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The Maverick – A Biographical Sketch of Judge Richard Posner: Part II, The...
This is the second installment of a biographical profile of Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner. The first installment can be found here. Beginning next week, a five-part Q & A series along with...
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The Man Behind the Robes — A Q&A with Richard Posner
I myself am a counterrevolutionary. I am not eager to be sent to the countryside to do farm work while wearing a dunce cap. (2009) I’m much less reactionary than I used to be. (2014) – Richard...
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The Judge & Company – Questions for Judge Posner from Judges, Law Professors...
That’s a sensitive question to put to a judge. – Richard Posner (see below) This is the fourth in the “Posner on Posner” series of posts on Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner....
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On legal education & legal scholarship — More questions for Judge Posner
We should not allow complacency about the American university system to blind us to the weaknesses in legal education. I am not starry-eyed about the new interdisciplinary legal scholarship. [Even so,]...
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On Free Expression & the First Amendment — More Questions for Judge Posner
The American concept of freedom of speech poses a challenge to the pragmatist because, like ‘democracy,’ it is the repository of a great deal of unpragmatic rhetoric. It is at the heart of the...
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On Privacy, Free Speech, & Related Matters – Richard Posner vs David Cole &...
I’m exaggerating a little, but I think privacy is primarily wanted by people because they want to conceal information to fool others. – Richard Posner Privacy is overrated – Richard Posner (2013)...
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On Judicial Reputation: More Questions for Judge Posner
Successful people often are insecure (though they may hide their insecurity behind a facade of bluster); it is what drives them to success. – Richard Posner (1994) We are experts in self-presentation,...
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Posner on Same-Sex Marriage: Then and Now
. . . I disagree with contentions that the Constitution should be interpreted to require state recognition of homosexual marriage on the ground that it is a violation of equal protection of the laws...
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FAN 36 (First Amendment News) Forgotten Free Press Advocates — The Women...
These three women were active in ACLU First Amendment work during those early years and had an enormously powerful and lasting impact on the law we enjoy today. — Joel Gora (longtime ACLU lawyer) The...
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FAN 36.1 (First Amendment News) Skover to Speak on McCutcheon Case
By way of a shameless plug for my coauthor: INFLUENTIAL VOICES David Skover Seattle University School of Law is proud to present Professor David Skover SCOTUS Books-in-Brief: When Money Speaks: A New...
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FAN 36.2 (First Amendment News) Corn-Revere on the FCC & Redskins Controversy
Robert Corn-Revere In case you missed it, yesterday Robert Corn-Revere had an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. The piece was titled, “Free-Speech Foes Call an Audible — Bringing the FCC into the...
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FAN 36.3 (First Amendment News) A street named Carlin
Cardinal Carlin UPDATED Tomorrow New York City will rename a street to honor the late George Carlin, the famed comedian and inspiration for FCC v. Pacifica (1978), the infamous First Amendment case...
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FAN 37 (First Amendment News) McCutcheon case produces flood of scholarly...
UPDATED: 10-24-14 Before proceeding to the scholarly output on McCutcheon, here is where we stand this Term on First Amendment free expression cases: Review Granted Elonis v. United States (to be...
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FAN 38 (First Amendment News) Abrams Institute to host conference on Net...
On November 3rd, the Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression will host a conference entitled Net Neutrality: From Debate to Policy Decisions. The conference will take place at the Century...
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FAN 38.1 (First Amendment News) FIRE bursts on out in NYC — Free speech...
EXPLOSIVE. That is as good as any a word to describe the high energy level at the 15th Anniversary dinner of FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education), the group founded by Harvey Silvergate...
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UCLA Law Review Vol. 62, Discourse
Volume 62, Discourse Discourse A Critique of Justice Antonin Scalia’s Originalist Defense of Brown v. Board of Education Ronald Turner 170
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FAN 40 (First Amendment News) Steve Shiffrin & Bob Corn-Revere debate “What’s...
Bob Corn-Revere & Steve Shiffrin (with Joel Gora in background) For those who savor good give-and-take talk about the First Amendment, last Wednesday evening was a memorable one as Professor Steven...
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FAN 40.1 (First Amendment News) Banzhaf responds to Corn-Revere on FCC...
Professor John Banzhaf, III In an earlier post I profiled Robert Corn-Revere’s WSJ op-ed entitled “Free-Speech Foes Call an Audible — Bringing the FCC into the ‘Redskins’ debate is an invitation for...
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UCLA Law Review Vol. 62, Discourse
Volume 62, Discourse Discourse How Hall v. Florida Transforms the Supreme Court’s Eighth Amendment Evolving Standards of Decency Analysis Bidish J. Sarma 186
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FAN 41 (First Amendment News) Three Harvard Law Review essays discuss Justice...
Judge Breyer has a unique zig-zag style. – Ralph Nader (confirmation hearing statement, July 15, 1994) I do not rest my conclusion upon a strict categorical analysis. – Justice Stephen Breyer...
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