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[Jonathan H. Adler] Justice Thomas Had No Majority Opinion from October Sitting, But Still Wrote More Than Any Other Justice

9 Jun 2023, 7:49 am by Jonathan H. Adler

[Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson may speak the most at oral argument, but Justice Thomas is writing more pages.] [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Justice Sotomayor Tells Law Professors She Felt "Shell Shocked" After Last Supreme Court Term

5 Jan 2023, 11:18 am by Jonathan H. Adler

[A brief report on Justice Sonia Sotomayor's remarks to the Assocation of American Law Schools conference.] [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Understanding Why Judge O'Connor Was Wrong to Conclude Plaintiffs Had Standing to Challenge the Penalty-Less Individual Mandate

21 Dec 2018, 3:50 pm by Jonathan H. Adler

Judge O'Connor was wrong to conclude that two individuals who would prefer not to purchase health insurance had standing to challenge the law.Last week, Judge Reed O'Connor of the U.S. [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Testifying on "What's Wrong with the Supreme Court: The Big Money Assault on Our Judiciary"

9 Mar 2021, 7:04 pm by Jonathan H. Adler

[Presenting an alternative view as a minority witness before the Senate Judiciary Committee.] [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] How Northwestern University is throwing academic freedom under the bus (and wasting money) under the guise of Title IX compliance

29 May 2015, 7:55 am

Laura Kipnis is a professor at Northwestern University. [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Supreme Court Addresses Life Sentences for Juveniles and Exhaustion for Social Security Claimants' Appointment Clause Challenges

22 Apr 2021, 7:28 am by Jonathan H. Adler

[SCOTUS released three decisions this morning, as we await big decisions concerning religious liberty, the Affordable Care Act, and some meaty administrative law questions. ] The Supreme Court issued three opinions this morning, though not in any of the term's most watched cases concerning religious liberty, administrative agencies, and the Affordable Care Act. [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Sixth Circuit Finds Government Seizure of Home's Equitable Title to Satisfy Tax Debt Was a Taking

13 Oct 2022, 2:52 pm by Jonathan H. Adler

[An important victory against "self-dealing" by state and local governments.] [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Why Efforts to Invoke Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to Keep Donald Trump Off the Ballot May Fail

31 Aug 2023, 10:40 am by Jonathan H. Adler

[Election law expert Derek Muller reminds us that we have seen these sorts of claims before.] [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] It turns out Nancy MacLean’s ‘Democracy in Chains’ is ‘a work of speculative historical fiction’

30 Jun 2017, 5:25 pm by Jonathan H. Adler

Duke University’s Michael Munger has written an extensive review and response to Nancy MacLean’s “Democracy in Chains. [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] No, Mississippi’s new gun bill does not constitute ‘nullification.’ (It’s not even close.)

1 Apr 2016, 8:17 am by Jonathan H. Adler

(AP Photo/Rogelio V. [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] En Banc Fifth Circuit Concludes FCC's "Universal Service" Fee Is Unconstitutional

24 Jul 2024, 10:46 am by Jonathan H. Adler

[A majority of the judges concludes this fee constitutes a tax, the authority for which is improperly delegated.] [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Senate Democrats "Virtually Certain" to Pass "Supreme Court Reform" Bill By Majority Vote in 2025

26 Aug 2024, 1:27 pm by Jonathan H. Adler

[Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on what Democrats plan on enacting with control of Congress and the White House.] [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity for State University Officials Who Allegedly Violated Professor's First Amendment Rights

12 Sep 2024, 6:42 pm by Jonathan H. Adler

[Officials allegedly retaliated against a professor who expressed politically controversial statements about the best treatments for gender dysphoria among youth.] [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Was the Federal Government's Defense of Race-Based Debt Relief for Farmers and Ranchers "Substantially Justified"?

23 Sep 2024, 1:18 pm by Jonathan H. Adler

[An interesting question divides a panel of the U.S. [read post]

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Round-Up

2 Jul 2007, 3:58 pm

Professor Jonathan Adler and Professor Goodwin Liu evaluate and discuss the Term (transcript here; video here) with Margaret Warner on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; and Professor Douglas Kmiec has this commentary (subscription req'd) on the Term in the Legal Times. [read post]

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Recent Law Review Articles -- November 2010

15 Nov 2010, 11:44 am by Jack McNeill, Associate Library Director

Adler, Holly Doremus, Jamison E. [read post]

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Tuesday round-up

6 Dec 2011, 1:00 pm by Kali Borkoski

Prometheus Laboratories (h/t Howard Bashman). [read post]

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Judge Brett Kavanaugh picked for Supreme Court

9 Jul 2018, 8:02 pm by Walter Olson

Jonathan H. [read post]