Loyola Law School faculty members pride themselves on being accessible to the media and part of the public discourse on news of legal significance. Visit Loyola's Summary Judgments faculty blog to read faculty opinions on current legal issues. Highlights of recent media appearances and quotations include:
12/12- San Francisco Chronicle
HOW PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN NEEDS TO HANDLE INVESTIGATION INTO SON HUNTER'S TAXES
12/11- The Imprint
CORONAVIRUS PUTS 69% OF KIDS IN LOS ANGELES JUVENILE LOCKUPS IN QUARANTINE
Megan Stanton-Trehan, director of the Youth Justice Education Clinic at Loyola Law School, said many of her clients were currently under quarantine. Despite promises of internet access in all facilities, she said some youth were still receiving packets in place of virtual school and that the Probation Department has been slow to distribute some computers.
12/11- Los Angeles Times
MORE THAN HALF OF YOUTHS IN L.A. COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES WERE IN QUARANTINE THIS WEEK
“This causes incredible distress and further trauma to kids who are already separated from their families,” said Brooke Harris, a managing attorney at Loyola Law School’s Juvenile Justice Clinic. “Quarantine is becoming routine, and my clients have been in quarantine on multiple occasions in multiple facilities over the recent months.”
12/10- Associated Press
SIDNEY POWELL UNRELENTING IN LEGAL BATTLE ON TRUMP’S BEHALF
Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, offered another possibility, suggesting that Powell might be seeking to “satisfy the president’s need for action related to grievance.”
“This is the equivalent of a wartime general facing certain and complete defeat screaming at the troops somebody do something,” he said. “So maybe this is an attempt for somebody to do something
12/10- THe Telegraph
THE LONG-SHOT TEXAS SUIT TRUMP IS HAILING AS THE 'BIG ONE'
Legal experts see very little chance the justices will hear a case that's so obviously weak from a constitutional standpoint. "Before you even lose you have to get to the court," said Jessica Levinson of Loyola Law School. "And I don't think they're going to get to the court. It's going to be a race to see if the court rejects this one faster than they did the one from Pennsylvania."
12/10- ABC 7
"We won't know that overnight. Yes, there's a risk here," said Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School. "He believes that, in fact, it might make our society safer if we don't have all of these types of crimes and that we will be dealing instead with mental health issues and juvenile issues. So when will we see it? It's going to take a while to collect those statistics."
12/8- Apple Podcast
Passing Judgement: Happy Safe Harbor Day! Is the 2020 Election Over Yet?
Host Jessica Levinson and co-host Joe Armstrong walk through the biggest legal and political developments of the week.
Jessica and Joe explain where we are in the post-election litigation, what is happening with DACA, why Xavier Becerra was tapped to become part of the Biden administration, and what Trump's executive order about vaccines really means.
12/8- Reuters
EXPLAINER-WHY 'SAFE HARBOR' DAY SPELLS TROUBLE FOR TRUMP'S LEGAL BID TO OVERTURN ELECTION DEFEAT
Safe harbor day gives states an incentive to resolve any disputes about the winner “earlier rather than later,” said Justin Levitt, an election law scholar at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
12/7- NBC News
'SAFE HARBOR DAY' HIGHLIGHTS TRUMP'S ELECTION LAWSUIT FAILURES — AND THE JUDICIARY'S SUCCESS
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
12/7- San Francisco Chronicle
OVER THE YEARS, CALIFORNIA'S VOTES ON BALLOT MEASURES DON'T ALIGN WITH LIBERAL IMAGE
12/7- Spectrum News 1
LA COUNTY POISED TO SWEAR IN NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE GASCÓN
“Looking at this from the outside it’s troubling and it suggests that the Sheriff’s Department is not operating in good faith,” said Loyola Law School professor Priscilla Ocen, who is a member of the Civilian Oversight Commission.
12/5- NBC News
TRUMP'S FALSE FRAUD CLAIMS ARE LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR NEW VOTING RESTRICTIONS, EXPERTS WARN
“I don’t actually think that all of this leads to a different result in January, but I am really afraid about what Donald Trump is currently doing to the country for February and beyond,” said Justin Levitt, an election law expert and professor at Loyola Law School who worked at the Department of Justice during the Obama administration.
12/3- Los Angeles Times
WITH TRUMP AND ALLIES HEADED TO THE SUPREME COURT, ELECTIONS CASES STILL DEAD ON ARRIVAL
"The Supreme Court sets its own docket. I'm running out of ways to describe how unthinkable it is that they would reach out and choose to take any of these cases" that Trump has pushed for after the election, Justin Levitt, a Loyola Law School professor and elections law expert, said Monday. "The cases are embarrassments
12/1- NBC News
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE'S CENSUS POWER GRAB IS A HARD SUPREME COURT SELL. HERE'S WHY
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.
12/1- USA Today
Other experts said that absent any action by the courts or state and local officials to invalidate election results in predominantly Black or Latino communities, the Justice Department may not have grounds to investigate.
"The lawsuits have no action until the courts act on it. … Thus far, no votes have been put in jeopardy by the lawsuits," said Levitt, a Loyola Law School professor.