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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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"Could a Future President Declare a Climate Emergency?"
01/16/2019
New York Times
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"The Barr Nomination: Weighing Norms Against Pragmatism"
01/16/2019
Lawfare
Author: Bob Bauer
"China's leadership remains keenly attuned to the power of death"
01/15/2019
Globe and Mail (behind paywall)
Expert: David Garland
"The Clemency Process Is Broken. Trump Can Fix It."
01/15/2019
The Atlantic
Co-author: Rachel Barkow
"Go the distance on civic reform: New York is taking strong steps for the first time in a generation; it must finish the job"
01/14/2019
New York Daily News
Author: Michael Waldman '87, Brennan Center for Justice
"Trump's Wall Emergency May End One Conflict but Create Another"
01/12/2019
Bloomberg
Expert: David Golove
"How Trump’s border wall would fit with previous national emergency declarations"
01/12/2019
Washington Post
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"Experts Say Trump May Have Trouble Proving His Case for a 'National Emergency'"
01/11/2019
Time
Expert: Andrew Boyle, Brennan Center for Justice
"Russia investigation could spark battle to learn Robert Mueller’s findings"
01/11/2019
Los Angeles Times
Expert: Anne Milgram '96
"A Real-World Battle Over Dancing Avatars: Did Fortnite Steal the Floss?"
01/11/2019
New York Times
Expert: Jeanne Fromer
"Democratic AGs May Do U-turn on Lawsuits"
01/11/2019
Bloomberg Law (audio)
Expert: Richard Revesz
"What Someone Needs to Explain to Trump About ‘National Emergencies’"
01/11/2019
The Atlantic
Author: Bob Bauer
"Passing of the Anti-Lynching Bill—The Year of Righting Wrongs"
01/11/2019
Ebony
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Trump administration stops cooperating with UN human rights investigations"
01/10/2019
Salon
Expert: Philip Alston
"Can Donald Trump use emergency powers to build a southern-border wall?"
01/09/2019
The Economist
Expert: Elizabeth Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice
"Trump’s Emergency Powers Threat Could End Shutdown Crisis, but at What Cost?"
01/09/2019
New York Times
Expert: Elizabeth Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice
"The shutdown's cybersecurity costs"
01/08/2019
Axios
Expert: Lisa Monaco
"Haitians Challenge Trump’s Immigration Policy Change"
01/07/2019
Courthouse News
Expert: Ellie Happel '11, Global Justice Clinic
"National Emergency Powers and Trump’s Border Wall, Explained"
01/07/2019
New York Times
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"Trump 'Hush' Payment to Stormy Daniels Likely Does Not Violate Election Law"
01/04/2019
Verdict
Co-authors: Samuel Estreicher and David Moosman '19
"Ways to Make Your Workplace More Inclusive"
01/04/2019
Law.com
Expert: Kenji Yoshino
"Illicit Guns Fuel 38% Murder Increase in Washington, D.C."
01/04/2019
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"Politics Trump threatens years-long shutdown for his wall as GOP support begins to fracture"
01/04/2019
Washington Post
Expert: Elizabeth Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice
"Panels to End Gerrymandering Could Reach SCOTUS Again"
01/04/2019
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Michael Li, Brennan Center for Justice
"U.S. to Investigate Discrimination Against Native Students on Montana Reservation"
01/04/2019
New York Times
Expert: Melina Healey '13
"Many police departments report decline in murders in 2018 — but not in these cities"
01/03/2019
CBS News
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"Trump's rule threatens booming $4B 'restoration economy'"
01/03/2019
E&E News
Expert: Jason Schwartz, Institute for Policy Integrity
"Terror threat is 'getting worse' says former homeland security adviser"
01/02/2019
CBS News
Expert: Lisa Monaco
"Voting Issues and Gerrymanders Are Now Key Political Battlegrounds"
01/02/2019
New York Times
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"House Democrats have a good shot at getting Trump’s tax returns in the next Congress, but his administration could fight back"
01/02/2019
CNBC
Expert: David Kamin '09
"Lisa Monaco, Former Homeland Security Advisor, on Today's Threat Landscape"
01/01/2019
CBS News: Intelligence Matters (audio)
Expert: Lisa Monaco
"Reports of Rapes and Hate Crimes Rise in 2018, but New York Remains Safest Big City"
12/31/2018
New York Times
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident?"
12/30/2018
New York Times
Expert: Ryan Goodman
"Reporting on poverty: 'Listening is the most important thing'"
12/29/2018
The Guardian
Featured: Philip Alston
"Big Buyers Beware the New Trustbusters"
12/28/2018
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Scott Hemphill
"Why it took a century to pass an anti-lynching law"
12/28/2018
Washington Post
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"‘I Feel Invisible’: Native Students Languish in Public Schools"
12/28/2018
New York Times
Expert: Melina Healey '13
"Athletes Don’t Own Their Tattoos. That’s a Problem for Video Game Developers."
12/27/2018
New York Times
Expert: Christopher Jon Sprigman
"China holds a secret trial for a rights lawyer after 3 years in detention. It backfired."
12/27/2018
Washington Post
Expert: Jerome Cohen
"A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve"
12/26/2018
Motherboard
Expert: Christopher Jon Sprigman
"The Future of Crime-Fighting is Family Tree Forensics"
12/26/2018
Wired
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Arms Sales to Saudis Leave American Fingerprints on Yemen’s Carnage"
12/25/2018
New York Times
Expert: Ryan Goodman
"U.S. charges Chinese hackers in alleged theft of vast trove of confidential data in 12 countries"
12/20/2018
Washington Post
Expert: Lisa Monaco
"A Bipartisan Moment for Criminal Justice Reform"
12/20/2018
WNYC Studios: The Takeaway (audio)
Expert: Inimai Chettiar, Brennan Center for Justice
"Doug Jones ‘Outraged’ by Russian-Style Tactics Used in His Senate Race"
12/20/2018
New York Times
Expert: Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice
"Senate passes bill to make lynching a federal hate crime"
12/20/2018
ABC News
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Why Deep Blue New York Is ‘Voter Suppression Land’"
12/19/2018
New York Times
Expert: Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice
"US Needs Tougher Tech Antitrust Enforcement, Sens. Hear"
12/19/2018
Law360
Expert: Eleanor Fox '61
"Senate Approves Bipartisan Criminal Justice Bill"
12/19/2018
NPR
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"New App Helps People Remember Faces"
12/18/2018
Scientific American
Expert: Jason Schultz