Alan Auerbach quoted in The New York Times, March 17, 2015
The great irony, Professor Auerbach notes, is that “inequality is increasing yet our ability to do anything about it is weakening.” The main job for any Democratic president might not be to bolster the nation’s social insurance apparatus but simply to hold the line.
Charles McClain quoted in Metropolitan News-Enterprise, March 17, 2015
This was followed by the 1880 legislative session, described by author and UC Berkeley School of Law lecturer Charles McClain as “the most Sinophobic in the state’s history,” banning “any alien not eligible to become an elector” from obtaining any type of state or local business or occupational license.
Stephen Rosenbaum quoted in McClatchy, March 17, 2015
“It’s no surprise at all,” said Stephen Rosenbaum. … “Academics are pretty much liberal, left of center.”
Andrea Roth interviewed by Associated Press, March 16, 2015
“Any statement that the defendant makes that they want to use against him, they can use against him,” said Andrea Roth. … “Even if it’s sketchy, and only in context appears to make him look guilty.”
Christopher Hoofnagle quoted in The New York Times, March 14, 2015
Christopher Hoofnagle … said that while it was noteworthy that data merchants were seeking greater personal privacy themselves, they also may well be on the right track. A nondisclosure agreement, which keeps intimate information from ever getting online where it can spread, “is the sensible thing to do.”
Osha Neumann and Jeffrey Selbin quoted in The Berkeley Daily Planet, March 12, 2015
Osha Neumann: “Taken together with existing laws, these ordinances would essentially make it illegal for people who are homeless to have a presence on our streets and sidewalks.”
Jeffrey Selbin: “The evidence from around the state and country is quite clear: criminalizing people who are homeless doesn’t solve any of the underlying causes or conditions of homelessness; in fact, it only makes them worse. It would be inhumane, ineffective and expensive for Berkeley to double down on punitive laws that will only hurt our most vulnerable residents.”
David Carrillo quoted in E&E Greenwire, March 13, 2015
The state Supreme Court does not “seek out specific policy issues to resolve,” said David Carrillo. … “Its role in the state judiciary is to settle legal issues of statewide importance as they arise.”
Steven Weissman quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, March 11, 2015
Steven Weissman … said the current standards reflect a “cultural divide” with similar agencies in other states that ban such lobbying altogether. “California does not even discourage” the contacts, Weissman said. “To the contrary, it welcomes them.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon quoted in Marketplace, March 9, 2015
Large piles of cash tend to invite some investors to complain — loudly. … “One of the ways the company responds to this,” says Steven Davidoff Solomon … “is to say, ‘Look, we’re trying to help our shareholders, we’ll give them back some cash.'”
Aaron Edlin and Rebecca Haw Allensworth write for The Wall Street Journal, March 8, 2015
Though it is uncertain how states will react, one thing is clear. The Supreme Court is intolerant of cartel activity, whatever its form, and it has taken an important step toward restoring competition in these licensed professions.