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Friendly Advice for Law Schools Seeking to Inculcate Proper Free-Speech Values and Understandings in Light of the Stanford Episode with Judge Kyle Duncan: Part Two in a Series

16 Apr 2023, 9:02 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

For example, a university taking and announcing a position on the (contested) issue of how easy it should be for foreign graduate students to obtain visas (something that distinctively affects the university itself—and not just its population—as an institution) seems very different to us than weighing in on the correctness of last year’s Second Amendment ruling by the Supreme Court ruling striking down New York’s public-carry law or the Court’s Dobbs ruling overturning… [read post]

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Evaluating the Republican Federal Court Challenge to Illinois’s Recently Adopted Redistricting Plan

21 Jun 2021, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

In Gill v. [read post]

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How and Why Justice Breyer (and Other Justices) Should Weigh in on the Independent-State-Legislature Notion Before Breyer Retires

9 Jun 2022, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

Immediately prior to taking the position at Illinois in 2015, Amar served as the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and a Professor of Law at the UC Davis School of Law. [read post]

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[Eugene Volokh] Prof. Mark Crispin Miller's Libel Suit Against NYU Colleagues Rejected by Appellate Court

9 Mar 2023, 2:24 pm by Eugene Volokh

Congratulations to Jeremy Chase of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, who represents defendants. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Short Wins - the Distribution of Child Pornography Gets (slightly) Limited Edition

15 Sep 2014, 7:34 am

Davis 8. [read post]

The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog - http://www.federalcriminalappealsblog.com/

Who's likely to benefit from the new USNWR law school rankings formula?

2 Jan 2023, 8:22 am by Derek T. Muller

Again, focusing just on the existing USNWR “top 50” for now:POTENTIAL LOSERS, PEER CHANGE:UC-Irvine (20 v. 37)Washington (36 v. 49)Colorado (36 v. 49)UC-Davis (24 v. 37)Wisconsin (31 v. 43)Boston College (27 v. 37)Emory (20 v. 30)There are a few others in the middle of some interest, because near the top smaller variations matter more. [read post]

Excess of Democracy - https://excessofdemocracy.com/

Who's likely to benefit from the new USNWR law school rankings formula?

2 Jan 2023, 8:22 am by Derek T. Muller

Again, focusing just on the existing USNWR “top 50” for now:POTENTIAL LOSERS, PEER CHANGE:UC-Irvine (20 v. 37)Washington (36 v. 49)Colorado (36 v. 49)UC-Davis (24 v. 37)Wisconsin (31 v. 43)Boston College (27 v. 37)Emory (20 v. 30)There are a few others in the middle of some interest, because near the top smaller variations matter more. [read post]

Excess of Democracy - http://excessofdemocracy.com

Should the U.S. Supreme Court Take Up the Independent-State-Legislature (ISL) Theory? Part Five in a Series

7 Mar 2022, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

See Arizona State Legislature v. [read post]

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The Fifth Circuit Completely Botches the Federal Constitutional Issues Raised by OSHA’s Vaccine and Testing Requirements for Large Employers

22 Nov 2021, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

NFIB v. [read post]

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What Law Students Should Take Away from the Stanford Law School Controversy Involving Disruption of a Federal Judge’s Speech: Part One in a Series

10 Apr 2023, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

If we were to view it this way, the law would survive, according to cases such as Ward v. [read post]