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What Jared Kushner did next

“I worry that Kushner, as well as other Trump family members, will gain financial advantage by using their status to suggest they can influence the administration’s policy,” says Michael Meltsner, professor of law at Northeastern University.

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Jan 6. rioters could look forward to pardons with new Trump administration

“…The only place where I would draw a line is: I don’t think he is authorized to pardon himself,” said Michael Meltsner, a Matthews University Professor of Law Emeritus at Northeastern University School of Law. Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, said it’s likely the president-elect will either pardon or commute sentences […]

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Trump pleads not guilty at federal arraignment in Florida

One can expect the defence will try and slow things down and deliberate as long as they possibly can,” said Michael Meltsner, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston. “And then at some point, a trial date will be set.”

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Trump probe: US Justice Department appeals ‘special master’ orde

Michael Meltsner, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said earlier this week that an appeal of the judge’s ruling would likely succeed but also carries risks.

Can Supreme Court justices be impeached? Could the court be expanded? Your burning questions, answered.

Only one Supreme Court justice has ever been impeached, said Michael Meltsner, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law.

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MICHAEL MELTSNER Michael Meltsner is the Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law at Northeastern University. He was one of the architects of the anti–capital punishment campaign that led to Furman v. Georgia and represented Muhammad Ali in the case that enabled him to return to boxing.

Trump Impeachment Trial, Take Two

Michael Meltsner Cambridge, Mass. The writer is a professor of constitutional law at Northeastern University.

Murder convict receives state’s first commutation hearing in six years

Massachusetts stands in stark contrast to a number of other states where governors have routinely commuted the sentences of inmates as part of a national trend to reduce mass incarceration, according to Michael Meltsner, a Northeastern University Law School professor.

Imprisoned for nearly 50 years, man convicted of murder as teen is free, seeks a new trial

Michael Meltsner, a Northeastern University School of Law professor, said he met King years ago and is impressed by how he has matured in prison.

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“The bizarre part of that dissent is that she seems to want to bar people from challenging discrimination and voter suppression because she thinks Congress used the wrong preposition in a statute,” said Michael Meltsner, the Matthews distinguished university professor of law at Northeastern University school of law.

Two mugshots of Tyler Robinson, a white man charged in the death of Charlie Kirk.

Could Tyler Robinson’s alleged Discord messages be treated as a confession in death penalty case?

Amid the outcry following Charlie Kirk’s death, speculation mounted over whether state prosecutors would seek the death penalty.

Why wasn’t Donald Trump handcuffed? Did he get a mugshot?

Tuesday’s dizzying panorama of Trump’s arrest and arraignment on more than two dozen felony charges tied to hush money payments featured no handcuffs and no mugshot. Northeastern legal experts explain why.

Trump indictment could set in motion a years-long process. Here are three legal tools he could use to delay proceedings

Northeastern legal experts say there’s a long road between now and a resolution in Trump’s case—one that could be filled with twists and turns. A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict the former president in connection with a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. He is scheduled for arraignment on April 4.

Working with Ruth: A law professor reflects upon his time as a colleague of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s

In 1970, Michael Meltsner—who is currently the George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished Professor of Law at Northeastern—was hired by Columbia University to create a clinical program within its law school. Several lawyers were hired afterward who helped run the program. Among them? Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

picture of protestors clashing with federal agents in Portland in July

How 9/11 and the US Civil War provided the framework for federal agents in Portland

Reconstruction-era jurisdiction changes, coupled with national security legislation passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks provide the framework for federal presence in Portland, Oregon and other U.S. cities, says Northeastern law professor Michael Meltsner.

Bitter partisanship in the US over whether to impeach Donald Trump overshadows Russian election interference in Mueller Report

Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller was not engaging in a political stunt with his appearance Wednesday, say Northeastern law and politics professors. But the bitter partisan divide over his summary of his investigation overshadows what U.S. citizens should be paying attention to: Russian election interference.

House of Representatives likely to demand documents after Mueller report clears Trump of collusion, but doesn’t fully exonerate the president

Following the partial disclosure on Sunday of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report that cleared Trump of collusion, the House of Representatives is likely to demand the release of any underlying documents and testimony from various players, including Mueller himself, says Northeastern law professor Michael Meltsner.

Here’s why two Northeastern law professors believe a new jury should decide the fate of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Northeastern law professors Michael Meltsner and Daniel Medwed are among eight Boston-area lawyers who say that a new jury outside of the city should decide the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was sentenced to death in 2015 for his role in the Boston Marathon bombings. They recently signed onto an amicus brief submitted on the behalf of Tsarnaev.

Cohen implicated the president in a federal crime. Does that mean we’ll see Trump in court?

Can a sitting president be charged with a crime? It’s a tricky question, says Northeastern law professor Michael Meltsner. “The question of whether you can or cannot indict a sitting president is a matter of law that’s never been decided.”

What Justice Kennedy’s retirement means for the Supreme Court

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.

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