Catherine Powell

Law prof • Obama & Biden White House alum • NAACP LDF alum • Coined “Color of Covid” • RT not endorsements • she/her/ella/elle

[Catherine Powell @ProfCatherine]

My latest blog on the key role of women of color in an age of pandemic, policing, and protest #colorofcovid #genderofcovid #BreonnaTaylor @ThinkGlobalHlth https://t.co/biOE98y7Ax

[ABC News @ABC]

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says her colleagues' handling of the Louisiana voting rights case may have compromised the court's impartiality in political matters. https://t.co/O4VhYXUR3q

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

Callais is the latest evidence that the real problem with #SCOTUS is that it can do whatever it wants w/o any fear of pushback from Congress.

The way to fix that is not by expanding the Court or imposing term limits, but by making it *accountable* again:

https://t.co/YvnUt0y1nC

[Janai Nelson @JNelsonLDF]

Following SCOTUS’s abominable voting rights decision in Louisiana v. Callais, Florida’s Legislature jumped at the opportunity to discriminate with impunity and passed DeSantis’ new congressional map. Other states are now on track to pass racist Alito maps. https://t.co/HXLvU7UggB

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow. The Pope was just asked his stance on migration. His answer is amazing:

“I would change the question: what is the global North doing to help the global South in its situation that forces them to migrate.”

[Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) @MyConstitution]

When civil rights groups like SPLC are targeted and intimidated, we are all less safe. It's no surprise that a President who has offered clemency to Proud Boys and Oath Keepers would now go after nonprofits that monitor such dangerous extremist groups. https://t.co/BHWDMpXGkE

[Janai Nelson @JNelsonLDF]

Read my Letter to the Editor at ⁦@WSJ⁩ discrediting the favorable profile that paints Harmeet Dhillon as a rational reformer and fails to examine her egregious anti-civil rights record. As she vies to replace Pam Bondi media must get the facts right. https://t.co/Y9TaLQgA5C

[The Information Society Project @yaleisp]

At this week's Ideas Lunch, Prof. @ProfCatherine came to speak to us about "AI and Constitutional Democracy at 250". Thank you for an inspiring talk!

[The Information Society Project @yaleisp]

Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 12:00PM-1:30PM - Baker Hall 405

Prof. @ProfCatherine (@FordhamLawNYC ) will talk about:

"AI and Constitutional Democracy at 250"

Zoom available for ISP fellows

[Janai Nelson @JNelsonLDF]

1) Today’s SCOTUS argument in Watson v. RNC on whether the longstanding practice of counting mail-in ballots sent by or before Election Day is legal failed to center the impact ending this practice would have on voters of color. LDF, @LawyersComm & others briefed this issue.

[Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) @MyConstitution]

BREAKING: Citing our amicus brief on behalf of Members of Congress, Judge Davila holds that the Trump administration's attempt to defund the CFPB was unlawful. Read our brief: https://t.co/FPwyNYuqjm

[Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) @MyConstitution]

HAPPENING TODAY: From facial recognition to fertility trackers, digital surveillance can create and replicate inequality. Join CAC VP Praveen Fernandes, @ProfCatherine, and Professor Margaret Hu for a virtual conversation on AI and civil rights: https://t.co/g4rp7DXYzd

[Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) @MyConstitution]

From facial recognition to fertility trackers, digital surveillance can create and replicate inequality. Join CAC VP Praveen Fernandes, @ProfCatherine, and Professor Margaret Hu for a virtual conversation on AI and civil rights: https://t.co/g4rp7DXYzd

[Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) @MyConstitution]

CAC Scholar-in-Residence @ProfCatherine spoke to CBS about the legacy of Eunice Hunton Carter, New York's first Black female prosecutor and a key figure in American history. https://t.co/P7rtlrKCTJ

[Fordham Law @FordhamLawNYC]

In recognition of Black History Month, @CBSNews profiles Fordham Law grad Eunice Hunton Carter 1932, New York's first Black female prosecutor.

+ feat. Catherine Powell (@ProfCatherine), the Eunice Hunton Carter Distinguished Research Scholar @ Fordham Law
https://t.co/SRDAoGa3eN

[Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 @Amy_Siskind]

Talk about wag the dog!
Nobody wants this! He doesn’t have the authority to do this. He is trying to change the subject from his age, his failure on every issue, and the Epstein files.

[Fordham Law @FordhamLawNYC]

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, name-dropped Fordham Law Prof. Catherine Powell (@ProfCatherine)'s co-authored @CFR_org brief, while moderating an event w/ Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Watch beg. @ 24:19: https://t.co/n4zZt25oPC

[Council on Foreign Relations @CFR_org]

While dodging scrutiny of its own record, the Trump administration has not foregone criticizing human rights abuses in other countries—albeit on a selective and politicized basis, write Catherine Powell, Beth Van Schaack, and Desirée Cormier Smith. https://t.co/s7fmo5JucS

[ABC News @ABC]

Tennis legend Venus Williams, who's known for a historic fight for equal pay, is now being honored with her own Barbie Inspiring Women doll.
https://t.co/18fEHz75Q5

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

#SCOTUS is now insisting that even unexplained grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration are precedents lower courts have to follow.

As today’s “One First” explains, there are two equally problematic flaws with such an approach to precedent:

https://t.co/Lr0Ec5WFiz

[Dorothy Roberts @DorothyERoberts]

THE MIXED MARRIAGE PROJECT tells my story of growing up in an interracial family in 1960s Chicago & later reckoning with my late father’s interviews with hundreds of Black-white couples spanning nearly a century. Today & tomorrow pre-orders are 25% off from Barnes & Noble. 🔥🙏🏾