Press Releases and Media Mentions



Advocates Defend Amicus Briefs Supporting the Preservation of Jackson Park

Press Release: November 12, 2021

The Library in the Park

SoCHIology Podcast, October 2021


SCOTUS to save Jackson Park?

Richard A. Epstein, WLS-AM, August 19, 2021


A Modest Proposal for Jackson Park

W. J. T. Mitchell, Op-Ed, Chicago SunTimes, August 16, 2021


Contesting Obama’s Footprint

Glenn Loury & Richard Epstein | The Glenn Show, July 23, 2021


Obama Presidential Center. Right project, wrong location

Jamie Kalven, Op-ed, Chicago Tribune, July 19, 2021


Holding out hope for a different site for the Obama Presidential Center

Daniel Dillon, Chicago, Letter to the Editor, Chicago Tribune, July 19, 2021


Soldier Field revamp hit taxpayers hard. So will the Obama center

Michael Rachlis and Richard A. Epstein, Op-Ed, Chicago Tribune, June 28, 2021


Obama Presidential Center Delay to Set Modern Record

John McCormick, The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2021

Seven Plaintiffs Including Protect Our Parks File a Preliminary Injunction to Halt Construction In and Around Historic Jackson Park

Press Release: June 15, 2021


A Challenge to the Obama Foundation

W.J.T. Mitchell, Letter to the Editor, Hyde Park Herald, June 14, 2021


The Obama Library is coming to Chicago. Will local residents be displaced?

Taylor Moore, The Guardian, May 24, 2021


Shoked gets OPC lawsuits wrong

Richard A. Epstein and Michael Rachlis: May 3, 2021