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DACA and ACA Come Full Circle

Politics Josh Blackman | 5.6.2024 8:30 AM Flash back to September 2009. President Obama was advocating for his...

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Today in Supreme Court History: May 6, 1776

Politics Josh Blackman | 5.6.2024 7:00 AM 5/6/1776: Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason is published. Thomas Jefferson relied on this...

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Today in Supreme Court History: May 5, 1992

Politics Josh Blackman | 5.5.2024 7:00 AM 5/5/1992: The 27th Amendment is ratified. It was initially proposed in...

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Today in Supreme Court History: May 4, 1942

Politics Josh Blackman | 5.4.2024 7:00 AM 5/4/1942: Wickard v. Filburn argued.

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Today in Supreme Court History: May 3, 1802

Politics Josh Blackman | 5.3.2024 7:00 AM 5/3/1802: Washington D.C. incorporated as the capital of the United...

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Today in Supreme Court History: May 2, 1927

Politics Josh Blackman | 5.2.2024 7:00 AM 5/2/1927: Buck v. Bell decided.

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Today in Supreme Court History: May 1, 1871

Politics Josh Blackman | 5.1.2024 7:00 AM 5/1/1871: Knox v. Lee decided.

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 30, 1789

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.30.2024 7:00 AM 4/30/1789: President Washington's inauguration. He would appoint eleven...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 29, 1745

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.29.2024 7:00 AM 4/29/1745: Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth was born.

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The Clear Statement Rule and the Major Question Doctrine As Substantive Separation of Powers Canons

Josh Blackman | 4.28.2024 1:28 PM During oral argument in the Trump immunity case, Justice Kavanaugh articulated a strong...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 28, 2015

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.28.2024 7:00 AM 4/28/2015: Obergefell v. Hodges argued.

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 27, 1822

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.27.2024 7:00 AM 4/27/1822: President Ulysses S. Grant's birthday. He would appoint four...

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Chemerinsky: "Anti-Semitism is not taken as seriously as other kinds of prejudice"

Josh Blackman | 4.26.2024 5:22 PM Dean Erwin Chemerinsky wrote an essay in  The Atlantic about the protest at his home. The Dean...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 26, 1995

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.26.2024 7:00 AM 4/26/1995: U.S. v. Lopez decided.

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Presidential Bribery and the Clear Statement Rule in Trump v. United States: Revisiting Issues From The First Trump Impeachment and the Mueller Investigation

Josh Blackman | 4.25.2024 7:12 PM Today the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. United States , the presidential...

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The Kentucky Legislature Removed The Governor's Power To Temporarily Appoint A Senator

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.25.2024 12:00 PM Back in August 2023, I wrote about a potential Seventeenth Amendment...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 25, 1938

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.25.2024 7:00 AM 4/25/1938: United States v. Carolene Products decided.

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 24, 1963

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.24.2024 7:00 AM 4/24/1963: Sherbert v. Verner argued.

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 23, 1985

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.23.2024 7:00 AM 4/23/1985: Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. argued.

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Next Year In Jerusalem

Josh Blackman | 4.22.2024 2:13 PM Every year at the close of the Passover seder, Jewish people say "Next year in Jerusalem." In my...

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Ohio AG Asks State Supreme Court To Bar Universal Injunction

Josh Blackman | 4.22.2024 12:15 PM The Ohio legislature recently enacted, over the Governor's veto, a law concerning transgender...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 22, 1992

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.22.2024 7:00 AM 4/22/1992: Planned Parenthood v. Casey argued.

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 21, 1800

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.21.2024 7:00 AM 4/21/1800: Justice Alfred Moore takes judicial oath.

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 20, 2010

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.20.2024 7:00 AM 4/20/2010: United States v. Stevens decided.

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2024 Texas Review of Law & Politics—Jurist of the Year

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.19.2024 8:30 AM On April 13, 2024, I was honored to accept the Jurist of the Year...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 19, 1920

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.19.2024 7:00 AM 4/19/1920: Missouri v. Holland decided.

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Justice Kavanaugh's Concurrence in Labrador v. Poe

Josh Blackman | 4.18.2024 5:44 PM Earlier, I noted that Labrador v. Poe was the Supreme Court's most significant shadow docket...

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Justice Gorsuch's Concurrence in Labrador v. Poe

Josh Blackman | 4.18.2024 2:02 PM Labrador v. Poe is perhaps the most significant shadow docket decision since the shadow...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 18, 1775

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.18.2024 7:00 AM 4/18/1775: Paul Revere's ride.

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Unanimous Supreme Court Adopts the Sword-Shield Dichotomy To Explain How Constitutional Rights Can Be Litigated

Josh Blackman | 4.17.2024 12:03 PM [This post is co-authored with Professor Seth Barrett Tillman]. On April 16, 2024, the...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 17, 1978

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.17.2024 7:00 AM 4/17/1978: Penn Central Transportation Corporation v. New York argued.

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Justice Kavanaugh Rejects The Substantive "Veterans Benefits" Canon

Josh Blackman | 4.16.2024 11:58 PM On Tuesday, the Court decided Rudisill v. McDonough. This case involved a retired Army officer...

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Special Counsel Jack Smith Responds to Blackman-Tillman

Josh Blackman | 4.16.2024 3:46 PM [This post is co-authored with Professor Seth Barrett Tillman.] Last month, we filed an ...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 16, 1962

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.16.2024 7:00 AM 4/16/1962: Justice Byron White takes oath.

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Judge James C. Ho's Remarks to the Midland County Bar Association

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.15.2024 9:00 PM [I heard about Judge Ho's speech and thought it relevant to some of the...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 15, 1931

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.15.2024 7:00 AM 4/15/1931: Stromberg v. California argued.

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 14, 1873

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.14.2024 7:00 AM 4/14/1873: The Slaughter-House Cases argued.

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 13, 1896

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.13.2024 7:00 AM 4/13/1896: Plessy v. Ferguson argued.

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Justice Barrett on the Takings Clause and the Police Power

Josh Blackman | 4.12.2024 2:33 PM After Justice Scalia's passing, the best writers on the Court are Chief Justice Roberts and...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 12, 1945

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.12.2024 7:00 AM 4/12/1945: President Harry Truman's inauguration. He would make four appointments to the Supreme Court:...

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Hiring Opportunities with NCLA and SLF

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.11.2024 9:00 AM I am happy to pass along two hiring announcements. First, the New Civil...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 11, 1862

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.11.2024 7:00 AM 4/11/1862: Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes's birthday.

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Berkeley Students Post Anti-Semitic Cartoons, Disrupt Dinner at Dean Chemerinsky's Home

Josh Blackman | 4.10.2024 5:20 PM Back in October, UC Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky wrote that "Nothing has prepared me for the...

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Judge Gibbons's Replacement By Her Former Clerk Would "Flip" The Sixth Circuit

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McConnell and Schumer Offer Dueling Approaches To Judicial Reform

Josh Blackman | 4.10.2024 1:33 PM One of the few silver linings on the Judicial Conference's ill-fated "guidance" document is that...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 10, 1967

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.10.2024 7:00 AM 4/10/1967: Loving v. Virginia argued.

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 9, 1923

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.9.2024 7:00 AM 4/9/1923: Adkins v. Children's Hospital decided.

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 8, 1952

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.8.2024 7:00 AM 4/8/1952: President Truman signs executive order 10340. The Supreme Court declared this executive order...

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 7, 1969

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.7.2024 7:00 AM 4/7/1969: Stanley v. Georgia decided.

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Today in Supreme Court History: April 6, 1938

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.6.2024 7:00 AM 4/6/1938: United States v. Carolene Products argued.

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