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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February 13, 2016
One decade since Justice Scalia's death.
Carrie Prejean Boller Refuses To Address Candace Owens's Anti-Semitic Comments
Owens: "Jewish people were in control of the slave trade." Boller declines to comment.
Staten Island Goes To SCOTUS
The New York nomination process begins on February 24, and the maps have still not been settled.
New in Civitas: Two Hails For The Chief's NDA
"Press conferences would let the American people hear the justices in their own words. And in doing so, the Court would relieve pressure and help to clamp down on leaks."
Seven Pages Of Nixon Grand Jury Testimony Reveal The Real Threat Of the Deep State
Nixon's enemies within his own administration were spying on and trying to subvert the elected President.
Fact-Finding At The Grammys
What is the sound of one Justice clapping?
What Is The Burden Of Proof In Judicial-Council Factfinding?
The 6th Circuit has followed the clear and convincing evidence standard since at least 1993, but the actual rule is silent on this issue.
The Upshot Of The Wynn and Boasberg Complaints: The Code of Conduct Cannot Be Used To Obtain Discovery
The federal judiciary will make no inquiries about whether a judge may have violated the Code of Conduct. The whole burden of proof rests entirely on the complainant.
Heritage VP of Development Clarifies That "Declaration of Independence and Constitution are Foundational to American Exceptionalism"
She did so after she shared an article describing me and Adam Mossoff as "malcontent[s]" who "slowly slither[ed] out the door."
What We Learned From Jodi Kantor's Latest Expose About The SCOTUS NDA
The Chief is now requiring all employees (but likely not the Justices) to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements, which do not seem to be working.
NYT To SCOTUS: "I just want them to know we're watching them."
We learn fascinating insights about how the newspaper of record covers the "holy of holies of American law."
Yoram Hazony's Fifteen Minutes of Infamy
I'm left scratching my head with Hazony's strange remarks around a non-existent fifteen minute video that actually exists.
New in WaPo: "College deans aren't protected by academic freedom"
Ilya Shapiro and I respond to the situation at the University of Arkansas
Yoram Hazony's Speech At The Second International Conference on Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem
"This is an extremely high level of incompetence by the entire anti-Semitism-industrial complex, some of whose representatives are sitting right here in this room."
In Defense of Justice Alito
Ben Aguiñaga, a former law clerk, responds to the gross media smears of Justice Alito.
New in Civitas Outlook: "Anti-Semitism and Anti-Christian Zionism On The Right"
"It is perverse to include Anti-Zionists and cozy up to antisemites."
The Voting Rights Act Asymmetry Splices Staten Island
In New York City, Republicans are the discrete and insular minority.
SCOTUS Summarily Reverses Fourth Circuit, Justice Jackson votes to deny writ of certiorari without opinion
KBJ's dissent from the grant of certiorari, without a written opinion, is fairly rare.
