Daniel J. Urman

Amy Coney Barrett is poised to continue Antonin Scalia’s legacy on the Supreme Court

The Senate is expected to squeak out a vote to send Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court today. Her confirmation, says Dan Urman—who teaches a course at Northeastern on Constitutional law and the modern U.S. Supreme Court—could represent the biggest ideological shift on the court in decades.

by Molly Callahan October 23, 2020

Could the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett backfire on Republicans?

President Donald Trump’s controversial selection of Judge Amy Coney Barrett has deepened the U.S. partisan divide in a way that may influence the election in November, says Dan Urman, a Constitutional law expert at Northeastern.

by Ian Thomsen September 26, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves behind an unmatched legacy. How might her death shape the 2020 election and beyond?

The 87-year-old Supreme Court Justice will be memorialized as an iconic figure who faced and overcame discrimination to make history as the second woman to ever serve on the nation’s highest court. “Ginsburg basically changed the way that the Supreme Court and American culture understand gender equality and the meaning of sex-based discrimination,” says Dan Urman, a Constitutional law expert at Northeastern.

by Khalida Sarwari September 20, 2020

The Supreme Court is opening up the phone lines. Here’s what to listen for.

The court will hear arguments by telephone to comply with public health guidelines in response to COVID-19. For the first time, the public can listen live, and we might see that the justices are “human, just like us,” says legal scholar Dan Urman.

by Molly Callahan May 1, 2020

Here’s what’s next for the Alabama abortion law

The most restrictive anti-abortion bill in the nation has been signed into law in Alabama, but stands little chance of overturning a person’s constitutional right to abortion established by Roe v. Wade, say two legal scholars at Northeastern University.

by Molly Callahan May 17, 2019

What’s next for the Mueller investigation?

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation could play out in three plausible ways now that President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, said two Northeastern law professors.

by Molly Callahan November 8, 2018

Four things to watch for during Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings

Tuesday is the first day of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearings. “A particularly disastrous or a particularly strong” performance by Kavanaugh could sway the senators who are still on the fence about which way they’ll vote, said Dan Urman, who teaches a Northeastern course on the Supreme Court.

by Molly Callahan September 3, 2018

Trump’s Supreme Court choice would tilt America dramatically to the right

The balance of power in the Supreme Court will lurch dramatically to the right with the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh, says Supreme Court expert Dan Urman. Kavanaugh’s position that sitting presidents should be shielded from prosecution may have been the persuading argument for President Trump’s selection, he says.

by Bill Ibelle July 10, 2018

What Justice Kennedy’s retirement means for the country

Justice Anthony Kennedy on Wednesday announced he will retire from the nation’s highest court at the end of July. Supreme Court experts Dan Urman and Michael Meltsner weigh in on what it means for the future of the court and whether political conflict is inevitable in the nomination process.

by Greg St. Martin June 27, 2018

‘Is this a case about cake or about the people trying to buy a cake?’

The cake issue is solved. But questions about the reaches of protections for religious freedom versus protections for gay rights remain wide open. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-2 in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. The ruling, however, still leaves a major question unanswered, according to law professor Dan Urman: “Is this a case about cake or about the people trying to buy a cake?”

by Molly Callahan June 5, 2018

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