"To what extent should the Constitution be violated to fight the coronavirus?" Adam Chilton, Kevin Cope, @cdcrabtree, and Mila Versteeg write: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Many years in the making, "How Constitutional Rights Matter" with Adam Chilton is out at last! Stay tuned for a series of short blog posts about the book. global.oup.com/academic/produ…

In a series of short blog posts, Adam Chilton and I describe the basic ideas in our new book "How Constitutional Rights Matter." In today's post, we explain why we believe that dedicated organizations are key to enforcing constitutional rights. summarycommajudgment.com/blog/our-theor…

Figuring out whether and how constitutional rights make a difference is a particularly vexing empirical question. In two recent blog posts, Adam Chilton and I explain how we go about doing so in our recent book. summarycommajudgment.com/blog/the-metho… summarycommajudgment.com/blog/using-lar…

Judge Amy Coney #Barrett is potentially* the most conservative judge on the 7th Cir. since '17. That's what Josh Fischman & I find in a study of 1700+ cases just out on FiveThirtyEight fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-c… UVA Law School *statistically indistinguishable from 5 other R-appointees

Excited about the discussion at this ICON-S panel tomorrow with Erin Delaney, Mila Versteeg, יניב רוזנאי Yaniv Roznai, David Landau, and Sam Issacharoff! Come join us: Judicial Power and Judicial Strategy mundo.icon-society.org/event/judicial…

Honored to discuss my book with Tamir Moustafa, יניב רוזנאי Yaniv Roznai, Mila Versteeg, and Stefanus Hendrianto. Come join us! Book Panel: Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts (OUP, 2020) mundo.icon-society.org/event/book-pan…

The case for a constitutional *right* to a vaccine passport. In this article, Ilya Somin,Alexander Stremitzer,& I argue that when a govt imposes certain liberty-restricting epidemic measures, it must often exempt the successfully immunized. We welcome feedback! ssrn.com/abstract=39101…

This rationale would be more credible if UVA weren't allowing up to 60,000 potentially unvaccinated adults in Scott Stadium for Virginia Football on Saturdays. Does that pose less "risk [of] spreading the virus in our community"? What if the kids agree to pay $100 each? 🧙‍♀️👻🎃