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18 Sep 2020, 6:37 pm
Right now, the Supreme Court has only 8 Justices, and though there are presently 5 conservatives and only 3 liberals, a 4-4 tie is possible, with one vote switch, and Trump might want his person on the Court to lock in a conservative majority.ADDED: The strongest argument for Trump to go right ahead and immediately nominate someone is that President Obama made a nomination in the election year of 2016 when Antonin Scalia died. [read post]
20 Jul 2014, 12:00 am
Even so, reading her opinions and dissents shows why street sense ought to be a prerequisite for serving as a judge.Clarence Thomas looks like an anachronistic crank, taking Antonin Scalia's eccentric theory of originalism to its extreme and writing opinions as though from within a time machine: try as he might, Thomas never will be able to render the 21st century in 18th century terms. [read post]
12 May 2016, 7:18 pm by David Bernstein
A recent Washington Post editorial included this line: “The law school at George Mason is fairly unusual in having a libertarian- and conservative-leaning … student body…” Perusing media coverage of the $30 million gift that led to the renaming of the law school after the late Justice Antonin Scalia, I saw several other news stories and blog posts (whose links I didn’t save) asserting, without any evidence, that the law school has a… [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 7:44 am by Anonymous
  The vacancy was created by the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia last year on February 13, 2016.Born in Denver, Colorado, he moved to Washington, D.C. when his mother, Anne Gorsuch Burford, was appointed as the first female head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. [read post]
31 Dec 2016, 10:02 pm by Howard Friedman
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. [read post]
19 Aug 2018, 6:09 am by Brooke
  Also at the site a review of Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine by Kelly Fanto Deetz.In The New Yorker is a review of Julian Jackson's A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle.The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption by Richard L. [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 6:24 am by David Markus
There was no explanation, but the justices apparently were looking for an opportunity to decide the more narrow issue on when the drugs could be prescribed.Another case — on a fundamental civil rights rule that a public policy may be found discriminatory because of its results, rather than any biased intent — was scuttled when the lawsuit was settled just before oral arguments.The court got rid of one case after it became clear during oral arguments that it had fundamental flaws… [read post]
21 Mar 2018, 2:15 pm
Through hiring the best lawyers, choosing the best cases, and persisting as only tireless business entities can, corporations have often gained recognition of their rights earlier than the other disadvantaged groups who are typically central to the study and discussion of civil rights.You can find reviews of We the Corporations here, here, here, and here.Next up will be my thoughts on The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption by Richard… [read post]
13 Feb 2021, 1:26 am by Sophie Corke
Attendees will unfortunately not have the opportunity to meet in New York City, but they will be able to 'learn, debate, and have fun' online.Vacancies and OpportunitiesThe Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School has opened a call for applications for its Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowships, with further information available here.Maastricht University is seeking a PhD candidate… [read post]
3 Jan 2023, 9:46 am by Katherine Pompilio
Cyber Command Program Officer, National Governing Institutions, The Hewlett Foundation Research Assistant, Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative Professor of Practice for National Security, Cybersecurity, and Foreign Relations Law, The George Washington University Law School Impact Associate/Paralegal, Protect Democracy Research Assistant, National Security Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University Request for Resumes, Department of Defense Office of the… [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 12:00 am
Justice Antonin Scalia, at oral argument, summarized Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion before it was written: protection for voting rights is a “racial entitlement” that must give way to states’ sovereignty. [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 2:31 pm by The Federalist Society
And now, to discuss the case, we have Adam Mossoff, who is Professor of Law and Co-Director of Academic Programs and Senior Scholar of CPIP, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. [read post]
23 Apr 2013, 9:38 am by Guest Blogger
“There is no precedent” for such a proposition, as Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the Court, reaffirmed just last Term. [read post]
4 Jan 2017, 11:00 am by Eugene Volokh
So since there are still at least five votes on the court for the majority position in NFIB and King (and would be five votes for it in Hobby Lobby, if Justice Antonin Scalia’s replacement shares his views in that case), the bill would essentially have no effect, at least until one of the liberals or Chief Justice John Roberts retires. [read post]
11 Jun 2015, 6:57 am by David Markus
Even without Justice Thomas’s dissenting opinion, which only Justice Antonin Scalia joined, it would have been obvious that something was afoot, but we wouldn’t have known exactly what.And the 11th Circuit just granted a state habeas for a potential Miranda violation. [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 5:15 am by David Markus
Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas have avoided it for years. [read post]
13 Nov 2018, 2:20 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
" Before taking the reins at OIRA, Rao was a Professor at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, where she founded the law school's Center for the Study of the Administrative State (where I am a Senior Fellow). [read post]
29 May 2023, 12:00 pm by David Oscar Markus
Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who enjoyed an across-the-aisle friendship over many years together on the Court (even if it didn’t manifest itself in their votes or opinions). [read post]