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14 May 2020, 9:01 pm
An important case pending before the Supreme Court may provide important guidance on the question whether the Equal Protection Clause prohibits states from denying government subsidies to religious organizations who will use the funds for religious purposes. [read post]
29 Apr 2021, 9:01 pm
About three weeks ago, in a per curiam (that is, unsigned) opinion in a case that was not fully briefed and argued at the Supreme Court, a majority of Justices (Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett) announced a potentially game-changing approach to processing claims brought under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm
A year ago, almost to the day, my (co-authored) Verdict column focused on the lessons to be learned from a high-profile and boisterous protest by Stanford Law School students at a Federalist Society Speaker Event featuring Judge Kyle Duncan, a conservative Trump-appointed judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. [read post]
1 May 2024, 9:01 pm
Debates about the permissibility of protests on college campuses today seem fixated on the notion of violence. [read post]
29 May 2024, 9:01 pm
A few weeks ago, the U.S. [read post]
16 Sep 2022, 9:30 pm
Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone respond to Erwin Chemerinsky on originalism (Verdict). [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 9:01 pm
The Supreme Court this week handed down its first (but almost certainly not its last) 5-4 ruling of the Term. [read post]
2 Jan 2014, 9:01 pm
Silicon Valley billionaire investor Tim Draper recently unveiled a plan to divide up California into six separate states because, in his view, “California’s diverse population and economies [have] rendered the state nearly ungovernable. [read post]
9 Dec 2020, 9:01 pm
In the first four parts of our series on the California v. [read post]
3 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm
Jason: Vik, as you know, last month three Virginia couples sued their state in federal court challenging a law requiring them to identify and report their race on the state’s marriage license application form. [read post]
1 Oct 2020, 9:01 pm
On November 10, the Supreme Court will hear argument in California v. [read post]
30 Jan 2014, 9:01 pm
In today’s column, the first in a two-part series, we begin to analyze and assess an important decision handed down last week by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concerning discrimination against would-be jurors who happen to be gay or lesbian. [read post]
4 May 2009, 2:42 pm
Powe Jr., University of Texas Law School Kermit Roosevelt, University of Pennsylvania Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School Orin Kerr, George Washington Law School Vikram Amar, U.C. [read post]
24 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
Earlier this month, in Trump v. [read post]
28 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm
The two of us just finished co-teaching a law school class focused on the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, and this semester has not lacked for plenty of cutting-edge, ripped-from-the headlines fodder for us to explore with our students. [read post]
2 Jun 2022, 9:00 pm
The leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft majority opinion in the pending abortion case, Dobbs v. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm
In this, the second of a two-part essay series, we continue to explore the constitutional issues raised by a recent episode in which a public high school (Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina) imposed disciplinary suspension on a student, Christian McGhee, for invoking the term “illegal alien” when asking a question to his teacher about an assignment. [read post]
22 May 2024, 9:00 pm
On May 16, the U.S. [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm
The six scholars are Bruce Ackerman, Vikram Amar, Jack Balkin, Burt Neuborne, James Ryan, and Adam Winkler.Former guest blogger Emily Kadens has taken up residence at the John W. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 9:27 am
Pizer, Legal Director at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law and Vikram David Amar, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law, to take a look at this ruling and what this means for the future of gay marriage in America. [read post]
