Josh Blackman is a constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and the President of the Harlan Institute. Follow him @JoshMBlackman.
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Joan Biskupic Breaks Some News About Pavan v. Smith and Masterpiece Cakeshop
Did Roberts and Kennedy swap votes to GVR Pavan and grant Masterpiece?
West Virginia Legislature Enacts RFRA, With Abortion Carveout
WV is looking to get ahead of RFRA-challenges to post-Dobbs litigation.
Harlan Institute-Ashbrook Virtual Supreme Court—Round of 4
The top 4 teams of HS Students presented oral argument in Students for Fair Admission v. UNC.
Do Court-Appointed Prosecutors Violate The Separation of Powers?
Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh argue they do, in defense of--checks notes--Steven Donziger.
Disqualifying Apex Officials Due To Perceived Conflicts Of Interest
In Israel and in the United States.
Will Havens Realty Be "Abandoned" Like The Lemon Test?
Another Burger Court precedent is on the chopping block.
Joan Biskupic's Barely-There Exclusives
Gone are the days that Biskupic told us things we didn't already know.
Higher education faces an inflection point with DEI
Stanford Law School was just the cardinal in the coal mine.
Democracy Died in Darkness in Harvard Trial Sidebars
Judge Allison Burroughs refused to unseal an anti-asian joke shared by a federal employee to Harvard's Dean of Admissions.
In January, ChatGPT Failed The Bar. In March, GPT-4 Exceeds The Nationwide Student Average
We are now witnessing a remarkable growth in ability in a very short period of time.
Separating the Juice From the Pulp At Stanford
How should SLS squeeze out students who violated the code of conduct?
Is The DEI Juice Worth The Squeeze?
The debacle at Stanford Law School is the logical conclusion of DEIdeology.
Happy 100th Birthday to Senator, Undersecretary, and Judge James L. Buckley
A remarkable life, with service in all three branches of government.
Did You Lie About COVID During The Pandemic?
Parents were often not truthful about whether their children were vaccinated or needed to quarantine.
Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Just Got A Lot More Real
If the Supreme Court upholds Pennsylvania's personal jurisdiction statute, residents of East Palestine, Ohio can sue the railroad in Philadelphia.