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26 Jun 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell University and co-author, most recently, of Beating Hearts: Abortion and Animal Rights. [read post]
22 Jun 2018, 3:31 am by Edith Roberts
” Additional coverage comes from Adam Liptak for The New York Times, David Savage for the Los Angeles Times, Andrew Chung at Reuters, and Tony Mauro at The National Law Journal (subscription or registration required), who reports that the federal government had “urged the court to consider strengthening presidential power to remove as well as appoint key officers,” but the court “declined that invitation. [read post]
19 Jun 2018, 3:42 pm by Hans von Spakovsky
They want to involve the courts even more deeply in what is, under the separation of powers principles, a basic legislative function. [read post]
14 Jun 2018, 9:23 am by Erin Darreff
Steven Oroho’s legislation to ensure the ability of electric utility companies to trim branches and trees around power lines to prevent unnecessary outages has passed the Senate Economic Growth Committee. [read post]
12 Jun 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
As I pointed out in our debate, and as scholars have explored in depth, the original meaning of freedom of speech (in the First Amendment) and the limitations on the power of eminent domain (in the Fifth Amendment) were much narrower than their contemporary meanings, because libertarianism as we know it today developed after the Founding period, which was better characterized by what we would now call civic republicanism. [read post]
12 Jun 2018, 12:23 pm by Sandy Levinson
As noted yesterday both Patrick Deneen's and Steven Brill's new books, about which I am very enthusiastic, both ultimately turn on the belief that there is an ascertainable "common good" or "public interest" that is being ignored by feckless politicians, for whatever reasons, including, of course, the sheer power of the donor class. [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 3:53 pm by Sandy Levinson
  It may be “reactionary” in the deepest sense of that term.The other book well worth reading (and discussing) is Steven Brill’s Tailspin:  The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall—and Those Fighting to Reverse It (Knopf, 2018). [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 3:44 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
The latter argument received a boost when noted constitutional law scholar Steven Calabresi authored a white paper and op-ed alleging that the Special Counsel investigation, as currently constituted and conducted, violates separation-of-powers principles. [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 2:54 pm by George Conway
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 4, 2018 He didn’t explain what his argument was, or where he got it, but a good guess is that it came from some recent writings by a well-respected conservative legal scholar and co-founder of the Federalist Society, professor Steven Calabresi. [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 7:31 am by Brian Gallini
I know you feel that it’s gonna hurt Steven, but it’s actually, actually gonna help Steven come to grips with what he needs to do. [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 10:21 pm by Jeff Richardson
  Steven Aquino describes the feature for TechCrunch. [read post]
3 Jun 2018, 5:40 pm by Mark Graber
  Is the only difference between Thaddeus Stevens and Donald Trump that the former violated conventions for far better causes than the latter? [read post]
1 Jun 2018, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
Now online: The Task of History: An MIT Community Dialogue, held on May 3, 2018, in which “four MIT historians–Lerna Ekmekcioglu, Malick Ghachem, Tanalis Padilla, and Craig Steven Wilder–“ spoke on “how understanding the past can be a powerful tool for shaping the future. [read post]
1 Jun 2018, 12:02 pm by Jack Goldsmith
There has been some heavy breathing in reaction to Steven Engel’s Office of Legal Counsel opinion released today in support of President Trump’s April 13, 2018 airstrikes in Syria. [read post]
30 May 2018, 6:47 am by Steve Lubet
  Here is the gist: Steven Calabresi is chairman of the board of the Federalist Society and the Clayton J. and Henry R. [read post]