Friends of John and Elena
In November, Ruth Marcus’s column opened with this anecdote: On the final day of oral arguments last term, the chief justice’s voice cracked with emotion as he bade farewell to …
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En Banc Eleventh Circuit Rejects Legal Challenge to School District’s Bathroom Policy
Today the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected a transgender student’s statutory and constitutional challenge to a school-district policy barring students from using single-sex bathrooms …
A Guest Post on Plagiarism and ChatGPT
As a professor and someone who values academic integrity, I am always concerned about the issue of plagiarism. Plagiarism is the act of using someone else’s work or ideas as …
Politicians Who Supported $54 Billion in Airline Bailouts Now Pose as Industry Critics
One hates to see friends fight. It’s therefore a little uncomfortable to watch an airline that’s received billions in taxpayer-funded bailouts on the outs with politicians who actively supported those …
Justice Gorsuch on Title 42: “Even if the [APA] has taken a holiday during this pandemic, it cannot become a sabbatical.”
Today the Supreme Court issued an order in the Title 42 case. Title 42 refers to a series of orders that allow the federal government to deny entry to certain …
Hamline Student Newspaper (the Oracle) Removed Published Defense of Lecturer Who Showed Painting of Muhammad
One of the twists in the Hamline blasphemy firing story is that the Hamline Oracle—the student newspaper—published and then removed a defense of a lecturer who showed the painting of …
Die Hard: ‘Twas a Christmas Movie
Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? The answer is obviously yes, and not just because it takes place on Christmas eve. The movie’s underlying themes—overcoming adversity in pursuit of family …
How Does He Know If You’ve Been Bad or Good?
This was supposedly written for and sung at a US Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel Christmas party during the Carter administration—please let me know if you have more …
Avatar: The Way of Water and Ghen v. Rich
Today I watched Avatar: The Way of the Water. There are spoilers here, so I will put the rest of the post after the jump. The first Avatar movie, which …
Thursday Open Thread
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