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Hanson comments on the limitations Trump faces on immigration policy

Feb 4, 2025 France Info

Jonathan Hanson, professor at the Ford School, spoke with France Info on the checks and balances that persevere through the Trump administration. "The Trump administration would like local law enforcement to cooperate and identify people who are in...

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The early abuses and limitations of Trump's power - Lowande

Feb 2, 2025 NPR

As President Trump rolls out slews of executive orders a day, news outlets are wondering how far Trump plans to stretch his power. Speaking with NPR, the Ford School's Kenneth Lowande offered his opinion on the multitude of executive actions taking...

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Moynihan offers rapid reaction to new administration’s workforce cut proposals

Jan 31, 2025

Ford School Professor Don Moynihan, an expert in the inner workings of the federal government and how government programs affect the public, was widely sought-after in the first days of the Trump administration, as it laid out its plans to...

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Bagenstos gives insider perspective on Trump’s federal funding freeze

Jan 31, 2025

Returning Ford School Professor Sam Bagenstos, Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, is uniquely qualified to comment on the Trump administration’s attempt to halt all federal spending, having just spent four years in Washington, first as...

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Resigning federal employees may be forced to work - Stevenson

Jan 29, 2025 Bloomberg

The Ford School's Betsey Stevenson spoke with Bloomberg following a recent email from the Trump administration encouraging many federal employees to resign. Some have called the offer a "buyout" though Stevenson has noted this is not the case. “If...

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Hausman predicts struggles for Trump's power grid transformation request

Jan 24, 2025 Reuters

President Trump has recently called for a system update on the unreliable U.S. power grids. Specifically, he's looking to tackle one of the most complex areas, long-distance transmission lines.Catie Hausman, a Ford School economics professor, has...

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Hanson on Biden's final actions, gridlock in state legislatures, and Trump's business rooted allegiances

Jan 18, 2025

As the United States prepares for President Trump to take office, the Ford School's Jonathan Hanson has been quoted by a number of news outlets searching for insight on recent and upcoming government activity. Hanson spoke with ABC, MPR, and KCBS on...

State & Hill

Reactions: 2024 elections

Dec 17, 2024

In the days following the 2024 elections, we sought insights from Ford School faculty members: How did we arrive at this point? And where do we go from here? Jenna Bednar, professor of political science and public policy: “The election raised the...

Headshots of Jenna Bednar, Charlotte Cavaillé, Jonathan Hanson, Mara Ostfeld, Ambassador Susan D. Page, and Betsey Stevenson

In the Media

Public less concerned about some indiscretions, Trump nominees "in untested waters" - Hanson

Dec 4, 2024 ABC News

"We're in untested waters," Jonathan Hanson, a political scientist and lecturer in statistics at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, told ABC News.Hanson and other experts said the public has become less concerned...

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Rabe - Presidents have enormous power to change environmental regulations

Dec 3, 2024 The New York Times

Instead, the 1990 reauthorization of the Clean Air Act, a bipartisan effort signed into law by the first President George Bush, was the last time Congress established guidelines for any number of pollution regulations, leaving federal guidelines...

In the Media

Moynihan: Schedule F reinterpretation unlikely

Nov 29, 2024 The Washington Post

Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan who has studied Schedule F, said Trump’s move may go beyond the scope of the law governing the civil service and rests on a novel reading of its powers.“I don’t believe the...

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Domestic producers could raise prices to match tariff-affected imported goods - Deadrdorff

Nov 27, 2024 Time

The higher prices of imported goods could also prompt domestic producers to raise the prices of their goods, according to Alan Deardorff, emeritus professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. Deardorff says the tariffs...

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Deardorff: Tariff talks with Mexico and Canada will "point to a deal"

Nov 27, 2024 WCMU

As for what those conversations might look like Alan Deardorff, an international economics professor at the University of Michigan, said they’ll likely be focused on tightening the border.“I don't think they necessarily have to clamp down instantly,...

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Moynihan warns of removal of civil servants and conflicts of interest in next Trump administration

Nov 24, 2024

The Ford School’s Donald Moynihan has been quoted by many networks for an outlook on the upcoming Trump administration. Moynihan focuses on how the election outcome will likely impact many civil servants and warns of a transition to politically...

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Rabe on states' rights and politics

Apr 26, 2022

During the Trump administration, blue states found comfort in federalism and states' rights, using the system to fight against federal environmental policies. Barry Rabe, J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy, further discussed...

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Lin discusses chilling effect of Trump-era "China Initiative"

Mar 23, 2022 NPR

A professor who was arrested under the Trump administration's China Initiative began his trial this week. Ann Chih Lin, associate professor of public policy and director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, explained how the...

Photo of Ann Chih Lin in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway

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U.S. counterterrorism efforts moving forward - Ali

Sep 21, 2021

Javed Ali, associate professor of practice and counterterrorism expert, provided counterterrorism insights in a number of news outlets this week. "9/11 was such a profoundly important moment, not only in US history, but I would argue in...

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Ciorciari and Ali analyze Afghanistan withdrawal

Aug 16, 2021

With stunning speed, the Taliban has overthrown the Western-backed government of Afghanistan, bringing a chaotic end to a two-decade effort by the United States and others to remake the country. More than 3,500 U.S. and allied troops and tens of...

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Shipan explains Michigan GOP divide

Jul 19, 2021 Detroit Free Press

The Michigan Republican Party is struggling to define itself in the shadow of former President Donald Trump. Some members want to cling to Trump and his rhetoric, while others are trying to distance themselves. Charles Shipan, the J. Ira and Nicki...

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Rabe examines Trump’s “Administrative Presidency” in a new book

Oct 1, 2020

The administration of Donald Trump has used executive orders and regulatory changes in a far-reaching expansion of presidential power to reverse many policies of the Obama administration. In a new book published by the Brookings Institution Press,...

Key decisions hurt Financial Stability Oversight Council in COVID-19 response, says Barr

Apr 2, 2020

In the aftermath of the 2008 recession, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) was established in Title I of the Dodd-Frank Act, tasked to identify and monitor future threats before the next crisis. Now, during the current crisis brought...

Ford School economists comment on Federal response to COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020

A historic $2 trillion relief package has just been approved by Congress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent economic crisis. Professors Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers have weighed in on the relief package and the economic...

Ford School economists: Immediate action can mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19

Mar 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the U.S. economy in unprecedented ways. This week, Ford School economic experts including Ford School dean Michael S. Barr, and professors Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers weigh in on what’s ahead in The New...

Javed Ali on leadership change at the National Counterterrorism Center

Mar 18, 2020

On March 16, President Trump announced his intention to nominate Christopher Miller, currently Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism, as head of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Javed Ali...

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Barry Rabe contributes to New York Times reporting and analysis on greenhouse gas emissions policy

Oct 3, 2019

“If you look at the whole tweet thread, this is remarkably specific,” said Barry Rabe, professor of public policy at the Ford School, in The New York Times article “Trump Defends Plan to Kill California’s Auto-Emissions Authority”. “It almost moves...

Trump administration

Hanson comments on the limitations Trump faces on immigration policy

The early abuses and limitations of Trump's power - Lowande

Moynihan offers rapid reaction to new administration’s workforce cut proposals

Bagenstos gives insider perspective on Trump’s federal funding freeze

Resigning federal employees may be forced to work - Stevenson

Hausman predicts struggles for Trump's power grid transformation request

Hanson on Biden's final actions, gridlock in state legislatures, and Trump's business rooted allegiances

Reactions: 2024 elections

Public less concerned about some indiscretions, Trump nominees "in untested waters" - Hanson

Rabe - Presidents have enormous power to change environmental regulations

Moynihan: Schedule F reinterpretation unlikely

Domestic producers could raise prices to match tariff-affected imported goods - Deadrdorff

Deardorff: Tariff talks with Mexico and Canada will "point to a deal"

Moynihan warns of removal of civil servants and conflicts of interest in next Trump administration

Rabe on states' rights and politics

Lin discusses chilling effect of Trump-era "China Initiative"

U.S. counterterrorism efforts moving forward - Ali

Ciorciari and Ali analyze Afghanistan withdrawal

Shipan explains Michigan GOP divide

Rabe examines Trump’s “Administrative Presidency” in a new book

Key decisions hurt Financial Stability Oversight Council in COVID-19 response, says Barr

Ford School economists comment on Federal response to COVID-19

Ford School economists: Immediate action can mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19

Javed Ali on leadership change at the National Counterterrorism Center

Barry Rabe contributes to New York Times reporting and analysis on greenhouse gas emissions policy

Ali comments on Bolton's exit

Rabe in NYT: Trump administration may be “dialing back” rewrite of car emissions standards

Whitman on Michigan Radio, the ongoing erosion of support for public goods

Whitman in The Conversation: Preserve, don’t cut public goods to make America great

In Bloomberg View, Stevenson identifies “Where Trump should look to cut costs”