Adam Badawi quoted by Daily Journal (registration required), Jan. 8, 2018
“For some companies, a proxy fight is cost prohibitive to run, but that might not be the case for a company like Broadcom,” Badawi said. “A credible threat of a proxy fight would put some pressure on the existing board to make a deal, especially if it looks like Broadcom is going to win.”
Prerna P. Lal cited by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 8, 2018
Mr. Mora was brought to the United States from Colombia as a child. His lawyer, Prerna P. Lal, who works with the East Bay Community Law Center and with Berkeley’s Undocumented Student Program, said she is asking students to collect letters of support for his bail hearing.
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, Jan. 8, 2018
Throughout American history, conservatives have championed “states’ rights.” Sessions himself has done so on countless occasions, such as when he rescinded the Obama policy interpreting federal law to protect transgender students. But when Sessions does not like what states are doing, such as legalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, his commitment to federalism and states’ rights vanishes.
Holly Doremus and Jordan Diamond quoted by Ars Technica, Jan. 6, 2018
Doremus added that there’s another way states can make trouble for the federal government: by denying permits for onshore support equipment. “It’s tough to have an offshore oil production facility without some onshore support activities. … States control whether and where those can be built within state boundaries…”
Jordan Diamond … told Ars, “we are proposing opening up vastly increased offshore areas to oil production, many of which are in ecologically extremely sensitive areas, while we remove safety regulations and operate under an outdated restoration framework.”
Franklin Zimring quoted by The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 5, 2018
“Policing has got to stay effective to hold those gains because every day is a new day for committing crimes, but as to whether you can go lower [in New York] that’s a very different question,” said Franklin Zimring.
Ian Haney López quoted by Atlanta Black Star, Jan. 3, 2018
“Dog whistle politics is a strategy. Power is the game, and those who stoop to demagoguery could not care less about recruiting some nonwhites or blurring the boundaries of white identity.”
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by Courthouse News, Jan. 3, 2018
According to Chemerinsky, clarification is in order. “I think it very important to separate what the government may do from what it is required to do [emphasis original]. I think Trinity Lutheran is about the latter and it is unclear how far that will extend,” he said.
Tejas Narechania quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 3, 2018
“There’s an argument to be made that the FCC doesn’t have the preemption authority it claims, especially because the FCC now has to clear a pretty high bar,” Narechania said in an email.
Anne Joseph O’Connell quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 2, 2018
“Most critically, he needs more vacancies at the appellate level, and judges — particularly those nominated by President Jimmy Carter and President Bill Clinton — may not want to retire during this administration,” O’Connell said.
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, Jan. 2, 2018
The Constitution turns 231 years old in 2018 and yet my prediction is that it will be at the center of the most important stories to come out of Washington in the coming year, stories that will shape the future of our government for years and potentially even decades to come. Here are three to look for that could have enormous consequences.