Data from CLEE’s “Reversing Environmental Rollbacks” project was used to help create the Washington Post’s webpage tracking the Biden administration’s environmental actions
Professor Aaron Edlin says power isn’t a violation of antitrust law, even though big tech companies’ actions over the past week reinforce just how much power they have
EBCLC’s Statement on the U.S. Presidential Inauguration: “As we head into this new year and administration, EBCLC is and will be pursuing, with unapologetic clarity and focus, our Women of Color-Centered Equity Platform.”
The Human Rights Center’s Investigations Lab worked with the Associated Press to monitor any potential attacks as well as misinformation related to the inauguration
Ted Lamm, Climate Policy Researcher at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, explains some immediate steps President Biden can take to undo Trump environmental policies
Lecturer Neil Wertlieb after reviewing public court documents suggests that Girardi Keese used the Ponzi scheme, where he’s using money from basically subsequent cases to fund his and his firm’s obligations on prior cases
Ted Lamm, Climate Policy Researcher at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, discusses the process of rolling back Trump climate policies and the database, “Reversing Environmental Rollbacks,” CLEE compiled
Ted Lamm, Climate Policy Researcher at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, says when it comes to climate change we are facing a ticking clock, as President Biden looks to rollback policies the Trump administration put in place
Professor Orin Kerr says in order to prosecute social media companies for the riots at the Capitol, there would need to be evidence of a clear intention to assist in the violence
Professor Catherine Crump, Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, says law enforcement should not use facial recognition technology widely until racial disparities are fixed
Professor Jonathan Simon says Californians who witnessed the failures of mass incarceration need to remind the public of the unacceptable human and financial costs of going backward
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky says giving social media firms the power to permanently ban politicians could have serious ramifications for the future of free speech on the internet
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky says laws outlawing militias are constitutional so long as they carefully define what is a militia and what conduct is prohibited
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky says Twitter and Facebook are within their rights to remove posts by President Trump that rise to the level of incitement, but that outright bans by the communication platforms are a step too far and set a dangerous precedent
Professor Roxanna Altholz, co-director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic, appears on the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime’s podcast series to discuss her work on behalf of the families of victims of human rights violations
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky urges Gov. Newsom to consider former Berkeley Law professor and California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu for California Attorney General
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky weighs in on possible outcomes as the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals grapples with the constitutionality of Gov. Newsom’s pandemic restrictions on places of worship
Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, appears on The Morning Report to discuss Covid-19’s potential long term impact on traffic, public transportation and how Californians get from point A to point B