Sam Bray receives Story (Bator) Award
for excellence in scholarship, teaching, and public impact.
Crime
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
A police schism, a profanity-laced raid, and Mustangs over Berlin.
SCOTUS Still Won't Allow TV Cameras -- But What About Same-Day Audio
The Court has released same-day audio of oral arguments before. Why can't it be a regular practice?
Against (Most) Antitrust Law
The economic benefits of antitrust likely are not worth the costs.
In Defense of the Status Quo
The still-salient case for a biologically-based women's category in elite sport.
On the Biology of Sex, Sex Differentiation, and the Performance Gap
Yes, it is all about testosterone.
The ACLU's Shameful Role in Promoting Antisemitism
By falsely portraying state anti-BDS laws as requiring "loyalty oaths," the ACLU is appealing to latent and blatant antisemitism.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Salt storage, unspeedy trials, and cop-on-cop crime.
Georgia Universities Entitled to Reject Illegal Alien Applicants (Including DACA Recipients)
So holds the Eleventh Circuit, I think quite correctly.
Scalia Law School Receives $50 Million-plus gift
A transformative gift from the estate of the late Judge Allison M. Rouse and Mrs. Dorothy B. Rouse
James Madison on Abuse and Usurpation
An essential distinction for understanding problems vexing the constitutional order
The Executive Power Was an Empty Vessel
The three functions of a "complete" government. [UPDATE: This is Julian Mortenson's post, but I erroneously posted it at first under my own byline -- sorry about that!]
Considering the Law and Politics of Presidential Impeachments
Constitutional Lawyers are Helpful, but Impeachments Require Politics in the Highest Sense
The Executive Power Is the Power to Execute the Laws
Sometimes simplest is best. [UPDATE: This is Julian Mortenson's post, but I erroneously posted it at first under my own byline -- sorry about that!]
Emory Academic Freedom/Free Speech conference: CLE credit available
Attention lawyers: CLE credit is available for the Academic Freedom and Free Speech on Campus conference, to be held at the Emory Conference Center (Atlanta, Ga.) from March 21 to March 23.
Impeachments as a Political Remedy
Deciding When to Impeach Requires Political Judgment, Not Legal Skill
When the Anti-Racists are the Racists: The Case of British Left-Wing Anti-Semitism
The far left acknowledges Jewish corporate existence only when Jews rely on memories of collective oppression to aid left-wing "liberation" movements.
Reconstructing American Politics
Trump, Failed Political Regimes, and the Illiberal Politics of the Future
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Waste and distraction, unclean hands, and defamation on Twitter.
Marijuana Activist Who Live-Streamed Meeting With Congressional Staffer Charged With 'Illegal Wiretap'
Rep. Andy Harris's (R-Md.) office refuses to say whether the congressman supports prosecution of the young activist.
Cops Say Cindy McCain Didn't Catch Toddler Trafficker at Airport
Plus: Lionel Shriver on cultural erasure and Stormy Daniels on strip-club labor laws
Are You a Woman Traveling Alone? Marriott Might Be Watching You.
How big hotel chains became arms of the surveillance state.
The NYPD Is Locking People Up for Crimes It Created Out of Thin Air
Operation Lucky Bag targets people whose actions hurt absolutely no one.
No, Gov. Northam Shouldn't Resign Because of 1984 Blackface/KKK Photo
A 60-year-old is far removed from the 25-year-old he once was.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Inoperable fuzes, sweetened sugar beverages, and sexed cow semen.
California State Bar Gender / Sexual Orientation Options
I'm just registering for my online bar account, and here's what I'm given for a survey they're running about, among other things, professional satisfaction.
My Upcoming Speaking Engagements for the Next Several Months [Updated]
Ilya Somin's upcoming speaking engagements for the next few months, covering topics such as federalism, immigration, "voting with your feet," property rights, and others.
Apply now for the Originalism Summer Seminar
Come to Georgetown Law for a deep dive into originalism theory and practice
