Steven Davidoff Solomon quoted by The New York Times, Jan. 31, 2017
So how will Washington look at this acquisition? In a basic sense, the threat to national security is tangential — this is a payment service with many competitors. Yet MoneyGram is part of the backbone of domestic and international wire transfer.
Daniel Farber interviewed by KTVU, Jan. 31, 2017
UC Berkeley professor Daniel Farber remembers reading one of Gorsuch’s opinions on an environmental case. “I thought he wrote a very strong opinion; very clear, very persuasive.”
Daniel Farber quoted by Law360, Jan. 30, 2017
“I think what the order really does is make it nearly impossible to do new regulations. Or at least new regulations that aren’t mandated by law by a certain deadline. And the administration didn’t want to do any new regulations anyway,” said Dan Farber.
David Carrillo cited by LA Weekly, Jan. 30, 2017
David Carrillo, executive director of Berkeley Law’s California Constitution Center, points to the center’s analysis of the prospects for secession, which argues that there is no secession authority granted in either the U.S. or California constitution.
John Yoo co-writes for Los Angeles Times, Jan. 29, 2017
The president should focus like a laser on judicial philosophy. Trump must nominate a justice based on his view of the proper interpretation of the Constitution. The oath he swore — to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” — means that just as he wouldn’t sign an unconstitutional bill, he must not nominate a judge who holds views at odds with the Constitution.
Leti Volpp quoted in The Daily Californian, Jan. 27, 2017
According to UC Berkeley School of Law professor Leti Volpp, federal grants could not be withheld from the campus unless they were related to Trump’s executive order regarding immigration enforcement. Additionally, Volpp said in an email that the order could be subject to litigation because of potential conflicts with the 10th Amendment.
Ethan Elkind quoted by Los Angeles Times, Jan. 27, 2017
Elkind said he wouldn’t be surprised if state officials or environmental groups try again. “Environmentalists really don’t have much to lose,” Elkind said. “They could be worried about setting a negative precedent, but there already are a lot of negative precedents out there.”
Tejas Narechania interviewed by KQED, Jan. 26, 2017
“He’s probably unlikely to support the net neutrality rules or support efforts to enforce the rules. … “He dissented from the decision to promulgate the rules.”
Megan McCracken quoted by Twinsburg Bulletin, Jan. 26, 2017
“This ruling brings Ohio in line with recent developments from other states that have recognized that midazolam is not an appropriate drug for use in executions,” Megan McCracken … said in a released statement. “It cannot induce general anesthesia or maintain unresponsiveness when painful stimuli are introduced, as they are in a three-drug lethal injection procedure. The risks of extraordinary pain and suffering with this protocol are unconstitutional, and this ruling correctly recognizes the problems with midazolam.”
Megan McCracken quoted by NBC News, Jan. 26, 2017
“The risks of extraordinary pain and suffering with this protocol are unconstitutional, and this ruling correctly recognizes the problems with midazolam,” said Megan McCracken of the Berkeley Law School Lethal Injection Project.