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Should America protect grownups from AI?

Henderson explains that determining what counts as "reasonable" safety measures is highly circumstantial, noting that differences in age and maturity could meaningfully shape courts' assessments of a company's legal duty.

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@politico.com recently featured Prof. Zachary Henderson, an expert in AI litigation, in a story on whether the law should do more to protect adults from AI chatbots.

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

Collecting information on people’s movements, she says, amounts to dragnet surveillance that threatens the rights and safety of community members.

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Ozer, a nationally recognized expert on constitutional law and digital civil liberties, has spent more than two decades analyzing the constitutional implications of emerging technologies. She tells the AP that where our cars are reveals where we are, and where our families are.

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

A U.S. Border Patrol program that monitors millions of drivers and uses algorithms to flag “suspicious” behavior raises significant constitutional questions, Center for Constitutional Democracy Director Nicole Ozer highlights in a story for the Associated Press. @apnews.com

On this episode of In Conversation, James Campbell is joined by Nicole Ozer, the Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Democracy at UC Law San Francisco

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In an interview with The Verge, #UCLawSF Prof. George Horvath explains how companies use “clinical-grade” as a marketing term — not a legally defined medical standard — to imply credibility without regulation.

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Federal judges require Trump administration continue SNAP funding Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to fund SNAP, ensuring CalFresh benefits continue amid a looming shortfall in California.

Millions of Americans rely on SNAP for food security, and this case highlights how judicial oversight ensures how government protections remain in place even during political uncertainty. www.ktvu.com/news/federal...

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Professor David Levine spoke to KTVU about recent federal court rulings requiring the Trump administration to use emergency funds to continue funding SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) during the government shutdown.

The Associated Press reports that this “wave of legislation” includes restrictions on vaccines and changes to laws that govern drinking water and milk.

Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.

#UCLawSF Prof. @doritreiss.bsky.social draws on her vaccine law research to comment on the misinformation and conspiracy theories that underpin hundreds of bills that state legislatures are considering across the country to roll back public health protections.

Prof. David Levine examines the ramifications of AB 218, the CA law that removed the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse cases. He writes in an op-ed that the policy choices that were made in crafting the bill are harming the taxpayers and the assault survivors it was intended to help.

The impact of judicial employee furloughs is all just a matter of time SAN spoke with an expert about the immediate and long-term impacts of furloughs across the federal judiciary.

How do federal courts stay open during a government shutdown? Professor Scott Dodson, director of UC Law SF’s Center for Litigation and Courts, tells Straight Arrow News that judges’ salaries are constitutionally protected, but other court employees could face furloughs in a prolonged shutdown.

He breaks down the administration’s strategy of using technical arguments to sidestep direct constitutional review and secure narrow legal victories. Price notes that these incremental wins can, in practice, expand presidential authority.

There Are Lessons From the Nixon Era in Trump’s Attempts to Freeze Spending

Prof. Zachary Price analyzes the Trump administration’s bid to cancel more than $4 billion in foreign aid in a report in @nytimes.com.
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UC Law SF Professors Explore Supreme Court’s Impact on Individual Rights and Government Power - UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

Some of our top professors discuss what’s at stake during UC Law SF's annual U.S. Supreme Court Review and Preview.

UC Law SF Prof. Hadar Aviram Honored with National Criminology Book Award - UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

UC Law SF Prof. Hadar Aviram has been honored with the 2025 Michael J. Hindelang Outstanding Book Award for Fester: Carceral Permeability and California's COVID-19 Correctional Disaster (University of California Press, 2024), coauthored with Chad Goerzen.

Contributor: The 4th Amendment will no longer protect you Thanks to the Supreme Court, now there is no real limit on police seizures. People of color will bear the brunt of this regime, including immigrants who are already subject to raids.

"Now there is no real limit on police seizures.” UC Law SF Professor Kate Weisburd and coauthor Daniel Harawa of NYU discuss the profound impacts of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the 4th Amendment in their Los Angeles Times op-ed.

UC Law SF Launches $100 Million “Into the Future” Campaign to Advance Legacy of Academic Excellence and Advancing Justice - UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

Supporting and attracting the country’s top legal minds through endowed chairs and professorships will enhance the law school’s legacy of faculty excellence.

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With a goal of raising $100 million, UC Law SF is launching Into the Future: The Campaign for UC Law San Francisco. The campaign asks donors to propel students, faculty, research and academic programs Into the Future – and help the College and its students and faculty solve the challenges ahead.

The quality of the faculty has long been a distinction for UC Law San Francisco. Thanks to the excellence of current faculty, the College is able to offer courses and experiences in emerging areas of law, while continuing to be the No. 1 school for producing lawyers admitted to the California bar.

By bringing government and industry together through the AI Law and Innovation Institute, Feldman facilitates the multidisciplinary, evidence-based research necessary to tackling these complex and ever-evolving issues.

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Through her scholarship she aims to anticipate future flash points between AI technology and law, working across the topics of intellectual property, democratic deliberation, and national security.

The Leader in Technology, Innovation, and AI Law - UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

Professor Robin Feldman pioneered the intersecting field of law and AI. Publishing on the subject since 2004, she has advised Congressional Committees, the Army Cyber Institute, and the FTC, among many other governmental organizations.

BIG NEWS on Constitution Day! I’m launching the Center for Constitutional Democracy @uclawsf.bsky.social as its inaugural Executive Director. Check it out & ping me to get involved and support important work on rights, tech & democracy. www.uclawsf.edu/center-for-c... #UCLawSF

National Leader in Constitutional Rights and Technology Nicole Ozer Directs UC Law SF’s New Center for Constitutional Democracy - UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

Read more about how her expertise will shape the new center’s work:
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Throughout her career, Ozer has worked to identify threats to constitutional and civil rights and address them through strategic legal work in the courts, legislatures, with companies, and in communities. This includes protecting and advancing privacy and free expression rights.

National Leader in Constitutional Rights and Technology Nicole Ozer Directs UC Law SF’s New Center for Constitutional Democracy - UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

#UCLawSF has named @nicoleozer.bsky.social, a national leader in constitutional rights and technology law, as the founding executive director of its new Center for Constitutional Democracy.

Little will moderate his annual panel of expert professors as they discuss recent and upcoming SCOTUS decisions at #UCLawSF on Sept. 24.

Nearly half of the 31 cases granted review involve criminal law, including pivotal questions about the right to counsel, police “emergency search” powers, and the death penalty.