The US has been nudging Canada to take the lead on Arctic security. We're seeing tangible examples here of what that looks like.

Lionel Smith returns to Oxford. Fabulous appointment. law.ox.ac.uk/content/news/l…

This, in one image, is a good indicator of the health of a democracy: peaceful transfer of power, respect for adversaries.

My new piece on publicness in public administration and the use of machine learning is finally out! 🧵 Impoverished Publicness of Algorithmic Decision Making academic.oup.com/ojls/article/d…

101 Dalmatians (1961) Urbanism. 🇬🇧

The Supreme Court of Canada is wrong to refuse to translate its pre-1970 decisions theconversation.com/the-supreme-co…

Absolutely delighted to be joining Constitution Center as a Research Fellow! Feeling immensely grateful to be part of such an amazing cohort - and excited by what lies ahead

The uOttawa | COMMON LAW is hiring at the assistant professor level in constitutional and administrative law, further solidifying our strengths in these areas and deepening our expertise at Centre de droit public uOttawa Public Law Centre. Details here: uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttawa_….

This East Village building is what we should build everywhere if we are serious about sustainability, affordability, and beauty.

Many thanks to William Baude, Stephanie Hall Barclay & everyone Constitution Center for an incredibly stimulating discussion! Lots of great insights that I'll make sure to incorporate as I rework the paper and further refine the arguments it contains

The Public Law Discussion Group Term Card for HT is out! We are really excited to begin 2025 with such an amazing line up! To join our mailing list message us at [email protected]

The president grossly underestimates my willingness to eat only PEI potatoes for 4 years

Stephen Harper says Canada should 'accept any level of damage' to fight back against Donald Trump #cdnpoli trib.al/WFnb5jC

A missed opportunity for Canada, where universities and research are increasingly seen as a burden.

The PLDG had a wonderful HT! Thank you to everyone who made it possible 🙌🙌 Stay tuned for the fantastic seminars the PLDG will be hosting during TT….

I will always have two things to remember Justice Souter by: a very kind letter he wrote to me, recommending Maitland's History of English Law, and this map, which used to hang in his office at the Court and now hangs in mine. May his memory be for a blessing.

Zena Hitz LLMs underperform in powers of synthesis, an area where Hegelians shine.

My latest piece, Constructing Constitutional Rights, is now out. Thanks to the Harvard Law Review for inviting me to write this response to Jud Campbell's important article, Determining Rights, and for the editors' superb work on multiple drafts. SSRN link here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…