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  1. Bloomberg Law

    Constitutional Law Professor Harold Krent Discusses Firing of Pam Bondi as Attorney General

    “Bondi’s reign is probably most notable because of the revenge that Trump overtly tried to take against his enemies via the Department of Justice,” says law professor Harold Krent at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “The irony is, she did his bidding and she tried to politicize, weaponize the Department of Justice … and it didn’t work.”

  2. PolitiFact

    Law Professor James Bent Weighs in on Challenge to NFL’s Rooney Rule

    “Is it another candidate who isn’t considered because a team doesn't have the time because they have to interview a minority candidate?” said Jason Bent, law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “Or is it a team’s first choice for a position who has to wait for them to interview minority candidates? Does that make you an aggrieved person? It’s not clear.”

  3. Times Union

    Judge Was Correct to Overturn Murder Conviction After Black Juror Was Improperly Excluded, Says Law Professor Nancy Marder

    “I think he did the right thing,” said Chicago-Kent College of Law professor and Batson expert Nancy Marder. “That is not the case with most Batson challenges I have seen. Usually, the judge accepts the reason as long as it appears, on the surface, to be race-neutral, but here, the judge didn't do that, and the judge was right not to do that.”

  4. WTTW

    Law Professor Harold Krent Explains Case Before Supreme Court on Late-Arriving Ballots

    “I don’t think this really is a partisan issue. This should be an American issue,” says Harold Krent, professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “We want to encourage people to vote, and we don’t want to dampen participation in our republic. My fear is that the Supreme Court will do that.”

  5. Block Club Chicago

    Law Professor Noah Smith-Drelich Discusses Local Authorities’ Ability to Investigate Last Year’s Fatal Shooting by ICE

    Noah Smith-Drelich, a law professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, said accountability is important because it “shapes how people behave.” Smith-Drelich said “the atmosphere that exists right now, that federal officials will face little to no repercussions,” is likely contributing to “some of the violence that we’re seeing” being perpetrated by federal agents.

  6. A&E

    Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Richard Kling Discusses Case Against Tommy Schaefer in Bali ‘Suitcase Murder’

    “The United States Supreme Court has said a defendant who represents [themself] is held to the same standard as an experienced criminal defense attorney,” says Richard Kling, a clinical professor of law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. “He’s not going to be able to come in later and say, ‘Well, I didn't know what I was doing because I'm not really a lawyer.’”

  7. Bloomberg Law

    Unitary Executive Theory Opens Trump Administration to Judicial Criticism, Says Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro

    By naming the unitary executive theory, judges are “expressly criticizing the administration by putting what is in front of them in this broader context,” said Carolyn Shapiro, a Chicago-Kent College of Law professor. The next step, she added, could be judges ordering high-ranking immigration officials to appear in federal court if the Justice Department continues to show an inability to get them to obey orders.

  8. Bloomberg Law

    Despite Low Applicant Numbers, Design Patent Bar Is Needed, Says IP Program Co-Director Sarah Fackrell

    “Art people have something unique and valuable to bring to this field,” said Sarah Fackrell, co-director of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s intellectual property program. “The creation of the design patent bar is incredibly, symbolically important in recognizing that.”

  9. Ars Technica

    Microsoft Blog Told Users to Train AI on Pirated Harry Potter Books. Law Professor and IP Expert Cathay Y. N. Smith Explains the Legal Issues

    “The ultimate result is to create something infringing by saying, ‘Hey, here you go, go grab that infringing stuff and use that in our system,’” said Cathay Y. N. Smith, a law professor and co-director of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Program in Intellectual Property Law. Microsoft “could potentially have some sort of secondary contributory liability for copyright infringement, downloading it, as well as then using it to encourage others to use it for training purposes.”

  10. Roll Call

    Supreme Court Backs Congressional Power in Tariff Ruling, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Harold Krent

    “The court is reminding the country, maybe finally, that there are three branches of government, and if the president wants to have certain powers whether they are emergency powers or not he should seek them from Congress,” said Harold Krent, a law professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law specializing in separation of powers issues