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Supreme Court to decide scope of federal agency power

Supreme Court to decide scope of federal agency power

The court has signaled that it is ready reject a precedent known as “Chevron deference.” USC experts – including Gould Professor Clare Pastore – discuss how that could reshape the ways environmental, health and consumer protection policies are made and enforced, as well as impact health and safety.

December 15, 2023

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Mentor inspiration

Mentor inspiration

Professor Jessica Clarke motivated by clerkships, writing and research

November 21, 2023

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Understanding the 'Imperial Court'

Understanding the 'Imperial Court'

Research by Professors Rebecca Brown and Lee Epstein reveals troubling trend in SCOTUS decisions

July 31, 2023

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Abby K. Wood

Professor of Law, Political Science and Public Policy

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Scott Bice

Dean Emeritus of Law and Robert C. and Nanette T. Packard Professor Emeritus of Law

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Rebecca Brown

The Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law

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David B. Cruz

Newton Professor of Constitutional Law

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Lee Epstein

Distinguished Visiting Professor

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Erin Miller

Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy

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Alison Renteln

Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy, and Law

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Camille Gear Rich

Dorothy W. Nelson Professor of Law and Sociology

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Stephen M. Rich

Vice Dean for Academic Research and Intellectual Life, and Maurice Jones, Jr. – Class of 1925 Professor of Law

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Nomi Stolzenberg

Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair in Law

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Franita Tolson

Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law

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Jessica Clarke

Robert C. and Nanette T. Packard Professor of Law

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Adam Zimmerman

Robert Kingsley Professor of Law

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Aya Gruber

Harold Medill Heimbaugh Professor of Law

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Aaron Tang

Henry W. Bruce Visiting Professor of Law

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The Supreme Court criminalizes being homeless

KCRW

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In blockbuster term, Supreme Court boosts its own sway

Roll Call

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On a sweeping Supreme Court day, a trio of rulings that will affect millions of lives

Christian Science Monitor

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Rebecca Brown

“Is the US Supreme Court a reliable backstop for an overreaching US president? Maybe, but is an overreaching (partisan) court worse?” (with Lee Epstein), 53 Presidential Studies Quarterly 234 (2023).

June 1, 2023
Felipe Jiménez

Review of Paolo Sandro, The Making of Constitutional Democracy, American Journal of Jurisprudence.

August 26, 2022
Marcela Prieto

"Between Predictability and Perplexity," International Journal of Constitutional Law.

July 8, 2022

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