Wexler and Ghiotto publish new article on the transgender military ban

Writing at Justia Verdict, Professors Lesley Wexler and Tony Ghiotto discuss the latest developments around the Executive Order banning transgender individuals from the United States’ military, including a new Action Memo from the Department of Defense and the Equal Protection aspects of the Talbott v. Trump and Shilling v. United States litigation challenging the ban. “We worry the administration […]

ABA Rapid Response features Ghiotto discussing military legal reform

After Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s removal of senior uniformed lawyers and suggestions of further reforms among Judge Advocates General, Professor Tony Ghiotto joined the American Bar Association’s Rapid Response program to discuss threats to military rule of law. Changes among the JAG corps create risk that the military’s lawyers will be less capable of […]

Gerke organizes Life Sciences AI Summit

Professor Sara Gerke was co-organizer of the Life Sciences AI Summit – Europe, which took place March 25–26, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. The conference covered the ways in which artificial intelligence in the life sciences is affecting topics such as drug discovery and development as well as improving patient outcomes. Another important aspect of the […]

Ghiotto publishes article on the military and presidential immunity

“The fact that the President may have his own personal criminal immunity for ordering either the assassination of his rival or a coup does not make these orders lawful. And while military members have a legal obligation to follow lawful orders, they have a similar obligation to disobey unlawful orders,” Professor Anthony Ghiotto writes in […]

Changes to CFPB will affect the average person, Lawless tells News Bureau

“It’ll just be a steady drip, drip, drip of companies trying to game the system and nickel and dime people via aggressive practices,” Professor Robert Lawless told the Illinois News Bureau about changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He noted that laws preventing actions like those taken by banks preceding the subprime mortgage crisis […]

Mazzone joins CBS to discuss deportations

The Trump administration’s moves to arrest Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil and decision not comply with a federal judge’s orders to halt deportation flights raise questions about the rights enumerated in the Constitution as well as its constraints. Professor Jason Mazzone made an appearance on CBS Chicago to share his expertise on how constitutional law […]

Ghiotto and Wexler examine the executive order on transgender military members

In a new post on Justia Verdict, Professors Tony Ghiotto and Lesley Wexler do a deep examination of the Prioritizing Military Excellence Order, President Trump’s executive order on transgender individuals in the military. The article seeks to answer whether the order represents a complete transgender service ban or a variation of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” […]