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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]
1 Aug 2016, 5:56 am
Speakers will include Vikram Amar and Pamela Karlan; John Barkett will serve as moderator. [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]
26 Jun 2016, 8:58 pm
"How race-based affirmative action could return to UC": Law professor Vikram Amar has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times. [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 David… [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 appropriate… [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]
2 May 2016, 8:03 am
Dean Vikram Amar offers advice to law students about how to show their stuff come exam time. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 9:01 pm
Akhil Amar and I have argued that this congressional statute (which is different from some of its predecessors) is itself unconstitutional, because members of Congress are not “officers” within the meaning of the Constitution’s Succession Clause. [read post]
17 Apr 2016, 12:30 am
"Also in The Washington Post, Vikram Amar reviews We the People: The Modern-Day Figures Who Have Reshaped and Affirmed the Founding Fathers' Vision of America by Juan Williams (Crown). [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 9:01 pm
But I do think (and have thought for some time) that it is a question worth examining carefully, as each passing election gives us information about how we might improve American democracy.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]
24 Mar 2016, 9:01 pm
When doctors consider whether to administer a particular medical treatment, they have to balance the treatment’s efficacy (that is, how likely the treatment is to help the patient, and by how much) against negative side effects (that is, how likely the treatment is to harm the patient, and how badly). [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 7:46 pm
Vikram Amar, dean of the University of Illinois College of Law, likewise concludes that the constitutional arguments made by the AFJ letter are without merit: Some analysts have argued that the Senate has a “duty” to hold hearings and vote on a President’s nominee. [read post]
10 Mar 2016, 9:01 pm
Before teaching, Professor Amar spent a few years at the firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. [read post]
