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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 42 (First Amendment News) Tribute to Al Bendich (1930-2015) — the ACLU...
Al Bendich, April 5, 2013 Some people make a difference in their lives; some people actually add to the bounty of freedom we call ours; and some people are so modest as to go quietly into the dark of...
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FAN 51.4 (First Amendment News) FCC Ruling: Broadband Internet Providers Have...
On March 12, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission issued a 400-page ruling entitled “Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order.” By the Commission: Chairman Tom Wheeler and...
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FAN 51.5 (First Amendment News) Floyd Abrams on “the greatest threats to free...
My First Amendment leads me to favor more speech, not less, on campus. And more speech, not less, in our elections. And more speech, not less, by corporations. And unions. And individuals. To me,...
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Guest Contributor — Floyd Abrams, “Liberty is Liberty”
Floyd Abrams speaking at Temple Law School Following my post entitled “Floyd Abrams on ‘the greatest threats to free speech in this country,'” a number of readers asked where they might find the entire...
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FAN 52 (First Amendment News) Corn-Revere signs with Cambridge to do...
Bob Corn-Revere Noted First Amendment lawyer Robert Corn-Revere will soon rejoin the ranks of practicing free speech lawyers who have written books on the subject. The never-tiring lawyer has just...
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FAN 52.1 (First Amendment News) Court denies review in false political ads...
This morning the Court released its latest order list. The Court denied cert in Arneson v. 281 Care Committee (see state’s cert. petition here). The Minnesota law challenged in the case provides: A...
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FAN 53 (First Amendment News) Justice Sotomayor joins in discussion of Burt...
[My colleague Anthony Kennedy’s] approach to [the First Amendment], unlike some of my other colleagues, is born on a very, very, almost fanatical belief that . . . the essence of democracy is no...
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FAN 53.1 (First Amendment News) U. Maryland Law to Host Conference: “The...
The 2015 Symposium (March 27th), “The Impact of the First Amendment on American Businesses,” will facilitate a discussion on the effects and consequences of First Amendment jurisprudence on businesses....
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FAN 54 (First Amendment News) Fourth Circuit Skeptical of Local Panhandling...
Robert Reynolds (credit: Richmond Times-Dispatch) Somehow this one slipped by me. Thanks to Joseph P. Rapisarda, Jr. (the county attorney in the case), however, I now know of it and of Chief Judge...
View ArticleFAN 54.1 (First Amendment News) Supreme Court: Latest Orders List — Free...
The Court just released its latest orders list and took no action on the pending petitions listed below. → The next Court Conference is scheduled for April 17th and oral arguments are scheduled for...
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FAN 55 (First Amendment News) Another Sign Case Comes to the Court
The “necessity and wisdom of using eminent domain” are “matters of legitimate public debate.” — Justice John Paul Stevens, Kelo v. City of New London (2005) The Court currently has a sign case before...
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FAN 55.1 (First Amendment News) “American Sniper” Cancelled at U. Michigan —...
According to a news report in the Michigan Daily, a showing of Clint Eastwood’s box-office blockbuster American Sniper has been cancelled at the University of Michigan. “The Center for Campus...
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