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31 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm
Indeed, at public universities like the one where I serve as a professor and a law dean, it is somewhat ironic (but clearly true) that, as far as the First Amendment is concerned, students have greater First Amendment freedoms than the professors who are charged with teaching them about the First Amendment.Follow @prof_amar Vikram David Amar is the Dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law on the… [read post]
9 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm
Earlier this month Sacramento-based federal district judge Morrison England issued a preliminary injunction blocking implementation of California’s recently enacted law that denies ballot access to presidential (and gubernatorial) candidates who have chosen not to release their tax returns. [read post]
3 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm
Jason: Vik, as you know, last month three Virginia couples sued their state in federal court challenging a law requiring them to identify and report their race on the state’s marriage license application form. [read post]
11 Sep 2019, 9:01 pm
Of course, the North Carolina Supreme Court could conceivably overrule the lower state courts’ understanding of North Carolina law, but it appears that the State Attorney General does not plan a state supreme court appeal, leaving Lewis as the final word on this matter, for now, in the state.Follow @prof_amar Vikram David Amar is the Dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law on the Urbana-Champaign… [read post]
4 Sep 2019, 9:01 pm
As my fellow Verdict columnist Professor Michael Dorf explained in his most recent column, the U.S. [read post]
3 Sep 2019, 9:01 pm
Given the difficulty of amending the Constitution, it will not likely be abolished any time soon.Accordingly, reformers have been seeking to circumvent the Electoral College without a constitutional amendment, based on an idea originally proposed by law professors including my fellow Verdict columnist Dean Vikram Amar. [read post]
16 Aug 2019, 10:00 am
Vikram David Amar (Dean, Illinois), Why Challenges to California’s Tax-Return-Disclosure Law Should Fail (Putting Aside Whether They Will) Bloomberg editorial, Trump’s Tax Returns Are Essential Reading Bloomberg Tax, California Presidential Tax Return Suits Could Be Consolidated Bloomberg Tax, Trump Opposes Consolidation of California Tax Return Lawsuits The Hill, NY Files... [read post]
11 Aug 2019, 9:01 pm
Republican Party leaders and President Trump’s legal team have gone to court to block implementation of California’s newly enacted law that denies ballot access to presidential candidates who have chosen not to release their tax returns. [read post]
5 Aug 2019, 6:10 am
“Paying Tribute to Justice Breyer’s Quarter Century on the Court”: Law professor Vikram David Amar has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict. [read post]
1 Aug 2019, 4:17 am
” At Justia’s Verdict blog, Vikram David Amar notes that “August 3 marks Stephen Breyer’s completion of 25 years of service as a justice. [read post]
31 Jul 2019, 9:01 pm
The recent passing of retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has rightly generated numerous tributes and commentaries discussing the dozens of high-profile opinions he wrote during his almost-35 years on the Court. [read post]
17 Jul 2019, 9:01 pm
One of the most-watched set of Supreme Court cases last term involved efforts by reformers to enlist the federal judiciary in the fight to rein in what some people believe is problematically aggressive partisan gerrymandering. [read post]
1 Jul 2019, 9:01 pm
As is typical, the Supreme Court this year delivered some of its biggest rulings at the end of the term. [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 9:01 pm
June 2019 might become known in Illinois as the month the state legalized marijuana use, but I hope it remains better remembered as the 100th anniversary of Illinois’ ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment—the provision in the Constitution that prohibited discrimination in voting on account of sex. [read post]
21 Jun 2019, 11:00 am
ABA Journal, Mindfulness training helped 1Ls reduce stress and improve well-being, study finds Vikram Amar (Dean, Illinois), What Can Law Profs Learn — From Grading Exam Answers — About How To Write Good Questions? [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 11:00 am
Vikram Amar (Dean, Illinois), What Can Law Profs Learn — From Grading Exam Answers — About How To Write Good Questions? [read post]
17 Jun 2019, 9:01 pm
Last week Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law SB 168, considered one of the strictest measures in the nation to prohibit state and local government entities from becoming so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions within the state. [read post]
24 May 2019, 3:10 am
” At Justia’s Verdict blog, Vikram David Amar discusses the court’s approach to precedent in Franchise Tax Board of California v. [read post]
22 May 2019, 9:01 pm
Last week’s 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court in Franchise Tax Board v. [read post]
19 May 2019, 9:01 pm
From the Right and from the Left, legislatures are considering—and in many cases enacting—laws that have no meaningful chance of surviving judicial challenge under the U.S. [read post]
