Verdict

Kathryn Robb, National Director of the Children’s Justice Campaign at Enough Abuse, discusses Vice President Kamala Harris’s unusual mention of child sexual abuse during her Democratic Nation...

https://verdict.justia.com/2024/09/05/its-time-to-do-more-for-wanda

UC Davis Law professor Vikram David Amar analyzes a recent Eighth Circuit ruling on Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA), which seeks to protect gun rights by limiting state coop...

https://verdict.justia.com/2024/09/04/judge-states-as-they-do-not-as-they-say-why-the-eighth-circuits-invalidation-of-missouris-second-amendment-preservation-act-while-possibly-correct-as-to-result

Amherst professor Austin Sarat discusses a legal controversy in Nebraska regarding felony disenfranchisement, specifically focusing on a recent law allowing felons to vote immediately after compl...

https://verdict.justia.com/2024/09/03/nebraska-supreme-court-should-not-stand-in-the-way-of-ending-felony-disenfranchisement

Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf discusses a federal judge’s ruling that enjoins New York’s attorney general from enforcing state laws against crisis pregnancy centers promoting “abort...

https://verdict.justia.com/2024/08/28/the-second-circuit-should-reverse-a-misguided-abortion-pill-reversal-ruling

Amherst professor Austin Sarat discusses the unusual dynamics of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, particularly focusing on how Vice President Kamala Harris is positioning herself on crime and...

https://verdict.justia.com/2024/08/27/2024-is-shaping-up-to-be-a-tough-vs-tougher-on-crime-campaign

UC Davis Law professors Vikram David Amar and Ashutosh Bhagwat analyze the antitrust lawsuit filed by X Corp. (formerly Twitter) against the World Federation of Advertisers and other corporations...

https://verdict.justia.com/2024/08/26/why-elon-musks-and-xs-lawsuit-against-companies-who-have-stopped-advertising-on-the-x-platform-is-legally-weak

Amherst professor Austin Sarat examines the current state and history of the death penalty in Midwestern states, particularly Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Professor Sarat argues that growing bi...

https://verdict.justia.com/2024/08/23/what-is-happening-to-the-death-penalty-in-the-heartland-offers-lessons-for-all-of-america

Amherst professor Austin Sarat discusses the upcoming sentencing of Donald Trump in New York and the challenges faced by Judge Juan Merchan in deciding when to hold the sentencing hearing and wha...

https://verdict.justia.com/2024/08/21/deciding-when-to-hold-trumps-sentencing-hearing-is-not-just-a-legal-question

Amherst professor Austin Sarat discusses the use of life without parole (LWOP) sentences in the United States, examining upcoming state supreme court cases challenging these sentences and the his...

https://verdict.justia.com/2024/08/19/now-is-the-time-for-death-penalty-abolitionists-to-join-the-effort-to-end-life-without-parole-sentences

Amherst professor Austin Sarat discusses recent proposals for Supreme Court reform in the United States, including term limits for Justices, ethics rules, and jurisdiction stripping. Professor Sa...

https://verdict.justia.com/2024/08/15/americans-should-not-be-afraid-to-reform-the-supreme-court