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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Apply for the 9th Annual James Wilson Fellowship
"The Institute will make a place for about 15 Fellows who are law students, clerks, or lawyers and legal academics no more than 8 years since graduated from law school."
SCOTX Holds that SCOTUS Was Wrong, Justice Thomas Was Right, and Jonathan Mitchell Is Still A Genius
The Supreme Court of Texas brings the offensive litigation against S.B. 8 to an end.
Goodbye Roberts Brief. Hello Barrett Brief.
Critics of the Independent State Legislature doctrine may as well put Justice Barrett's face on the cover of their briefs.
U.C. Hastings Faculty Send Letter To Concerned Students
"Moreover, we understand that statements of commitment to diversity and inclusion ring hollow when salient issues of racial equity are ignored or discounted in the service of prioritizing the ideal of free speech."
The Ukrainian Embassy in D.C. is Located in William Marbury's Home
In 1992, the Embassy of Ukraine moved to the Forrest-Marbury House.
Introducing the 4th Edition of the Barnett & Blackman Constitutional Law Casebooks
Download the Teacher's Manual, Slides, and Sample Chapters.
Harlan Institute-Ashbrook Virtual Supreme Court Round of 8
The top 8 teams of HS Students presented oral argument in NYS Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
KBJ's HS Yearbook: "I want to go into law and eventually have a judicial appointment"
Mission Accomplished.
Leondra Kruger to the D.C. Circuit?
A consolation prize for the short-list-runner-up?
Will Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Push The Supreme Court To The Right?
Justice Breyer was adept at getting the Chief Justice to moderate. What about Justice Jackson?
A Third Justice Jackson?
Justice Howell Edmunds Jackson, Justice Robert Houghwout Jackson, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Art Lien Is Retiring
The veteran Supreme Court artist will hang up his sketch pad.
Justice Sotomayor's Statement in Oritz v. Breslin
Sotomayor's solo not-quite-dissental, with a shout-out to her former law clerks, is a throwback to a bygone era of substantive due process.
SCOTUS Grants Cert in 303 Creative On Free Speech Question
The Court did not accept the question presented on the Free Exercise Clause.
Final Version of The Irrepressible Myth of Jacobson v. Massachusetts Published
As the pandemic (hopefully) draws to a close, the validity of vaccine mandates and other public health measures remain.
