Faculty in the News

01/17/2020
A. E. Dick Howard, Sanctuary Push in SW Va. Aims To Defy Gun Control Efforts (Bristol Herald Courier)
01/17/2020
Ruth Mason, Digital Tax Bill in Maryland Could Face Legal Hurdles (Bloomberg Tax)
01/16/2020
Kim Forde-Mazrui, UVA Law Professor Breaks Down the Implications of the ERA, Just Passed in Virginia (UVA Today)
01/16/2020
Kim Forde-Mazrui, Kim Forde-Mazrui Column: A Liberal Case Against the Equal Rights Amendment (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
01/15/2020
Crystal Shin, ‘Influential Women of Law’ for 2020 Named (Virginia Lawyers Weekly)
01/14/2020
Saikrishna Prakash, Equal Rights Amendment Vote Set for Virginia State Legislature, But Legal Challenges Ahead (ABC News)
01/14/2020
Saikrishna Prakash, Virginia Lawmakers Are Poised For Historic Vote To Ratify The Equal Rights Amendment (WAMU Radio)
01/14/2020
Douglas Laycock, Long History Underlies Fight Over Religious-School Funding (Education Week)
01/10/2020
Richard C. Schragger, Norton Militia Resolution Misses Legal Detail — Virginia’s Law on Militias (Kingsport Times-News)
01/10/2020
Kim Forde-Mazrui, To Cover Virginia Statehouse, Journalists Are Asked Their Race (WAMU Radio)
01/06/2020
Richard C. Schragger, Pleading the Second Amendment (Richmond Magazine)
01/06/2020
Ashley S. Deeks, The Lawfare Podcast Special Edition: Law and the Soleimani Strike (Lawfare)
01/04/2020
Ashley S. Deeks, Was It Legal For The U.S. To Kill A Top Iranian Military Leader? (NPR)
01/01/2020
A. E. Dick Howard, Impeachment Trial, Divisive Cases Hang Over Chief Justice (Law360)
12/31/2019
Ruth Mason, Top 100 Must-Follow Tax Twitter Accounts For 2020 (Forbes)
12/22/2019
Richard C. Schragger, In Virginia, Democrats Get Ready to Rule the Roost (The Wall Street Journal)
12/20/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Line in the Sand or Symbolic Statement: 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Movement Grows in Virginia (WVTF Radio)
12/20/2019
John F. Duffy, ‘Under a Cloud of Doubt’: Patent Practices Pivot Following the Federal Circuit’s ‘Arthrex’ Decision (The National Law Journal)
12/19/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, Alabama, Louisiana And South Dakota Sue To Block Equal Rights Amendment (NPR)
12/19/2019
Douglas Laycock, The False Claim Comparing Jesus Before Pontius Pilate and Trump's Impeachment (PolitiFact)
12/17/2019
G. Edward White, Law in American History, Volume III: 1930-2000 (New Books Network)
12/17/2019
Douglas Laycock, What Religious Exemptions Exist for Justices of the Peace in Texas? (PolitiFact)
12/16/2019
Andrew Block, UVA Law Professor Helps Commonwealth Overhaul Racially Discriminatory Laws Still on the Books (NBC29)
12/16/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Richard Schragger Column: It’s Time for Home Rule in Virginia (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
12/15/2019
Andrew Block, Block To Return as Professor at UVA Law School (The Daily Progress)
12/13/2019
, Virginia Counties Declare Gun Sanctuaries, But Experts Say They ‘Don’t Have Force of Law’ (WTOP Radio)
12/12/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Hampton City Council: It’s Too Soon To Become a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary (Williamsburg Yorktown Daily)
12/11/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Virginia Counties Are Declaring Themselves ‘Sanctuaries’ for Second Amendment. Will It Affect Gun Laws? (USA Today)
12/11/2019
Richard C. Schragger, ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ Movement Grows in Virginia as Democrats Ready Gun Control Measures (U.S. News & World Report)
12/11/2019
Cale Jaffe, ABA Rules Could be a Climate Activist’s Sword (Environmental Law Institute)
12/10/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Why Arlington and Fairfax Can’t Tax Plastic Bags — and Why That Might Change (The Washington Post)
12/10/2019
Ruth Mason, Will A Wealth Tax Work in the U.S.? | Ruth Mason (WINA Radio)
12/09/2019
A. E. Dick Howard, Will ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries’ Test Authority of Virginia Government? (Virginia Mercury)
12/06/2019
Aditya Bamzai, Government Surveillance and Privacy Conference, Part 4 (C-SPAN)
12/06/2019
Michael A. Livermore, Trump Plays Up Deregulatory Moves, Touts $50 Billion in Savings (Bloomberg Law)
12/05/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Virginia Gun Rights Groups Are Pushing ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries.’ But What Does That Mean? (The Virginian-Pilot)
12/05/2019
Andrew Block, Commission Releases Report on ‘Deeply Troubling’ Racism in Defunct Virginia Law (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
12/04/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Virginia Counties Declare They Won’t Abide By New Gun Laws. Is That Legal? (WAMU Radio)
12/02/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Louisa County To Discuss Becoming a Second Amendment Sanctuary (CBS19)
12/01/2019
George K. Yin, UVA Professor George Yin Traces the Roots of His Ancestors Back to Shanghai (Shanghai Institute of American Studies)
11/30/2019
Darryl K. Brown, With a Massive Amount of Discovery, Legal Experts See Both Sides of Trial Turmoil: an Overworked Office Versus a Basic Task (Danville Register & Bee)
11/28/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, What Would Madison Think of the Presidency Today? (National Constitution Center)
11/28/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, Opinion: Sorry, Virginia, you can’t revive the Equal Rights Amendment (Los Angeles Times)
11/27/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Hudson’s Planned Statues Bill Could Be Among Several Challenging Dillon Rule (The Daily Progress)
11/25/2019
Cale Jaffe, The Clean Water Act Might Just Survive This Latest Attack (The Regulatory Review)
11/23/2019
Barbara A. Spellman, Extra Credit for Nov. 24 (The Daily Progress)
11/23/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Washington County, Virginia, To Consider ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ Resolution (Bristol Herald Courier)
11/22/2019
Cale Jaffe, Following Supreme Court Ruling, Battle Over Uranium Mining Going to Virginia Trial in February (Danville Register & Bee)
11/22/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Following Supreme Court Ruling, Battle Over Uranium Mining Going to Virginia Trial in February (Danville Register & Bee)
11/22/2019
David A. Martin, College of Law Miller Lecture Focuses on Immigration Reform (Georgia State University)
11/20/2019
John F. Duffy, Witnesses Tell House IP Subcommittee, ‘It’s Up to You’ to Fix Arthrex (IP Watchdog)
11/20/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Constitutional Law Professor Explains Effectiveness of Second Amendment Sanctuaries (WSLS TV)
11/20/2019
Ashley S. Deeks, Military Algorithms and the Virtues of Transparency (Jotwell)
11/19/2019
George M. Cohen, Hundreds of Richmond Hospital Patients Lost Their Right To Make Medical Decisions (The Dogwood)
11/19/2019
Deborah Hellman, Michael D. Gilbert, Corruption and Institutional Decay: Session Three (Miller Center of Public Affairs)
11/19/2019
John F. Duffy, Congress Should Weigh Arthrex ‘Fix,’ House Democrat Says (Bloomberg Law)
11/19/2019
John F. Duffy, Lawmakers Eye Possible Fix To PTAB’s Constitutional Flaw (Law360)
11/19/2019
John F. Duffy, Congressional Fix for PTAB Appointments Problem Could Come at Cost (The National Law Journal)
11/19/2019
John F. Duffy, The Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Appointments Clause (U.S. House Judiciary Committee)
11/18/2019
Michael A. Livermore, Why the Hottest Global Warming Battle Is in the Courtroom (Axios)
11/17/2019
Richard C. Schragger, 150-Year-Old Precedent Faces Changes in New, Blue Virginia (Courthouse News Service)
11/17/2019
James E. Ryan, Commemorating the Impact of Dean James Ryan (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
11/17/2019
George K. Yin, Warren’s Tax Plan Could Bring Rates Over 100% for Some Billionaires (Fox Business)
11/16/2019
Lawrence B. Solum, Showcase Panel IV: Originalism and Precedent (The Federalist Society)
11/15/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, Showcase Panel II: Why, or Why Not, Be an Originalist? (The Federalist Society)
11/14/2019
John F. Duffy, Originalism and Changes in Technology (The Federalist Society)
11/14/2019
Micah J. Schwartzman, The Future of the Establishment Clause in the Roberts Court (The Federalist Society)
11/13/2019
Margaret Foster Riley, Google Sparks New Privacy Fears Over Health Care Data (The Hill)
11/13/2019
John F. Duffy, House Panel To Weigh Federal Circuit’s Patent Judges Ruling (Bloomberg Law)
11/12/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, What Happens After Virginia Ratifies the ERA Next Year? Nobody’s Quite Sure. (Virginia Mercury)
11/07/2019
James E. Ryan, Grace & Change: A Conversation at Forum 2019 (The College Board)
11/07/2019
Paul G. Mahoney, SEC Lacks Data To Expand Private Offerings, Committee Told (Law360)
11/07/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, The 25th Amendment: Three Questions About a Tool To Oust Presidents (The Christian Science Monitor)
11/06/2019
Douglas Laycock, Will Gay Rights Trump Religious Freedom? (Town Hall)
11/05/2019
Cale Jaffe, 5 Things To Know About Tomorrow's Supreme Court Face-Off (GreenWire)
11/04/2019
A. E. Dick Howard, Why These 5 States Hold Odd-Year Elections, Bucking The Trend (NPR)
10/30/2019
Cale Jaffe, Clean Water Case at Supreme Court Could Have Ripple Effects Across Country (Earthjustice)
10/30/2019
Daniel R. Ortiz, Justices Asked To Take Depressed Worker’s Bias Case (Law360)
10/28/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Charlottesville Lawsuit Puts Rising Intolerance on Trial (The New York Times)
10/25/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, Justice Department Investigating Itself (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
10/23/2019
Leslie Kendrick, Falwell Threatens To Sue Journalist Behind Explosive Report, Demands Retraction (The News & Advance)
10/23/2019
Richard C. Schragger, Prosecutors: Virginia City Can Move Confederate Monument (The Associated Press)
10/22/2019
Douglas Laycock, Indiana Catholic School Teacher Claims Court Battle Over Firing for Gay Marriage Being Politicized (The Washington Times)
10/21/2019
Ashley S. Deeks, Assange Argues That U.S. Charges Against Him Ere ‘Political’ and a Bar to His Extradition (The Washington Post)
10/21/2019
Leslie Kendrick, Kenneth S. Abraham, Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Defamation and Privacy (American Law Institute)
10/21/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, Impeachment Pop-Up Roundtable (Miller Center of Public Affairs)
10/18/2019
Frederick Schauer, WU Awarded Honorary Doctorate to Frederick Schauer (WU Vienna)
10/18/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, Justices Will Hear Challenge to Consumer Watchdog Agency (Courthouse News Service)
10/18/2019
Michael A. Livermore, The Environmental Protection Agency Turns 50 (Case Western Reserve University School of Law)
10/17/2019
Risa L. Goluboff, Second Loitering Arrest Video Prompts Call for AG To Investigate Chester Twp. Police for Racial Bias (WHYY Radio)
10/17/2019
Thomas B. Nachbar, Cyber Innovation and Society Institute Receives Inaugural ‘Network Challenge’ Grant (UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science)
10/14/2019
Cale Jaffe, ACP Opponents Headed to Supreme Court (WVTF Radio)
10/14/2019
Dayna Bowen Matthew, University Announces New Equity Center To Partner With Charlottesville Community (The Cavalier Daily)
10/14/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, After Circuit Court Loss, Trump’s Lawyers Could Delay a Final Ruling in Dems’ Subpoena Case (The National Law Journal)
10/14/2019
Ashley S. Deeks, Administrative Law SSRN Reading List, September 2019 Edition (Notice & Comment)
10/12/2019
A. E. Dick Howard, Is the U.S. in a Constitutional Crisis? Current Standoff Is Unlike Anything in American History (CBC News)
10/11/2019
Richard J. Bonnie, Teens Are Leading Movements — It’s Time To Promote Policies That Reflect Youths’ Promise (The Hill)
10/11/2019
Dayna Bowen Matthew, UVa Offers Local Community Control With New Equity Center (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
10/10/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, Impeachment Is Heading to the Supreme Court. Trump’s Lawyers Will Be Happy. (Mother Jones)
10/10/2019
Saikrishna Prakash, What Will Happen If Trump Is Convicted in an Impeachment Proceeding (Maclean’s)