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Emory University School of Law, one of the top law schools in the country, equips future lawyers with a practical and theoretical understanding of the law.
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Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw provides insight on the ongoing debate over National Guard deployments and the balance of state and federal authority. Read more in The Dispatch: https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/the-fight-over-national-guard-deployments-continues/
The Fight Over National Guard Deployments Continues
Court battles have slowed down deployments, but the Trump administration may have more legal leverage.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw joins Heterodox Academy to discuss The War on Tenure, exploring how debates over tenure are rooted in labor dynamics and academic freedom. Read the full conversation: https://heterodoxacademy.substack.com/p/tenure-is-about-labor-dynamics-not
Tenure is About Labor Dynamics, Not Only Academic Freedom.
What we learned from legal anthropologist Deepa Das Acevedo about the “war on tenure.”
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November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw explains the legal framework and limits of federalizing the National Guard in response to unrest in U.S. cities. Read his analysis in FactCheck.org: https://www.factcheck.org/2025/10/qa-on-trumps-attempt-to-deploy-national-guard-to-portland-and-chicago/
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A presentation by scientists on a work group for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel highlighted various alleged “safety uncertainties” of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, including those about cancer and changes to the im...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Professor Michael Broyde of #EmoryLaw argues that decisions on judicial recusal should rest with the full Supreme Court, not individual justices. Read more in Law360: https://www.law360.com/articles/2398043
High Court, Not A Single Justice, Should Decide On Recusal - Law360
As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to decline, the court should adopt a collegial framework in which all justices decide questions of recusal together — a reform that respects both ju...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Professor Sara Zdeb of #EmoryLaw discusses whether a New Jersey congresswoman could be shielded by the Immunity Act, testing the limits of the Trump immunity ruling. Read more in Bloomberg Law: https://bit.ly/4nNFfp9
NJ Congresswoman’s Defense Tests Bounds of Trump Immunity Ruling
A federal congresswoman’s effort to dismiss federal charges against her is raising for the first time whether the broad immunity the US Supreme Court conferred to President Donald Trump equally applie...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw examines the legal and oversight implications of U.S. military operations in the Caribbean in his latest piece for Just Security. Read more: https://www.justsecurity.org/123172/caribbean-strikes-legal-oversight-us-military/
Caribbean Strikes and Collapse of Legal Oversight in U.S. Military
Congress and the public must address the pressures imposed on servicemembers and defend the guardrails that protect democracy.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw discusses legal anthropology and the value of understanding law through cultural and human-centered perspectives in a conversation with The Square Circle Clinic.

Watch the discussion: https://bit.ly/4nIQHDj
Legal Anthropology: Neetika Vishwanath and Deepa Das Acevedo in Conversation | The Square Circle Clinic, NALSAR posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Join Neetika Vishwanath (Director of Criminalisation and Punishment, The Square Circle Clinic) in conversation with Professor Deepa Das Acevedo (Associate Professor, Emory Law School) as they delve in...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw critiques recent U.S. military strikes targeting suspected drug traffickers, calling the operations “unsatisfactory and deeply disturbing” for lacking clear legal grounding.

Read more: https://wapo.st/46xxGOb
U.S. kills 3 in another strike on ‘narcoterrorists’ vessel, Trump says
The strike marks the third such attack on boats alleged to be carrying illicit drugs this month. Experts have questioned the legality of the strikes.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Professor David Lawrence of #EmoryLaw provides legal insight on proposed legislation to strengthen protections for children using social media platforms.

Read more from Capitol Beat: https://bit.ly/491Ndaq
Georgia lawmakers look for ways keep social media from harming children |
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November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw questions the legal authority behind recent U.S. military actions targeting alleged drug cartels, as discussed in Reuters.

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Trump determines US is at war with drug cartels, document to Congress says
President Donald Trump has determined the United States is engaged in "a non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels, according to a document notifying Congress of its legal justification for deadly U.S. strikes on boats off Venezuela.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw discusses a new federal proposal introduced after the Kirk campus shooting and its potential implications for political violence prevention.

Read more on Spectrum News: https://bit.ly/4ogQKpE
Bill seeks to prohibit federal funding for certain entities
Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, proposed the legislation after the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Professor Jonathan Nash of #EmoryLaw analyzes a recent appellate decision in the Trump Organization case, highlighting the broader implications for criminal law and judicial reasoning.

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October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw explains how the establishment of a national defense area may bypass the Posse Comitatus Act, clarifying the legal framework around domestic military involvement.

Read more: https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trump-project-2025-and-immigration/
Trump, Project 2025 and Immigration - FactCheck.org
Project 2025 and President Donald Trump are largely in sync on immigration. As part of our series, we examine some of the many actions that Trump has taken that were proposed in the conservative docum...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw shares insights with Inside Higher Ed on efforts to protect academic freedom and the ongoing debate surrounding tenure in U.S. universities.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3VZSA2i
Fighting Back Against “The War on Tenure”
Deepa Das Acevedo’s new book is a response to the erosion of tenure protections that has become all too clear in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Professor Jessica Roberts of #EmoryLaw coauthors a paper in Science urging stronger protections for consumer genetic privacy and the responsible use of direct-to-consumer genetic data.

Read the article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz7229
The precarious future of consumer genetic privacy
Congress and other lawmakers must act to robustly protect direct-to-consumer genetic data and biospecimens into the future
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October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Professor John Acevedo of #EmoryLaw explains why the Department of Justice is seeking Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s travel records, offering legal perspective on the ongoing inquiry.

Watch the segment on WXIA: https://bit.ly/4hd6R5s
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October 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw writes in Time about the history and purpose of academic tenure, explaining what it truly protects and why it matters for higher education today.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4nRtzma
The Real History of Tenure
If academics want to protect the idea of tenure, they need to understand how and why it became the norm.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw comments on the Trump administration’s reported plan to assign military lawyers as immigration judges, raising key questions about legal authority and process.

Read more from the Associated Press: https://bit.ly/477xhB0
Trump administration taps Army Reserve and National Guard for temporary immigration judges
The Trump administration is tapping National Guard and Army Reserve lawyers to be temporary immigration judges after firing dozens of existing judges.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw examines what recent campus controversies reveal about job security for professors—and what that means for workers more broadly.

Read more in Barron’s: https://bit.ly/471coaw
What the Charlie Kirk Fallout Reveals About Professors’ Job Security—And Yours
The firing of protected workers isn’t an isolated trend, Deepa Das Acevedo writes in a guest commentary.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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#EmoryLaw professor Emily Davis discusses how an ICE federal statute is creating fear and “complete chaos” in Georgia. Read more from 11Alive News Investigates: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/11alive-news-investigates/georgia-ice-arrests/85-12233f6d-1e87-4263-a067-8ece0a1248ba
Georgia ICE arrests stem from low-level charges, data shows
Data from Georgia law enforcement agencies with 287(g) partnerships reveals how immigration enforcement is handled in the state.
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October 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Professor Michael Broyde of #EmoryLaw shares an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution offering legal insight on current discussions surrounding reproductive law and policy.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4n68frH
Don’t confuse abortion and IVF: Fetal personhood raises different questions
Despite efforts to conflate abortion and in-vitro fertilization, these two procedures are very different and should be treated as such under secular and religious law.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw explores the “uberification” of academia in Keen on America, analyzing how contingent labor and platform models are reshaping higher education.

Read the piece: https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-uberification-of-academia-why
The Uberification of Academia: Why Adjunct Professors are Living in their Cars
Episode 2578: Deepa Das Acevedo on the War on Tenure
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October 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Professor Matthew Lawrence of #EmoryLaw offers insight in The New York Times on the political and legal implications of federal shutdowns and their use as tools of leverage.

Read more: https://nyti.ms/3KQqzI0
Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes
The White House has cut or paused billions in funding to Democratic-run cities and states since the federal government came to a halt.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa of #EmoryLaw joins The Ballpark Podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping the modern workplace and the challenges it poses for fairness and accountability.

Listen here: https://bit.ly/4qfT9mz
AI and the workplace with Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa | The Ballpark podcast | USAPP
AI is now increasingly playing a role in many parts of our lives, and the workplace is no exception. AI is now being used by employers to help them to recruit new staff and by jobseekers in their appl...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Professor Michael Broyde of #EmoryLaw shares an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution offering legal insight on current discussions surrounding reproductive law and policy.

Read more: https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2025/10/dont-confuse-abortion-and-ivf-fetal-personhood-raises-different-questions/
Don’t confuse abortion and IVF: Fetal personhood raises different questions
Despite efforts to conflate abortion and in-vitro fertilization, these two procedures are very different and should be treated as such under secular and religious law.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM