Andrew Guzman interviewed by KPFA FM, Up Front, March 25, 2013
Climate change is often thought of as a scientific topic, which it is, but it’s a lot more than that. Once we acknowledge that there are changes to our physical world as a result of climate change, there’s another step: What’s it going to do to human beings? What’s it going to do to you and me?
John Yoo interviewed on Wall Street Opinion Journal, March 25, 2013
“Some conservatives are afraid of the outcome and are hoping the Court might kick the case out. But the whole point of the initiative process is that … voters of California didn’t trust their elected officials to carry out their policies. So they used the initiative process to go around established government. As a federalism issue, that’s a matter of state law, that’s for Californians to decide; who under our Constitution is the best person or party to defend the law.”
James Tuthill quoted in Daily Journal, March 25, 2013 (registration required)
James P. Tuthill, a telecommunications expert who teaches in the international and executive law program at UC Berkeley School of Law, praised Genachowski’s accomplishments in moving to improve spectrum and broadband availability. “He’s done well in identifying the need for more spectrum,” Tuthill said, “and in focusing the country’s attention on broadband deployment.”
Bertrall Ross quoted on ABC7 News, March 25, 2013
Bertrall Ross teaches law at UC Berkeley. “The two laws are very similar to each other and given the similarities, I would say that whatever the court says about Prop. 2 would have the same impact on Prop. 209,” he said.
Melissa Murray interviewed by MSNBC, Up with Chris Hayes, March 24, 2013
“Marriage has been thought of as exclusively the province of the states, a creature of state law. DOMA was unprecedented in that it was the federal government making a federal law that would only define marriage to be between a man and a woman. So, for conservative justices like Scalia, Thomas, Alito, the federalism argument, the states’ rights argument, is one that is going to be very appealing.”
Joan Hollinger quoted in The Desert Sun, March 24, 2013
But the Supreme Court could overturn the 9th Circuit’s opinion for a variety of reasons, including if Kennedy disagrees with the court’s “very explicit effort to apply Romer to Proposition 8,” Hollinger said. “Kennedy may feel, well, Proposition 8 is a sort of specific target,” Hollinger said. “It isn’t a total rejection of gay people from participation in California society.”
James Tuthill writes for San Francisco Chronicle, March 24, 2013
Are more studies necessary before we accept the negative effects of violence in the media on our youth? How many more 5- and 6-year-olds must be slaughtered before we realize there is a connection between excessive media violence and violence in our communities? And that we must address more than just stronger gun-control laws to reduce it?
James Tuthill quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, March 23, 2013
“The U.S. Surgeon General found that exposure to media violence increases aggressiveness in children,” said James P. Tuthill, a communications attorney and law professor.
Elisabeth Semel quoted in Times-Standard, March 22, 2013
Semel said whenever the prosecution in a criminal case alleges special circumstances—unless he or she says specifically that they are not seeking the death penalty—it becomes a capital-eligible case. “It is critical that the defense lawyer at that point begins thinking about and investigating the case from that perspective,” she said.
Andrew Bradt quoted in Legal Newsline, March 22, 2013
“When we have large-scale litigation, the demands on the system are such that we have to have an efficient way to resolve it,” Bradt said. “It doesn’t make sense for there to be 10,000 cases in 10,000 courts across the country. It makes sense for there to be some kind of consolidated proceeding that prevents inefficient duplication of litigation.”