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Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: Bruen’s originalist distortions

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Share This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American history at Fordham University and adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School. Bruen does mark a new low for the court.

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Morrison: Time to Give DC Residents A Vote in Congress

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Morrison, Lerner Family Associate Dean at George Washington Law School. He has not only previously written on the blog, but he is one of the most respected legal figures in the country with extensive litigation and public interest experience. When are you going to do your legal and moral duty and give us that right?

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USD Law Professor Under Investigation For Column Criticizing Chinese Government

JonathanTurley

It shows the same combination of student cancelling campaigns and the enabling actions of school administrators. He writes in the areas of Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, Intellectual Property, Contracts, Bankruptcy, Law and Economics, Business and Corporate Law at USD. Here is our reaction.

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Rutgers Professor and Law Student Under Fire for Reading Racial Slur From Judicial Opinion

JonathanTurley

The New York Times is reporting that a Rutgers Law Professor and law student are under fire after the student reluctantly read the n-word in a 1993 legal opinion. That triggers a petition from students to demand action from the law school and apologies from both the professor and the student.

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Child 3930: The Implausible and Wonderful Life of Tom Buergenthal

JonathanTurley

Tom would make it with his mother to the United States and ultimately studied law, with a J.D. at New York University Law School and his LL.M. degrees in international law from Harvard Law School. What followed next was even less plausible. I think of the number 3930.

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Biden to create bipartisan commission on Supreme Court reform

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The announcement fulfilled a campaign promise by the president, who last fall proposed the idea of a commission after he declined to endorse efforts by liberals to expand the Supreme Court – efforts that Justice Stephen Breyer criticized in a speech on Tuesday at Harvard Law School. Elise Boddie, professor of law and Judge Robert L.

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No Laughing Matter: “Life of Brian” is the Latest Battleground for the Future of Comedy

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The new Disney remake o f The Little Mermaid was criticized by New York Times movie critic Wesley Morris for lacking sufficient “kink” and being too safe in order to appease parents. , observed that the movie could not be made today and that activists have squeezed humor out of Hollywood.