OK, she said it in 2006 as a dean, not a Justice, and about women and law review membership at Harvard, not SFFA and minority admissions, but I would be interested in knowing why she has expressed this concern about women, but not URMs. Relatedly, my former colleague (now DC Circuit judge) Neomi Rao once […]

Every year, Randy and I add a handful of new Supreme Court decisions to our casebook’s supplement. And I make it a point to edit the case the day it comes out. Doing so forces me to fully understand a case before I talk about it. (I marvel at op-eds written within hours of the […]

Overnight, the United States moved a specialized aircraft Designated “Constant Phoenix” to the island of Crete. This plane’s job is to sniff the atmosphere for proof of nuclear materials in the air. With all the talk in Ukraine about an attack coming against the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, this plane’s task is obvious – find […]

UKRAINE ENGAGING NUCLEAR EVACUATION 16 KM FROM ZAPOROZHYE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT   Big Ukrainian Action in Kherson – Russia issues EVACUATION Order   Poland Requests Nuclear Bombs from USA   I realise festivals take precedence over collective action on these issues. Early in the week I advised Americans to expect serious ramifications for the 4th […]

Today, in Biden v. Nebraska, the Supreme Court ruled that President Biden’s $430 billion loan forgiveness plan is illegal because not authorized by Congress under the 2003 HEROES Act. It also ruled that, at least one of the plaintiffs, the state of Missouri, has standing to sue. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, […]

The standard pro hac vice admission order by Judge Donald Molloy (D. Mont.) now appears to include the provision, Use of artificial intelligence automated drafting programs, such as Chat GPT, is prohibited. Pro hac vice admission is required for lawyers who aren’t members of the court’s bar (here, the U.S. District Court for the District of […]

I have finished editing Moore v. Harper for the Barnett/Blackman supplement. I trimmed 65 pages down to 22 pages. You can download the opinion here. This case will be useful for two separate topics: jurisdiction/mootness and election law. I suspect professors interested in the former will be less interested in the latter, and vice versa. To make […]

An aircraft from the Russian Presidential fleet is presently on its way from Moscow to Washington, DC. It is now feared this plane is coming to evacuate Russian Diplomats prior to . . . well . . . what __could be__ the start of a war.   As of 6:16 AM Eastern US Time, the […]

From In re: Pleadings Using Generative Artificial Intelligence, Gen. Order No. 2023-03, issued Wednesday by Chief Judge Stacey G. C. Jernigan: If any portion of a pleading or other paper filed on the Court’s docket has been drafted utilizing generative artificial intelligence, including but not limited to ChatGPT, Harvey.AI, or Google Bard, the Court requires that […]

Just wanted to highlight this Institute for Justice brief, which John Ross’s Short Circuit  post noted today, and summarized: “IJ and several men named David Sosa are asking the Supreme Court to grant another David Sosa’s cert petition after the en banc Eleventh Circuit said the Constitution allows police to detain anyone for three days […]