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3 Sep 2018, 9:01 pm
Ohio State football is a lot like the New York Yankees and the New England Patriots. [read post]
12 Aug 2018, 9:01 pm
I cringe when I hear folks express a fear that a Supreme Court nominee is likely to “use his position as a judge to legislate from the bench. [read post]
5 Aug 2018, 9:01 pm
Board of Education) involve overruling past cases that were wrongly decided.Moreover, as my elder brother, Yale Law Professor Akhil Amar, and I argued many years ago when tackling this question, I think this “special justifications” approach wrongly submerges the meaning of the Constitution itself and improperly elevates the importance of the justices’ decisions. [read post]
20 Jul 2018, 5:29 am
Dean Vikram Amar of Illinois Law wants to make very sure that everyone knows this is "not a joint enterprise in any way. [read post]
15 Jul 2018, 9:01 pm
Now that Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper has submitted a sufficient number of signatures for his bid to split California into three separate states—Cal3, as it is called—to qualify for the November general election ballot, commentators are beginning to discuss the political and legal obstacles the measure faces—hurdles I flagged and analyzed in a number of Verdict columns, including here and here.Among the legal stumbling blocks currently being talked about is the… [read post]
12 Jul 2018, 9:01 pm
It looks like Justice Anthony Kennedy will be replaced by one of his former clerks, DC Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 9:01 pm
Immigration issues have dominated the headlines for the past three weeks, if not longer. [read post]
18 Jun 2018, 4:02 am
” Additional commentary comes from Vikram David Amar and Alan Brownstein at Justia’s Verdict blog, who remark that “what may be most memorable and important in this opinion is not the analytic moves it makes, but the tone it employs and the message about respect, civility, and dignity it tries to send. [read post]
14 Jun 2018, 9:01 pm
One of the most contentious cases of the Supreme Court’s term has been Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. [read post]
13 Jun 2018, 4:33 am
Scholar Vikram David Amar from the University of Illinois has written about the California statehood proposals. [read post]
5 Jun 2018, 7:02 pm
But Akhil and Vikram Amar have cogently argued that the Act is in fact unconstitutional inasmuch as the Constitution requires that the Congress designate an "officer" of the U.S. to succeed to a vacant presidency, and members of Congress are simply not such "officers. [read post]
31 May 2018, 9:01 pm
The tension between states and localities, on the one hand, and federal authorities, on the other, over so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions has been one of the most politically charged federalism flashpoints since President Trump took office. [read post]
17 May 2018, 9:01 pm
All of this is a good reminder that there is often more than one way to get where you want to constitutionally go.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 May 2018, 9:01 pm
It is usually a happy coincidence when my two professional roles—constitutional scholar/teacher and academic administrator—come together in a work task. [read post]
18 Apr 2018, 9:01 pm
It is time for an update on a proposal—about which I wrote two columns (the second of which is here) last summer—that seeks to carve California up into three separate states. [read post]
13 Apr 2018, 9:30 am
Dershowitz expressed similar concerns about uncontrolled special prosecutors in the Libby case, joining other academics, including Vikram Amar and Robert Bork, in an amicus brief raising the question of whether the appointment of Fitzgerald violated the appointments clause of the Constitution. [read post]
13 Apr 2018, 9:30 am
Dershowitz expressed similar concerns about uncontrolled special prosecutors in the Libby case, joining other academics, including Vikram Amar and Robert Bork, in an amicus brief raising the question of whether the appointment of Fitzgerald violated the appointments clause of the Constitution. [read post]
10 Apr 2018, 9:01 pm
In a recent Verdict column, my colleague Vikram Amar discussed the winner-take-all method of determining who is sent to vote for president in the Electoral College. [read post]
6 Apr 2018, 10:30 am
Vikram Amar (Dean, Illinois), First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of ABA Reaccreditation Of Law Schools Darren Bush (Houston) & Jessica Peterson (Durham Jones & Pinegar, P.C.), Jukin’ the Stats:... [read post]
4 Apr 2018, 9:01 pm
Before teaching, Professor Amar spent a few years at the firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. [read post]
