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  1. NBC News

    Recordings Show Alito Doesn't Think of Himself as 'Neutral Umpire' in Culture Wars, Says Chicago-Kent Professor Carolyn Shapiro

    Carolyn Shapiro, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, said Alito’s comments that conservative Christians are under attack from liberals in a culture war that grips the United States provide further evidence that he does not necessarily see himself as a “neutral umpire” in the conflict. “I think he sees himself as a partisan in this fight,” she added.

  2. Washington Post

    Trump Attacks Judicial System, but ‘Jury Trial as Good as We Can Do,’ Says Chicago-Kent Professor Nancy Marder

    “Human beings have their weaknesses, and our institutions have their weaknesses, but a jury trial is as good as we can do,” Nancy Marder, a Chicago-Kent College of Law professor who studies jury trials, said in an interview.

  3. Salon

    Chicago-Kent Law Professor Nancy Marder Says Judge's Instructions Provide 'Important Roadmap' to Jury in Trump Trial

    “Judges use what has been done before and what has been accepted in the past, so they’re not doing this from scratch,” said Nancy Marder, a professor at Illinois Tech Chicago Kent College of Law and director of the Justice John Paul Stevens Jury Center. “So I do think it provides an important roadmap for the jurists once they get into the jury room and start deliberating.”

  4. CBS2 Chicago

    Chicago-Kent Law Professor Richard Kling Explains Recent Spike in Smash-and-Grabs

    “People are desperate,” said Richard Kling, a clinical professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “They want things. They see things on TV that you and I may be able to afford to buy and they're not able to afford to buy it. So they decide they want to take it. I think part of it is the educational system. I think part of it is parental control.”

  5. WTTW

    As Former Marine Appeals Murder Conviction, Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent Explains Why It's Important for Other Torture Cases

    “That’s why this opinion is very important, it’s recognizing that torture comes in many forms, not just the classic knife to throat, or threat to kill your mother,” explains Harold Krent, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “It also comes in the form of sleep deprivation, of depriving someone of medicine, not allowing him to speak to an attorney. The sort of events that go on and on and build upon each other that coerce someone’s will, and then force them to sign a confession falsely.”

  6. Washington Post

    Nancy Marder, Director of Justice John Paul Stevens Jury Center, Says Question About Impartiality Allowed Potential Trump Jurors to Opt Out

    “In some cases it could be that some prospective jurors do not want to sit on a six-week jury trial that will be in the public eye,” said Nancy S. Marder, jury expert professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “They might have such strong feelings because the defendant is in the public eye. Or, it might be that New Yorkers are not afraid to express their strongly held views. But in either case, this is exactly what should happen.”

  7. Bloomberg Law

    AI-Generated Art’s Murky Copyright Status May Discourage Some Creators, Says Chicago-Kent Professor Ed Lee

    “Artists and creators who are interested in using AI generators will potentially use them but not register their works, waiting, hopefully, for a change in the legal position,” said Edward Lee, an intellectual property law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “But some might shy away from even using AI at all.”

  8. Law360

    Chicago-Kent's Noah Smith-Drelich Explains How State Abortion Bans Are Teeing Up Constitutional Fights

    Noah Smith-Drelich, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology, said the right to travel is “well-established” in the law and a fundamental right protected under different parts of the U.S. Constitution. But amid a patchwork of contradictory laws and widespread uncertainty about enforcement policies, “I think it’ll be one of the major issues” in the post-Dobbs landscape, Smith-Drelich said.

  9. Chicago Tribune

    Chicago-Kent Professor Richard Kling Explains How O’Neill Burke Campaigned in the Primary, What That May Mean for State’s Attorney’s Office

    Should Democratic primary victor Eileen O’Neill Burke ultimately win the state's attorney's office, she would quickly face formulating her own reform agenda, making cases to tamp down Chicago’s persistent gun violence, and running an office struggling with morale issues. “As much as numbers have gone down, the amount of street crime is extraordinarily high and has a tremendous impact on the community,” said Richard Kling, a clinical professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

  10. PolitiFact

    Chicago-Kent Law Professor Nancy Marder Dispels Myths on Removing Jurors in Trump Trial

    There are two paths by which prosecution and defense may seek to remove or strike prospective jurors. The first is “for cause,” which means for a stated and qualified reason such as bias. The second is "peremptory," which means the prosecution or defense doesn’t need to give a reason, said Nancy S. Marder, a jury scholar and professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. The cause strikes are unlimited, but the peremptory strikes for each side are capped based on the level of felony charges in this case. In Trump’s trial, they’re set at 10 for each side of the regular jurors.