Professor Ronald Rotunda testified in the Judiciary Committee on the fourth day of hearings on the appointment of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court seat. Professor Rotunda’s testimony focused on what Solicitor General Kagan must do as a Justice to comply with a federal statute (28 USC a Sec. 455(b)(3)) applicable to Justices who
Former Chapman Law Dean John Eastman and Chapman Law Professor Lawrence Rosenthal discussed the Confirmation of U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagen to the Supreme Court on Southern California Public Radio, 89.1 KUOR. Listen to the audio from AirTalk here.
On June 17, 2010, Professor Donald Kochan discussed issues related to movements to repeal the 17th Amendment on the radio program “The Docket,” which aired on University of California-Irvine public radio, KUCI 88.9FM.
On June 16, 2010, the lead “Perspective” article in The Los Angeles Daily Journal was written by Professor Donald Kochan, entitled “Calls to Repeal Seventeenth Amendment.” The piece discussed the constitutional difficulties that make a repeal of the 17th Amendment politically untenable.
Professor Dennis Binder published an op-ed piece on the New Supreme Court in the Daily Journal describing today’s Supreme Court as a “meritocracy of the east.” Professor Binder wrote that “the appointment of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court marks the triumph of the new meritocracy,” noting that all nine of the justices
Professor Francine Lipman’s research on undocumented immigrants and taxation was highlighted in an article entitled “The Price That We Pay” on Truthout.org. Professor Lipman was quoted in the piece discussing the disinformation about the tax contributions of undocumented immigrants that can be attributed to both “confusion about the system generally and . . . that
Professor Michael Bazyler was quoted in an AP article covering the Armenian Church’s suit against the J. Paul Getty Museum. Professer Bazyler, a member of the plaintiff’s legal team, said that attorneys hope the pages can be returned during negotiation rather than litigation. The Armenian Church seeks the return of seven pages that were ripped
Professor Hugh Hewitt published an opinion piece in the San Francisco Examiner about the effect of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act on jobs. Professor Hewitt wrote that the Act “will cost many more jobs unless the agency is checked – and soon.” Read more here.
Professor Ronald D. Rotunda published an opinion article in the Orange County Register entitled “What can Congress make you do?” in which he questions the constitutionality of a new national health law that essentially “does not regulate any economic act; instead, it regulates inactivity.” Read about it here.
Professor Rosenthal published an opinion piece entitled “Attack on Chicago’s handgun ban could undo a winning police tactic” in the Philadelphia Inquirer discussing the limitations of the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Professor Rosenthal wrote that “support for gun-control laws has waned, and politicians fear gun-rights advocates as never before. Yet the case for