Cornell experts react to the leaked SCOTUS opinion that would overturn the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade.

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Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School and co-author of a leading 21-volume immigration law series, says many people will be denied asylum as a result of a new final rule being published by the Trump administration's Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. 

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Jens David Ohlin, vice dean and professor at Cornell Law School, says that the news of a U.S. investigation will surprise and likely concern members of the ICC.

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Sarah Kreps, professor of government at Cornell University, says accounts of foreign interference, such as the e-mail campaign allegedly organized by Iran, introduce “noise into the system” regardless of whether the culprits are identified.

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Joe Margulies, professor of law and government at Cornell University, says that police abuses should not be separated from many other abuses suffered by poor people of color at the hands of the criminal justice system.

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Gustavo Flores-Macias is an associate professor of government at Cornell University and says the arrest of General Cienfuegos in Los Angeles this week is significant because it opens the door for López Obrador to pursue charges against other Mexican officials, including former president Enrique Peña Nieto.

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Tamara Loos, professor of history and Thai studies at Cornell University, says the events of this week indicate that Thailand has reached a tipping point, with widespread protests necessitating a response from the regime and monarchy.

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This week, Malawi’s Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty ordering the re-sentencing of at least 37 people known to be under a death sentence. Sandra Babcock, director of the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and a partner in the Malawi Resentencing Project, has worked on capital cases in Malawi since 2007. She calls the ruling “historic,” and adds that Malawi has now joined the growing ranks of abolitionist countries where high courts have concluded that the death penalty violates the right to life.

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Steve Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School, comments on new regulations published by the Department of Homeland Security targeting international students. 

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Nelson Tebbe, professor of law at Cornell Law School, says that the outcome of the Little Sisters v. Pennsylvania case could impact many thousands of women.

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