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16 Sep 2020, 9:01 pm
My thoughts and prayers go out to the (tens of) thousands of students who are slated to take remote bar exams in several states (including large states like California, New York, and Illinois) a little over two weeks from now, on October 5 and 6. [read post]
14 Sep 2020, 9:01 pm
Last week a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. [read post]
16 Jul 2020, 9:01 pm
As I have explained in many essays analyzing different nuances of this concept, the NPV plan—a version of which was seriously floated by a small number of people including me, my older brother Akhil Amar, and also (separately) Professor Robert Bennett over a decade-and-a-half ago—seeks to permit and encourage states to sign onto an agreement that would require each signatory state to cast its electoral college votes not for the candidate who necessarily garners the largest… [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 9:01 pm
There is both good and bad news in the pair of cases, Chiafalo v. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 9:01 pm
Last week, the California legislature approved Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (“ACA 5”) and sent it to the California Secretary of State, who in turn will submit the matter to the people of the state to vote on this November. [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 9:00 pm
When can federal judges, selected and given life tenure under Article III of the Constitution, inject themselves into core prosecutorial functions and decisions managed by the U.S. [read post]
20 May 2020, 9:01 pm
As bar examiners around the country grapple with administering bar exams this summer (either in July, as originally scheduled, or a month or two later) in the kind of socially distanced format the COVID-19 pandemic seems likely to require, a troubling pattern is emerging. [read post]
14 May 2020, 9:01 pm
An important case pending before the Supreme Court may provide important guidance on the question whether the Equal Protection Clause prohibits states from denying government subsidies to religious organizations who will use the funds for religious purposes. [read post]
12 May 2020, 9:00 pm
COVID-19 has (rightly) pushed from the headlines almost every political controversy lacking a coronavirus angle. [read post]
20 Apr 2020, 8:20 am
” Law professors Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone have this essay online at Justia’s Verdict. [read post]
19 Apr 2020, 9:00 pm
In spite of (or perhaps because of) the fact that the Supreme Court’s per curiam opinion two weeks ago in the Wisconsin election case, Republican National Committee (RNC) v. [read post]
9 Apr 2020, 9:01 pm
Allen v Cooper, decided a few weeks ago by the Supreme Court, is significant for both its substance and its methodology. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm
., selective service conscription).In this regard, harken back to what another prominent constitutional scholar, Akhil Amar (my older brother), wrote about Obamacare in 2012: The next terrorist attack might very well be biological. . . . [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 10:38 am
Akhil and Vikram Amar responded with an article making the case that legislative succession was unconstitutional. [read post]
19 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm
If you are a member of the legal profession, you almost certainly appreciate that written communication is a lawyer’s stock in trade. [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm
Controversial immigration policies that originate in D.C. and that are enforced throughout the country by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency continue to generate tremendous friction between the federal government, on the on hand, and the state and local governments, on the other. [read post]
3 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm
Late last month a three-judge panel of the U.S. [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 8:05 am
In a 1995 Stanford Law Review article, Professors Akhil Reed and Vikram David Amar argued that the U.S. [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 8:04 am
In a 1995 Stanford Law Review article, Professors Akhil Reed and Vikram David Amar argued that the U.S. [read post]
17 Feb 2020, 9:01 pm
The controversy last week surrounding President Trump’s tweets about the sentencing of Roger Stone, a Trump campaign advisor convicted of lying to Congress, is yet another reminder of two transcendently important—but often misunderstood, or at least vastly underappreciated—aspects of American constitutional design. [read post]
