Daily News and Updates for March 9th, 2023: “What Job Have You Created Other than Sucking the Paycheck Out of Somebody Else?” GOP Senator UNLOADS on Greedy Union Boss During Hearing – Union Boss then Melts Down (VIDEO)” – Stillness in the Storm Source link

From Keila Szpaller (Daily Montanan): In January, Daria Danley sued MSU, its president and director of the Office of Institutional Equity, along with the commissioner of higher education. Danley argued a no-contact order MSU had imposed on her without an end date or due process infringed on her rights. In the settlement agreement filed last […]

The topic for the 11th Annual Harlan Institute–Ashbrook Virtual Supreme Court competition is Students for Fair Admission v. UNC. In February, twenty-six teams of high school students presented oral arguments in the semifinal round. Last week, we hosted arguments from the top-twelve advancing teams. The teams were superb. Truly, these high school students could compete […]

On Monday, I delivered the 2023 Scalia Lecture at Harvard Law School. My title was “Beyond Textualism?” and I discussed “the reductio ad Bostock”; the role of substantive canons and the major questions doctrine; Erie, legal realism, and the common law; and the original meaning of the Privileges or Immunities Clause—in roughly that order. I […]

Over in Chronicle of Higher Education, I have a new piece examining HB 999 in the Florida legislature and its implications for the future of Republican politics around higher education. From the piece: State universities have never been perfectly independent from political pressure. They are ultimately creatures of the state and dependent on the good […]

The Wall Street Journal published my letter-to-the-editor concerning current debates about the Israeli judiciary. I tried to draw parallels between judicial supremacy in Israel, and in the United States. Here is the opening (with all due credit to Judge Sutton): The fundamental question in any system of government is: Who decides? America’s founders framed a […]

Complaint: I, Handsome Debonair Guy, was assaulted by Family Dollar Store employees. While I was shoplifting. They broke my ribs and gouged my throat with 2-inch fingernails. Now I’m suing for (a) $3.5 million, or (b) an out-of-court settlement for $350K and court fees and “(5) single bars of gold – 1 oz each,” or […]