in this position?”
NBC Think – 09.11.18
TRUMP CAN'T SUE BOB WOODWARD FOR LIBEL, SO HE'S GOING AFTER FREE SPEECH INSTEAD
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson examines defamation laws and President Trump’s calls to tighten them. Excerpt: In the end, Trump’s calls to tighten libel laws sound like the rallying cries of a leader seeking to weaken the First Amendment and the media.
The Recorder – 09.10.18
IRS AGENT CAN'T DODGE INVASION OF PRIVACY CLAIM AFTER WATCHING SUSPECT'S WIFE USE BATHROOM
Shelly Ioane was represented on appeal by Loyola Law School students Ariel Beverly and Norvik Azarian, who handled the case as part of the school’s Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic. They were supervised by Professor Paula Mitchell and E. Martin Estrada of Munger, Tolles & Olson.
Law360 – 09.10.18
IRS AGENT CAN'T DITCH BATHROOM SEARCH ROW, 9TH CIRC. SAYS
E. Martin Estrada of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, who represented Ioane along with Loyola Law School students, said in an email he was “pleased with the court’s affirmance of the district court’s order in this matter.” He called the appeal “difficult,” and praised the students for committing “their full energies into presenting the full scope of Ms. Ioane’s experience to the panel.”
World Journal – 09.10.18
上金融課程 有效嗎？(IS THE FINANCIAL COURSE EFFECTIVE?)
但一些研究人員說，開班授課的作法未必有用，他們認為，金融知識不能比照幾何學或德語這樣，透過靜坐課程來教授；洛杉磯洛約拉法學院（Loyola Law School）教授威利斯（Lauren Willis）說，目前尚無研究證實金融課程的影響，而有些調查顯示，金融課程有時反而因過度自信而產生負面影響。
KPCC-FM – 09.10.18
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME IN OC ENDS IN ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Aaron Caplan discusses accusations of racist signage among the crowd during a high school football game. Excerpt: “There are a few difficulties a high school admin would face here, for example deciding whether the message is more on political expression end, in which case it's protected, or is it more on the intimidation end, in which case it's not."
KPCC-FM - 09.06.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Kimberly West-Faulcon discusses the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.
People’s Work – 09.10.18
STATES’ FIGHTS ARE KEY TO CONTROLLING CONGRESS AND DEMOCRACY
All of this is laid bare in the extremely helpful website All About Redistricting, by Justin Levitt, constitutional law scholar and professor at Loyola Law School.
The San Diego Union-Tribune – 09.09.18
HUNTER DEFENSE INVOLVING PROSECUTORS AT CLINTON FUNDRAISER LIKELY A NON-STARTER, EXPERTS SAY
Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School and former president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission, pointed to an oft-repeated legal quote attributed to writer Carl Sandburg: “When the facts are against you, argue the law. When the law is against you argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.”
The Voice of San Diego – 09.09.18
“I don’t know if this is indicative of more to come,” said Jessica Levinson, a campaign finance expert and political science professor at Loyola Law School. “But I know that it’s at least proved that San Diego can flex its political muscle when it comes to getting something on the ballot.
Newsweek – 09.08.18
REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS HE ‘REGULARLY’ CONSIDERS LEAVING PARTY
A comprehensive study of major elections from 2000 to 2014 conducted by Loyola Law School Professor Justin Levitt found just 31 incidents of voter fraud out of more than 1 billion votes cast.
The Mercury News – 09.08.18
KAMALA HARRIS AND CORY BOOKER AUDITION FOR 2020 AT KAVANAUGH HEARINGS
“This was political theater,” said Jessica Levinson, a Loyola Law School professor. “But using the confirmation hearing as a political stage doesn’t mean they weren’t also genuinely trying to obtain information about his record.”
The New York Times – 09.07.18
TRUMP WANTS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE SOURCE OF ANONYMOUS TIMES OP-ED
“An NDA between private individuals is very different from an NDA with a government organization because the First Amendment protects citizens from the government silencing their speech,” said Jessica A. Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School.
The American Prospect – 09.07.18
KAVANAUGH NOMINATION IS DANGEROUS FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMUNITY
Katherine Perez, Director of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles’ Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy and Innovation, explains how Brett Kavanaugh is a threat to individuals with disabilities. Excerpt: Whether or not Kavanaugh moves to the high court, his confirmation hearings give Americans the opportunity to take stock of how far we have come and how far we have to go: What kind of investment is being made in our next leaders in disability rights—disabled law students, attorneys, and judges?
Christian Science Monitor – 09.07.18
SUPREME COURT HEARINGS ARE BROKEN, BOTH PARTIES SAY. HOW THEY CAN BE FIXED. (also featured on Yahoo News and Yahoo News UK)
“Since [then] I don’t think we’ve seen people be that direct and that straightforward.... We’ve got into a pattern of more general answers,” says Kimberly West-Faulcon, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
Business Radio – 09.07.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Priscilla Ocen discusses the impact of California’s decision to end cash bail as part of incarceration.
KPBS – 09.07.18
HOW SAN DIEGO FUELED CALIFORNIA’S GAS TAX REPEAL EFFORT
“I don't know if this is indicative of more to come,” said Jessica Levinson, a campaign finance expert and political science professor at Loyola Law School. “But I know that it's at least proved that San Diego can flex its political muscle when it comes to getting something on the ballot.”
CALMatters – 09.07.18
FIRE COSTS, BROWN’S OIL ISSUE, SURFER EQUITY, ALCOHOL MATTERS
In a commentary for NBC News, Loyola Law School Professor Jessica Levinson writes that a pending California bill to create gender quotas on corporate boards is an overreach.
NBC – 09.06.18
ICE'S MOVE TO SEIZE MILLIONS OF VOTER RECORDS STALLED AFTER N. CAROLINA OFFICIALS BALK
Justin Levitt, a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice who worked on voting rights cases in the Obama administration, said the broad nature of the request smacked of a fishing expedition..."It's nuts," Levitt said. “It’s the equivalent of asking, in order to investigate bank fraud, asking the ten largest banks for all of their bank records pertaining to anybody. That’s not how you’d investigate a bank fraud."
CrimProf Blog – 09.05.18
MILLER ON TERRY'S ATTACK ON RACE-BASED POLICING
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Eric Miller’s article “Reasonably Radical: Terry’s Attack on Race-Based Policing” is featured.
The American Law Institute – 09.06.18
CELEBRATE NATIONAL READ A BOOK DAY
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jennifer E. Rothman’s book “The Right of Publicity: Privacy Reimagined for a Public World” is featured in honor of National Read a Book Day.
Metro World News – 09.05.18
L’ESCLAVAGE N’A JAMAIS CESSÉ DANS LE MONDE
Une des mesures pour assurer la prévention de la traite exige que les «gouvernements de la planète, y compris les États-Unis, fassent tout ce qui est en leur pouvoir afin de fournir une procédure d’entrée sécuritaire et légale pour les immigrants ainsi que des normes justes en matière de travail», indique Kathleen Kim, chercheuse à la Loyola Law School, à Los Angeles.
Take Care – 09.05.18
KAVANAUGH, FOREIGN AGENTS, AND AMERICAN ELECTIONS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Associate Dean Justin Levitt examines Bluman v. FEC through the lens of the 2016 elections. Excerpt: In the 2016 elections, we were hacked. I don’t mean the breach of the DNC systems, serious as that was. And I don’t mean intrusion into the mechanics of casting and counting ballots: media frenzy aside, that structure mostly held up.
CrimProf Blog – 09.05.18
OCEN ON INCAPACITATING MOTHERHOOD
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Priscilla A Ocen’s article “Incapacitating Motherhood” is featured.
NBC Think – 09.05.18
CALIFORNIA LAW THAT WOULD CREATE CORPORATE GENDER QUOTAS IS A TEXTBOOK CASE OF GOVERNMENT OVERREACH
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson examines the consequences of a California law that would create corporate gender quotas. Excerpt: Governments can certainly help to foster and incentivize an environment in which companies choose to make positive changes. But when a state mandates gender quotas on private boards, it is going too far.
KNX-AM – 09.04.18
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS IN HOLLYWOOD
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Stan Goldman discusses the statute of limitations and the special task for assigned to review sexual misconduct allegations in Hollywood.
KCRW-FM – 09.04.18
CONTENTIOUS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS BEGIN FOR BRETT KAVANAUGH
Loyola Law School Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson explains how Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation could reshape the Supreme Court.
Christian Science Monitor – 09.04.18
AT KAVANAUGH HEARINGS, QUESTIONS OF HOW MUCH POWER A PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE (also featured on Daily Magazine)
“The president has grown more powerful over time because the Supreme Court hasn’t stepped in to constrain it,” says Kimberly West-Faulcon, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. “But if you have a president who does cross the line and it’s a blatant constitutional line, we want and need a Supreme Court that’s willing to police that president. If we don’t have that, then the whole point of separation of powers has failed.”
KABC-AM – 09.04.18
Loyola Law School Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing.
KABC- 09.01.18
POLITICAL DONATION CONTROVERSY
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson examines the reaction to In-N-Out’s venture into politics.