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Constitutional law experts at Washington University School of Law are available to speak about a variety of current constitutional topics such as free speech, the right to privacy, campaign finance reform and civil rights.
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Charles Burson
Visiting Professor of Law
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Charles Burson has an extensive professional career including Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary at Monsanto Company from 2001-2006; Counsel to the Vice President, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff at The White House, Office of the Vice President from 1997-2001; Attorney ...
Expertise: Bush v. Gore, Supreme Court and presidential elections, lawyer's role in corporate crisis management
Direct contact: (314) 935-8166
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cwburson@wulaw.wustl.edu
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Gregory Magarian
Professor of law
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Magarian is a leading expert in the areas of election law, the electoral system, free speech, the First Amendment and constitutional law. He is the author of a number of articles including the forthcoming "Substantive Media Regulation in Three Dimensions" (George Washington Law Review).
Expertise: election law, First Amendment, third parties, free speech, law and religion, church-state law, media regulation, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-3394
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gpmagarian@wulaw.wustl.edu
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Neil M. Richards
Associate Professor of Law
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Richards is available to comment on issues related to the Supreme Court, the First Ammendment, privacy law, and Constitutional law. A former law clerk for Chief Justice of the United States William H. Rehnquist, Richards' research focuses on present-day and historical questions of free speech and privacy ...
Expertise: Constitutional law, First Amendment, Supreme Court and the Constitution, privacy law, press and the Constitution
Direct contact: (314) 935-4794
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nmrichards@wulaw.wustl.edu
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Peter Joy
Professor of Law
Peter Joy has a national reputation for his work in clinical legal education, and he is expert in the areas of legal ethics and trial practice. Joy is the Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic, in which students both provide direct representation to clients as student lawyers under his supervision ...
Expertise: constitutional law, legal ethics, trial practice, clinical legal education, criminal justice
Direct contact: (314) 935-6445
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joy@wulaw.wustl.edu
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Bruce La Pierre
Professor of Law
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La Pierre's research and writing has focused on campaign finance reform, desegration and civil rights issues. He served as the special master in the St. Louis School desegregation case decided and managed by the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. He wrote about his experiences ...
Expertise: constitutional law, campaign finance reform, desegregation, civil rights
Direct contact: (314) 935-6477
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lapierre@wulaw.wustl.edu
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Law & Culture
Israeli law scholar Amnon Rubinstein lectures, Oct. 5-6
Sept. 23,
2009 -- Amnon Rubinstein, a leading scholar on constitutional law  in Israel, will discuss Western culture and Israeli law in free public lectures Oct. 5 and Oct. 6 at Washington University in St. Louis. Rubinstein, a longtime member of the Israeli parliament and founding dean of the nation's top-ranked law school, is a recipient of the prestigious "Israel Prize" for his work on constitutional law.
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Won't 'interfere' with states' issue
Gun owners, sellers needn't worry with Obama as president, says Second Amendment expert
Jan. 5,
2009 --
An expert on the Second Amendment says that gun owners and sellers should not be sweating bullets over Barack Obama's election as president. Despite Obama's record on gun control, David T. Konig, Ph.D., a professor of history in Arts & Sciences and a professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, says that the right of the people to keep and bear arms will not be an issue that Obama will address as president early in his term — if at all.
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ACORN controversy
Voter fraud allegations are pure bluster, says election law expert
Oct. 24,
2008 --
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"No evidence exists of any serious threat of voter fraud, at present or in any recent election cycle," says Greg Magarian, J.D., election law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. The current cries of 'fraud' focus on the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a public interest organization that advocates for low- and moderate- income and minority citizens. "Filing false registration forms does not constitute voter fraud," he says. "Voter fraud requires voting by a person who is not legally entitled to vote. That is a difficult trick to pull off, and simply turning in a registration form for 'Captain Crunch' does almost nothing to enable it."
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A Legal Battle: Online Attitude vs. Rules of the Bar
The New York Times
and 9 others
Sept. 16,
2009 -- The lawyer who railed against a judge online found himself hauled up before the Florida bar, which issued a reprimand and a fine for his intemperate blog post.
Schwartz quotes WUSTL legal ethics professor Michael Downey: "When you become an officer of the court, you lose the full ability to criticize the court."
Legal ethics experts say that collisions between the freewheeling ways of the Internet and the tight boundaries of legal discourse are inevitable -- whether they result in damaged careers or simply raise eyebrows.
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When Talking Smack About a Judge, Proceed With Caution
The Wall Street Journal blog
and 1 others
Sept. 16,
2009 -- Ashby Jones writes about a NYT report on what happened to a lawyer who publicly railed against a judge.
The lawyer found himself hauled up before the Florida bar, which in April issued a reprimand and a fine for his intemperate blog post.
An abrogation of one's First Amendment rights? Schwartz quotes WUSTL legal ethics professor Michael Downey: "When you become an officer of the court, you lose the full ability to criticize the court."
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What another woman would bring to Supreme Court
The Christian Science Monitor online
May 19,
2009 -- Expectations are high that Obama will nominate a woman to the Supreme Court. A recent study by three academics focusing on the votes of federal court of appeals judges bears out the observation that a conservative woman acts more pro-women's rights than a conservative man. The research was conducted by WUSTL law and political science professor Andrew Martin and WUSTL political science doctoral student Christina Boyd, along with Lee Epstein of Northwestern University Law School in Chicago.
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States rebel against Washington
The Christian Science Monitor
March 27,
2009 -- Just as California under President Bush asserted itself on issues ranging from gun control to medical marijuana, a motley cohort of states — from South Carolina to New Hampshire — are presenting a foil for President Obama's national ambitions. WUSTL political science professor Steve Smith, who is director of WUSTL's Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy, comments.
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Obama-McCain contest: Should winner of popular vote always win the White House?
The Christian Science Monitor
Sept. 4,
2008 -- Efforts to change or abolish the Electoral College are hardly new.
The National Popular Vote drive differs in its tactics, though not its aims, from these previous efforts. Rather than a top-down strategy aimed at Congress, it seeks to enact change at the grass roots - state legislatures.
WUSTL law professor and election law expert Gregory Magarian comments on their strategy.
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I now pronounce you . . . friend and friend
Boston Globe
June 9,
2008 -- A number of scholars are seeking to shore up friendship in a surprising way: by granting it legal recognition. Some of the rights and privileges restricted to family, they argue, should be given to friends. WUSTL law professor Laura Rosenbury comments.
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Liberal Intolerance on College Campuses
Fox - The O'Reilly Factor
May 21,
2008 -- Laura Ingraham interviews two students on the subject of liberal intolerance on college campuses. WUSTL student Jill Strominger comments.
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Northwestern Rescinds Wright's Honorary Degree
NPR - Talk of the Nation
May 21,
2008 -- Host Neal Conan talks to the Weekly Standard's Joseph Epstein about Northwestern offering and then rescinding an honorary degree to Reverend Jeremiah Wright. One of the callers was a WUSTL alum named Mark who described the protest against Phyllis Schlafly at WUSTL's commencement.
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Students, faculty protest Schlafly at commencement
Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 62 others
May 19,
2008 -- Hundreds of WUSTL students and faculty staged a silent protest as conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly received an honorary degree at the 147th Commencement.
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Protest planned against Schlafly receiving honorary degree
Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 3 others
May 12,
2008 -- Some faculty and students at WUSTL plan to protest at commencement to show their disapproval for the university's decision to award conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree on Friday.
The director of WUSTL's woman and gender studies program, Mary Ann Dzuback, comments.
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The New Theology
Chicago Tribune magazine
Jan. 22,
2008 -- The Chicago Tribune magazine story on the conflict between Darwin and theology. Ursula Goodenough professor of biology comments on the conflict.
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A Hereditary Perk the Founding Fathers Failed to Anticipate
The New York Times
Jan. 15,
2008 -- Legacy admissions may be elitist, says Adam Liptak, but they're not illegal.
He also says that legacy preferences in college admissions -- the nepotistic advantages given to the children of alumni -- are indefensible.
References include an article published in the WUSTL Law Review.
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Saggy Pants Bans May Not Be Lawful
Associated Press
and 74 others
Dec. 3,
2007 -- Pine Lawn, a mostly black municipality outside St. Louis, is among a growing number of U.S. cities enacting laws that ban low-slung pants.
Critics say the bans amount to government attacks on youthful fashion that some find offensive. And constitutional scholars say they may not be lawful.
WUSTL law professor and First Amendment expert Neil Richards comments.
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Houston area schools don't expect ruling to have major impact
Houston Chronicle
July 2,
2007 -- School leaders in the Houston area said Thursday they're not expecting a shake-up in how they assign students to campuses after a Supreme Court decision that limits the use of race.
WUSTL law professor Samuel Bagenstos comments on the ruling.
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Court Settles Fight Between Boehner, McDermott
NPR: All Things Considered
May 2,
2007 -- A 10-year-old case about politics, free speech and privacy rights that started with an illegally recorded telephone conversation, was resolved at the D.C. federal appeals court.
WUSTL law professor Neil Richards, an expert in First Amendment and privacy law, comments on the court's decision.
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St. Louis hosts events to mark anniversary of Dred Scott ruling
Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 8 others
March 1,
2007 -- On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court denied slave Dred Scott his freedom, a decision that helped push a nation inflamed over slavery closer to Civil War.
Throughout St. Louis, events are being held to mark the 150th anniversary of the ruling in the court case that began in this city, and to foster new discussions about race and equality in America.
WUSTL history and law professor David Konig comments on the legacy of the decision.
WUSTL is holding a national symposium March 1-3. It aims to provide insights into American history, culture and the struggle for equality.
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Documents Leaked to Web Prompt First-Amendment Debate
NPR Morning Edition (transcript)
and 1 others
Jan. 18,
2007 -- Transcript of Morning Edition program on the free speech rights of bloggers that came before a federal court on Wednesday.
WUSTL law professor Neil Richards comments on whether individual bloggers deserve the same protections as the established media.
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Leaked Documents Spur First-Amendment Debate
NPR Morning Edition
Jan. 18,
2007 -- Snigdha Prakash reports on a case before a federal judge that could determine if bloggers have the same free speech rights as traditional media. WUSTL law professor Neil Richards comments.
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Political pros sharpen their knives in press release wars
Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 5 others
July 26,
2006 -- Article on the increasingly common attack fare in news releases from political operatives desperate to spin news coverage to their advantage.
WUSTL political rhetoric expert Wayne Fields, who directs the American Culture Studies program, says these tactics threaten to drain the substance out of political debate.
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Secularism, the French & Alfred Dreyfus
The New York Sun
July 7,
2006 -- Several hundred Parisians gathered at City Hall yesterday to pay tribute to a French army captain, Alfred Dreyfus,who was convicted wrongly of treason in a trial that divided France more than a century ago. Anti-Semitism and assimilation are still controversial subjects in France today. WUSTL anthropology professor John Bowen comments.
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