Here is hoping we eclipse Gone With the Wind in clicks, or whatever they are called now.
Because signing my name is what I do best, I just joined other law professors who are supporting legislation providing protection for Maryland workers engaged in non-job related political activity against retaliation by employers.
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Sitting outside a hearing room for the Maryland State Senate waiting to testify on a good bill that requires federal officers when implementing state laws or when working with Maryland state police officers to obey Maryland's ban on racial profiling. Will try to post my written testimony shortly.
Last year, Professor Penny Andrews put on a wonderful program on Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty. For those interested, you can watch the whole thing at the link below. I promise it will be more informative than the State of the Union, which is admittedly a low bar.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The Supreme Court supports the Wall Street Journal over MAGA and this is called a great example of judicial independence.
Congratulations. A great project.
Should we commonly refer to Trump as the most prominent member of the "Epstein class." Captures a group of extraordinarily powerful men who live for pleasure and making money and are disdainful of conventional law and morality.
An honor to have my name associated with your masterpiece.
Again proving my most valued ability as a law professor is the ability to sign my name. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Cute media quote of the day. “The Bill of Rights, we thought, were the first 10 amendments,” said Mark Graber, a constitutional law scholar and University of Maryland professor. With the newly discovered memo, he said: “I guess now we’re down to nine.”
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A terrific symposium on a very important book
balkin.blogspot.com/2026/01/balk...
Some really wonderful essays and by far and away the best cover I will every have.
The time for the 25th amendment and other legal challenges to Trump has largely passed, although many are important rearguard actions. Trump must be defeated politically before he can be caged legally.
Any one for the Civil Rights Act of 1871?
An excellent analysis of the Good murder by an expert.
asharangappa.substack.com/p/friday-rou...
Thanks for the kindness with this post and the others. I look forward to celebrating your new book very shortly.
I long for the headline, "American Jews accuse the Israeli Government of anti-Semitism" or "American Jews accuse the Israeli Government of Being the Gravest Threat Globally to the Moral Integrity of Judaism."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/n...
The only reason to have children is grandchildren. Be patient.
Has any one noticed the resemblance between Trump's rants on Truth Social and Howard Beale's rants in the movie Network.
So the answer turns out to be almost four years ago.
I respect Peter Wehner (and David French), but when was the last time the Times published an analysis of how Jewish scripture (or Islamic or . . . ) might lead us to understand our world.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
Is there any possibility that after Trump leaves office the "Trump Class" battleships will be renamed after someone in the Kennedy family (not RFK, Jr.)
It's a really good collection and I like my essay on Race and American exceptionalism (updated to talk about Trump and American exceptionalism). But $325.00? Clearly the audience is Trump and fellow billionaries.
www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/com...
My friends have always told me that I was the most qualified person for a job I did not get. Remarkably, other people's friends told them they were the most qualified person for the jobs I got.
Just signed my four year phased retirement agreement. Fall is now officially open for writing and speaking.
Do diversity hires include the numerous white males who only got admitted to prestigious schools because of explicit and implicit quotas of Jews and Asians from New York, Boston, and the like. Wonder if Vance gets into Yale if we go by test scores and college achievement.
Just got a reminder that one of the most important roles of very senior scholars is making sure that younger scholars are free to speak in their voice.
Blast from the past. Am lecturing at the University of Milan this week (thank you Antonia Baraggia). As I waiting outside the University, I was approached by student members of the Communist Party handing out literature. Shades of Columbia University, New York, 1980!
Sign me up for a copy and review. Mazel tov.
It is also statutory interpretation of a statute that has been revised. See also Milligan, which rejects a presidential judgment about the need for military to engage in law enforcement.
