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16 Jul 2012, 4:15 pm by jleaming@acslaw.org
” University of Maryland School of Law professor Sherrilyn Ifill in an opinion piece for CNN said the governors are carrying on a long tradition of not doing a terribly good job of governing. [read post]
25 Mar 2012, 5:05 am by Danielle Citron
My colleague Sherrilyn Ifill has a moving and important opinion piece for CNN on the murder of Trayvon Martin and his mother’s call for justice. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 11:02 am by jleaming@acslaw.org
by Jeremy Leaming The federal judge in Montana who sent a ridiculous, highly offensive e-mail degrading President Obama to a few of his “buddies” using his work email, should not be let off the hook so easily, regardless of his apology or self-initiation of an ethics review, writes Maryland law professor Sherrilyn Ifill for The Root. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 9:30 am by Danny Jacobs
Here are some links to peruse while you figure out how you’re going to survive your first five-day work week in what feels like four months: An interesting counterfeit policy and one poor, poor violin Something else to think about as the Maryland General Assembly once again takes up the issue of same-sex marriage UM Law’s Sherrilyn Ifill responds to Chief Justice John Roberts’ State of the Judiciary The identity of the woman suing IMDB for revealing her age has… [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 8:52 am by Kiran Bhat
At Concurring Opinions, Sherrilyn Ifill contends that “although Chief Justice Roberts’ State of the Judiciary is a welcome response to an important and controversial issue, it falls far short of an adequate response. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 7:30 am by Aaron Tang
Comments of note from yesterday follow the jump: Sherrilyn Ifill – It’s hard to cast the Perry redistricting cases as emblematic of either the benefits or burdens of the Section 5 mechanism. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 9:14 am by Danielle Citron
Lucky for us, guest blogger and my brilliant colleague Sherrilyn Ifill has written a guest post on Chief Justice Roberts’s defense of the Court’s recusal standards and his dismissal of related concerns with regard to upcoming cases, including the health care challenge. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 11:23 am by nflatow
Over at The Root, University of Maryland Law Professor Sherrilyn Ifill lists some of her picks for "The Best and Worst of 2011” in “Race and the Law. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 1:30 pm by David Lat
Ifill Challenges Chief Justice Roberts’ Take on Academic Scholarship [ACSblog] Sherrilyn Ifill on What the Chief Justice Should Read on Summer Vacation [Concurring Opinions] [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 10:52 am by Conor McEvily
  Ariane de Vogue of ABCNews covers the latter case, in which the Court is considering whether the Fourth Amendment permits jails to conduct suspicionless strip searches whenever an individual is arrested; Nina Totenberg also previewed the case for NPR, while Jeremy Leaming of ACSblog summarizes comments made on the case by Sherrilyn Ifill of the University of Maryland School of Law. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 2:12 pm by jleaming@acslaw.org
University of Maryland School of Law Professor Sherrilyn Ifill, during the ACS Supreme Court Preview, highlighted the case, saying it is likely to have “tremendous resonance for many people,” for several reasons, including New Jersey’s suspect history of state troopers pulling over a wildly large percentage of black drivers. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 11:21 am by jleaming@acslaw.org
In an interview with ACSblog, University of Maryland law school professor Sherrilyn Ifill talked about the need to confirm jurists “who represent and are reflective of the larger society …. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 9:38 am
Blog posts relating to the recent Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference: The ABA Journal's "Law News Now" blog has a post titled "Law Prof Responds After Chief Justice Roberts Disses Legal Scholarship" that reports on a post titled "Sherrilyn Ifill on What the Chief Justice Should Read on Summer Vacation" at "Concurring Opinions. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 1:06 pm by Danielle Citron
My colleague and CoOp guest blogger Professor Sherrilyn Ifill has written an insightful post responding to Chief Justice Roberts’s comments at the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 2:12 pm by Lovechilde
" As University of Maryland law professor Sherrilyn Ifill pointed out in The Root last August, similar arguments questioning the impartiality of black judges in civil rights cases were made 30 years ago, and reviving these arguments raises “the ugly specter of judicial bias based on status. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 9:45 am by Lovechilde
” Following an ACS event exploring the need to diversify the federal bench, University of Maryland School of Law Professor Sherrilyn Ifill told ACSblog that judicial decision-making is improved by judges “who represent and are reflective of the larger society. [read post]
28 Apr 2011, 12:44 pm by Danielle Citron
My colleague and our guest blogger Sherrilyn Ifill has an important editorial at CNN entitled It’s Not About His Birth, It’s About His Race. [read post]