What is the difference between firing tenured professors and removing them from required classes?
Professors Amy Wax and Eric Rasmusen were both prohibited from teaching required classes
Crime
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
The Fight of the Century, Moloch worship, and a mountain of contempt sanctions.
"Dueling Platform Policies and Free Speech Online"
A National Constitution Center podcast with Prof. Ellen Goodman (Rutgers) and me.
My Experience on the Supreme Court Bar Line for the DACA Case
I arrived at 3:11 a.m., and almost did not make it into the Court
Another MA Case About Encouragement to Commit Suicide
Prosecutors charging Boston College student's girlfriend with involuntary manslaughter
As Ben Franklin almost said, a throuple can keep a secret – if a couple of them are dead
Episode 284 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
What are the cases in the Constitutional Canon?
We surveyed twelve of the leading constitutional law casebooks
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Open fields, tight handcuffs, and mass shootings.
Free speech and LGBT rights
Almost a century ago, just as the modern First Amendment was born, a little-known gay-rights organization in Chicago emerged from its closet blinking into the daylight
An 8-Year-Old Girl Says She Was Almost Kidnapped. Media and Parents Freaked Out. It Was a Hoax.
Two days later, the cops figured out the story was make believe.
The Fifth Avenue Immunity
Can a State Investigate Alleged Criminal Wrongdoing Involving a Sitting President?
"Explaining Criminal Sanctions in Intellectual Property Law" Symposium Piece Out
Penn's IP journal makes its launch
George Washington and the Emoluments Clauses
The Practices of our First President Suggest That President Trump is not violating the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses
Is intelligence "reform" a self-licking ice cream cone and compliance trap?
Episode 283 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
Severability Doctrine in the Fifth Circuit
At least two judges favor Justice Thomas's approach to severability
Can a federal agency's policy pre-empt state law?
Justices Thomas and Gorusch write that an executive-branch policy is not "'Law' for purposes of the Supremacy Clause."
All Courts Should Abolish the Need for Amici to Seek Leave of the Parties
And pro hac vice fees should be waived for counsel representing amici pro bono
Maui Mayor Won't Settle Clean Water Act Case
Efforts to take Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund off the Supreme Court's docket hit a snag.
Jesus Told Me the Answer
The question was, "Why is Jesus a common name in some Spanish-language cultures, but not other Christian cultures"?
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Golf swingers, a gangrenous finger, and the ancient concept of "frolic."
