Tag: Jason Mazzone

In early 2024, the Program in Constitutional Theory, History and Law co-sponsored with the Harvard Law School and the University of Richmond School of Law a symposium on “The Future of History and Tradition.” The symposium, held at Harvard, brought together leading scholars to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent renewed interest in history and tradition as a tool for interpreting and applying the Constitution and the attendant puzzles and challenges that lie ahead. Essays from the symposium have now been published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy .

View the full issue of symposium papers online.

“New Illinois” comprising all counties but Cook may have passed nonbinding votes in 33 of Illinois’s counties, but it is still far from becoming reality according to Professor Jason Mazzone. In an article examining the phenomenon of red counties seeking to divorce from their blue states, the Wall Street Journal shares data and anecdotes driving the movement and quotes Mazzone. ““It seems far-fetched. But we live in uncertain times. So if you’ve got the right people in Congress—and I don’t think we do have the right people in Congress—you could do it,” he said.

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“In any presidential election, the Supreme Court is on the ballot,” Professor Jason Mazzone writes in the News-Gazette. He details some of the ways in which the election of Donald Trump to a second term might affect the makeup of the Supreme Court. “The first Trump presidency generated a long list of novel legal issues, many of which reached the Supreme Court. Trump’s current bold agenda and the opposition it will produce will mean many more lawsuits in the next four years,” he concludes.

Read his full editorial online.

A high-profile sexual harassment trial has made some of the shortcomings of remote court prodeedings apparent and concerning. Not having a court reporter present has led to transcript problems, which can be an important issue according to Professor Jason Mazzone. “It will be the rare case in which an error in a transcript makes a difference in the outcome. But no lawyer wants to have to tell her client that a typo explains the adverse verdict,” Mazzone told Law.com.

Read the full article here.

In an extensive interview on the WGN Radio program “Let’s Get Legal,” Professor Jason Mazzone answered a number of questions about free speech on campus and how universities can regulate conduct on their grounds. In the wake of protests at colleges and universities across the country, he addressed the legal issues that protect speech and protect the ability to say when and where that speech is protected. “Universities are not just…a place where anyone can show up and speak,” he told host Jon Hansen. 

Listen to the full interview from WGN Radio.

Former President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term is generating a lot of constitutional questions, which is keeping Professor Jason Mazzone busy. Writing at the News-Gazette, Mazzone explores the question of whether a state has the power to exclude a candidate from the ballot because of the insurrection act. He examines what the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Anderson and where his understanding of the Constitution differs from the justices.

Read his full opinion piece on the News-Gazette website.

Cook County Judge Tracie Porter’s decision to remove Former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot made Illinois one of three states barring him from the ballot. Similar to cases in other states, Trump’s lawyers argued that the insurrection clause doesn’t apply to the president, and the Trump campaign criticized Porter’s decision. Professor Jason Mazzone, a constitutional theory expert, shared his expertise on the topic with Courthouse News and Crain’s Chicago Business, noting prior to their decision that the U.S. Supreme Court might overturn such rulings.

Read the Courthouse News article and the Crain’s Chicago Business article online.