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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Justice Thomas's Concurrence in Alexander v. SC NAACP
I think Justice Thomas is setting up to find that the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional, at least with regard to redistricting.
The Value of Legislative Drafting Guides
In Brown v. United States, Justice Alito relied on them, but Justice Jackson did not.
On Flags and Collars
RBG wore her dissent jabot the day after the 2016 election.
A Family Affair for President Biden's Nominees To First and Sixth Circuits
CA6 nominee Karla M. Campbell was Judge Stranch's first law clerk, and CA1 nominee Justice Julia M. Lipez is filling the seat her father formerly held.
30 Months After Only Three Justices Would Have Granted Cert in Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, the New York Court of Appeals Holds Fulton Changed Nothing
Decisions from Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett continue to linger.
CFPB v. CFSAA: Originalists v. Traditionalists
The Court's originalists and traditionalists break out into their camps.
Fringe Theory About Justice Alito
A neighborly spat elevated into a conspiracy-theory to disqualify Justice Alito.
Austin Judges Shop For Cases With "Mutual Consent"
Cases in the Austin Division of the Western District of Texas are not "randomly" assigned.
Why did President Biden invoke executive privilege over the recording of his special counter interview, but not the transcript?
"The absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays bare your likely goal—to chop them up, distort them, and use them for partisan political purposes."
Why did Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson Dissent in Robinson v. Landry?
And what would have happened if Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch did not vote to grant the stay?
Louisiana SG Seeks Initial En Banc in 5th Circuit On Whether Section 2 of VRA Has Implied Private Right of Action
"Appellants thus seek to advance judicial economy—as this Court has done—through 'initial en banc hearing … without requiring the matter to percolate uselessly through a panel.'"
Congratulations to the Finalists of the Harlan Institute-Ashbrook Virtual Supreme Court Competition
High School Students from Minnesota and New York argued before a panel of three federal judges and visited the United States Supreme Court.
How I Learned About The Copyright Act's Statute of Limitations
And how it relates to Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy.
"A Message from Jewish Students at Columbia University"
"Contrary to what many have tried to sell you – no, Judaism cannot be separated from Israel. Zionism is, simply put, the manifestation of that belief."
Federal Judges To Boycott Law Clerks From Columbia University Due To "Virulent Spread of Antisemitism"
"Considering recent events, and absent extraordinary change, we will not hire anyone who joins the Columbia University community—whether as undergraduates or law students—beginning with the entering class of 2024."
DACA and ACA Come Full Circle
The Biden Administration "reconsiders" Obama Administration policy from 2012, expands ACA coverage to DACA recipients.
