Supreme Court Content

Lisa Ikemoto on the Ripple Effects of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision

Soterios J Johnson — October 25, 2022 - 2:28am

The consequences of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade go far beyond the immediate right to terminate a pregnancy. Some of the ramifications are only now being realized, months after the court’s landmark abortion ruling.

The Conversation: Will a Market Crash One Day be Pinned on the Supreme Court?

Karen Michele Nikos — July 15, 2024 - 2:45pm

In two major rulings this past month, the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed the authority of federal agencies to draft and enforce policies that affect the nation’s financial health. One important agency, the Securities and Exchange Commission, took a particularly big hit.

UC Statement on Supreme Court Decision Regarding Biden Administration’s Student Loan Relief Program

Cody Kitaura — June 30, 2023 - 8:56am

The University of California issued the following statement today (June 30).

The Conversation: Where Does Student Debt Cancellation Stand Now?

Karen Michele Nikos — March 01, 2023 - 10:41am

Student debt cancellation program in jeopardy as Supreme Court justices hear arguments, faculty experts say.

Supreme Court to Decide Which Wetlands Receive Federal Protection

Katherine E Kerlin — September 27, 2022 - 11:33am

�ٺ��Ƶ Law Professor Albert Lin on how Sackett v. EPA, a U.S. Supreme Court case about wetlands, could alter the government's ability to address water pollution under the Clean Water Act.

Latest Supreme Court Ruling Brings to Mind: Can a President Change Immigration Policy?

Karen Michele Nikos — July 01, 2022 - 10:46am

Supreme Court ruling signals that the future of immigration policy is in the hands of the electorate.

VIDEO ADDED: ‘�ٺ��Ƶ LIVE’ on Abortion Rights and the Supreme Court

Andy Fell — May 13, 2022 - 9:15am

A leaked draft opinion suggests that the Supreme Court could overturn long-standing protections of abortion rights. What’s the reasoning behind such a decision, and what do legal scholars make of it? How did we get to this point, and what are the implications for other Supreme Court decisions? Two experts from the �ٺ��Ƶ School of Law will discuss these issues and take your questions.

�ٺ��Ƶ Media Sources on Election 2020

Karen Michele Nikos — January 15, 2021 - 1:30am

With the 2020 presidential elections continuing in the news, University of California, Davis, offers sources for media on issues related to elections — from leadership, to political parties, to voting methods, conspiracy theories and the economy. Faculty expertise includes political science, sociology, history, economics, law, race, management, technology, psychology, various sciences and others.

We also have sources who can address female candidates, how they are portrayed and the history of women in politics.

Can the U.S. Supreme Court Be Expanded To Create Balance?

Karen Michele Nikos — September 28, 2020 - 11:52am

It Has Happened Before

The following blog is excerpted from an op-ed by Gregory Downs, professor of history at �ٺ��Ƶ. It originally ran in the San Francisco Chronicle shortly after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.

�ٺ��Ƶ Faculty Sources Available on Cases Before the Supreme Court

Karen Michele Nikos — March 14, 2018 - 11:21am

Updated June 7, 2018

From cases about bakery owners’ rights to immigrants’ and employees’ rights, �ٺ��Ƶ faculty from the School of Law offer expertise on legal issues pending before the U.S. Supreme Court this session. (Note that this list is updated periodically to reflect cases in which the court has already ruled or declined to rule.)