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13 Feb 2011, 4:43 pm
(Ilya Somin) Cornell lawprof William Jacobson detects a potential contradiction in Republican politicians’ view on constitutional federalism [HT: Steve Bainbridge]. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 7:45 pm
(Ilya Somin) Yesterday, federal district Judge Norman Moon of the Western District of Virginia upheld the Obamacare individual mandate against a constitutional challenged filed by Liberty University and several private plaintiffs. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 7:15 am
(Ilya Somin) In a reversal of historical trends, many black New Yorkers are voting with their feet and moving to the South. [read post]
29 Dec 2011, 9:11 pm
(Ilya Somin) The California Supreme Court recently issued a ruling upholding the constitutionality of a law abolishing the state’s numerous redevelopment agencies: The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday against redevelopment agencies, including San Diego’s, and said they cannot remain in business by paying the state a portion of their property tax receipts.... [read post]
25 Jul 2010, 7:31 pm
(Ilya Somin) There has been much grousing in the legal profession and blogosphere about the recent National Association of Law Placement report finding that recent law graduates have a “bimodal” pay distribution: while those who get jobs in big firms have starting salaries around $160,000 per year, few others top $75,000. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 8:28 pm
(Ilya Somin) Heather Mac Donald has an interesting column on the widely discussed data showing that some 87% of all Wikipedia contributors are male. [read post]
29 Jun 2011, 10:25 pm
(Ilya Somin) In a recent post, co-blogger Orin Kerr argues that the “presumption of constitutionality” accorded to congressional legislation weighs in favor of the federal government in the individual mandate cases. [read post]
14 Sep 2010, 8:36 pm
(Ilya Somin) Dinesh D’Souza’s and Newt Gingrich’s claims that Obama’s ideology and policies are rooted in his father’s “Kenyan anti-colonialism” have attracted a lot of controversy. [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 2:03 pm
(Ilya Somin) Stuart Buck has two interesting proposals for increasing educational achievement among minority students, based on his book Acting White: The Ironic Legacy of Desegregation: I do suggest one idea that I think has some promise: eliminate individual grades, and let students compete against other schools in academic competitions. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 2:33 am
(Ilya Somin) At an American Association of Law Schools panel that I took part in at this year’s annual conference, we briefly discussed the question of whether scholars’ motives for writing an article should be relevant to our evaluation of its quality. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 12:27 pm
(Ilya Somin) Back in August, I wrote a post criticizing efforts to use government power to stop the building of the Ground Zero Mosque and explaining why I see no good objection to having a Muslim cultural center or mosque near Ground Zero. [read post]
22 May 2011, 5:33 pm
(Ilya Somin) With Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels choosing not to run, there are now two libertarian-leaning presidential candidates in the GOP field for 2012: Ron Paul and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 9:41 pm
(Ilya Somin) In Kaur v. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 10:03 pm
(Ilya Somin) In a recent Slate essay, Ron Rosenbaum argues that agnosticism is preferable to atheism because atheists wrongly believe that they can explain the origins and nature of the universe: I think it’s time for a new agnosticism, one that takes on the New Atheists. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 11:49 pm
(Ilya Somin) In yesterday’s opinion in Fisher v. [read post]
7 May 2012, 11:39 am
(Ilya Somin) In general, I am a big fan of the work of columnist Jonathan Rauch. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 9:13 pm
The most vigorous critic of democracy is George Mason professor of law Ilya Somin, who has just published Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter (Stanford University Press, 2013). [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 8:01 pm
(Ilya Somin) Forbes writer Alex Knapp has an interesting article pointing out five supposed leadership mistakes made by Star Wars’ Galactic Empire. [read post]
2 May 2012, 7:15 am
(Ilya Somin) Most of the commentary on my latest post advocating the transformation of May Day into Victims of Communism Day has been positive. [read post]
6 Jun 2018, 7:15 am
Fortunately, you can learn how to tell the two Ilyas apart by consulting my definitive guide to the subject! [read post]
