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23 May 2013, 9:01 pm
In today’s column, I analyze a significant administrative law case handed down by the U.S. [read post]
9 May 2013, 9:01 pm
In my column today, I analyze an interesting case that a state Supreme Court will soon decide that illustrates, and has implications for, important national questions concerning the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment. [read post]
26 Apr 2013, 8:49 am
In the second part of a two-part series at Verdict, Vikram Amar considers some of the potential legal scenarios that could occur in Hollingsworth v. [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 9:01 pm
In my last column (Part One of this series), I began to lay out what I think might (and should) happen if the U.S. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 9:01 pm
No one knows for sure what the Supreme Court is going to do with Hollingsworth v. [read post]
2 Apr 2013, 9:01 pm
As explained by Professor Vikram Amar in two prior Verdict columns (here and here), the appeals court relied on two Supreme Court precedents—the 1969 case of Hunter v. [read post]
28 Mar 2013, 9:01 pm
In the space below, I offer some quick analysis of the U.S. [read post]
14 Mar 2013, 9:01 pm
Some Key Background of the NPV Concept The essential idea (elaborated by me, my brother Akhil Amar and, independently also by Professor Robert Bennett over a decade ago) is to get various states to sign onto an agreement that would require each signatory state to cast its electoral college votes not for the candidate who garners a plurality of popular votes in that state, but rather for the candidate who wins the most popular votes nationally. [read post]
7 Mar 2013, 9:01 pm
Republican obstructionism is once again controlling Washington. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 6:15 am
At Verdict, Vikram Amar reviews Tuesday’s decision in Clapper v. [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]
14 Feb 2013, 6:18 am
In his Verdict column for Justia, Vikram David Amar analyzes the issue of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG)’s standing in United States v. [read post]
13 Feb 2013, 9:01 pm
In about six weeks, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in two potentially blockbuster same-sex marriage cases. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 9:01 pm
In my column today, I explore what might be learned from the decision by the House of Representatives last week and the seemingly imminent (as of this writing) decision of the Senate this week to pass a bill that seems on its face to directly violate the clear text of the Constitution. [read post]
18 Jan 2013, 8:30 am
” Vikram Amar “In the wake of the 2000 election, frustrated with the Electoral College, Vikram Amar and his brother, noted constitutional scholar Akhil Amar, helped to originate a plan called the National Popular Vote (NPV) Interstate Compact. [read post]
17 Jan 2013, 9:01 pm
In my column this week, I explore an important First Amendment free speech ruling handed down at the end of December by the California Supreme Court. [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 9:01 pm
Amid all the drama surrounding the fiscal cliff negotiations of the last few weeks, there was an important, sad, and in some respects troubling development in the U.S. [read post]
21 Dec 2012, 5:15 pm
See Sanford Levinson, Political Party and Senatorial Succession: A Response to Vikram Amar on How to Best Interpret the Seventeenth Amendment, 35 Hast. [read post]
20 Dec 2012, 9:01 pm
Why Conant Was Problematic Under First Amendment Theory and Doctrine One of us (Vik Amar) wrote an essay that was rather critical of the Conant case when it came down. [read post]
25 Oct 2012, 9:01 pm
With the Obama-Romney election nearly upon us, my column today updates readers on the status of various presidential election reform efforts (a topic about which I have written columns for this site in the past). [read post]
