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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
Donald Trump says he has the ‘absolute right’ to pardon himself. Would that even be legal?

On Monday, President Donald J. Trump tweeted that he has the “absolute right” to pardon himself in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Trump said he wouldn’t do so, however, because he’s “done nothing wrong.” Northeastern constitutional law professor Martha Davis says that even if a president can pardon himself, it would be difficult for Trump to do so without violating the Constitution.
- by Molly Callahan June 4, 2018
High stakes for politics, SCOTUS in 2018

Faculty experts explain why the midterm elections, the Mueller investigation, and the Supreme Court are among the biggest political stories they’ll be following in 2018.
- by Greg St. Martin January 4, 2018
The powers and limits of presidential pardons

Late last week, The Washington Post reported that President Trump asked advisors about pardoning himself and others closely tied to him, in light of the Russia investigation—a claim his lawyers vehemently denied shortly thereafter. While the question of a president pardoning himself is fairly fraught, Law professor Martha Davis points out that there could be a Constitutional workaround.
- by Molly Callahan July 25, 2017
Law professor on the Supreme Court ruling and what comes next

In a landmark ruling for gay equality, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that same-sex marriage should be legal in all 50 states. Here, School of Law professor Martha Davis offers insight into the decision and what comes next.
- by Joe O'Connell June 29, 2015
A simulation game to help people prep for court

An interdisciplinary team at Northeastern University is developing an online simulation game that would provide self-represented litigants with advocacy experience before they appear in court for legal proceedings such as evictions, mortgage foreclosures, and debt collection cases.
- by Greg St. Martin September 25, 2014
3Qs: Gay marriage, voting rights, and the evolution of equality

Faculty experts weigh in on this week's highly anticipated Supreme Court decisions on gay marriage, voting rights, and affirmative action.
- by Matt Collette June 27, 2013

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