Holding a placard outside court isn’t illegal, judge rules – is that the best British democracy has to offer?

Trudi Warner was initially accused of contempt of court for holding a sign outside the trial of a climate protester.

Graeme Hayes, Reader in Political Sociology, Aston University • conversation
May 2, 2024 ~7 min

New EPA regulations target air, water, land and climate pollution from power plants, especially those that burn coal

Lawsuits are inevitable, but an environmental lawyer explains why the EPA’s new power plant regulations are on solid ground.

Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School • conversation
May 1, 2024 ~11 min


Older Swiss women just set a global legal precedent for challenging their nation’s climate change policy

Their victory in the European Court of Human Rights is a huge win for the climate.

Aoife Daly, Professor of Law, University College Cork • conversation
April 11, 2024 ~6 min

How a turn to the right sapped trust in the Supreme Court

"A significant part of the public now sees the Court as just another political branch, not a legal institution above politics."

Michael Rozansky-Penn • futurity
March 11, 2024 ~9 min

Will the Supreme Court keep Trump from being on the ballot?

In this podcast episode, a scholar who ignited debate over Donald Trump being ineligible to be President digs into the Supreme Court case.

U. Chicago • futurity
Feb. 9, 2024 ~3 min

Halo effect: do attractive people really look less guilty? How the evidence is changing

Recent research suggests jurors are less likely to be lenient on attractive defendants than previously thought.

Robin Kramer, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, University of Lincoln • conversation
Feb. 1, 2024 ~7 min

A Supreme Court ruling on fishing for herring could sharply curb federal regulatory power

An important but controversial legal doctrine, known as Chevron deference, is at issue in two fishing cases. The outcome could affect many sectors across the nation.

Robin Kundis Craig, Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law, University of Southern California • conversation
Jan. 10, 2024 ~10 min

UK government facing legal action for failing to tackle climate change – but it could backfire

Can we avoid dangerous climate change by taking government to court?

Irene Lorenzoni, Professor of Society and Environmental Change, University of East Anglia • conversation
Dec. 20, 2023 ~6 min


Texas is suing Planned Parenthood for $1.8B over $10M in allegedly fraudulent services it rendered – a health care economist explains what's going on

This lawsuit is only the latest chapter in a battle between the state and the reproductive health care provider that heated up in 2011.

Graham Gardner, Assistant Professor of Economics, Texas Christian University • conversation
Dec. 4, 2023 ~9 min

Analysis finds bias in shell casings as forensic evidence

“Firearms experts are failing to report evidence that’s favorable to the defense, and it has to be addressed and corrected.”

Rachel Cramer-Iowa State • futurity
Oct. 3, 2023 ~6 min

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