For the past 80 years, the Fulbright Program has supported scholars, artists, writers, and professionals in connecting with international institutions to do cutting-edge work. We discuss what the Fulbright is, why it matters, and how federal funding freezes are impacting international research. Professor Ramasastry is a guest.
Lisa Marshall Manheim, a professor at the University of Washington School of Law, said the court orders may prompt the Trump administration to revise its approach to firing federal workers.
Removing two Democratic commissioners could trigger a cascade of problems for the longstanding agency, and even blow back on Republicans. Douglas Ross, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
President Donald Trump has an axe to grind with Seattle’s largest law firm. A Trump-issued executive order says Perkins Coie participates in “dishonest and dangerous activity” that has affected the country for “decades.” The order could have an impact on the firm’s ability to practice law in Seattle, and around the country. UW Law Professor from Practice Doug Ross will tell us how.
In the last few months, some of President Tump's executive orders and initiatives have been blocked or delayed by federal judges. Today, a judge blocked DOGE from making cuts to USAID, and now Supreme Court Justice John Roberts is responding directly to Trump's call for a federal judge to be impeached. Jeremiah Chin, assistant professor of law at the UW, is interviewed.
"The executive order punishing law firms for representing presidentially disapproved clients threatens a core value of our legal system: assuring the availability of professional service to all," writes William Andersen, professor emeritus of law at the UW, in a letter to the editor.
Is Tool being a bunch of tools? Part of their fan base seems to think so. At the band’s inaugural destination festival in Punta Cana this past weekend, attendees — some of whom shelled out thousands of dollars to be there — raged after a promise of “two unique sets” was not upheld. Peter Nicolas, professor of law at the UW, is interviewed.
Self-driving Waymo robotaxis have become a familiar sight in cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, but not everyone is happy about that. These “ghost-like” autonomous vehicles have made a lot of people uneasy, some even going as far as to vandalize the cars. But what’s behind this hostility? In this episode, Morgan speaks with Bloomberg journalist Ellen Huet and robot law professor Ryan Calo to explore the rise of Waymo vandalism and its roots in our collective anxiety over artificial intelligence.
Because it’s both a religious institution and a university that’s subject to Title IX regulation, the administration’s actions fall into a legal gray zone, said Peter Nicolas, a professor of law at the University of Washington.
“It may raise the price of insurance. This is a big cost. It has to absorb that somehow,” said Douglas Ross, a top health care antitrust expert and attorney who has followed the litigation while teaching at the University of Washington School of Law. “On the other hand, this is $2.8 billion flowing to providers, and maybe they're going to use that to — and this is Pollyannish — lower prices, or perhaps more likely invest in things they need to invest in.”
Overall, Tax in Law Schools is an important contribution to scholarship on legal education and the teaching of tax law. Teachers of tax should attend to Hatfield’s prescriptions for increasing enrollment in tax courses. Moreover, law school faculty, as well as leaders across higher education, may find Hatfield’s article meaningful as they steer professional schools through the current moment and beyond.
Ryan Calo is a University of Washington law professor and a co-founder of UW’s Tech Policy Lab. He told a Post reporter that Musk's attacks now carry a new power to chill speech. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to Calo about that.
A look back at the Office of Technology Assessment, the Congressional think tank that detected lies and tested tech. Ryan Calo, professor of law and in the Information School at the UW, is quoted.
“It’s undeniable that the order targets a specific community of individuals and is being challenged on that basis,” UW law professor Jeff Feldman said in an email. “The law is still evolving in this area, but the extensive body of anti-discrimination and equal protection law that has been developed over the past 70 years, if applied faithfully to the trans community, almost certainly would result in the president’s executive order being deemed unconstitutional.”
This unfavorable view may stem from the belief that the Supreme Court’s rulings are rooted in the justices’ political biases, Feldman said. “That view may not be entirely wrong,” he said, “but it misses the fact that individuals who are appointed to the court arrive with differing views of legal philosophy, of application of the tools of judicial and constitutional interpretation, and of how history and precedent should be read and applied.”
“People do not feel safe speaking out in this country against the government,” said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington. “Because the government in the form of Elon Musk and President Trump himself will catalyze retribution.”
“By ‘returning this issue to the states,’ what has actually happened on the ground has been a scramble for services, where some people can get them and some can’t,” Price said.
"It's very doubtful that the president has the power to ban paper straws. Paper straws do not constitute a public health hazard and, even if they did, banning them would require engaging a rule making process under the Administrative Procedures Act, which is lengthy and unlikely to result in a ban."
Monte Mills, director of the Native American Law Center at the University of Washington School of Law, told the Wausau Pilot and Review that federal policy is more supportive of tribal self-determination and sovereignty in recent years. Today, negotiations for leases and rights-of-way through tribal lands require consultation with tribes involved.
Peter Nicolas, music and IP law professor at University of Washington, also predicted Spotify’s victory lap would last until the next royalty board sit-down. “Spotify may be able to make some cash in the short term,” but songwriters and publishers will “negotiate hard” at the next board meeting, he said.
North Dakota sued the Interior Department at least five times under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now he’s set to run the agency. Monte Mills, professor of law and director of the Native American Law Center at the UW, is quoted.
"TikTok has never been so close to being shut down. After the near-death experience, is there a chance of a turnaround?" Professor Zang was quoted. (Chinese language article)
As Burgum takes the reins at the Interior Department, Monte Mills, director of the Native American Law Center at the University of Washington School of Law, said he is watching how Burgum will work with tribes that favor conservation over natural resource extraction. It remains to be seen if keeping the federal government’s commitments to Indian Country is a priority for Burgum, Mills said, or whether tribal issues are “only really taken up where they align with other priorities of the administration.”
Steve Calandrillo, a law professor at the University of Washington, would like to see one of those federal daylight saving time proposals become a reality because of its impact on safety. Studies have suggested daylight saving time reduces traffic fatalities, potentially saving hundreds of lives each year.
