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29 May 2019, 5:00 am by Keith Whittington
I would feel more confident in the health of universities if commencement addresses were understood to be an opportunity to stimulate the mind and open a window into the world of ideas to which the students had been exposed on campus, if the thought of inviting a member of the E Street Band or the star of a television sitcom to deliver the commencement address were beyond the pale, and if commencement season were not an annual reminder why large segments of the country view universities as… [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 5:30 am by Keith E. Whittington
A crude tool unlikely to do much good and that might do some harmDuring President Donald Trump's appearance at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference, he made a surprise announcement that he would soon be signing an executive order to improve the free speech climate on college campuses. [read post]
22 Mar 2019, 8:03 am by Keith E. Whittington
Somewhere south of "a work of genius"; somewhere north of "a disaster for our democracy. [read post]
13 Mar 2019, 6:10 pm by Keith E. Whittington
And the senators said to the president, "pretty please? [read post]
12 Mar 2019, 5:30 am by Keith E. Whittington
Impeachment politics in an age of polarizationSpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has recently repeated her longstanding views regarding President Donald Trump and impeachments. [read post]
10 Mar 2019, 5:08 pm by INFORRM
On 9 March 2019 the House of Lords Communications Committed published its report “Regulating in a Digital World” concluding that the digital world needs a different approach to regulation. [read post]
9 Mar 2019, 5:16 am by Anushka Limaye
Stewart Baker posted this week’s episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast, in which he sat down with Gordon Crovitz and Steve Brill, the founders of NewsGuard, to discuss their battle against the “fake news" problem: Keith E. [read post]
7 Mar 2019, 5:30 am by Keith E. Whittington
An essential distinction for understanding problems vexing the constitutional orderI have long found quite useful a distinction that James Madison once made between abuses of power and usurpations of power, and current debates have reminded me of it yet again. [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 5:30 am by Keith E. Whittington
Universities should be proactive about articulating, defending and protecting the free exchange of ideas on campusYesterday, I suggested that universities have a free speech problem, even if they do not necessarily face a free speech crisis. [read post]
5 Mar 2019, 1:50 pm by Keith E. Whittington
If universities do not take steps to address their campus free speech problems, politicians will do it for themPresident Donald Trump's proposed executive order on free speech in universities has once again turned a spotlight on the worries over campus free speech in the United States. [read post]
5 Mar 2019, 7:00 am by Keith E. Whittington
Constitutional Lawyers are Helpful, but Impeachments Require Politics in the Highest SenseI recently wrote a review essay on the law and politics of impeachments, particularly presidential impeachments. [read post]
4 Mar 2019, 5:30 am by Keith E. Whittington
Deciding When to Impeach Requires Political Judgment, Not Legal SkillOver at Lawfare, I have published the latest of a series of posts that I have written over the past several months on the law and politics of presidential impeachments. [read post]
2 Mar 2019, 11:55 am by Keith E. Whittington
Trump, Failed Political Regimes, and the Illiberal Politics of the FutureOn a recent episode of The Bulwark podcast with Charlie Sykes, Reason editor-at-large Nick Gillespie noted that Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan had more in common than we often think, pointing in particular to the deregulatory wave that began under Carter. [read post]
28 Feb 2019, 2:50 pm by Keith E. Whittington
Profs and pols behaving badly in Nebraska Days before the 2016 general election, Republican Rep. [read post]
8 Feb 2019, 12:00 am by karen shephard
University of Virginia School of Law –Keith E. [read post]