Testimony: GW Law Experts Explain Election 2020

Dean Matthew speaks with Catherine Ross, Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor, GW Law. Professor Ross is an expert in first amendment law, family law, and policy issues concerning children. Professor Ross' most recently published book is entitled "Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights" (Harvard University Press, 2015).

Dean Matthew speaks with Professor Naomi Schoenbaum, Associate Professor of Law. They discuss Professor Schoenbaum's article "The New Law of Gender Nonconformity," and transgender law, including recent Supreme Court decisions on the matter.

Dean Matthew sits down with Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, a nationally-recognized legal scholar in constitutional law, legal theory, and tort law. They will discuss privacy law, and Professor Turley's recent article, "Anonymity, Obscurity, and Technology: Reconsidering Privacy in the Age of Biometrics."

Dean Matthew talks with Paul Schiff Berman, Walter S. Cox Professor of Law, a foremost theorist on globalization, legal systems, and big theoretical questions, like "what is law?"

Professor Berman will discuss his two most recent scholarly works: his book Global Legal Pluralism: A Jurisprudence of Law Beyond Borders, and The Oxford Handbook of Global Legal Pluralism, a collection of other scholars' work, engaging with his book.

Dean Matthew sits down with Joan Meier, Professor of Clinical Law and Director of the National Family Violence Law Center at the George Washington University Law School, to discuss Professor Meier's major study, "Child Custody Outcomes in Cases Involving Parental Alienation and Abuse Allegations.” These findings have been written about in a variety of major news and scholarly outlets.

Professor Robert L. Glicksman, J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, discusses climate change and the regulation of the Environmental Protection Agency. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience and has published prolifically, often being critical of the regulatory approach of the Trump administration. In his articles, he channels his anger about the derogation of the administrative state and provides thoughtful and theoretical proposals for the future.

The right to keep and bear arms is protected by the U.S. Constitution. Professors Bob Cottrol and Renée Lettow Lerner discuss how are the candidates and parties are campaigning on this issue during the 2020 election and why it should matter to you. They provide commentary and analysis on how Democrats and Republicans differ on gun rights and what has changed over time with respect to gun laws.

Over the past 5 years, the Trump Administration has pulled out of about half a dozen international agreements, while choosing to renegotiate and strengthen others. Professors Laura Dickinson and Sean Murphy, experts in international law, explain these treaties and the implications of these decisions. They also predict what a Biden Administration might look like with respect to engagement in international relationships and national security.

Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew is joined by administrative law experts Professors Richard Pierce and Jonathan Siegel. They discuss their expertise on such topics as the nondelegation doctrine, Chevron deference doctrine, and presidential removal power.

Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew is joined by Professors Jeffrey Rosen and Bradford Clark, both world-renowned experts in constitutional law. On this episode, they discuss the Supreme Court, federal courts, and the US Constitution in the midst of the Amy Coney Barrett hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.