John Yoo interviewed by WSJ Video, February 12, 2015
I hate to say it, but what President Obama’s trying to do, and this is a first for a modern-day president, is he’s trying to actually handcuff himself and his successor. If you actually take a moment to look at the proposal that he’s sent forward, it’s an incredible document, one unlike any a president has sent to Congress before. It limits his own powers.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, February 10, 2015
Endowments are the lifeblood of the elite universities. Harvard’s $36 billion endowment produces a third of the university’s annual revenue. For the university, politicizing its endowment may not be an option given that every cent of return is needed.
Robert Berring interviewed by The Daily Californian, February 10, 2015
“Attorney General (Eric) Holder has stated that so long as medical marijuana dispensaries do not violate state laws they will let them alone,” Berring said in an email. “Even the federal judge who has allowed them to keep operating while the case proceeds asked why the government was pursuing this matter. It beats me.”
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2015
The most recent message is chillingly clear: The grasp of the Party will not be loosened, and as a result, changes needed for deep reform of China’s legal system will remain out of reach.
Jesse Choper quoted in The New York Times, February 9, 2015
“If you read the tea leaves the Supreme Court is leaving,” said University of California-Berkeley law professor Jesse Choper, “the bans on same-sex marriage can’t be permitted. They’re unconstitutional.”
john a. powell quoted on MLive.com, February 9, 2015
“We live in a deeply divided America,” Powell said. “The fear of the racial others, the fear of others, affects the structures of our economy and culture.”
Leti Volpp interviewed by CNN, February 9, 2015
“If things become economically or politically uncertain in one’s country of origin, the children have a place to come to,” said Leti Volpp, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley. The children can “then sponsor their parents when they turn 21.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon quoted in The Recorder (registration required), February 6, 2015
“It appears that some of the better cases may be migrating to Delaware because they think that the judges may reward them better,” he said.
Alexa Koenig quoted in Daily Journal (registration required), February 6, 2015
“We were absolutely bowled over,” Executive Director Alexa Koenig said of the award. “We’re not an organization that is often in the news. We tend to fly really beneath the radar, so to have such a public honor has been sort of overwhelming.”
Eric Stover interviewed on KQED, Forum, February 6, 2015
We’re taking 100,000 to really recognize the exceptional work that the Sexual Violence Program has done. And we want to keep that a permanent feature of the Center. We have just around a 2-million-dollar budget. We raise 95 percent of that. And so, an award like this is really kind of a stamp of approval.