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23 Mar 2012, 5:44 pm by Ilya Somin
In a recent post at The Volokh Conspiracy (“Public Opinion, the Individual Mandate, and the Supreme Court”), Ilya Somin compares the potential backlash that could be generated by a Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the mandate with the backlash generated by the Kelo case. [read post]
20 Feb 2011, 3:17 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) In a recent post, I expressed my disagreement with co-blogger Sasha Volokh’s view that libertarianism condemns government funding of asteroid defense, pointing out that most prominent libertarian thinkers also disagree with him.Through selective quotation, Brad DeLong tries to make it seem like I endorsed Sasha’s position. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 10:55 am by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) Tim Lee has written an interesting response to to my most recent post on liberaltarianism. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 7:15 am by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) I agree with most of co-blogger David Bernstein’s advice to aspiring law professors. [read post]
14 Jan 2021, 3:21 am by Comunicaciones_MJ
Por Daniel Rivera Vargas El profesor de derecho de la Universidad George Mason, Ilya Somin, entiende que el futuro del presidente Donald J. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 12:14 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) At the Brennan Center for Justice, Elizabeth Wurtzel makes the case for abolishing the bar exam: In 2005, Kathleen Sullivan, then dean of Stanford Law School, took and failed the California bar exam. [read post]
6 Apr 2010, 1:12 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) Economist Bryan Caplan has an interesting post summarizing three competing explanation for the oppressive nature of socialist regimes: Lord Acton and F.A. [read post]
6 Nov 2010, 10:02 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) The Texas Supreme Court recently issued an important opinion protecting the property rights of beachfront property owners. [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 11:56 am by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) My recent Cato Supreme Court Review symposium article on United States v. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 8:18 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) Some commenters on my earlier post on the election criticize my claim that the economy determined the outcome far more than the health care bill and Obama’s other left-wing policies. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 11:20 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) I share much of co-blogger Jonathan Adler’s skepticism about the precautionary principle. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 1:13 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) Today is the Ides of March, the anniversary of Julius Caesar’s assassination. [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 12:46 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) The Hill has a story claiming that the federal government has changed its defense of the individual mandate to emphasize the Necessary and Proper Clause more: The Obama administration has shifted its legal arguments as it prepares to defend the president’s healthcare law before the Supreme Court. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 8:20 am by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) Georgetown law professor Larry Solum has an excellent post summarizing the ongoing debate over the “countermajoritarian difficulty,” one of the most common criticisms of judicial review. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 1:09 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) The Senate has just convicted federal district Judge Thomas Porteous, whose trial concluded yesterday, on all four articles of impeachment against him. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 12:22 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) In every election year, politicians and pundits routinely attack negative campaigning, claiming that it is somehow inappropriate or harmful. [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 3:10 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) A recent Washington Post/ABC poll shows that 68% of the public want the Supreme Court to strike down the individual health insurance mandate. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 9:35 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) Amidst all of the leaks and counter-leaks about the process that led to last week’s individual mandate decision, I find it significant that the pro-Roberts counter-leakers do not contest what I think was by far the most damning claim in Jan Crawford’s original story: that Chief Justice John Roberts switched his vote not because he had a change of heart about the constitutionality of the mandate, but out of fear of attacks on his and the Court’s… [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 1:16 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) Over the last decade, a lot of attention has focused on the Boy Scouts’ policy banning gays and lesbians from participating as Scouts or working for the organization. [read post]