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  1. Chicago Tribune

    Federal Agents Don't Have Absolute Immunity from Prosecution, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Noah Smith-Drelich

    “One of the narratives that has come out of this administration in recent months is ‘we are immune,’ and that’s incorrect,” said Noah Smith-Drelich, an assistant professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

  2. Talking Points Memo

    Don’t Read into Timing on Supreme Court’s Lack of Tariff Decision, Says Constitutional Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro

    “The Court very much resists the idea that what it’s doing is political in a number of senses, but one sense is in the kind of daily work of politics,” said Carolyn Shapiro, founder and co-director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “So I think that also could be some of it, that for some of them they want to convey this view of themselves as being somehow writing ‘for the ages.’”

  3. WTTW

    Unclear Whether Trump Administration’s Freeze of Social Safety Net Funds Is Legal, Says Professor Carolyn Shapiro

    “The fact that the administration has singled out five states that are Democratically led raises questions about whether this is retaliatory for other things, and if so, is that illegal?” says Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro. “We haven’t seen that particular claim raised as to a state, I don’t believe, but I think there are very strong arguments to be made that that would be illegal.”

  4. Law.com

    Professor Sarah Fackrell Explains How Schedule A IP Infringement Cases May Turn Conventional Judge Shopping Wisdom on Its Head

    “One reason why the amend down to one and refile (strategy) seems to work seems to be exactly because it is a large district and everything is diffuse. If there were only three judges, you might notice what's going on a little (more quickly) than you would if there were 30,” said Chicago-Kent College of Law professor Sarah Fackrell.

  5. Fox32 Chicago

    Despite What Trump Says, There’s No Mechanism to Nationalize Elections, Says Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro

    “The Constitution provides that states handle elections. Congress has some ability to regulate things like time, place, and manner ... and most of the rest is up to the states,” says Carolyn Shapiro, professor of constitutional law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “There’s no infrastructure, there’s no mechanism, and there’s no constitutional authority to nationalize elections.”

  6. Minnesota Public Radio

    Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro Says FBI Restricting Access to Evidence Hinders but Doesn’t Make Local Investigations Impossible in Minneapolis Shooting Death

    “Of course, state investigators would want” access to federal investigators’ evidence and files, said Carolyn Shapiro, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, “but even in the absence of it, they can continue to talk to witnesses, they can review all the videos that are available and make their own determination based on the evidence they can gather.”

  7. SCOTUS Blog

    Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro: The Worst Supreme Court Case You’ve Never Heard Of, and What It Tells Us About Trump’s Immigration Enforcement

    The horror and brutality of American slavery stand alone. But reading the news today, I am repeatedly reminded of Prigg and its larger historical context.

  8. Chicago Tribune

    Trump Administration Testing Bounds of First Amendment with Prosecution of ‘Broadview Six,’ Says Law Professor Steven Heyman

    “I think (conviction),” said Steven Heyman, a law professor with the Chicago-Kent College of Law, “would send a real strong message that the government is capable of taking severe measures to suppress, I would say, legitimate dissent.”

  9. WTTW

    Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent Assesses New Illinois Law Protecting Immigrants from Arrest Near Courthouses

    “What the legislature is trying to do is head off this collision or clash that we’ve seen of ICE agents or Border Patrol agents coming into the court, disrupting court relations, and grabbing individuals who were there to testify,” said Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Harold Krent. “This obviously is undermining the sanctity of Illinois’ justice system.”

  10. Block Club Chicago

    Government's Victory in Appellate Court Likely a Factor in Chicago Media Groups’ Decision to Drop Use of Force Lawsuit, Says Professor Richard Kling

    “(Attorneys are) thinking, ‘What’s the likelihood they’re going to affirm the decision or they’re going to reverse the decision?'” said Richard Kling, clinical professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. “Obviously they thought it was in their advantage to dismiss it.”