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Scholars Discuss Book on Justice Robert H. Jackson Professors Ross E. Davies of George Mason University, Lucas A. Powe Jr. of the University of Texas and Sarah A. Seo of New York University discuss UVA Law professor G. Edward White’s new book, “Robert

LISTEN: Panelists discuss Prof. G. Edward White’s new book on Robert H. Jackson, from self-trained lawyer to influential #SCOTUS justice and chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials.

The Market Limits of Free Exercise with Bailey Sanders - Taboo Trades My guest today is Bailey Sanders, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Duke University. Her work examines how market competition can advance gender equality and the critical role of women’s…

What if religious hospitals’ limits on care aren’t just ethical choices—but anticompetitive agreements?
Bailey Sanders (@DukeLaw) joins @KimKrawiec to discuss “The Market Limits of Free Exercise.”
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Kansas passed a law making it illegal for hospitals (or any employer) to require COVID vaccination unless they grant a religious exemption -- with no inquiry into the sincerity of those who claim it. Basically, employers must allow automatic exemptions. (h/t @doritreiss.bsky.social). /1

Also exceedingly rare for a court to cite Schragger, Schwartzman, and Tebbe, but lo and behold.

Announcement2025 Annual Conference of NOMOS : Capitalism and Socialism American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy – September 26, 2025, 12:00-6:45 EST

📢 NOMOS 2025 Annual Conference: Capitalism and Socialism

Panels on value & money

🗓 Sept 26, 12–6:45 PM EST | Hybrid: Harvard Safra Center + Zoom

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Session 3 on Proof — philosophy and law of evidence, with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Ed Chang, Alex Stein, and Kim Ferzan.

How to Resist Trump’s Militarization of America The president’s deployment of the armed forces on American streets is an alarming escalation. Fortunately, there’s a playbook for fighting back.

My horizons broaden every time I read a piece by my amazing UHLC colleague Andrew Lanham (who is unfortunately not on here—or anywhere). Just incredibly deep and rich insights at the intersection of social movements, racial justice, and national security from a fantastic legal historian.

I'm making my way to Substack! Hello everyone!

I'm making my way to Substack!

Oh please read Vince Blasi’s wonderful piece on the marketplace of free speech! ♥️♥️♥️

Rules and Reasons: A Conference for Fred Schauer An interdisciplinary and international group of scholars will explore the legacy of the late UVA Law professor Frederick Schauer, a world-renowned scholar whose work spanned law and philosophy, eviden...

This conference in honor and memory of Fred Schauer is open to the public and will be held at @uvalaw.bsky.social on Sept. 11-12. The full schedule of panels and speakers is linked below.

www.law.virginia.edu/event/rules-...

Reading the court's opinion in United States v. Russell -- interbranch litigation that the Executive initiated against the District of Maryland. Some thoughts on the opinion, which reaches the right result, sometimes on the right grounds and sometimes on incorrect ones. /1

Excited to share a piece @ariezra.bsky.social and I have written “The Evolution of Trust and Safety” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Photo of the first page of a document titled "COVID and the Great Retrenchment" by Samuel Bagenstos.

Finished a full draft of the Frankel Lecture I'll be delivering at the University of Houston in October (then to be published in their law review). You'll laugh, you'll cry. Okay, mostly you'll cry.

Back to school! ✨📚 Excited to teach “Law and Inequality” again at @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social, joined by these wonderful scholars:

Alice Abrokwa
Matthew Patrick Shaw
Russell Robinson
@kredburn.bsky.social
@lauraportuondo.bsky.social
Maureen Edobor
Susan Sturm

The Landed Classes

New Substack post. On the importance of land as wealth.
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I am very honored that my dissertation has been selected by the American Political Science Association to receive the 2025 Leonard D. White Award for the best dissertation in the field of public administration. What a time to be thinking about why we should have a separation of powers!

Wanted to share my latest jot on two great articles from @veenadubal.bsky.social and @iajunwa.bsky.social on employee data and how we should regulate its use.

Issue 5 of Volume 123 is now live on our website! Make sure to check out these insightful pieces by @petersalib.bsky.social, @ryandoerfler.bsky.social, @samuelmoyn.bsky.social, @dvmholmes.bsky.social, and Derek A. Zeigler at michiganlawreview.org/archive/.

Dick Fallon's death is an awful loss for the legal academy. I had the great good fortune of hosting him for a lecture at Texas A&M Law in April--& of being able to tell him what he meant to me as a scholarly exemplar & interlocutor. Rest in peace, Professor.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Today is UVA President Jim Ryan’s last day. He is a prince of princes, a sage of sages, a mensch of mensches. Having never known my President at two schools before I joined UVA Law, I can say with confidence there is no leader like him. I’m grateful he will be back to the law school.

Lawyers’ ‘Judge Shopping’ Likely to Survive Injunctions Curb Lawyers are bound to keep “judge shopping” as a top tactic in trying to fight the federal government, even after the Supreme Court said a single court can’t hand down far-reaching orders against an ad...

How could #SCOTUS’ ruling on injunctions affect “judge shopping” for relief? Prof. @payvandahdout.bsky.social weighs in. @bloomberglaw.com

Liberalism is worth saving. Just ask its critics. Why Trump 2.0 is giving some anti-liberals second thoughts.

Good piece www.vox.com/politics/418...

I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit

If the Supreme Court cared about either precedent or the Establishment Clause, this would be a violation of Texas Monthly v Bullock, or if it cared about viewpoint neutrality, Rosenberger v. Virginia. Alas … welcome to the new preferentialism.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...

The Fourth Of July, Rethought Can Any Nation So Conceived Long Endure?

A must read. Thank you @kenwhite.bsky.social www.popehat.com/p/the-fourth... The Fourth Of July, Rethought

The Inheritance Imagination Welcome to the opening of my Substack

Come visit me here for news, storytelling, and hot takes about what and how we inherit. substack.com/@allisontait...

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