Perspectives Social Justice VS. America’s Founding Principles Deborah Lambert May 22, 2016 The eloquent Justice Clarence Thomas recently warned the class of 2016 in a commencement address at Hillsdale College that since…
Faculty Lounge No Dissent from Any George Mason University Law Professor over Scalia Name Spencer Irvine May 19, 2016 Wow. Not a single one dissented (one abstention) in a vote over the renaming of the law school after the passing of SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia.
Perspectives Gay Marriage on the Rocks Malcolm A. Kline March 8, 2016 Outside of academia, even gay marriage supporters are dubious about the Supreme Court’s legal logic in legalizing it. “When I…
Faculty Lounge George Will: Newton’s Law of Physics Applies to Pushback Against Obama Spencer Irvine February 26, 2016 From George Will’s op-ed in the Washington Post, which is a worthwhile read: Notice the Newtonian physics of America’s Madisonian…
Faculty Lounge Conservative, Libertarian Law Students at Georgetown Unhappy with Professor’s Criticism of Scalia Spencer Irvine February 24, 2016 Professor Gary Peller was critical of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was a Georgetown undergraduate, and now…
Perspectives Justice Scalia was More Catholic than Pope Francis Cliff Kincaid On Saturday night, a lunatic by the name of Jason Brian Dalton went on a weekend killing spree in Michigan….
Faculty Lounge Law Professors at University of Washington Call Scalia “Polarizing” Spencer Irvine February 23, 2016 Kicking a man while he’s down (and dead)…doesn’t sound classy. Some law professors weren’t happy about Scalia’s legacy: A panel…
Faculty Lounge So Criticizing Conservatives Mourning Antonin Scalia is a Thing? Spencer Irvine It is an interesting read from the liberal perspective at the Academe Blog on how conservatives defended the late Supreme…
Perspectives ScaliaGate at Georgetown University Spencer Irvine February 20, 2016 Georgetown University law professors argued whether the university should pay homage and remember U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a…
Perspectives The Face of School Choice Malcolm A. Kline February 1, 2016 When the media deigns to cover a landmark Supreme Court case involving education, reporters should cultivate sources outside of the…
Faculty Lounge Survey finds 10% of College Graduates think Judge Judy is on the Supreme Court Spencer Irvine January 19, 2016 Huh?! So we are paying for expensive college tuition for this ‘knowledge’?! Distressing…
Perspectives Fisher v. Texas, Take Two Spencer Irvine December 19, 2015 At the Heritage Foundation on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, two law professors gave a preview of the second Fisher…