Constitutional Law

Clinton Turns From Anger to Sarcasm.

Posted on February 24, 2008
Clinton Turns From Anger to Sarcasm. Oh that'll work.

Yesterday's electronic edition

Posted on February 22, 2008
Yesterday's electronic edition of London's Daily Telegraph led with "Biggest Brain Drain from UK in 50 Years," ("as highly qualified professionals settle abroad"), and further along ran stories that, though not overtly linked to the first, might help explain it...

Well well -- looks like a good

Posted on February 20, 2008
Well well -- looks like a good day for federal preemption! Must read now -- OM NOM NOM.....

Unless it's whatever they put in

Posted on February 16, 2008
Unless it's whatever they put in the water in California: I trust this is just a ploy to provoke McCain to address Catholic issues more squarely. Otherwise I'll have to conclude that my good friend and sometime mentor Doug Kmiec has gone utterly 'round the bend.

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For my (informal) Plato students:

Posted on February 09, 2008
For my (informal) Plato students: Yale's Prof. Steven Smith teaches intro Political Philosophy, incl. The Republic....

Fruits of socialized medicine:

Posted on January 30, 2008
Fruits of socialized medicine: public officials get to decide whether to deny you medical care based on your unhealthy habits, such as smoking, drinking, eating too much -- or getting older.

Our little symposium last month

Posted on January 28, 2008
Our little symposium last month on Standing, mentioned by my bff Jon, here at the Volokh Conspiracy -- many thanks to Prof. Adler for his participation!

In Britain, a court challenge to

Posted on January 23, 2008
In Britain, a court challenge to the potentially sovereignty-ending Lisbon Treaty -- John Gouriet writes:We believe that [U.K. government] ministers are limited by the confines of the Constitution; that they have no authority to surrender, or lend, sovereignty to another power, especially one that is unelected, unaccountable, irremovable and owes no allegiance to the British Crown...

Well, what a long time it's been.

Posted on January 21, 2008
Well, what a long time it's been. The Christmas break wasn't an easy one for me this year. I want to thank my many students and colleagues who helped, and are helping, to make it easier.There's so much to write about; esp. SCOTUS oral arguments that need commenting...

NY Media Exchange Group Blog: Good

Posted on December 24, 2007
NY Media Exchange Group Blog: Good Bye to My Friend Alan Wagner

Alan C. Wagner, 1931-2007

Posted on December 22, 2007
Alan C. Wagner, 1931-2007

The law profs behind the candidates,

Posted on November 30, 2007
The law profs behind the candidates, to the extent the candidates are telling (or the journalists are asking)

Feminist educators openly acknowledge

Posted on November 22, 2007
Feminist educators openly acknowledge differences in our classrooms, but that does not mean we must tolerate all ideas....What happens to the feminist classroom when students challenge feminist principles?

High Court to Hear D.C. Gun Ban

Posted on November 20, 2007
High Court to Hear D.C. Gun Ban Case. Wonder what Justice Kennedy's philosophy of the mystery of life is this year.

Navy says malfunction caused dummy

Posted on November 17, 2007
Navy says malfunction caused dummy bomb to drop. What a relief: here I was afraid a dummy had caused a malfunctioning bomb to drop.But wherein lay the malfunction -- in causing the bomb to drop, or in the bomb being a dummy? I mean, how worried should Virginia Beach be here, you know?

SEATTLE (AP) ? A federal judge

Posted on November 10, 2007
SEATTLE (AP) ? A federal judge has suspended Washington state's requirement that pharmacists sell "morning-after" birth control pills, a victory for druggists who claim their moral objections to the drug are being bulldozed by the government.I'm very happy for the druggists-plaintiffs, but I'm not sure I agree with their attorney who says:"We believe strongly that forcing someone to choose between their religious beliefs and actually losing their business or their career is unconstitutional...

The media are easily ledI haven't

Posted on November 08, 2007
The media are easily ledI haven't picked a new presidential candidate since my man, Sam Brownback, dropped out (I'm not likely to follow his advice and choose McCain: 1st Amendment, you know). I have had doubts all along about Giuliani on judicial nominations, and until this piece appeared on NRO this morning, there was little to allay those doubts...

Southwick confirmed! Ed Whelan

Posted on October 24, 2007
Southwick confirmed! Ed Whelan totes up the heroes, who include Senators Specter and Feinstein.

The suspense is over: Hu-Jintao

Posted on October 22, 2007
The suspense is over: Hu-Jintao Reelected Leader of the Communist Party of China, reports the national daily of Cuba.

THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK -- Got

Posted on October 18, 2007
THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK -- Got one! Near the end of his Nebbia dissent, Mr. Justice McReynolds wrote:The somewhat misty suggestion below, that condemnation of the challenged legislation would amount to holding "that the due process clause has left milk producers unprotected from oppression," I assume, was not intended as a material contribution to the discussion upon the merits of the cause...

Obama Reaches Out to Religious

Posted on October 16, 2007
Obama Reaches Out to Religious VotersThe candidate himself wasn't on the bill. But about 50 people showed up to talk about the war, poverty and trying to seize back the moral mantle some in the GOP claim. The night also featured an Obama video and a campaign altar call ? an invitation to become a "congregation contact" and rally support for the candidate...

What Google ads tell us about the

Posted on October 15, 2007
What Google ads tell us about the economics of lawyer advertising. (Hat-tip: Walter K. Olson, who is quoted with, as usual, a fine one-liner.)

I don't know about this, but I

Posted on October 15, 2007
I don't know about this, but I agree on one point: if it happens, Massachusetts will be first, finding that it's a protected right under its 1780 constitution.

Evidently, in reporting Sen. Craig's

Posted on October 15, 2007
Evidently, in reporting Sen. Craig's latest appeal, the headline writers are determined to avoid the embarassment into which their colleagues at Long Island's Newsday fell a number of years ago when convicted political boss Joe Margiotta filed an appeal, and the front page announced: "Margiotta Appealling...

More on Gordon Brown's "New" New

Posted on October 12, 2007
More on Gordon Brown's "New" New Labour? Superbugs and "d.i.y." abortion

Blogger Patrick Joubert Conlon

Posted on October 11, 2007
Blogger Patrick Joubert Conlon reviews a book edited by Regent's own Charles W. Dunn. And here's the book!

In my e-mail this morning:"Liberal

Posted on October 11, 2007
In my e-mail this morning:"Liberal Justices' Reliance on Legislative History: Principle, Strategy, and the Scalia Effect" Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 95 Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies Working Paper Series No...

U.K.: Anti-gay comments could cost

Posted on October 08, 2007
U.K.: Anti-gay comments could cost you seven years in jail

You're kidding -- did MoDo actually

Posted on October 08, 2007
You're kidding -- did MoDo actually use "I Did Do It" as the title of her column about Justice Thomas's book? Looks like liberals can get away with racism in any quantity, and in any degree of putrescence.

My latest in The Weekly Standard

Posted on October 08, 2007
My latest in The Weekly Standard on state marriage law, this time a Maryland Supreme Court decision upholding marriage, with a glance ahead toward litigation in California, and Maggie Gallagher's work there.

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