Just before Thanksgiving, I had the opportunity to present at the University of St. Thomas Journal of Law & Public Policy‘s fall 2022 symposium on “Constitutionalism.” It was an excellent event–the students were engaged in thoughtful, I learned a great deal from my co-presenters, and Minneapolis is a fun city. I presented a draft paperContinue reading “Justice Kavanaugh’s Institutionalism”
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Conservative Yale Law Students Are Conservatives
Don’t boycott conservative YLS students because they aren’t ideologues. In a recent post on the Volokh Conspiracy blog, Professor Josh Blackman defended Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho’s plan to stop hiring law clerks who had attended Yale Law School. Judge Ho announced the plan in remarks he gave—somewhat ironically titled “Agreeing to Disagree — RestoringContinue reading “Conservative Yale Law Students Are Conservatives”
Conspiracy Theories and the Perils of Government Error Correction
On October 8, the LSU Law Journal for Social Justice & Policy will be hosting a symposium on “Conspiracy Theories, Disinformation, and Civil Rights.” The symposium will take place via Zoom, and promises to be an interesting affair. I was selected as one of the participants for the symposium. Here is the abstract for theContinue reading “Conspiracy Theories and the Perils of Government Error Correction”
Performative Law
A few weeks ago, I visited Princeton, New Jersey with some friends. One of them is a Princeton University alumnus, so we spent some time wandering around campus with him while he showed us some of his old haunts. Princeton is an absolutely gorgeous campus, and the experience had me itching to go back toContinue reading “Performative Law”
Chauvinisms 