Josh Blackman is a constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston and the President of the Harlan Institute. Follow him @JoshMBlackman.
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The Coming Storm Over the Comptroller General
If the Comptroller General is an Executive Branch Officer, he could be removed at will, and his suit against the President would not be justiciable.
The Law No Longer Listens To Justice Kennedy
Justice Kennedy's new book reminds me how grateful I am the law no longer listens to him.
Why Can't The Court Schedule Emergency Docket Conferences?
Justice Kagan peels back the curtain on the Court's failure to schedule conferences for emergency cases.
Supreme Court of Texas Likely to Remove ABA as "Final Say" on Accreditation
"The Court is of the tentative opinion that the ABA should no longer have the final say on whether a law school’s graduates are eligible to sit for the Texas bar exam and become licensed to practice law in Texas."
Would A Subsidy To Encourage Young Men and Women To Marry Be Constitutional?
The government would offer a graduated subsidy, based on the age of the mother, to marry under the age of 30, with the goal of promoting natural child conception.
The First Liberty Institute Is A Defender Of The Jewish People
Unfortunately, FLI is being lumped in with another group that made an unfair and uninformed attack on Rebecca Taibleson's rabbi.
See The Entire Constitution At The National Archives
The Constitution, the "Fifth Page," and all 27 Amendments are on display.
Some Things We Learn From Justice Barrett's New Book
Chapter 4 on "Deciding a case" offers some insights that we didn't know, or at least didn't know for certain.
Would Jimmy Kimmel Have Standing To Bring a Jawboning Claim Under Murthy?
Whatever standing rule applies to the red team should apply to the blue team.
What It Means To Be A (Politically) Conservative Jew
Rebecca Taibleson stated it plainly: "If you were Jewish and conservative, you had to really mean it, and we did."
New on NRO: "This Constitution Day, Celebrate the Triumph of Originalism"
"As we celebrate the Constitution’s 238th birthday, originalism is now the dominant approach — on the left and the right — to interpret the Constitution."
Introducing the Third Edition of "The Heritage Guide to the Constitution"
Attend the live virtual launch on Constitution Day at 9:30 a.m.
An Unfair and Uninformed Attack On Rebecca Taibleson's Jewish Faith
The Jewish Federation is a widely regarded Jewish charity that supports all Jews, and it is beyond the pale to attack a person based on their Rabbi.
On Charlie Kirk's Assassination
Every time a controversial speaker steps foot on a college campus, there is a risk.
Noem v. Perdomo Is Grants Pass Redux
Can the government criminalize the state of being?
Justice Kavanaugh Continues To Be The Only Justice To Explain Emergency Docket Orders
And Justice Kavanaugh has come a long way since using the term "noncitizen" instead of "illegal alien."
Farewell to the TaxProfBlog
Blogging can be a thankless and burdensome task. We should all be grateful for Dean Paul Caron's many year or service.
