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14 Dec 2016, 9:01 pm
Before teaching, Professor Amar spent a few years at the firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 9:01 pm
Let’s hope that the absence of school-specific statistics for the February 2016 exam was an aberration, and that when the more detailed statistics for July 2016 come out later this month or early next, school-by-school data is provided (at least for schools with a large enough number of takers so as to make any concerns about identifying individual takers baseless.)Follow @prof_amar Vikram David Amar is the Iwan Foundation Professor of… [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 9:01 pm
”Follow @prof_amar Vikram David Amar is the Iwan Foundation Professor of Law and the Dean at the University of Illinois College of Law. [read post]
3 Nov 2016, 5:00 pm
In July, in the aftermath of FBI Director James Comey’s wrong-headed decision to go public with the recommendations he was making to prosecutors in the DOJ that there was no plausible basis for prosecution of Hillary Clinton arising out of her email transgressions (and equally wrong-headed decision to opine about matters that went beyond whether prosecution was warranted), I wrote a column for this website identifying broader constitutional lessons to be gleaned from the episode.Since, as… [read post]
20 Oct 2016, 9:01 pm
In addition to eliminating the possibility of a divisive prosecution, such a bipartisan gesture would appear more legitimate and might even begin to repair what this ugly campaign has broken.Follow @prof_amar Vikram David Amar is the Iwan Foundation Professor of Law and the Dean at the University of Illinois College of Law. [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 9:01 pm
Given that this week is the first in the Supreme Court’s new Term, it is hardly surprising that I will devote today’s column to a case on the Court’s docket this week. [read post]
22 Sep 2016, 9:01 pm
Columns on this website that examine judicial rulings tend to focus on the very last stage of litigation—a U.S. [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 9:01 pm
Late last month, a federal trial court in Texas issued a nationwide order preventing the federal Department of Education (DOE), as well as a number of other federal agencies, from enforcing—anywhere in the country—their “interpretation of the definition of ‘sex’ in the various written directives … as applied to Title IX … and Title VII” (which are federal laws that prohibit certain entities from discriminating on the basis of sex). [read post]
24 Aug 2016, 9:01 pm
In a very unusual recent law review essay, University of Chicago (emeritus) law Professor Al Alschuler seeks to expose what he sees as judicial wrongdoing by Frank Easterbrook, a prominent judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (who came to the bench after a prolific career as a law professor and legal scholar, also at the University of Chicago.) [read post]
11 Aug 2016, 9:01 pm
Sometimes when a lawmaking body adopts a new rule that seeks to promote the protection of civil liberties, the effort backfires. [read post]
26 Jul 2016, 7:40 am
" Law professor Vikram David Amar has this essay today at Justia.com's "Verdict. [read post]
25 Jul 2016, 9:01 pm
A few weeks ago, the U.S. [read post]
14 Jul 2016, 9:01 pm
So the idea of President Obama pardoning Clinton while he still has the power is not entirely fanciful.Follow @prof_amar Vikram David Amar is the Iwan Foundation Professor of Law and the Dean at the University of Illinois College of Law. [read post]
30 Jun 2016, 9:02 pm
The biggest problem with the Supreme Court’s affirmative action case law over the last four decades is the lack of candor (some would say dishonesty) in the way the Court discusses the constitutional limits on government’s ability to use race. [read post]
16 Jun 2016, 9:01 pm
Donald Trump’s calls for the judge presiding over the federal fraud lawsuit against Trump University, Gonzalo Curiel, to remove himself from the case because of ethnicity-inspired bias against Mr. [read post]
2 Jun 2016, 9:01 pm
Perhaps the reason the Harris Court did not discuss justiciability at all is that the plaintiff’s allegations of significant partisan motivation were factually baseless in any event, but had Justice Scalia remained on the Court, I would not have been surprised to see him comment on whether the Court should be reaching the merits at all.As in so many other areas, the Court in this setting is different in his absence.Follow @prof_amar Vikram… [read post]
20 May 2016, 8:52 am
"(Yet) Another Obamacare Lawsuit Raises Issue Whether the House Can Sue the President": Law professor Vikram David Amar has this essay today at Justia.com's Verdict. [read post]
19 May 2016, 9:01 pm
Here they (or we, depending on point of view) go again—yet another complicated lawsuit seeking to mortally wound the Affordable Care Act (popularly known as Obamacare) is wending its way through the federal courts. [read post]
12 May 2016, 11:55 am
That is the title of a post on Justia's Verdict site.Written by Vikram David Amar and Greg Miarecki (University of Illinois College of Law), these tips are specific and practical.If you don't have time to read the post, browse this short version of their ten tips:Exhibit a positive, enthusiastic attitude.Don't be afraid to come in early and stay late.Focus on the larger unit or organization.Do and show your best work.Communicate and interact in a manner… [read post]
5 May 2016, 9:01 pm
Follow @prof_amar Vikram David Amar is the Iwan Foundation Professor of Law and the Dean at the University of Illinois College of Law. [read post]
