I recently published this column in The Hill that attempts to discern patterns in the Administration's executive actions to date. In short, I found three. First, the
majority of Executive Orders are not themselves particularly meaningful. They are crafted to be resistant to facial challenge. People pouring over each EO when [...]
For the Balkinization Symposium on Legal Pathways Beyond Dobbs. For the Balkinization Symposium on Legal Pathways Beyond Dobbs. B. Jessie Hill B. Jessie Hill
After Dobbs eradicated liberty as a basis for the abortion right, an obvious and pressing question is whether an alternative framing for that right might find more [...]
Watching the dismantling of much of what I have understood the United States to be and to stand for has left me questioning a lot of things, like it has with most everyone.
The one I want to noodle on here is what it means for us as a field. Is this an existential crisis … Continue reading An Existential Crisis for the Field? → [...]
Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik turned up in Moscow this week, after the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 27 requested that Interpol issue an international
arrest warrant for him. A pro-Russia agitator and genocide denier, Dodik has led Republika Srpska, the majority-Serb entity of Bosnia, for 20 years, repeatedly pushing [...]
The modern business environment is more heavily regulated than ever before. What if managers could turn their legal obligations into value-generating opportunities? Organizations
are on a near-perpetual search for competitive advantage over their rivals. Called the ‘holy grail’ for corporate strategy, a competitive advantage can enable [...]
Bloomberg, DOJ Is Urged Not to Dissolve Its Tax Division in Restructuring Bloomberg, LA Area Cities Pass Seattle With Highest Sales Taxes in US (11.75%) Bloomberg, LA Mansion
Tax Crimps Multifamily Housing, Taxes, Study Says Bloomberg, Republicans Debate Hiking Tax Rate to 40% for Millionaires Bloomberg, Republicans Eye $25,000 SALT... [...]
The Program on Church, State & Society is hosting, again, an essay-writing contest (for law students and recent graduates) on religious-liberty topics. There's more information
here. Consider submitting a paper! [...]
The multiple-award-winning book by Augustin Gridel (Université de Lorraine), Marchés et instruments financiers en droit international privé (Bruylant 2023), has just been
published in English under the title Financial Markets and Instruments in Private International Law. [...]
Monday, April 7: Terry S. Moon (British Columbia; Google Scholar) will present Manufacturing Investment and Employee Earnings: Evidence from Accelerated Depreciation (with
Yige Duan (Shanghai Jiao Tong; Google Scholar) as part of the Columbia Davis Polk & Wardwell Tax Policy Colloquium. [...]
ABC News, 'Trump Bump,' Iffy Economy Cited for Huge Law School Application Spike: Experts Josh Blackman (South Texas), Harvard Law School v. Vermeule Andrew Blair-Stanek (Maryland)
& Benjamin Van Durme (Johns Hopkins), LLMs Provide Unstable Answers to Legal Questions Jonathan Choi (USC), Amy Monahan (Minnesota) & Daniel Schwarcz (Minnesota), [...]
