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  1. 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.”

  2. 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.

  3. 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.’”

  4. 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.

  5. 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.”

  6. 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.”

  7. 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

  8. Wall Street Journal

    Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling a Departure from Roberts’ Usually Expansive View on Executive Authority, Says Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro

    “It’s almost Greek tragedy that Roberts, who has often endorsed expansive presidential power, including in the immunity opinion, is confronted by a president who is not only happy to take that to the far extreme, but doesn’t accept any constraints,” said Carolyn Shapiro, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

  9. Important, Not Important

    America's Right to Free Movement Dates to Nation's Founding, Says Law Professor Noah Smith-Drelich

    In a paper published early last year, Noah Smith-Drelich, an assistant professor of law at Illinois Institute of Technology, traced the history of free movement through the legal traditions of England and America from the 1215 Magna Carta to the present day to show that it’s been a right seen as so fundamental that the nation’s founders hardly felt the need to spell it explicitly in the Constitution. In fact, “restrictions on immigration,” Smith-Drelich said, “actually comes up in the Declaration of Independence.” “This idea of the open road, of being able to go where you want,” he said, “there is something quintessentially American about that.”

  10. Block Club Chicago

    Federal Tactic of Charging People in 'Weak' Cases Likely Part of Concerted Intimidation Effort, Says Law Professor Harold Krent

    “This administration is using all the tools it has to stifle dissent, that if you challenge them, they’re going to set out the machinery of the government against you,” said Harold Krent, a Chicago-Kent College of Law professor who has worked at the Department of Justice. “You’ll have to hire an attorney, miss work, you might be frightened — and maybe they’ll get an indictment once in a while.”