Justia Verdict Podcast | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia Podcast
1) Complicity in Trump’s Bogus Emergency
Cornell law professor Michael C. Dorf comments on President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency after Congress denied him most of the funding he requested for a border wall. Dorf describes the...Show More
2) Justifying External Support for Regime Change in Venezuela
Cornell law professor Michael C. Dorf comments on the recognition by the United States and some other constitutional democracies of Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s legitimate leader pending new elections. ...Show More
3) How Should the Law Address Illicit Motives in the Age of Trump?
Cornell law professor Michael C. Dorf comments on a case arising from the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census questionnaire—a case the US Supreme Court had...Show More
4) Why Facebook’s Hate-Speech Policy Makes So Little Sense
Cornell law professor Michael C. Dorf comments on Facebook’s global efforts to block hate speech and other offensive content and explains why formula-based policy necessarily makes very little sense. ...Show More
5) Obamacare Nonseverability Ruling Exposes Uncertainty in our Conception of Law
Cornell law professor Michael C. Dorf comments on the recent ruling by a federal district judge in Texas striking down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act and argues that the judge relies on a hig...Show More
Obamacare Nonseverability Ruling Exposes Uncertainty in our Conception of Law
12:00 | Dec 21st, 2018
6) Double Jeopardy Case in Supreme Court is About More than Trump
Cornell law professor Michael C. Dorf discusses the double jeopardy question raised in Gamble v. United States, in which the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week, and explains how the extra...Show More
7) The Department of Education’s Title IX Power Grab
Cornell law professor Michael C. Dorf discusses the Department of Education’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking rules requiring due process protections for those accused of sexual assault or harass...Show More
8) Matthew Whitaker and the Constitution’s Appointments Gaps
Cornell law professor Michael C. Dorf considers the legality of President Donald Trump’s firing of US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and designating Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General. Dorf p...Show More
9) Justice O’Connor Withdraws From Public Life, and the Reagan Court is Finally Born
Cornell law professor Michael C. Dorf comments on the announcement that retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor would be withdrawing from public life and explains how, ironically, the exit o...Show More
Justice O’Connor Withdraws From Public Life, and the Reagan Court is Finally Born
09:07 | Oct 31st, 2018
10) Trump’s—and the GOP’s—Hat Trick of Falsehoods About Pre-Existing Conditions
Cornell law professor Michael C. Dorf debunks President Trump’s claim that he has kept his campaign promise to “protect coverage for patients with pre-existing conditions.” Dorf provides three primary...Show More
Trump’s—and the GOP’s—Hat Trick of Falsehoods About Pre-Existing Conditions
10:48 | Oct 17th, 2018