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Callais Right Away!
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (10+ words) It makes no difference when the Court issues its judgment....
Amy Coney Barrett is right to reject 'common good constitutionalism"
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (542+ words) Damon Root | 10. 9. 2025 7: 00 AM Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has been out on tour lately promoting her interesting yet flawed new book, Listening to the Law. During a recent interview with National Review's Dan Mc Laughlin, Barrett made a point…...
On Common Good Constitutionalism: Vermeule Response to Barrett
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (162+ words) A reply to the Associate Justice's recent remarks. Jonathan H. Adler | 10. 6. 2025 3: 11 PM In a recent NRO interview, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said she did not "like this common good constitutionalism movement," suggesting it was too "results-oriented." At the New Digest, Professor…...
Courts Can Check, and Have Checked, Executives" Military Judgment
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (304+ words) Katherine Yon Ebright and Leah Tulin of the Brennan Center make the case against judicial deference to Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Ilya Somin | 7. 9. 2025 5: 39 PM Our brief was favorably cited by Fifth Circuit Judge Leslie Southwick in…...
Candace Owens Sued for Defamation Over Claims of Conspiracy to Assassinate Charlie Kirk
5+ hour, 55+ min ago (21+ words) Some excerpts from the long Complaint in Harpole v. Owens (M. D. Tenn.), just filed today (of course, recall that these. .....
Firing Teacher for Mentioning Racial Epithets in "Cultural Diversity" Class May Violate Connecticut Constitution
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (172+ words) Eugene Volokh | 11. 21. 2025 8: 01 AM The federal government has also recognized the threat of racism. In 2021, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, a physician and scientist, made a media statement and "declared racism a serious public health threat." " And the court concluded that plaintiff's…...
The Supreme Court's next big Fourth Amendment case
3+ week, 17+ hour ago (196+ words) Damon Root | 4. 9. 2026 7: 00 AM Later this month, the justices will hear oral arguments in another case that sits at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and the Fourth Amendment. And just like in Carpenter, the privacy rights of millions will once again…...
Canada's new "sovereign wealth fund' is actually a debt-fueled spending scheme
7+ hour, 35+ min ago (391+ words) Amid the reshaping of the global economic order, thanks in part to President Donald Trump's tariffs and trade policies, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is proposing his own restructuring of Canada's economy. On Monday, Carney announced the creation of a…...
Immigration Prof Blog Symposium on the Birthright Citizenship Oral Arguments
6+ hour, 43+ min ago (10+ words) A compilation of posts by various legal scholars, including myself....
The Olympics will never achieve world peace if it keeps clamping down on free speech
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1061+ words) Jason Russell | 2. 17. 2026 10: 30 AM Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Do whatever it takes to get across the finish line today, even if you've got to do it backward. We've got a jam-packed newsletter today full of Olympics…...