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NYU School of Law and its faculty, students, alumni, centers and programs are frequently featured in the media. The following lists recent news stories, interviews and op-eds.

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"The constitutional question: Can Congress stop Trump from firing Mueller?"
04/13/2018
CNN
Expert: Richard Pildes
"There Is More At Stake In The Census's Citizenship Question Than Response Rates"
03/30/2018
FiveThirtyEight
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Maryland's redistricting case reminds us: Both parties gerrymander. A lot."
03/28/2018
Washington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Supreme Court To Take Hard Look At Partisan Gerrymander, This Time By Democrats"
03/27/2018
Huffington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Supreme Court refuses to block Pa. ruling invalidating congressional map"
02/05/2018
Washington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Partisan gerrymandering may need institutional change"
01/25/2018
MSNBC (Meet the Press Daily)
Expert: Richard Pildes
"The Supreme Court’s Gerrymandering Case Is A Debate About Threats To American Democracy"
10/04/2017
Huffington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"How a Wisconsin Case Before Justices Could Reshape Redistricting"
10/02/2017
The New York Times
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Can Congress keep Robert Mueller from being fired?"
08/08/2017
Christian Science Monitor
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Could Congress Simply Codify the DOJ Special Counsel Regulations?"
08/03/2017
Lawfare
Author: Richard Pildes
"Supreme Court may take up fight over redrawing electoral maps"
06/19/2017
New York Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Supreme Court could decide if gerrymandering can be too political"
06/19/2017
PBS NewsHour
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Will Comey’s Testimony Matter?"
06/09/2017
Politico
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Supreme Court Puts States On Notice About Using Race In Redistricting"
05/24/2017
The Huffington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Supreme Court rules race improperly dominated N.C. redistricting efforts"
05/22/2017
The Washington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Justices Reject 2 Gerrymandered North Carolina Districts, Citing Racial Bias"
05/22/2017
The New York Times
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Republican redistricting is taking a beating in the courts (again)"
05/22/2017
The Washington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"‘Pivotal Moment’ for Democrats? Gerrymandering Heads to Supreme Court"
04/21/2017
The New York Times
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation shattered political conventions. Here is why."
04/10/2017
The Washington Post
Author: Richard Pildes
"The GOP’s health-care failure is no one-off event. Welcome to our fragmented politics."
03/26/2017
The Washington Post
Author: Richard Pildes
"A look back at bitter Supreme Court confirmation hearings"
03/20/2017
Yahoo News
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Institutional formalism and realism in the Trump presidency"
03/17/2017
The Washington Post
Featured: Richard Pildes
"Line drawing: The Supreme Court won’t decide if Virginia’s gerrymandering was racist"
03/02/2017
Vice News
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Supreme Court says Virginia redistricting must be reexamined for racial bias"
03/01/2017
The Washington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Trump may have undermined the legal case for his immigration ban in 2 major ways"
02/08/2017
Business Insider
Expert: Richard Pildes
"A Trump-Ryan Constitutional Revival"
11/25/2016
Wall Street Journal
Experts: Richard Pildes, Daryl Levinson
"Could Electoral College Elect Clinton?"
11/15/2016
FactCheck.org
Expert: Richard Pildes
"The Electoral College Explained"
11/08/2016
New York Times
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Has America become ungovernable?"
11/01/2016
BBC
Expert: Richard Pildes
"The most important Supreme Court cases that could come down to 4-4 ties this term"
10/03/2016
Vice
Expert: Richard Pildes
"What happens if a U.S. presidential candidate withdraws (or dies) before the election is over?"
09/14/2016
Washington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Bloomberg Law: Voter I.D. Laws Go to Court Across U.S."
08/01/2016
Bloomberg
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Supreme Court Throws Out Corruption Conviction of Ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell"
06/27/2016
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Richard Pildes
"High Court on Corruption and Abortion (Audio)"
06/27/2016
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Puerto Rico Loses Right to Prosecute"
06/09/2016
Bloomberg (Audio)
Expert: Richard Pildes
"There's No Escaping the Top of the Ballot"
06/06/2016
The Atlantic
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Two myths about the unruly American primary system"
05/25/2016
Washington Post
Author: Richard Pildes
"Evenwel: Misguided Hysteria, Done With"
04/04/2016
Election Law Blog
Author: Richard Pildes
"SCOTUS Unanimously Rejects Challenge to 'One Person, One Vote'"
04/04/2016
NBC News
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Media 'Surprised' By Pro-Voting Rights SCOTUS Ruling"
04/04/2016
Vocativ
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Scalia's uncompromising style at times limited his impact on the Supreme Court"
02/20/2016
Los Angeles Times
Expert: Richard Pildes
"The 15th Amendment and the right to vote"
02/04/2016
Constitution Daily (Audio)
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Is Puerto Rico Sovereign?"
01/13/2016
Bloomberg (Audio)
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle: The Obama Administration Abandons Longstanding U.S. Positions on Puerto Rico's Legal Status"
01/05/2016
Balkinization
Author: Richard Pildes
"Puerto Rico Is Up In Arms Because The Obama Administration Basically Just Called It A Colony"
12/30/2015
Huffington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Will SCOTUS deal another blow to minority voting rights?"
12/08/2015
MSNBC
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Voters and non-voters should count in legislative districts"
12/07/2015
Washington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Power Wars Symposium: What Role Should Law Play in Areas of Vital National and International Affairs?"
11/13/2015
Just Security
Author: Richard Pildes
"Congress Is Broken. That Doesn’t Mean Tech Can Fix It."
10/22/2015
Wired
Expert: Richard Pildes
"‘Equal representation’ should include non-citizens"
10/22/2015
Washington Post
Author: Richard Pildes