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  1. Jimmy Gurulé, a former federal prosecutor and former assistant US Attorney General appointed by President George W Bush, said the new indictment was "an embarrassment to the American criminal justice system. The DOJ will not be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that James Comey had the intent to threaten or harm President Trump," Gurulé, now a 91³Ô¹Ï Law School professor, said in a statement to the BBC. "The indictment is a transparent attempt to intimidate one of the President's perceived political enemies."

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    Jimmy Gurulé

    Jimmy Gurulé

    91³Ô¹Ï Law School

  2. Jimmy Gurulé, a University of 91³Ô¹Ï Law School professor and former federal prosecutor, called the indictment “an embarrassment to the American criminal justice system. The damage to the credibility, integrity and reputation of the U.S. Department of Justice may be immeasurable,” he said in an email to CNBC. “Every DOJ lawyer that played a role in returning this frivolous indictment should be ashamed.”

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    Jimmy Gurulé

    Jimmy Gurulé

    91³Ô¹Ï Law School

  3. Jimmy Gurulé, a 91³Ô¹Ï law professor and former federal prosecutor, said he believes the Justice Department will struggle to build a viable case based on the evidence in the indictment. “Posting numbers constitute a threat? I just don’t accept that,” Gurulé said. “They are going to have to prove that to a jury — beyond a reasonable doubt. ... I don’t think they are going to be able to satisfy that legal threshold.”

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    Jimmy Gurulé

    Jimmy Gurulé

    91³Ô¹Ï Law School

  4. There are also questions about how other OPEC members respond. "If other countries decide to follow suit, there's certainly the potential for the OPEC structure to weaken," Gianna Bern, a professor at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï's business school, tells NPR via email. 

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    Gianna Bern

    Gianna Bern

    Mendoza College of Business

  5. Roger Alford is a law professor at 91³Ô¹Ï Law School and former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.

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    Roger Alford

    Law School

  6. “These are the first signs of the long-held stronghold on Middle East oil production beginning to fray,” Gianna Bern, a global energy markets expert and professor at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï, said in a note Tuesday. “It exemplifies the UAE’s desire for economic flexibility that is no longer supported by the old OPEC structure. The UAE wants to move to a market based production system and ultimately that will benefit global oil markets.”

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    Gianna Bern

    Gianna Bern

    Mendoza College of Business

  7. But with the rise of industrialized warfare in the early 20th century, a second strand in papal thinking emerged, said Daniel Philpott, a political scientist at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï: “A strong teaching that there’s something deeply tragic and lamentable about modern war.” 

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    Daniel Philpott

    Daniel Philpott

    Political Science

  8. Video

    In our national lead, Americans are having fewer children. That's according to recent CDC data. Last year's U.S. fertility rate dropped to a record low of about 3.6 million births in 2025, compared to the peak 4.3 million in 2007, a difference of about 700,000 fewer children. Joining the panel now is Melissa Kearney, the director of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group and economics professor at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï. 

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    Melissa Kearney

    Department of Economics

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    Melissa Kearney, the Director of Aspen Economic Strategy Group and an Economics Professor at University of 91³Ô¹Ï, joins Smerconish to discuss the driving factors behind America's baby bust.

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    Melissa Kearney

    Department of Economics

  10. This strategy aligns with Ternus’ background in hardware and suggests Apple may prioritize tightly integrated devices, not just software, per Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï...

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    Timothy David Hubbard

    Timothy Hubbard

    Mendoza College of Business

  11. By Thomas Tweed, Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History, University of 91³Ô¹Ï.

  12. Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, was more likely to provoke and could even appear energized by conflict. Francis was “totally comfortable being in uncomfortable situations,” said David M. Lantigua, an associate professor of theology at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï. “I don’t think that Leo shares that kind of temperament.”

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    David Lantigua Headshot

    David Lantigua

    Theology

  13. If Democrats win the House by a dozen or so seats with wide margins across several states, there is not much to do but “throw a tantrum”, says Derek Muller, an expert in election law at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï. 

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  14. The disagreement between Trump and Pope Leo is “relatively minor,” Darren Davis, University of 91³Ô¹Ï political scientist, told Newsweek.

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    Darren Davis

    Darren Davis

    Political Science

  15. Using three surveys of more than 45,000 voting-age Americans, the researchers found that about half of the U.S. population expresses an attitude of democratic neutrality—or an "unwillingness to support or oppose policies or practices that undermine democracy," explained Matthew E.K. Hall, lead author of the study recently published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour.

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    Matt Hall Expert

    Matthew Hall

    Political Science

  16. "By choosing a hardware leader in John Ternus, Apple may be signaling that it still believes the future of AI will run through tightly integrated devices, not just software," said Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï's Mendoza ​College of Business. "That could be smart, but it also raises a deeper risk: the very strengths that made Apple dominant — their discipline, polish, and control — could become constraints if the ​next era rewards openness and faster iteration. That rapid innovation is where Apple started, and maybe that’s where the company needs to return."

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    Timothy David Hubbard

    Timothy Hubbard

    Mendoza College of Business