Ann Ravel interviewed by MSNBC, Velshi & Ruhle, Sept. 29, 2017
“I would like to see it be a joint responsibility with the FEC and an agency that is capable of doing the investigations. We cannot just rely on Facebook or any other platform to be responsible for doing that.”
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, Sept. 28, 2017
The Supreme Court has the opportunity to dramatically improve the political process in the United States by ending partisan gerrymandering. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court, just back from its summer recess, will hear arguments in Gill v. Whitford and consider whether partisan gerrymandering violates the Constitution.
Pamela Samuelson quoted by VentureBeat, Sept. 28, 2017
Pamela Samuelson says the FTC has “statutory authority to regulate unfair and deceptive practices [and] can act on that authority by initiating claims against those who fail to maintain adequate security.” She notes that the FTC has usedthese powers before, nudging firms to have privacy and security policies.
Christopher Hoofnagle interviewed by NPR, Sept. 28, 2017
“You might sign up because it’s free and it sounds like a good idea to protect yourself against identity theft. But if you read the fine print, you’ll see that it gives these companies the ability to sell your personal information to anyone they want.”
Erwin Chemerinsky cited by Reveal, Sept. 28, 2017
In all, 18 attorneys are working for the plaintiffs, including famed Harvard legal scholar Laurence Tribe and Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley law school. The case, filed in January, already has generated hundreds of pages of legal filings, even though it’s not yet set for trial.
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by Daily Journal (registration required), Sept. 27, 2017
“Now more than ever, we need law students to become lawyers to represent people who otherwise wouldn’t have legal services and to fight to advance the law in areas like immigration, civil rights, housing and the environment,” UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky told attendees.
Roxanna Altholz quoted by The Daily Californian, Sept. 27, 2017
Altholz also addressed questions regarding the international response as well as the internal handling of the case by Mexican authorities. She referenced the internal corruption not as the result of a “failed state,” but rather as a “powerful state that abdicated (its role of) protection.”
Alan Auerbach quoted by The Washington Post, Sept. 27, 2017
Trump and Congress have to get the tax recipe right if they really want to have a good chance at boosting middle-class wages. Auerbach says there are two things lawmakers should do.
First, they need to ensure the 2017 (or 2018) tax bill doesn’t add to America’s $20 trillion debt. Second, they need to find ways to incentivize business investment.
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by The New York Times, Sept. 26, 2017
“This university spent $600,000 to facilitate Ben Shapiro coming, and it was estimated if Milo Yiannopoulos came, it would cost $1 million,” he said. “It’s not sustainable for this campus on a weekly basis to facilitate free speech while protecting public safety. Where is that line to be drawn? It’s a really hard question.”
John Yoo co-authored book cited by East Bay Express, Sept. 26, 2017
“International law could not stop the spread of technological progress to the machines of war,” Yoo and Rabkin write, about everything from crossbows to AK-47s. “This has been the lesson of history.”