Professor Rosenthal filed a brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in McDonald v. City of Chicago, an appeal presenting the question whether the right to bear arms found in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution applies to state and
Professor Ronald Rotunda published an op-ed in Chicago Tribune, entitled “Was Madoff good for the economy?” In this piece, Professor Rotunda discusses the Obama Administration’s economic stimulus plan. Professor Rotunda argues, “Perhaps it made sense during the Depression for the government to spend money when the alternative was people hiding cash in their mattresses. But
Visiting Assistant Professor Kyndra Rotunda was interviewed by Chapman University President James Doti in “Dialogue with Doti and Dodge,” on KOCE-TV.
Professor Daniel Bogart traveled to Chicago’s PLI Seminar on Commercial Real Estate Financing to give two presentations: “A Visit to the Courthouse:” “‘Waste’ is Back: Borrower Beware” and “Recent Issues in Mortgage Loan Enforcement.”
Professor Kurt Eggert was interviewed for an article in the Los Angeles Times, entitled “Financial regulators missed the big picture, big problems.” The article discusses the lack of oversight of subprime mortgage lenders that ultimately led to today’s financial crisis. “Whole chunks of the mortgage business, including securitization, were almost completely unregulated,” Professor Eggert stated.
The Wall Street Journal published Professor Ronald Rotunda’s letter to the editor entitled, “Privileges, Immunities and Our Constitutional Rights.” The letter addresses a previously-published article regarding Privileges or Immunities Clause of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment. Professor Rotunda argues against the assertion that “if the court were to use the Privileged or Immunities Clause
Professor Ronald Rotunda published an op-ed in The Panther entitled, “The right of free speech, regardless of what is spoken.” The op-ed discusses the controversy surrounding the legal memos written by Visiting Professor John Yoo during his tenure under the Bush administration. Professor Rotunda states, “Debating these issues in an intellectual environment is what the
Associate Dean Tim Canova was quoted in an article in the San Diego Union Tribune, entitled “Breaking up money-pit behemoths is necessary.” The article argues that the U.S. government should allow financial giants such as AIG to fail rather than attempting to prop them up. Regarding the spate of deregulation and lack of law enforcement
Professor Kurt Eggert was quoted in an article in the Los Angeles Times entitled, “Countrywide sues AIG unit over its failure to cover loan losses.” The piece discusses a suit recently filed by Countrywide Home Loans Inc. complaining that AIG didn’t cover more than $43 million in losses from failed real estate loans, many of
Visiting Professor John Yoo published an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, entitled “Closing Arguments: Security vs. freedom: A balance kept.” The article addresses the controversy surrounding the recent release of legal memoranda written in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Professor Yoo argues that lawyers working for the Bush administration were successful in their goal