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Northwestern experts available on upcoming Supreme Court rulings

CHICAGO - Professors from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences are available to comment on upcoming Supreme Court rulings expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

The court is expected to release opinions on birthright citizenship, transgender athletes and Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook, among others.

If you'd like to arrange an interview with any of the professors, please email Shanice Harris at [email protected].

Trump v. Cook

James Pfander, Owen L. Coon Professor of Law, has expertise on the role of judicial systems in constitutional democracies and federal jurisdiction. Pfander filed an amicus brief on the remedial issue. He can be reached at [email protected].

Daniel Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor of Law, has expertise in the areas of administrative law, local government law, statutory interpretation, federal and state constitutional law and the law-business-technology interface. He can be reached at [email protected].

James Speta, Elizabeth Froehling Horner Professor of Law, has research interests in telecommunications and internet policy, antitrust, administrative law and market organization. He can be reached at [email protected].

Trump v. Slaughter

Heidi Kitrosser, William W. Gurley Professor of Law, is an expert on the constitutional law of federal government secrecy and on separation of powers and free speech law more broadly. Her expertise is in constitutional law, free speech, separation of powers, government secrecy and unitary executive theory. She can be reached at [email protected].

James Pfander, Owen L. Coon Professor of Law, has expertise on the role of judicial systems in constitutional democracies and federal jurisdiction. He can be reached at [email protected].

Daniel Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor of Law, has expertise in the areas of administrative law, local government law, statutory interpretation, federal and state constitutional law and the law-business-technology interface. He can be reached at [email protected].

James Speta, Elizabeth Froehling Horner Professor of Law, has research interests in telecommunications and internet policy, antitrust, administrative law and market organization. He can be reached at [email protected].

Little v. Hecox
West Virginia v. B.P.J

Kara Ingelhart, clinical assistant professor of law and director of the LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic, has expertise in civil rights, constitutional law, HIV and the law, sexual orientation and gender identity law. She can be reached at [email protected]. Ingelhart and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic filed an amicus brief in the B.P.J. case. You can read the full brief here.

National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission
Watson v. Republican National Committee

Michael Kang, Class of 1940 Professor of Law, is a nationally recognized expert on campaign finance, voting rights, redistricting, judicial elections and corporate governance. He can be reached at [email protected].

Trump v. Barbara

Paul Gowder, Frederic P. Vose Professor of Law, is a renowned scholar on the 14th Amendment. His research focuses on the rule of law, democratic theory, social and racial equality, institutional and organizational governance, law and technology, and classical Athenian law and political thought. He can be reached at [email protected].

Daisy Hernandez, associate professor of English and director of the English major in writing, is an essayist, memoirist and journalist. Her work focuses on the intersections of race, ethnicity, immigration, class and sexuality. She is the author of "Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth." She can be reached at [email protected] or by contacting Stephanie Kulke at [email protected].

Kate Masur, John D. MacArthur Professor of History, is a member of the Brennan Center for Justice Historians Council on the Constitution and the author of "Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction."

In an amicus brief in Trump v. Barbara, Masur and co-author Martha S. Jones detail the 80 years of advocacy for birthright citizenship undertaken by free Black Americans - including those who had never been enslaved - that shaped the 14th Amendment. She can be reached at [email protected] or by contacting Stephanie Kulke at [email protected].

Rutherford v. United States (consolidated with Carter v. United States)

Stephanie Holmes Didwania, professor of law, writes and teaches about criminal law and criminal procedure. She studies the criminal legal system and how prosecutors exercise discretion in criminal cases and in federal pretrial detention. She can be reached at [email protected].

M & K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund

Dhruv Aggarwal, assistant professor of law, is a law and finance scholar primarily interested in the economic analysis of corporate and securities law. His expertise is in corporate law, law and economics, law and finance and securities regulation. He can be reached at [email protected].

Sarah Brown, clinical associate professor of law, is an expert in legal writing, legal research and employment law. Her research focuses on employment discrimination and other areas of employment law (e.g., noncompete agreements, at-will employment, privacy in employment, internal employment investigations, etc.). She can be reached at [email protected].

FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd.

Dhruv Aggarwal, assistant professor of law, is a law and finance scholar primarily interested in the economic analysis of corporate and securities law. His expertise is in corporate law, law and economics, law and finance and securities regulation. He can be reached at [email protected].

Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan

Nadav Shoked, professor of law, studies the law and theory of property, local government law and American legal history. His expertise is local government, legal history, land use planning and property law. He can be reached at [email protected].

Eric Sirota, clinical associate professor and director of the Tenant Advocacy Clinic at Northwestern Pritzker Law, has expertise in civil rights, consumer law, housing law and poverty law. He can be reached at [email protected].

Wolford v. Lopez

Daniel Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor of Law, has expertise in the areas of administrative law, local government law, statutory interpretation, federal and state constitutional law and the law-business-technology interface. He can be reached at [email protected].

Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

Nadav Shoked, professor of law, studies the the law and theory of property, local government law and American legal history. His expertise is local government, legal history, land use planning and property law. He can be reached at [email protected].

United States v. Hermani

Daniel Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor of Law, has expertise in the areas of administrative law, local government law, statutory interpretation, federal and state constitutional law and the law-business-technology interface. He can be reached at [email protected].

Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc.

Bruce Markell, Professor of Bankruptcy Law and Practice and Edward Avery Harriman Lecturer in Law, has expertise in commercial law, contracts, bankruptcy and secured transactions. He can be reached at [email protected].

T. M. v. University of Maryland Medical System Corp.

Monica Haymond, assistant professor of law, is a civil procedure, federal courts and remedies scholar. Her work examines the relationship between procedural rules and government power. She can be reached at [email protected].

James Pfander, Owen L. Coon Professor of Law, has expertise on the role of judicial systems in constitutional democracies and federal jurisdiction. He can be reached at [email protected].

Martin Redish, Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, has expertise in constitutional law, federal courts, civil procedure and freedom of expression. He can be reached at [email protected].

Pitchford v. Cain

Alexa Van Brunt, Clinical Professor of Law, litigates complex civil cases designed to end mass imprisonment and promote criminal legal system reform. She has expertise in civil procedure, civil rights, criminal law and constitutional law. She can be reached at [email protected].

Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I

Monica Haymond, assistant professor of law, is a civil procedure, federal courts and remedies scholar. Her work examines the relationship between procedural rules and government power. She can be reached at [email protected].

Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T, Inc. (consolidated with Verizon Communications v. FCC)

Daniel Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor of Law, has expertise in the areas of administrative law, local government law, statutory interpretation, federal and state constitutional law and the law-business-technology interface. He can be reached at [email protected].

James Speta, Elizabeth Froehling Horner Professor of Law, has research interests in telecommunications and internet policy, antitrust, administrative law and market organization. He can be reached at [email protected].

Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Dhruv Aggarwal, assistant professor of law, is a law and finance scholar primarily interested in the economic analysis of corporate and securities law. His expertise is in corporate law, law and economics, law and finance and securities regulation. He can be reached at [email protected].

James Speta, Elizabeth Froehling Horner Professor of Law, has research interests in telecommunications and internet policy, antitrust, administrative law and market organization. He can be reached at [email protected].

Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc.

David Schwartz, William G. and Virginia K. Karnes Research Professor of Law, has focused his teaching and research on intellectual property and patent law, with a particular emphasis on empirical studies of patents. He can be reached at [email protected].

Chatrie v. United States

Ronald Allen, John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law, is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of evidence, criminal procedure and constitutional law. He can be reached at [email protected].

Salazar v. Paramount Global

James Speta, Elizabeth Froehling Horner Professor of Law, has research interests in telecommunications and internet policy, antitrust, administrative law and market organization. He can be reached at [email protected].