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
Federal employees have plenty of reasons to worry about Trump's second term
Civil servants are not political appointees, but under a second Trump administration, he could take steps to make sure they're loyal to him.
What a vote for Trump means for Clarence Thomas
If Trump is elected, the pressure on the federal judiciary to hold the Constitution, and therefore our country, together will be enormous.
The mind-numbing irony of Elon Musk’s million-dollar election scheme
Elon Musk has pledged to give $1 million a day to a “randomly selected” registered voter who signed a petition supporting the First and Second amendments.
This new Donald Trump — Stormy Daniels story is déjà vu all over again
Donald Trump appears to once again have tried to silence adult film actor Stormy Daniels with a nondisclosure agreement before a presidential election.
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.
