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Last Wednesday, I gave a talk about Critical Race Theory at U. Chicago, as a guest of the school's Federalist Society chapter. Professor William H.J. Hubbard commented on my talk. We had an interesting, amicable discussion, with me being very critical of CRT, and Prof. Hubbarb, while agreeing with many…

"Originalism and Stare Decisis in the Lower Courts"

‘I know of nothing remotely like this in the history of the court,’ says legal expert

For my earlier post on the incident, see here; three follow-ups: [1.] Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law)—one of the most prominent liberal constitutional law scholars in the country—and Chancellor Howard Gillman (UC Irvine) had a Washington Post op-ed, "Free speech doesn't mean hecklers get to shut down campus debate"; an…

Senator Sheldon White House asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about the quote during her confirmation hearing

She represented some of the most vulnerable people in the criminal justice system. Her perspective is vital for safeguarding constitutional rights under threat, advocates tell Alex Woodward

Groups that backed Amy Coney Barrett and are attacking Ketanji Brown Jackson pumped money into Trump's Big Lie

I much enjoyed this Federalist Society discussion (sponsored by the Georgetown Law Student Chapter and by the Free Speech & Election Law Practice Group) and hope you do, too! Here's their summary: Is open discussion and debate essential to the function of the university? Many universities, including Georgetown, have adopted…

The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law hosted this debate last week as the inaugural event in their new Seigenthaler Debates series, cosponsored with The Free State Foundation and Catholic Law's chapters of the American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society, and the Law and Technology Student Association; Ninth…

Sheldon Whitehouse spent nine years rousing the Senate to act on climate change. Now he’s set his sights on the changes at the supreme court

Supreme Court justices adamantly declare they are above the grubby machinations of partisan politics. But that narrative is contradicted by events like last week’s speech by Justice Neil Gorsuch to a closed-door gathering of the conservative Federalist Society that also included such Republican luminaries as former Vice President Mike Pence…