July 03, 2024

SCOTUS

Catholic Law's Professor Jennifer Mascott was interviewed by Reuters and Bloomberg Law to discuss the United States Supreme Court decision regarding former President Trump's immunity ruling. Links to both the articles are below.

Reuters
Date: July 3, 2024
By: John Kruzel
US Supreme Court's divisions deepened in term capped by Trump immunity ruling

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Jennifer Mascott, a Catholic University law professor, said acrimonious dissents have a long history at the Supreme Court. She pointed to instances this term that "go against the narrative" of the court being ideologically riven or reflexively opposed to the regulatory "administrative state."

Mascott cited the court's 7-2 decision, authored by Thomas, that upheld the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding mechanism, handing a victory to Biden's administration and a setback to the agency's conservative critics.
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Click here to view the Reuters article.


Bloomberg Law
Date: July 2, 2024
By: Ben Penn
Trump Ruling Darkens Presidential Shadow Over Justice Department

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Roberts is “trying to give a certain sense about the limited nature of the acts that fall so within a president’s core executive power that’s so sacrosanct it can’t really be regulated by Congress or by courts—that that is the only area that is completely immune from prosecution,” said Jenn Mascott, a former senior DOJ official under Trump who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. By referencing a president’s conversations with the attorney general, “the opinion is trying to give some examples” of what is “a common concept,” said Mascott, who is a Catholic University law professor.
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Click here to view the Bloomberg Law article.