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"Give Parents the Vote!" by Josh Kleinfeld and Stephen E. Sachs Of course it's provocative. But it's worth giving a hearing--and a close read. reason.com/volokh/2024/07…

"Barrett is to be congratulated for policing the boundaries of originalism" Fine essay by John O. McGinnis lawliberty.org/a-scholar-just…

Friends, my thoughts on the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. #Olimpiadas2024 #OlympicGames

Turned off Olympic opening ceremonies. Someone forgot to tell them this is about sports.

It's a great pleasure to welcome Derek Webb to the Catholic U Law faculty. Derek is an excellent and already very accomplished scholar of legal history and American political thought. His newest piece is on the history of the concept of judicial restraint. law.edu/about-us/facul…

President Biden is citing a series of cases with which he disagrees as the basis for seeking to fundamentally change the Court. The message is clear. If the Court ruled as he demanded, it would not have to be changed...

Politically motivated attacks on the court are exactly what Madison and the framers expected. Enforcement of const. limitations on government power requires a court insulated from ordinary politics. Thus, Biden's proposed "code of conduct" is simultaneously unconstitutional &

Love daily Mass readings on Hallow, but today found myself transported back to first year Property: “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” Mt. 13:44-46

Stanford recently hosted a conference on lawfare and the Presidency. I joined the panel discussing disqualification under Section 3 and Trump v. Anderson. Although not itself originalist, the main opinion is consistent with the original meaning. youtube.com/watch?v=IPO9nQ…

This panel leads off with a very clear and educational summary by kurt lash of his amicus brief on the meaning of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. His focus on bad states rather bad persons is illuminating.

From 6thCir. Judge Batchelder's dissent in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy. Lots of action coming in First Amendment/Parental Rights cases in the next year or so, all involving trans/gender/dysphoria related issues. Brushing off my notes on West Virginia v. Barnette...

I'm going to use this! Very helpful.

6/ This is a huge win for ensuring freedom of speech, equal access, free exercise of religion, and justice in general for all of our students, not just our Jewish students, which the pro-Hamas protestors repeatedly infringed while #UCLA sat on its hands.

This is exactly right, as I explained in the notes accompanying my collection of Fourteenth Amendment framing and ratifying materials (see screenshot from draft of Vol. 2, p. 6). Framers intent quickly became part of public awareness.

On natural law. mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustic…

Eric, I offer my apology as you have requested. I was duped by the media hype and should have been stronger. Let’s us pray for all shepherds to have stronger supernatural faith as we face more challenges in the future. May Christ be our Light in whatever darkness we face.