Päivi Leino-Sandberg (University of Helsinki) Photo credit: Cancillería Ecuador via Wikimedia Commons When conducting research, I often file requests for access to
documents (ATD) under the EU’s access to documents regulation (1049/2001), primarily with the Commission and the Council, and use them as a source of empirical [...]
At a press conference on Thursday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine presented the most detailed explanation yet
of Operation Midnight Hammer, the June 22 strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites. [...]
Conor Clarke (Washington University; Google Scholar) & Ari Glogower (Northwestern; Google Scholar), Apportioned Direct Taxes, 79 Tax L. Rev. ___ (2026): The Constitution requires
that Congress apportion any “direct” tax among the states by population. This once-dormant provision is now the most important constitutional limitation on Congress’s [...]
On June 29, 2025, an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the United Nations Charter will take place. Hosted at 2425 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, and accessible virtually
via Zoom, this hybrid gathering will take place from 3:00 PM to... [...]
For the Balkinization symposium on Free Speech in Crisis and the Limits of the First Amendment. For the Balkinization symposium on Free Speech in Crisis and the Limits of
the First Amendment. [...]
The UK has just set out its new trade strategy, and one point in there is that it will be joining the MPIA: The WTO has an almost unique function to resolve trade disputes.
That trade dispute system is busier than ever but, since 2019, it has lacked an appellate function, limiting the ability to resolve the disputes brought before it. [...]
The war that has plagued Sudan since 15 April 2023 is accompanied by massive violations and abuses of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. Sudanese
returning to their homes in Khartoum, which was recaptured by the army in late March, often find graves and decomposing bodies. [...]
Because I believe the Surpeme Court reached the right result in Hewitt this morning when interpretting the reach of a sentencing provision in the First Step Act (basics here),
I suppose I should be content. But upon first read, I am struck and bothered by the fact that the Hewitt opinions are chock full of wordsmithing and say nothing about [...]
The Supreme Court this morning handed down a standing ruling in a capital case via Guitierrez v. Saenz, No. 23-7809 (S. Ct. June 26, 2025) (available here). The vote was 6-3,
and here are the particulars of the votes of the Justices: SOTOMAYOR, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. [...]
