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Examining Federal Court Power in the Challenge to Mississippi’s Regime for Electing Governors: Part Two in Series

1 Dec 2019, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

principle as the Supreme Court has understood it.Follow @prof_amar Vikram [read post]

A Colorado High School Graduation Dispute Illustrates Both the Dangers of the So-Called Government-Speech Doctrine and the Need for Better Education From the Supreme Court and the Legal Academy on First Amendment Basics

29 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

censorship did, apparently, carry the day in this instance.Follow @prof_amar Vikram [read post]

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Is Mississippi’s Distinctive Method of Electing Governors Constitutional? Part One in a Two-Part Series

14 Nov 2019, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

Stay tuned—we take up those issues in Part Two.Follow @prof_amar Vikram [read post]

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Another Free-Speech Dustup Arising from A Student-Invited-Speaker Event, This One at Pitt, Highlights Recurring Problems at Universities, and in Free Speech Doctrine

26 Jun 2023, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

back from throwing the kitchen sink into everything.Follow @prof_amar Vikram [read post]

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Is California’s Mandate That Public Companies Include Women on Their Boards Of Directors Constitutional?

4 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

impermissible impact SB 826 could have outside the state.Follow @prof_amar Vikram [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Takeaways From the Facebook Threat and Title VII Head Scarf Cases Handed Down by the Court This Week

3 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

Vikram David Amar, a Justia columnist, is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Why the Measure to Split California Into Three Could be Blocked by a Court Before It Appears on the Ballot

15 Jul 2018, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

almost to admit) argue in favor of pre-election review.Follow @prof_amar Vikram [read post]

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The Flawed Premise at the Core of the Threats to Impeach Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz

25 Sep 2023, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar

judicial ethics and due process are served by it.Follow @prof_amar Vikram [read post]

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The Importance of Incorporating “Soft Skills” Into Your Legal Writing

19 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Julie Schrager

good position to become an effective communicator.Follow @prof_amar Vikram [read post]

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Just How Lawless Are the Alabama State Court Judges Who Have Been Refusing to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses?

12 Feb 2015, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

Vikram David Amar, a Justia columnist, is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

More Developments in Moore (v. Harper), and the Central Role Justice Anthony Kennedy Has Played in Addressing the “Independent State Legislature” Theory (ISL) that Moore Raises

4 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

Follow @prof_amar Vikram David Amar is the Dean and [read post]

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Whether and Why Delegations of Government Power to Private Actors Are Problematic: The Court May Take Up the Nondelegation Doctrine in DOT v. Association of American Railroads

23 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

Vikram David Amar, a Justia columnist, is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law [read post]

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Some Hard Thought-Experiment Questions for Both Sides of the Abortion Debate

27 Sep 2021, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Alan E. Brownstein

Follow @prof_amar Vikram David Amar is the Dean and [read post]

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Why California Should Repeal Proposition 8: Part Two in a Two-Part Series on What Should Happen to Same-Sex Marriage in California After Hollingsworth v. Perry

31 Jul 2013, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

Vikram David Amar, a Justia columnist, is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

The (Limited) Utility of State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs): Part Two in a Two-Part Series of Columns

7 May 2015, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Alan E. Brownstein

Vikram David Amar, a Justia columnist, is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Fourth Circuit High School Case from Virginia Offers Controversial, and Seemingly Dubious, Definition of “Disparate Impact” in Equal Protection Challenges

18 Jun 2023, 9:03 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

hope to return to these questions in future essays.Follow @prof_amar Vikram [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

The Supreme Court’s Oral Argument in Trump v. Anderson: The Court’s Seeming Failure to Understand Some Basic Starting Points

12 Feb 2024, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar

Constitution is (for better or worse) quite clear.Follow @prof_amar Vikram [read post]

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Friendly Advice for Law Schools Seeking to Inculcate Proper Free-Speech Values and Understandings in Light of the Stanford Episode with Judge Kyle Duncan: Part Two in a Series

16 Apr 2023, 9:02 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

One of us (Amar) has written before that administrators should bear in mind a number of cautionary factors [read post]

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The Prospects for Presidential Election Reform as the 2016 Campaign Season Gets Underway

30 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

version of which was seriously floated by a small number of people including me, my older brother Akhil Amar [read post]

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First Amendment Challenges to Public University DEI Programs

11 May 2023, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar

they are also often the best courts can come up with.Follow @prof_amar Vikram [read post]

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