In the case of the Federal Reserve, Supreme Court appears to carve out a murky exception
The Associated Press 01-23-2026
Several legal experts say the justices are on shaky ground. The Fed, they argue, is similar in many ways to the Federal Trade Commission or the National Labor Relations Board, agencies Congress intended to be independent but whose officials Trump has been able to fire without pushback from the high court. “There’s no historical grounds for distinguishing the Fed from other independent agencies that Congress has designed,” said Jane Manners, a law professor at Fordham University. “The whole argument was premised on the idea that the Fed is different. They haven’t explained exactly why.”
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How Many Inches of Snow Fell? She Has a Measuring Stick.
The New York Times 01-26-2026
[Lindsay] Okarmus has a degree from Fordham University in psychology (“I use it every day, working in New York”) but became interested in horticulture on a summer job in Buffalo, her hometown. When she graduated from Fordham, she wanted to stay in New York; she found a gardening job with the conservancy and worked her way up through the ranks.
Saks Global’s Complex Road Ahead Through Bankruptcy Court
WWD 01-21-2026
Susan Scafidi, founder and director of Fordham Law School’s Fashion Law Institute, said the case “is about the future of luxury retail in the U.S. and whether it will be most heavily influenced by Saks and the other traditional high-end retailers still standing, Amazon in its bid to upscale, or the powerful brands that are already showing a preference for taking sales back into their own hands.”
Immigration raids in Minnesota fuel grassroots Somali activism
Reuters 01-24-2026
Civil rights advocates and scholars say the Minneapolis immigration operations echo past crackdowns in Black and Latino neighborhoods, fueling fears of political scapegoating, said political science professor Christina Greer at Fordham University.
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Trump Greenland Gambit Bolsters NATO Mission, Avoids Illegal War
Bloomberg Law 01-22-2026
“The bottom line is the denouement of the Greenland episode that Trump engineered at Davos doesn’t mean the end of international law restricting the use of force in world affairs. Rather, he has reinforced the fact that the UN Charter is about preventing World War III among the most powerful nuclear states. And doing so requires jolting our allies and partners out of their old complacency and inertia,” wrote Thomas H. Lee, a professor at Fordham Law School.
Justices Toy With Punting Legal Issues in Trump’s Bid to Fire Cook
Bloomberg Law 01-21-2026
“The discussion at oral argument about the hazards of doing everything on the emergency docket are brought to life in this case,” said Jane Manners, a Fordham University law professor. “They’re not excited to write a full-throated merits decision,” she added.
Supreme Court may leave big questions unresolved on Trump bid to fire Fed’s Lisa Cook
Reuters 01-26-2026
The justices “are wary of the relative paucity of the material for them to go on,” said law professor Jane Manners of Fordham University in New York.
Is This Border Patrol Commander Actually Doing ‘Nazi Cosplay’?
The Cut – New York Magazine 01-21-2026
David Hamlin, a professor of history at Fordham University who specializes in German history, wrote in an email to The Cut that while the coat is “a common bit of kit for militaries serving in cold weather,” noting his own father had one from his service in the Marine Corps in the ’60s and ’70s, the parallels are seemingly impossible to deny.
5 American prelates remind us how things are supposed to be
National Catholic Reporter 01-22-2026
To borrow a phrase from my colleague David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, in a recent New York Times’ op-ed, you can say of the cardinals what Gibson said about the pope: “Leo is not looking for a fight with Mr. Trump; he is looking past him.”
When Trump betrays our allies, America loses.
America Magazine 01-22-2026
Sarah Lockhart is an associate professor of political science and director of International Studies at Fordham University in the Bronx. “I struggle to see an upside or what the long-term strategy is here,” Ms. Lockhat said, “because, if anything, one of the crowning achievements of American foreign policy in the post-World War II period has been the use of multilateralism to achieve U.S. foreign policy goals.”
‘The department is burning’: Fired DOJ attorneys say federal justice in crisis under Trump
amNewYork 01-22-2026
Edwards and Bruce Green, another former federal prosecutor and a chair at Fordham University Law School, joined three others representing the thousands of former federal prosecutors who have been fired or quit in protest since Trump took office. They told the City Bar audience that the DOJ’s credibility and independence have been threatened by the president’s actions — and cautioning freshly graduated law students from jumping at opportunities to join the department.
Putting off that doctor’s visit? Make a chance for 2026, make the appointment
New York Amsterdam News 01-22-2026
“Far too often, African Americans use doctors to cure as opposed to help prevent. I know not everyone has insurance and I also know it can be daunting and quite frightening to see a doctor if you have let many years pass. However, now is the time to make that appointment with a doctor or clinic to check on things before it is too late,” wrote Christina Greer, Ph.D., associate professor at Fordham University.
Could the President Invoke the Alien Enemies Act in Response to the “British Invasion” of Rock Stars Like the Beatles?
Reason 01-23-2026
The same is true of “predatory incursion,” albeit the latter can be a smaller attack than an invasion. Fordham University law Professor Andrew Kent reaches similar conclusions in his important recent article on the AEA.
Homily: A Jesuit approach to being pro-life
America Magazine 01-23-2026
Finally, Joseph Koterski, S.J., whom I knew a bit better, was also a Jesuit priest and professor of philosophy at Fordham University. Father Koterski had served on the board of University Faculty for Life and was a man remarkable in his generosity. Pretty much any religious sister or priest of a whole generation on the Eastern Seaboard had Father Koterski as a teacher or spiritual director at some point.
