Minnesota Lawyer
A growing number of cities and states want to turn climate change lawsuits against oil companies into the next tobacco or opioid litigation.
Read More »Commentary: Suing big oil is how states address climate
Commentary: ‘Absolute immunity’ argument overreaches
According to the White House, senior advisers who work closely with the president have “absolute immunity” from congressional subpoena on matters related to their official duties.
Read More »Commentary: Catalans’ Harsh Sentences Are Un-European
The Supreme Court decided not to charge the Catalans with rebellion, which could have landed them in prison for 30 years.
Read More »Commentary: Bad arguments against impeachment pile up
Once again, Alan Dershowitz, the former Harvard Law School professor, is mounting a defense of President Donald Trump against the threat of impeachment.
Read More »Commentary: Harvard still needs diversity in admissions
It’s no surprise that a federal judge has held that Harvard University doesn’t discriminate against Asian Americans in its admissions.
Read More »Commentary: What the law says about Ukraine phone call
What makes Trump’s alleged conduct so terrible is not that he froze aid to Ukraine for a policy purpose.
Read More »Commentary: British courts flex all-American muscles
Britain’s Supreme Court started a pivotal hearing related to Brexit.
Read More »Commentary: Trump asylum victory may only be temporary
Donald Trump says that the Supreme Court has given him a big win on asylum. Don’t be so sure.
Read More »Commentary: Rule of law finally prevails over U.S. ‘watch list’
A federal district court in Virginia has held that the government must give people on the Terrorist Screening Database the opportunity to challenge the evidence that put them there.
Read More »Commentary: State courts can’t cure gerrymandering cancer
It’s great news that the North Carolina Supreme Court struck down partisan gerrymandering under its state constitution.
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