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9 Sep 2014, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
A headspinning pair of decisions regarding state same-sex marriage (SSM) bans last week may have brought the issue one step closer to the Supreme Court. [read post]
4 Aug 2020, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
On four consecutive days last week, CNN.com published articles revealing details about the behind-closed-doors deliberations and machinations of the Supreme Court during the most recent Term. [read post]
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]
24 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
The March issue of the Harvard Law Review includes a punchy review of Richard Epstein’s 2014 book, The Classical Liberal Constitution. [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]
20 Dec 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling in a Michigan land dispute earlier this year, I explained in a column for this site that the non-ideological divisions between the justices on display in the case reflected disagreement on a deep question about the very nature of law: How general must a legislative command be to count as a law? [read post]
1 Jan 2023, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
George Santos—who is scheduled to take the oath of office as a new member of Congress tomorrow—lied to the voters about nearly his entire biography. [read post]
5 Jun 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Last week, journalist Joan Biskupic reported that Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley—who heads the internal investigation into the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overruling the constitutional right to abortion—was seeking signed affidavits and mobile phone records from law clerks. [read post]
6 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
In Season 1 of the Netflix Original Series House of Cards, Kevin Spacey masterfully portrays Francis Underwood, whose scheming and manipulation take him from House majority whip to the Vice Presidency. [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 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Last week, numerous progressives strongly criticized Pete Buttigieg after the Mayor of South Bend and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination supposedly told a reporter for Cosmopolitan that if he were to win the election, he would appoint justices to the Supreme Court in the mold of retired Justice Anthony M. [read post]
1 May 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Last week, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a ruling by a federal district judge rejecting an effort by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to bring a copyright lawsuit on behalf of Naruto, a crested macaque. [read post]
20 Nov 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
In six weeks, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will relinquish the gavel. [read post]