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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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.
Ending the Epicycles of the Establishment Clause
Like abortion, separationism has distorted standing doctrine.
Harlan Institute-Ashbrook Virtual Supreme Court - Round of 12
12 Teams of HS Students presented oral argument in Students for Fair Admission v. UNC
Department of Justice v. Texas Judges
Does DOJ actually agree with "a couple of law professors beating a drum on Twitter"?
Making Sense Of The Votes In Bittner v. United States
Why did Justices Kagan and Sotomayor, but not Justice Jackson, join Justice Barrett's dissent?
Justice Kagan Double-Helixes Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh
Kagan: "Kavanaugh, J. (recognizing that the argument may be forfeited, but opining on it anyway)."
Let Me Translate Mike Luttig's New Essay For You
"Mike Pence wouldn't listen to me, so let me blast his lawyers in the N.Y. Times."
Justice Sotomayor: Summary Reversal on the "Shadow Docket" Caused A "Significant Change" In Federal Law
Justice Barrett countered that the SumRev "did not change the content of federal law."
New in WSJ: On Judicial Supremacy in America and in Israel
"The fundamental question in any system of government is: Who decides?"
How Often Do Justices Refer To "My Law Clerk"?
Justices Breyer and Sotomayor did it a lot.
Justice Barrett's Delightfully Nerdy Opinion in Bartenwerfer v. Buckley
The former professor's opinion reads like an impromptu lecture.
WaPo Columnist Says The Quiet Part Out Loud About Attacks On The Judiciary
"A sustained campaign of condemnation isn’t going to push these judges to write liberal opinions, but it could chasten them toward more moderate ones."
