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Congratulations to Richard M. Re on joining the faculty Harvard Law School. Such a superb addition. hls.harvard.edu/faculty/richar…

The final draft of my paper, “Making Sense of Evil Law”, forthcoming in Law and Philosophy, is finally available on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Some professional news: I've been named a professor of practice School of Civic & Economic Thought & Leadership where I'll teach online courses in the history of political thought (esp re women) and officially launch the new Mercy Otis Warren Initiative for Women in Civic Life and Thought - scetl.asu.edu/mercy

I'm truly honored to have received one of this year's Academic Prizes from Heritage Foundation, and I'm very grateful for this additional support of my work.

Happy to share this (free!) 2025 supplement to the Low & Jeffries Fed Courts casebook. We cover the universal injunctions case, along with other important decisions from the 2024-2025 Term, and the latest scholarship.

A close to final (and significantly revised) version of my article, Constitutional Rights as Protected Reasons, is now up on SSRN. Thanks to the many friends & colleagues who have made the article immeasurably better with their generous input. UChicago Law Review dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4…

I'll be a speaker for an ABA webinar tomorrow at noon about the Supreme Court's recent religious liberty rulings. Feel free to join in online! Register HERE ➡️ ow.ly/2RRy50Wgfak ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice

G.K. Chesterton, evergreen reminder

Parents: To save time, just have your child’s new water bottle shipped directly to their school’s lost and found.

Important USCIRF hearing today on the loss of religious freedom in Russia. Among other topics it highlighted the use of religious nationalism by Putin to persecute people of many faiths. By definition, religious nationalism threatens religious freedom. uscirf.gov/events/hearing…

I gave a talk (in 2013) about when/why academics should & shouldn't care about intellectual diversity. More personal than my usual fare (& the most readable thing I've written--not saying that's a high bar)... 1/9

Steve Smith on the “collapse of consent.” On the movement from condition of authority to foundation of authority. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Legal Theory Lexicon: Vagueness and Ambiguity, buff.ly/Tx4mSi4 - This Lexicon entry distinguishes ambiguity (multiple senses) and vagueness (borderline cases).

C. S. Lewis, straight in my veins

This is horrible news. Dick Fallon was a true “gentleman and a scholar” to whom the Constitution Center Center awarded its 2d Thomas Cooley Book Prize. He was an extraordinarily thoughtful scholar. This is a huge loss to the world of constitutional law and to anyone who knew him.

I was just emailing with Dick this past month. It's such a kick in the stomach reading this news and, honestly, difficult to comprehend. I always found Dick to be such a generous interlocutor and kind person.

New Paper with William Baude , forthcoming in the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities: "Yes, The Framers Were Originalists" A critical review of Jonathan Gienapp (Jonathan Gienapp)'s Against Constitutional Originalism. SSRN link below, and comments welcome!

Really lovely tribute to Dick Fallon written by Lawrence Solum.

New article on church autonomy just dropped (link in 🧵). It addresses an emerging issue that may soon create a circuit split: Can religious groups require non-minister employees to adhere to their religious beliefs and practices?

Important new article by my friend, Luke Goodrich, about the future of constitutional protections for religious hiring beyond the ministerial exception. Highly recommended! Nᴏᴛʀᴇ Dᴀᴍᴇ L. Rᴇᴠ. (Notre Dame Law Review) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Blog post here summarizing the article: nationalreview.com/bench-memos/ch…