July 2025

July 2025

Publications:

Rodger D. Citron, Notes on the Opinions in Trump v. CASA, Inc., Verdict (July 3, 2025).

Rodger D. Citron, No Exit: There’s Been Talk of Secession; Could it Occur Nowadays, Verdict (July 22, 2025).

Ilene Sherwyn Cooper, Mid-Year Review, NYLJ (Jul. 3, 2025).

Tiffany Graham, contributor, No Exit: There’s Been Talk of Secession; Could it Occur Nowadays, Verdict (July 22, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, To Defeat Antisemitism, We Must First Define It, The Hill (July 3, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, Anat Alon-Beck & Erielle Davidson, Opinion, Ireland Will Regret Its Anti-Israel Boycott, The Hill (July 10, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, Anat Alon-Beck & Erielle Davidson, Opinion, Ireland’s Proposed Boycott of Israeli Businesses Creates Dangerous Legal Trap for American Investors, Fox News (July 16, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, Opinion, Dawn of a New Era in the Middle East, Jewish J. (July 2, 2025).

Michael Lewyn, Taking Green Amendments to the Streets, Planetizen (July 15, 2025).

Michael Lewyn, An Anti-Development Manifesto, Market Urbanism (July 30, 2025).

Michael Lewyn, Why Isn’t Urban Containment a Big Deal Anymore?, Market Urbanism (July 4, 2025).

Michael Lewyn, The Trouble With QUIMBY, Planetizen (June 12, 2025).

Jorge Roig, contributor, No Exit: There’s Been Talk of Secession; Could it Occur Nowadays, Verdict (July 22, 2025).

Martin A. Schwartz, Supreme Court Unfreezes the Excessive Force Time Frame, NYLJ (July 9, 2025).

Honors, Awards & Appointments:

Samuel J. Levine, Recipient of Faculty Development Grant for development of new course – “The Supreme Court of Israel and Jewish Law”, The Israel Institute (Jul. 7, 2025).

Presentations:

Rachelle Alterman, Alternative Modes of Land Value Capture and Their Differing Rationales – Implications for Illegal/Informal Development, FIG-UNECE Conference: Build Back Better, Athens (June 18, 2025).

Rodger D. Citron, moderator, New Scholars Workshop (Constitutional Law, Federal Procedure, and the Supreme Court II), 2025 SEALS Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (July 28, 2025).

Rodger D. Citron, interviewer, Prospective Law Teachers Workshop, 2025 SEALS Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (July 29, 2025).

Citations:

Hal I. Abramson, Mediation Representation: Advocating as a Problem-Solver in any Country or Culture (2d ed., 2010), was cited in, Roselle L. Wissler & Art Hinshaw, The Role Different Factors Play in the Use of Initial Joint Sessions or Initial Caucuses, 31 Disp. Resol. Mag. 16 (2025).

Rodger D. Citron, Introduction to the Conference: Commemorating the Life and Legacy of Charles A. Reich, 36 Touro L. Rev. 707 (2020), was cited in, Dongsheng Zang, The Privacy Act of 1974: The American Bill of Rights on Data and its Unfinished Business, 86 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 85 (2024).

Rodger D. Citron & Laura Gaston Dooley, Of Mass Torts, Multidistrict Litigation, and Collateral Estoppel: Notes on Justice Thomas’s Dissent from the Denial of Certiorari in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Abbott, Verdict (May 7, 2025), was cited in, Leo J. Soh & Jared Stehle, Less is More: Issue Presentation in Mass Tort MDLs, N.Y.U. L. Rev. Online (forthcoming 2025).

Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus & David R. Marshall, A Rigorous New York Law Exam: Nuisance or Necessity? A View From the Bench, N.Y. St. Bar J. (Feb. 7, 2025), & Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus & David R. Marshall, New York’s Next Bar Exam: Where Should We Go From Here?, N.Y. St. B. J. (Sept. 16, 2024), were cited in, David Marshall, How to Diagnose What Ails the New York Law Exam? Call the Exam Doctor, 97 N.Y. St. B. J. 18 (2025).

Laura Gaston Dooley & Rodger D. Citron, Of Mass Torts, Multidistrict Litigation, and Collateral Estoppel: Notes on Justice Thomas’s Dissent from the Denial of Certiorari in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Abbott, Verdict (May 7, 2025), was cited in, Leo J. Soh & Jared Stehle, Less is More: Issue Presentation in Mass Tort MDLs, N.Y.U. L. Rev. Online (forthcoming 2025).

Eileen Kaufman et al., Licensing Lawyers in a Pandemic: proving Competence, Harv. L. Rev. Blog (Apr. 7, 2020), was cited in, Antonio M. Coronado & Gabriela Elizondo-Craig, Demanding More from Distance Learning: The Virtual & Democratized Futures of Legal Education, 48 Seattle U. L. Rev. 181 (2025).

Samuel J. Levine, The Supreme Court’s Hands-Off Approach to Religious Questions in the Era of Covid-19 and Beyond, 24 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 276 (2022) & Samuel J. Levine, Rethinking the Supreme Court’s Hands-Off Approach to Questions of Religious Practice and Belief, 25 Fordham Urb. L. J. 85 (1997) & Samuel J. Levine, A Critique of Hobby Lobby and the Supreme Court’s Hands-off Approach to Religion, 91 Notre Dame L. Rev. Online 26 (2015) & Samuel J. Levine, Hosanna-Tabor and Supreme Court Precedent: An Analysis of the Ministerial Exception in the Context of the Supreme Court’s Hands-off Approach to Religious Doctrine, 106 Nw. L. Rev. Colloquy 120 (2012) & Samuel J. Levine, Jewish Law and American Law: A Comparative Study (2018), were cited in, Chagai Schlesinger, Two Concepts of Judicial Deference to Religious Claims, 50 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 1355 (2025).

Samuel J. Levine, Jewish Legal Theory and American Constitutional Theory: Some Comparisons and Contrasts, 24 Hastings Const. L.Q. 441 (1997), was cited in, András L. Pap, Race, Ethnicity, Nationality and the Law (forthcoming 2026).

Michael Lewyn, Green Amendments, Land Use, And Transportation: What Could Go Wrong? 41 Pace Env’t L. Rev. 204 (2024), was cited in, Park v. Parks, 2025 NYLJ LEXIS 2283 (July 11, 2025).

Michael Lewyn, Zoning and Land Use Planning: Pedestrians Under Attack, 49 Real Est. L. J. 365 (2021), was cited in, Taylor J. Black, Walking the Line on Safety and Free Speech: Sidestepping First Amendment Challenges to Median Bans, 55 N.M. L. Rev. 463 (2025).

Deborah Waire Post & Pheobe A. Haddon, Misuse and Abuse of the LSAT: Making the Case for Alternative Evaluative Efforts and a Redefinition of Merit, 80 St. John’s L. Rev. 41 (2006), was cited in, Dara E. Purvis, Law School as Masculine Competition, 85 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 359 (2024).

Deborah Waire Post, Power and the Morality of Grading – A Case Study and a Few Critical Thoughts on Grade Normalization, 65 UMKC L. Rev. 777 (1997), was cited in, Julie Tedjeske Crane, Grading Legal Research, 117 Law Libr. J. 261 (2025).

Patricia E. Salkin, Municipal Regulation of Formal Businesses: Creating and Protecting Communities, 58 Case W. L. Res. L. Rev. 1251 (2008), was cited in, Daniel R. Mandelker, Zoning for Mixed-Use Development, Prac. Real. Est. Law., Am L. Inst. (Jul. 2025).

Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation (3^rd ed., 2014), was cited in, Ndjuoah MehChu, “Specializing” Section 1983, 14 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 571 (2025).

Thomas A. Schweitzer, Hate Speech on Campus and the First Amendment: Can the Be Reconciled?, 27 Conn. L. Rev. 493 (1995), was cited in, Rindaanne H. Riccio, Constitutional Crossroads: The Urgency for First Amendment Protections Over Parental Rights in Florida School Libraries, 47 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 87 (2025).

Marjorie A. Silver, Emotional Competence, Multicultural Lawyering and Race, 3 Fla. Coastal L.J. 219 (2002), was cited in, Anastasia M. Boles et al., Culturally Proficient Lawyering: A Framework and Rubric Supporting Learning Outcomes and Objectives, 86 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 1 (2024).

Sol Wachtler, A Judge’s Judge, 28 Touro L. Rev. 547 (2013), was cited in, Caprice L. Roberts, Judicial Fidelity, 51 Pepp. L. Rev. 1 (2024).

Gabriel Weil, Subnational Climate Mitigation Policy: A Framework for Analysis, 23 Colo. J. Int’. Env’t L. & Pol’y 285 (2012), was cited in, Donald T Hornstein, Symposium Issue – Extended Producer Responsibility and the Circular Economy: Plastics, Carbon, Politics, and Experimentation in Environmental Governance, 49 Wm. & Mary Env’t L. Pol’y Rev. 555 (2025).

Media:

Myra Berman, quoted, Adina Genn, Long Island Teens Explore Legal Careers in Court Program, LIBN (Jul. 2, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, mentioned, 5TC Team, Delta Antisemitism Lawsuits Resolved Amid Growing Scrutiny of Workplace Bias, 5 Towns Central (July 13, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted, David Gilmour, ‘Did the Irish Fall Into a Vat of Guiness?’ Mike Huckabee Demands Ireland Apologize to Israel Over Boycott Bill, Mediaite (July 16, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted, Rob Eshman, Americans Keep Getting Killed in the West Bank. Here’s How the US Could Fight That Awful Trend, Forward (July 18, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted, Shane Croucher, Mike Huckabee Tells Ireland to ‘Sober Up’ and Apologize to Israel, Newsweek (July 16, 2025).

Tiffany Graham, mentioned, TAPinto Princeton Staff, Midweek in Princeton: A Little Christmas, a Little Halloween, and Some Supreme Justice – or Injustice, TAP into Princeton (July 7, 2025).

Samuel J. Levine, profiled, Community News From Around the World – Touro Law Professor Received Prestigious Faculty Development Grant from The Israel Institute, Five Towns Jewish Times (July 2025).

Samuel J. Levine, profiled, Touro Law Professor Received Prestigious Faculty Development Grant from Israel Institute, The Jewish Home (July 31, 2025).