Media Appearances

In 2020, Josh had 211 press hits in 96 print outlets.

January
- Impeachment Trial, Divisive Cases Hang Over Chief Justice
  
  Law360 (1/1/20)
- Opinion: Senators now risk indecent exposure of their minds
  
  Washington Post (1/2/20)
- California’s New ‘Gig Economy’ Law Is Dumb. But Is It Unconstitutional?
  
  National Review (1/2/20)
- Room with a view: invasive AB 5
  
  Orange County Breeze (1/2/20)
- Democrats to demand court to compel former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify
  
  Washington Times (1/2/20)
- The gig is up: California's latest destructive regulation is already backfiring
  
  Washington Examiner (1/5/20)
- Harvard professor criticizes conservative scholars while refusing to cite them
  
  The College Fix (1/8/20)
- The Academic Voldemort Principle
  
  American Institute for Economic Research (1/13/20)
- 10 years after landmark Citizens United Supreme Court decision, record cash flooding US elections
  
  ABC News (1/20/20)
- Supreme Court Declines to Rush Review of Obamacare Appeal
  
  Bloomberg Law (1/21/20)
- Trump courts new controversy with travel ban expansion
  
  The Hill (1/23/20)
- Law Professor: Trump’s Impeachment Threatens ‘Virtually Every Elected Official’
  
  Law & Crime (1/23/20)
- Psychologist warns that impeachment is now damaging America's mental state
  
  Washington Times (1/23/20)
- Under Dems’ Trump impeachment justification, Lincoln would’ve been impeached
  
  Fox News (1/24/20)
- The Best Defense of Donald Trump
  
  The New Republic (1/24/20)
- The Unspoken Charge That Should Doom Trump: Lawlessness
  
  Bloomberg Opinion (1/25/20)
- Democrats are misusing impeachment to replicate a parliamentary system
  
  American Thinker (1/25/20)
- As impeachment trial resumes, key question is: Was a crime committed?
  
  San Francisco Chronicle (1/27/20)
- Alan Dershowitz Addresses Times Report On Bolton Manuscript In Senate Arguments
  
  Daily Caller (1/27/20)
- Impeachments rare and that could be Trump’s best defense
  
  The Columbus Dispatch (1/28/20)
- ICYMI: Dershowitz Obliterates Dems’ Case For Removing Trump From Office
  
  The Daily Wire (1/28/20)
- Some law students don’t want to clerk for Trump’s judges. Conservatives are reaping the benefits
  
  The College Fix (1/29/20)
- Echoes being heard from 1973, 1974
  
  The Irish Echo (1/29/20)
- Trump Lawyer Alan Dershowitz Compares Lincoln Demanding Civil War Troops be Released to Vote For Him to Ukraine Quid Pro Quo
  
  Newsweek (1/29/20)
- Why the Ukraine effort by Donald Trump was not business as usual
  
  The Hill (1/29/20)
- Trump’s Best Case against Impeachment
  
  New York Times (1/29/20)
- Trump and Lincoln: How Politics Influences Decisions
  
  New York Times (1/30/20)
- Alan Dershowitz's impeachment argument is perfectly logical and that's why liberals are twisting it
  
  Washington Examiner (1/30/20)
February
- Trump’s Impeachment Trial Won’t Keep The Chief Justice Away From The State Of The Union
  
  Daily Caller (2/4/20)
- Trump's acquittal deals 'deathblow' to impeachment process, scholars say
  
  Washington Times (2/5/20)
- House Republicans Looking to Expunge Impeachment
  
  NewsRadio 740 KTRH (Houston) (2/7/20)
- Trump says he's the nation's top cop, a debatable claim
  
  ABC News (2/19/20)
- Trump says he's the nation's top cop, a debatable claim
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune (2/19/20)
- AI Can't Accurately Predict Case Length And Cost — Yet
  
  Law360 (2/21/20)
- Dershowitz was right; slavery reparations are misguided; Orthodox Jews wrong on Trump; etc
  
  The Jewish News of North California (2/21/20)
- The Resistance Starts To Infect Our Courts
  
  New York Sun (2/25/20)
- How Will Trump’s Supreme Court Remake America?
  
  New York Times Magazine (2/27/20)
March
- What to Know in Washington: Biden Surges Ahead of Super Tuesday
  
  Bloomberg (3/3/20)
- Another Obamacare Test Looms for Chief Justice John Roberts
  
  Bloomberg Law (3/3/20)
- Conservative Justices 'Undermining Democracy,' Judge Says
  
  Law360 (3/10/20)
- A Federal Judge Condemned the “Roberts Court’s Assault on Democracy.’’ It’s About Time
  
  Slate (3/10/20)
- Assault on Democracy’: A sitting federal judge takes on John Roberts
  
  Washington Post (3/11/20)
- A fascinating computer analysis of the linguistic context around the 2nd Amendment
  
  Boing Boing (3/11/20)
- Federal judge calls Chief Justice Roberts 'masterpiece of disingenuousness' in law review article
  
  ABA Journal (3/11/20)
- Milwaukee federal Judge Lynn Adelman creates stir with article blasting Supreme Court conservatives
  
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/11/20)
- Judge who attacked Chief Justice Roberts is a biased liberal flamethrower
  
  Fox News (3/12/20)
- Federal judge says Chief Justice John Roberts is 'undermining democracy'
  
  CNN (3/12/20)
- Judge who blasted Trump and Supreme Court must be punished for unprofessional behavior
  
  Washington Examiner (3/13/20)
- A Conservative Agenda Unleashed on the Federal Courts
  
  New York Times (3/14/20)
- Law profs who oppose relaxed grading 'less likely' to say so publicly, prof says
  
  Campus Reform (3/25/20)
- 'People Are Pissed': Pass/Fail Grading Controversy Roils Law Schools
  
  Law.com (3/25/20)
- Law schools' pass/fail decision doesn't ace all tests
  
  Washington Times (3/30/20)
- Religious leaders rebel against local gathering rules during pandemic
  
  Washington Times (3/31/20)
April
- ‘We’re in Uncharted Territory’: The Thorny Legal Terrain of Gun Store Closures
  
  The Trace (4/3/20)
- With constitutional questions murky, some churches continue to defy restrictions on gatherings
  
  ABC News (4/5/20)
- Will a Gun Keep Your Family Safe? Here’s What the Evidence Says
  
  The Trace (4/7/20)
- Governments tracking of citizens using coronavirus-related data alarms civil liberty advocates
  
  Washington Times (4/9/20)
- Coronavirus presents challenge for churches on Easter Sunday
  
  KTRK 13 Houston (ABC Affiliate) (4/12/20)
- Why Trump’s claim that he has ‘total’ power to restart state economies is false
  
  CNBC (4/13/20)
- Trump claims it's his call on when to 'reopen' the country. He's wrong.
  
  NBC News (4/13/20)
- Religion Triumphs Over Virus Rules, Raising Judge’s Profile
  
  Bloomberg Law (4/13/20)
- The Trump Bench: Justin Walker
  
  Slate (4/13/20)
- Trump says his ‘authority is total.’ Constitutional experts have ‘no idea’ where he got that
  
  Washington Post (4/14/20)
- The controversy over a Trump judge’s oddly partisan “religious liberty” opinion, explained
  
  Vox (4/14/20)
- Coronavirus: President Trump, governors clash over authority to reopen U.S.
  
  NBC News (4/14/20)
- 'Jarring, unwelcome, and dangerous': Some conservatives are outraged at Trump's claim that his 'authority is total'
  
  Business Insider (4/15/20)
- Can Trump Force Congress to Adjourn? Theoretically, Legal Experts Say, but Not Now
  
  National Law Journal (4/15/20)
- Judge Justin Walker is a window into McConnell’s sway on federal courts
  
  Roll Call (4/17/20)
- Virtual contests allow academic competitions to continue amid coronavirus uncertainty
  
  Greenwich Time (4/18/20)
- Appeals court reinstates limits on medical abortions in Texas
  
  The Hill (4/20/20)
- Pandemic ignites dozens of legal battles across nation
  
  Washington Times (4/21/20)
- What will change when SCOTUS hears oral arguments by phone?
  
  ABA Journal (4/21/20)
- McConnell Vows Return To Judicial Confirmations In May
  
  Law360 (4/22/20)
- Liberal judges invent constitutional ‘right’ to literacy
  
  The College Fix (4/25/20)
May
- Freedom Is a Pandemic Casualty in Authoritarian Regimes and Liberal Democracies
  
  Reason (5/1/20)
- Trump nominee, once a Supreme Court clerk, still unhappy at how Obamacare ruling played out
  
  CNN (5/3/20)
- Supreme Court to break tradition with start of historic teleconference hearings
  
  Washington Times (5/3/20)
- Supreme Court livestreams hearings for first time. Three questions.
  
  The Christian Science Monitor (5/4/20)
- Supreme Court Justices in Texas and Pennsylvania Emphasize That COVID-19 Lockdowns Require Judicial Scrutiny
  
  Reason (5/6/20)
- Senate Dems Unload On McConnell Protege Up For DC Circ.
  
  Law360 (5/6/20)
- The Jared Kushner of the Federal Judiciary
  
  The New Republic (5/7/20)
- Courtroom access: The “bar line” and “bar section”
  
  SCOTUSBlog (5/7/20)
- Federal Judge Says Massachusetts Gun Stores Can Reopen Saturday
  
  The Washington Free Beacon (5/7/20)
- MATT JONES: Show Him the money
  
  The Daily Independent (5/8/20)
- The Supreme Court Hears Trump Financial Records Cases. Here’s What’s at Stake
  
  Time (5/12/20)
- The Beacon to discuss The Constitution in the Time of the Coronavirus
  
  The Beacon (5/13/20)
- Clarence Thomas captivates with 63 questions on Supreme Court livestreams
  
  ABC News (5/15/20)
- DC Circ. Pick Plans To Stay In Federalist Society
  
  Law360 (5/19/20)
- Legal Scholar: Mail-In Ballots Unlikely in Texas Runoff Elections
  
  NewsRadio 740 KTRH (Houston) (5/22/20)
- 'Doused With a Bottle of Bleach': A Vision of How Law Schools Will Reopen in the Fall
  
  Law.com (5/27/20)
- A Transgender Idaho Inmate's Legal Victory Breaks New Ground
  
  Boise State Public Radio (5/27/20)
June
- GOP Advances Ex-Kavanaugh Clerk Toward DC Circ. Seat
  
  Law360 (6/4/20)
- The Complex Debate Over Silicon Valley’s Embrace of Content Moderation
  
  New York Times (6/5/20)
- Residents Complain D.C.'s Police Department Creating Bottleneck for Handgun Purchases
  
  The Washington Free Beacon (6/15/20)
- Professor: Left-wing Campuses Are Stifling Free Speech, Intellectual Mission of Universities
  
  The New American (6/15/20)
- Gorsuch Draws Rebuke From Right Over LGBT Worker Rights Ruling
  
  Bloomberg (6/16/20)
- With election in mind, Senate fills final court vacancies with Trump nominees
  
  Facing South (6/17/20)
- Divided Senate Confirms McConnell Protege To DC Circ.
  
  Law360 (6/18/20)
- Major Cases Still Pending at Supreme Court Term Could Spill into July
  
  Washington Times (6/20/20)
- Conservatives Suffering Buyers' Remorse After Recent SCOTUS Decisions
  
  NewsRadio 740 KTRH (Houston) (6/24/20)
- Supreme Court LGBT ruling threatens to inundate small business
  
  Washington Times (6/28/20)
- With pivotal votes, Chief Justice John Roberts confounds conservatives and liberals
  
  ABC News (6/30/20)
July
- In New Obamacare Case, Supreme Court Can’t Strike Down the Whole Law but Should Still Grant Relief
  
  Cato Institute (7/5/20)
- John Roberts’ swing votes all about politics, court watchers say
  
  Washington Times (7/5/20)
- Democrats Come Up Short Again in Bid to Investigate Trump
  
  Bloomberg (7/10/20)
- Supreme Court future becomes pivotal issue in Senate races
  
  Washington Times (7/12/20)
- Law school graduates worried about security, privacy of online bar exam
  
  The Hill (7/14/20)
- Supreme Court Justices Kavanaugh, Gorsuch Display Independent Streaks
  
  USA Today (7/17/20)
- Did the Supreme Court grant Trump new powers to reshape immigration and health care?
  
  Politico (7/22/20)
- 11th Circ. Judge Bows Out Of Fla. Felon Voting Rights Case
  
  Law360 (7/22/20)
- Roberts Rules
  
  National Review (7/23/20)
- Does DACA ruling pose threat to Obamacare?
  
  Modern Healthcare (7/24/20)
- Constitutional law professor explains while Neil Gorsuch’s ‘proud textualist’ approach is ‘built on quicksand
  
  AlterNet (7/28/20)
August
- Supreme Court Leaks Don’t Lead Anywhere Good
  
  Bloomberg Opinion (8/1/20)
- The Supreme Court is Leaking. That’s a Good Thing
  
  Washington Post (8/3/20)
- More than 150 law school deans want mandated bias training for law students
  
  The College Fix (8/4/20)
- Pence says Chief Justice John Roberts has been ‘a disappointment to conservatives'
  
  CNBC (8/6/20)
- Why Critics think Trump’s executive order on evictions is ‘deeply misleading,’
  
  The Week (8/6/20)
- Mnuchin open door to narrower COVID-19 aid through 2020
  
  Reuters (8/9/20)
- Trump signs executive orders enacting $400 unemployment benefit, payroll tax cut after coronavirus stimulus talks stall
  
  USA Today (8/10/20)
- Trump just signed an order to give an extra $400 in weekly unemployment benefits. Is that legal?
  
  Fortune (8/10/20)
- The top 3 unanswered questions about Trump’s executive orders on coronavirus relief
  
  USA Today (8/10/20)
- Pro-Police Groups File Suit, Seeking to Paint ‘Blue Lives Matter’ on New York City Street
  
  Hamodia (8/11/20)
- Supreme Court ruling on employment discrimination could affect transgender bathroom policies
  
  Washington Times (8/11/20)
- COVID-19 and the Costs of Unsteady Administration
  
  The Bulwark (8/13/20)
- Trump’s executive orders: can he do that?
  
  Capital Press (8/13/20)
- USM president’s BLM statement and ‘antiracism pledge’ troubling for many reasons
  
  MaineWire.com (8/13/20)
- Dole Institute Fall 2020 Virtual Programs
  
  WIBW 13 News (Kansas) (8/28/20)
September
- CDC’s Eviction Moratorium Is An Unconstitutional Power Grab
  
  Foundation for Economic Education (9/4/20)
- Does the CDC Have the Authority to Ban Evictions as Trump Has Proposed?
  
  PJMedia (9/4/20)
- CDC’s Eviction Moratorium is Unlawful, Unconstitutional
  
  Competitive Enterprise Institute Blog (9/8/20)
- Texas State Bar Defies Attorney General on Anti-Bias Rule
  
  Courthouse News Service (9/10/20)
- Texas Bar Drops Proposal To Limit President's Powers
  
  Law360 (9/10/20)
- The fourth branch of government is on its way to displacing Congress
  
  Washington Post (9/11/20)
- Biden and Trump Now Agree: The President Has No Authority to Impose a Nationwide Mask Mandate
  
  Reason (9/18/20)
- The Most Important Woman Lawyer in the History of the Republic
  
  Politico (9/18/20)
- Fate of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Papers Is Unclear
  
  Law.com (9/19/20)
- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leaves Behind Lasting Impression
  
  Fox News (9/19/20)
- Arizonan on Trump’s Short List for Supreme Court has low profile
  
  Cronkite News - Arizona PBS (9/19/20)
- Shorthanded High Court Risks Deadlock on Google, Delaware Cases
  
  Bloomberg Law (9/21/20)
- Some urge Democrats to expand the Supreme Court if they take power in 2021. Could they do that?
  
  USA Today (9/21/20)
- Without Ginsburg, Supreme Court Could Rule Three Ways on Obamacare
  
  New York Times (9/21/20)
- Is Kamala Harris the Democrats’ secret to stopping Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee?
  
  Mercury News (9/21/20)
- Supreme Court: Would Trump pick inevitably mean a sharp right turn?
  
  The Christian Science Monitor (9/24/20)
- Vance, Trump Square Off Over Subpoena at Appellate Court
  
  Wall Street Journal (9/25/20)
- After Ginsburg’s Death, high stakes for Texas’ legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act
  
  Texas Tribune (9/25/20)
- Is Obamacare in Danger?
  
  National Review (9/25/20)
- Trump Nominates Conservative Judge Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court
  
  San Francisco Chronicle (9/26/20)
- How Amy Coney Barrett would Reshape the Court - and the Country
  
  Politico (9/26/20)
October
- Ethics opinion helps define ABA guidance on professional misconduct
  
  ABA Journal (10/1/20)
- Are Bill De Blasio and Andrew Cuomo Targeting New York City’s Jews?
  
  Newsweek (10/7/20)
- She Never Answered the Question: Pence Presses Harris over Expanding Supreme Court
  
  USA Today (10/8/20)
- Do Cuomo’s coronavirus shutdown orders trample the First Amendment?
  
  City & State NY (10/9/20)
- While Democrats Argue Barrett Will Kill Obamacare, Legal Experts are Skeptical
  
  The Washington Free Beacon (10/12/20)
- Fact-checking Biden’s claim that Barrett’s SCOTUS confirmation process is “not constitutional,”
  
  CNN (10/13/20)
- Joe Biden says Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination is unconstitutional. Even the CNN fact check says that is flat out false
  
  The Blaze (10/13/20)
- ‘Blasphemy’ is non-halachic Jews name-calling Haredim
  
  Forward (10/15/20)
- Far Rockaway Jewish School Brings Lawsuit over Cuomo’s Shutdown
  
  Hamodia (10/18/20)
- Judiciary Committee Votes to move Amy Coney Barrett forward for confirmation
  
  Washington Times (10/22/20)
- Hundred of Lawsuits move through courts breaking record before election day
  
  Washington Times (10/25/20)
- Amy Coney Barrett to face election challenges after confirmation
  
  Washington Times (10/26/20)
- The Longest Election Day?
  
  Hamodia (10/29/20)
- Biden, Putin agree on national mask mandates
  
  Washington Times (10/30/20)
November
- Fact Check: Can the President enact a nationwide mask mandate?
  
  CNN (11/1/20)
- Joe Biden would implement public mask mandate
  
  Washington Times (11/1/20)
- U.S. Supreme Court offers partial victory to Black Lives Matter activist after policeman sues
  
  The Advocate (11/2/20)
- Election 2020: Houstonians protests against Trump's calls to stop vote count
  
  KTRK 13 Houston (ABC Affiliate) (11/4/20)
- Law professors weigh in on 2020 election lawsuits in 4 states
  
  KHOU 11 Houston (CBS Affiliate) (11/5/20)
- Trump campaign cries foul, files lawsuit over vote counting
  
  Washington Times (11/5/20)
- The Media Faces a Potential Post-Election Future Without Trump
  
  New York Times (11/6/20)
- Law professors weigh in on President Trump's legal battle
  
  KHOU 11 Houston (CBS Affiliate) (11/7/20)
- Election law expert says Pres. Donald Trump legal challenges won't succeed
  
  KTRK 13 Houston (ABC Affiliate) (11/7/20)
- Can Trump overturn US election result? Here’s How Likely Desperate Don’s chances are
  
  The Daily Mirror (11/8/20)
- Biden Readies Executive Orders to Reverse Trump Policies
  
  PJMedia (11/8/20)
- Texas goes to Supreme Court to challenge 'flawed' election results in four swing states
  
  Washington Times (11/8/20)
- Obamacare Stakes Rise at Supreme Court as Election Dooms Easy Fix
  
  Bloomberg (11/9/20)
- Stock markets rally on Biden presidency, Covid-19 vaccine news
  
  Quartz (11/9/20)
- Supreme Court Hears Case Threatening Obamacare, But It's Unlikely the Justices Will Kill It
  
  CBN News (11/10/20)
- Health Care Law Looks Primed to Survive Latest Turn at High Court
  
  Courthouse News Service (11/10/20)
- Experts, top Democrats say ACA likely to stand while Republicans slam individual mandate after SCOTUS hearing
  
  Fox News (11/10/20)
- Biden Hopes to Convince Governors to Enact Mask Mandates
  
  Newsmax (11/11/20)
- Biden mask mandate: How a national COVID face mask rule would work
  
  USA Today (11/11/20)
- Radio Free Europe (Romania) to Discuss Election Litigation
  
  Radio Free Europe (11/12/20)
- Justice Alito speech on polarizing issues prompts calls to reform Supreme Court
  
  ABC News (11/13/20)
- Joe Biden's plans for mask mandates nationwide will be an early test of his power of persuasion
  
  CNN (11/19/20)
- Judges star in COVID-inspired Hamilton music video
  
  Legal Cheek (11/19/20)
- Biden eyes lawsuit to force Trump cooperation with transition team
  
  Washington Times (11/20/20)
- Supreme Court Declines to Rush Review of Obamacare Appeal
  
  Bloomberg Law (11/23/20)
- U.S. Supreme Court Overturns New York's Strict Limits on Houses of Worship
  
  Hamodia (11/26/20)
December
- The CDC’s Eviction Moratorium Is Neither Necessary Nor Legally Sound
  
  Reason (12/1/20)
- Supreme Court Rules The Constitution Matters, Even In A Pandemic
  
  The Federalist (12/1/20)
- The Supreme Court Didn’t Overlook COVID, It Required Equal COVID Rules For Worship
  
  The Federalist (12/1/20)
- Gun groups see Supreme Court with Amy Coney Barrett as more sympathetic
  
  Washington Times (12/2/20)
- Houston lawyer helps Supreme Court decision to block executive order that violates First Amendment
  
  Jewish Herald-Voice (12/3/20)
- California’s COVID limits on churches in legal jeopardy
  
  CalMatters (12/4/20)
- California Churches Stuck in Limbo After Supreme Court Decision
  
  Reason (12/4/20)
- How Do You Solve a Problem Like John Durham
  
  Lawfare (12/4/20)
- In election cases, Trump-appointed judges rule against Trump and allies, express skepticism
  
  ABA Journal (12/4/20)
- Barrett Inspires New Religious Challenges To COVID-19 Rules
  
  Law360 (12/7/20)
- Should the Biden administration prosecute Trump?
  
  Law360 (12/9/20)
- Analysis-Texas tries to overturn the U.S. election result. Can it succeed?
  
  Reuters (12/9/20)
- Paxton’s election fraud lawsuit is a non-starter but smart politics, legal experts say
  
  KPRC 2 Houston (NBC Affiliate) (12/9/20)
- 'It's a frivolous case': Legal experts weigh in on lawsuit seeking to overturn election results
  
  KHOU 11 Houston (CBS Affiliate) (12/10/20)
- We Can’t “Look Forward” on the Trump Administration’s Abuses
  
  Lawfare (12/11/20)
- These GOP members of Congress from Virginia, Maryland back Texas suit to overturn election
  
  Washington Post (12/11/20)
- Kevin McCarthy joins TX lawsuit to overturn election. What about other CA lawmakers?
  
  Fresno Bee (12/11/20)
- Regional COVID-19 death toll rises to more than 600, statewide toll nears 24,000
  
  KWTX 10 Waco (CBS Affiliate) (12/14/20)
- Meet the Three Texas Judges Trump Named to the Fifth Circuit
  
  Texas Monthly (12/15/20)
- Supreme Court Tells Lower Court to Reconsider Ruling Upholding New Jersey Limits on Religious Gatherings
  
  Hamodia (12/15/20)
- Supreme Court’s Cuomo Rebuke Has Nationwide Ripple Effect
  
  The Washington Free Beacon (12/16/20)
- Supreme Court declines to hear religious liberty challenge against school closures
  
  Post Millennial (12/18/20)