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Professor Bennett Gershman examines the controversial actions of Supreme Court Justices who attended a Federalist Society Celebration in an article in the New York Law Journal.

"There is a vast difference between audiences raising legitimate concerns about exploitative, LGBTQ-mediated representations and queerbaiting, and the online trolling of Kit Connor," says Melvin Williams, associate professor of communication and media studies at Pace University.

Haub Law Professor Jonathan Bandler writes about cybersecurity:

Cybersecurity is important for every business so we now tour some essential basics. Cybercrime has created a unique mix of criminal and civil issues that affect business and consumers and the legal requirements are growing. Cybersecurity is about people and their decisions.

The stream of headlines has been steady: The pandemic, and the shutdowns necessary to limit its spread, caused significant learning loss among America’s students. They both learned less and became less socialized when schooling was remote. The result was a dramatic drop in K-12 math and reading scores, as demonstrated in the recent release of what’s called the nation’s report card. Those who were hurt most were those who were already disadvantaged.

Pace University, Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Bennett Gershman discusses gaps in the code of ethics for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and the interest among lawmakers for a broader Justice Reform Bill in Congress on the Newsy Morning Show.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Bennett Gershman discusses gaps in the code of ethics for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and the interest among lawmakers for a broader Justice Reform Bill in Congress on the Newsy Morning Show.

According to Randolph McLaughlin, Pace University law school professor, Bronx juries love sticking it to the rich and there is not a lot of love in the borough for the former president. “I’m a civil rights lawyer. If I can get a case into the Bronx, I’ll move heaven and earth. Bronx juries, they engage in Robinhood-ism. They take from the rich and give to the rest of us – their verdicts are always generally right at the ceiling,” he explained. "There’s no limit in the Bronx. They love to give money to the people. Donald Trump, as much as he is loved in certain corners of the country, he is not loved in the Bronx.”

“Iowa is still very much a utility-dominated state with a vertically integrated utility structure, and with less than 2% of generation from distributed resources,” said Karl Rábago, an energy consultant based at Pace University School of Law, testifying on behalf of the advocacy group Vote Solar in one of the pending cases. “Moreover, since the 2014 court decision, I am not aware of movement in the state toward deregulation or retail choice.”

“If jurors can take time out of their busy days to sit in judgment, you can’t take time out of your busy day?” McLaughlin said of panelists’ potential sentiment. As far as the instruction goes: “I don’t think it’s going to carry much weight. Jurors, inside themselves, are going to resent the fact. Who does he think he is? He’s not going to show up to court?”