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Since the start of the pandemic, thorny ethical questions have popped up. Should we force people to wear masks? Who should be first to get the vaccine and can we mandate getting vaccinated? Dr. Patricia Kuszler, professor of law at the Â鶹ÉçÇø, answers questions about ethical concerns of rolling out the vaccine. [This is the third segment on “The Record.”]

In the days before the insurrection attempt on the Capitol, alternative social media site Gab was lighting up about it. Some of the discussion on the social media, which is popular among Trump diehards, veered into a level of specificity that caused alarm among outside observers. Ryan Calo, professor of law at the Â鶹ÉçÇø, is interviewed.

“Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and every other social media company have known for over a decade that their tools would be used in ways that lead to violence — they’ve seen it happen. And they did too little, for too long,” write Ryan Calo, professor of law at the Â鶹ÉçÇø, and Woodrow Hartzog of Northeastern University.

An adjunct nursing professor at Seattle Pacific University filed a lawsuit this week accusing the private Christian university of discriminating against him and refusing him job opportunities because of his sexual orientation. Peter Nicolas, professor of law at the Â鶹ÉçÇø, is quoted.

Washington’s 1889 Constitution includes very special language that establishes a strong right to bear arms coupled with strong language reinforcing the Legislature’s power to control or even ban private militia groups.

The fallout from last week’s chaos at the Capitol continues to play out from all angles, including the role of social media. President Trump’s social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook have all been suspended. Clark Lombardi, professor of law at the Â鶹ÉçÇø, is interviewed.

"There's been a lot of interest over the 25th Amendment over the last 24 hours for sure," said Lisa Manheim, associate professor of law at the University of Washington's School of Law.

Lisa Manheim, a law professor at the University of Washington, said it’s unlikely that either impeachment or the invoking of the 25th Amendment would happen before Jan. 20.

For months, the platforms have been warned about the potential real-world dangers, such as political violence, that could occur when falsehoods about an election are amplified on social media, said Ryan Calo, a cyber law professor at the University of Washington.

Hugh Spitzer explains what our nation’s founding document has to say about the 25th Amendment and impeachment.

Lisa Marshall Manheim is an Associate Professor of law at the University of Washington Law School and spoke to ABC NewsRadio’s Sarah Hall.

Lisa Marshall Manheim, an associate professor of law at the University of Washington, said the call has prompted discussion in legal circles about whether Trump committed a crime by pressuring the Georgia officials. “At best, the president’s call is contemptuous of the process,” Manheim said. “Regardless of whether it’s technically a criminal offense, it is entirely inappropriate.”

After weeks of fighting an election outcome he doesn't like, President Trump is running out of time. But the danger to American democracy will stick around even after President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in. Guest: Lisa Marshall Manheim, Â鶹ÉçÇø law professor and co-author of "The Limits of Presidential Power: A Citizen's Guide to the Law"

While Klippert believes using an electoral college is the best way for an equitable election, it’s not likely to survive a legal challenge, said Hugh Spitzer a University of Washington professor with a 35-year history in state and municipal law.

The combined variables make it far more difficult and costly to get out of subscriptions. It's not a deceptive practice, said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who studies manipulation in digital markets, because merchants usually aren't misrepresenting that customers will be charged monthly. But the fact that a practice isn't deceptive doesn't mean it's fair.

"In this election, we saw judges of all political persuasions refuse to abandon the rule of law," said Lisa Marshall Manheim, a professor at the University of Â鶹ÉçÇø of Law. "This basic commitment should hold. But we can't expect our courts to solve all our political problems. They simply aren't designed for that."

Peter Nicolas, the William L. Dwyer Chair in Law at the University of Washington, agrees that Coney Barret’s history and a more conservative Supreme Court could see some rights and protections for LGBTQ+ people eroded by arguments for religious exemptions to anti-discrimination laws, but says sweeping overturns of rights like LGBTQ+ marriage are unlikely.

Hugh Spitzer, a law professor at the University of Washington who specializes in state and local governments, said he’s not surprised Reykdal would feel constrained by his role.

“The lawsuit has so many fundamental flaws that it’s hard to know where to start. It misstates basic principles of election law and demands a remedy that is both unconstitutional and unavailable,” Lisa Marshall Manheim, a law professor at the University of Washington, wrote in an email. “At core, it’s an incoherent amalgamation of claims that already failed in the lower courts.”

“Texas does not have standing in federal court to vindicate the voting rights of other states’ voters — much less standing to undercut the rights of those voters,” Lisa Marshall Manheim, a professor at the University of Washington Law School, wrote in an opinion piece for The Washington Post.

“It seems to me that it’s incumbent upon those who are behind these efforts to show evidence that they’re having some effect,” says Ryan Calo, law professor and a director of the Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington. “So far, I’ve personally been unconvinced that there’s been any kind of significant showing of efficacy.”

It's not just judges that are rejecting Rudy Giuliani's arguments. A bipartisan group of over 1,500 lawyers have signed an open letter addressed to the American Bar Association, saying Trump's lawyers need to be held accountable.

Hugh Spitzer, professor of law at the Â鶹ÉçÇø, talks about why he signed a letter calling out the activities of President Trump's lawyers after the election.

Â鶹ÉçÇø law school professor Lisa Manheim, who is teaching the election law class, says there are “80 students and counting” signed up.

Experts say Paxton’s lawsuit recycles flimsy allegations of irregularities from challenges that have already failed. For instance, University of Â鶹ÉçÇø of Law professor Lisa Marshall Manheim argued in the Washington Post of Paxton’s case that “it is an uninspired retread of the many state-level claims that already have imploded since Nov. 3. Texas has simply delivered these defective claims in an even worse package.”