Jessica Levinson
MSNBC Columnist
Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School, is the host of the "Passing Judgment" podcast. She is also the director of the Public Service Institute at Loyola Law School, director of Loyola's Journalist Law School and former president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission.
Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School, is the host of the "Passing Judgment" podcast. She is also the director of the Public Service Institute at Loyola Law School, director of Loyola's Journalist Law School and former president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission.
Latest from Jessica Levinson
The most surprising aspect of Amy Coney Barrett’s emergency abortion opinion
SCOTUS was asked to decide whether Idaho’s restrictive abortion law conflicts with a law requiring that hospitals receiving federal funds provide “stabilizing treatment.”
SCOTUS's latest decision shows limits on guns are difficult — but not impossible
The Supreme Court voted 8-1 in Rahimi v. U.S. to keep a law barring abusers convicted of domestic violence from owning guns in place.
Even the ultraconservatives on SCOTUS reject this conservative court’s antics
The Supreme Court's rejection of a challenge to mifepristone was a rebuke of the conservative 5th Circuit Court, which wrongly said the challengers had standing.
Hunter Biden’s conviction puts his interests at odds with his father’s
After being convicted on gun charges, Hunter Biden's best chance at a successful appeal could center on an argument made by the conservative U.S. Supreme Court.
‘Martha’s’ suit against Netflix for ‘Baby Reindeer’ will run into the 1st Amendment
Fiona Harvey, the apparent inspiration for Martha in the Netflix series “Baby Reindeer,” has sued Netflix and comedian Richard Gadd saying it's not a "true story" but lies.
Most DAs wouldn’t have pursued this case against Trump. Alvin Bragg got lucky.
A 12-person Manhattan jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts in what was an enormously risky case to bring, with unfairly high stakes.
Justice Stephen Breyer says (politely) that the SCOTUS majority is doing it all wrong
Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s new book, “Reading the Constitution,” rejects the originalist approach of the court’s conservative majority.
Trying to blackmail Columbia University is a bad look for these Trump judges
Thirteen conservative judges appointed by Donald Trump vow not to hire judicial law clerks from Columbia University after pro-Palestinian campus protests.
A key Supreme Court bribery case could come down to the definition of this word
In the case of Snyder v. United States the Supreme Court is faced with a federal bribery law which may not do what it is supposed to do — protect the public from politicians and other public officials who seek to serve themselves, not us.
Jeffrey Clark's threat to our democracy came from within
A disciplinary panel in Washington, D.C. came to a preliminary, nonbinding conclusion that Trump lawyer Jeffrey Clark violated his ethical duties as an attorney when he attempted to help overturn the 2020 election.
Why we may see a 7-2 ruling to keep the abortion pill in place
A majority of the Supreme Court that heard an abortion pill case Tuesday appear to think that those challenging the FDA lack the standing to do so.
