Minnesota Law Now

In this episode of Minnesota Law Now, Professor Jill Hasday, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor of Law, and Professor Charlotte Garden, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett Professor of Law, sit down with Dean William McGeveran to break down the constitutional stakes of the SAVE Act — from voting access and equal protect...

Dean William McGeveran sits down with Professor Emeritus of the University of Vermont E. Thomas Sullivan and former White House ethics counsel, Minnesota Law Professor Richard W. Painter, to discuss their book, The U.S. Presidency: Power, Responsibility, and Accountability. The conversation explores how presidential power in the United States has expanded through crises and political change, where...

As the Trump administration aggressively asserts executive authority, long-standing assumptions about presidential power are being tested in real time. Professors Nick Bednar and Alan Rozenshtein analyze how executive actions, court challenges, and institutional resistance are redefining the presidency—raising urgent questions about constitutional limits, democratic accountability, and the durabil...