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11 Jul 2023, 4:19 am by SHG
But then, what about a prof who holds a view that, say, black people aren’t smart enough to succeed in law school (a la Penn prawf Amy Wax)? [read post]
7 Jul 2023, 9:30 pm by ernst
  There a new National Constitution Center podcast: “In a special Independence Day episode, scholars Akhil Amar of Yale Law School and Peter Onuf of the University of Virginia join host Jeffrey Rosen for a discussion on the historical legacy of founding father Thomas Jefferson. [read post]
30 Jun 2023, 12:59 pm
"Jefferson: "You should try keeping Abagail in order. [read post]
19 Jun 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
With this definition before us, I’ll consider the two claims in turn.Defending MadisonAs is well known, Madison’s Virginia Resolution, along with the Kentucky Resolution ghost-written by Thomas Jefferson, became known as “the principles of ‘98” and were expressly relied upon by nullifiers and secessionists, and even by states’-rights advocates long after the Civil War. [read post]
18 Jun 2023, 9:03 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently handed down an important 2-1 ruling in a case involving changes in the admissions policy at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (“Thomas Jefferson” or “TJ”) in Alexandria, Virginia, a public STEM-focused school that has a selective admissions process and that has traditionally served high-performing students. [read post]
18 May 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Thomas Jefferson had well-founded doubts about the constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase that he endorsed. [read post]
16 May 2023, 3:35 pm by David Kopel
The playground ban was upheld, as in the TRO, as analogous to bans at schools. [read post]
12 May 2023, 6:00 am by Sandy Levinson
The principal thesis of Jeffery Toobin's excellent new book Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism is contained in the subtitle. [read post]
9 May 2023, 11:28 am
He graduated cum laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law where he was on the mock trial competition team and earned his undergraduate degree from the Ohio State University. [read post]
7 May 2023, 6:00 am by Lawrence Solum
This post provides a very brief introduction to "originalism" that is aimed at law students (especially first-year law students) with an interest in legal theory. [read post]
26 Apr 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
This post was prepared for a roundtable on Civic Education, convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022—a year-long series gathering scholars from diverse disciplines and viewpoints to reflect on Sandy Levinson’s influential work in constitutional law. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 7:56 pm by Academic Support
Thomas Jefferson School of Law is looking to hire a new Assistant Director of ASP/Bar Prep, scheduled to start July 1, 2023! [read post]
6 Apr 2023, 10:51 am by bndmorris
Jefferson Powell, The Practice of American Constitutional Law (2022). [read post]
17 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Ron DeSantis’s campaign against what he describes as “woke indoctrination” in public schools, particularly when it comes to race and gender. [read post]
16 Mar 2023, 8:09 am by Jackie Gardina, J.D.
Thomas Jefferson opined that we must “educate and inform the whole mass of the people … they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. [read post]
26 Feb 2023, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
We missed this book when it came out last year: Amy Gajda (Tulane Law School), Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy (Viking, 2022). [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 12:31 pm by Jonathan Movroydis
To provide some context, the national school lunch program, which serves thirty million students in elementary, middle, and high schools across America, costs $13 billion a year. [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 9:30 pm by ernst
On Monday, February. 20, Paul Finkelman will present the 2022-23 Rydell Professorship Public Lecture, Thomas Jefferson: Apostle of Liberty or Father of American Racism? [read post]
8 Feb 2023, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
On this day in history, James Madison wrote to Thomas Jefferson commenting on Jefferson’s proposal for a text book for the new law school at University of Virginia. [read post]
3 Dec 2022, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Among his most famous students were future presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe; future senators Henry Clay, Littleton Waller Tazewell and John Breckinridge; future Virginia judges St. [read post]