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When one of the current authors (Buchanan) used to teach economics courses at the university level, consols were a favorite hypothetical financial instrument, because the arithmetic for determining their value is shockingly simple. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

The Fourteenth Amendment Argument is Good But Clearly Second-Best: Does That Matter?

3 May 2023, 11:08 am by Neil H. Buchanan

by Neil H. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

Debt Ceiling Blackmail and Gimmicks to Avoid It Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

1 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf

Each day that passes without enactment of legislation raising or suspending the debt ceiling brings the United States and thus the global economy closer to disaster. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Our MMT Critics Are Not Just Wrong About The Big Picture. They're Also Wrong About The Details

1 May 2023, 9:00 pm by Michael C. Dorf

by Neil H. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

The Figurative and the Literal: Disagreeable Speech versus Intimidation and Physical Attacks

27 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan

The media mini-frenzy that followed an incident at Stanford Law School last month seems to have mostly died down. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Use Your Words (but not really): The Problem of Eggshell Conservatives and Disney

27 Apr 2023, 8:19 am by Neil H. Buchanan

by Neil H. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

Neil Buchanan's 5-Part Series On The Stanford Free Speech Controversy

26 Apr 2023, 12:05 am by Paul Caron

Neil H. [read post]

TaxProf Blog - https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/

Law Schools Should Continue to Develop Critical Thinking Skills, Not Become Finishing Schools

25 Apr 2023, 11:27 am by Neil H. Buchanan

by Neil H. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

“Do Law Schools Truly Have to Worry About Students Not Being Able to Handle Real-World Disagreements?”

21 Apr 2023, 2:28 pm by Howard Bashman

” Neil H. [read post]

How Appealing - http://howappealing.abovethelaw.com

Do Law Schools Truly Have to Worry About Students Not Being Able to Handle Real-World Disagreements?

20 Apr 2023, 10:26 am by Neil H. Buchanan

by Neil H. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

How Should Universities Respond to Organized Right-Wing Trolling?

19 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan

Last week on Verdict, I wrote a column in which I debunked what has quickly become the dominant narrative about a recent controversy at Stanford Law School. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

What We've Got Against Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coins

19 Apr 2023, 4:30 am by Michael C. Dorf

by Neil H. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

The So-Called Platinum Coin Option is Illegal, Even on Its Own Terms

16 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf

Writing separately, we have suggested that a platinum coin that was deposited with the Fed would count as “debt” and thus would not even achieve the goal of keeping the US below the ceiling (Buchanan) and that advocates’ overly broad reading of the Coinage Act is likely a violation of the reasonableness requirement for agency interpretations that aim to fill statutory gaps (Dorf). [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

“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.”

14 Apr 2023, 6:45 pm by Howard Bashman

Also online at Justia’s Verdict, law professor Neil H. [read post]

How Appealing - http://howappealing.abovethelaw.com

A Public Statement About Law Students (and Others) Acting Like Children, from a Fictional University President— Or, the Stanford Incident is Not What You Think

12 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan

For those of us who live our lives in the field of higher education, events that seem internal to our world sometimes unexpectedly burst into public view. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

What the Rule of Law Does Not Look Like: Impeaching a Supreme Court Justice When She Takes Office

11 Apr 2023, 8:44 am by Neil H. Buchanan

by Neil H. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/