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1 Dec 2015, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
As part of a negotiated resolution with protesters who recently occupied his office for 32 hours, Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber agreed to request that the Board of Trustees “initiate conversations concerning the present legacy of Woodrow Wilson on th[e Princeton] campus. [read post]
9 Jun 2020, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Ongoing protests against racism and police brutality have already sparked changes, including more serious charges against the officer who killed George Floyd and new charges against his fellow officers who watched without intervening, a pledge by the Minneapolis City Council to disband and replace the existing police force, and the beginning of reform throughout the country. [read post]
3 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
The Supreme Court Term that opened on Monday provides opportunities for the justices to resolve numerous important legal questions. [read post]
17 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
After Congress denied him most of the funding he requested for a border wall last week, President Trump declared a national emergency, thereby invoking power to shift funds that were originally appropriated for other purposes. [read post]
20 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Last week’s horrific mass shooting at a Florida high school quickly led to an all-too-familiar pattern of “thoughts and prayers,” calls for gun control measures, counter-assertions that such calls improperly “politicize” a tragedy, and the dissection of the shooter’s background, with special focus on his mental health. [read post]
20 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
After the Supreme Court found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. [read post]
7 Aug 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Last week, 72 of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s former law clerks signed a letter addressed to Senators Grassley and Feinstein, respectively the chairman and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, urging the confirmation of another former Kennedy clerk, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to fill the vacancy created by the justice’s retirement. [read post]
29 Dec 2015, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Earlier this month, a playful story in the Washington Post explored the question whether an artificial intelligence (AI) might someday run for President of the United States. [read post]
2 Aug 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Having upended constitutional law and American life with regard to abortion, firearms regulation, and separation of church and state last Term, during the Term that begins in October the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority will turn its attention to another hot-button issue in the culture wars: race-based affirmative action in admissions to colleges and universities. [read post]
2 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the State of California from enforcing its new law mandating net neutrality. [read post]
17 May 2016, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Monday’s Supreme Court ruling in Spokeo, Inc. v. [read post]
15 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
History does not repeat, but it rhymes (according to a maxim sometimes but apparently falsely attributed to Mark Twain). [read post]