Romney’s Monument Moment

Well, I kept expecting someone at the RNC to talk about Obama's connections to critical race theory.  I was completely ready to blog about that.  But no such luck.  This…

Faculty Hiring: Florida International

From my friend, Howard Wasserman: Florida International University College of Law seeks applicants for entry-level and lateral appointments for tenure-track faculty positions beginning in the 2013-14 academic year. Particular areas…

Uncertain Death?

I don't know why I've become so nitpicky about grammar and semantics lately - probably because I've been a law professor too long, or at least been editing papers for…

Blackboard versus TWEN

This year I have switched from Blackboard to TWEN as a tool to augment my classroom teaching.  I mainly use these services to post PowerPoint slides, announcements, links to relevant…

Hawaii Burial Law

The Hawaii Supreme Court recently granted an injunction against further work on a twenty-mile high speed rail line on Oahu in Kalekini v. Yoshioka.  Based on Hawaii historic preservation law,…

Kelsey’s Law on cellphone data

Has anyone been following the debates surrounding the recent enactment by a number of states of laws that require cellphone carriers to provide police with a customer's location information in…

Slavery Trivia Question

I'm sitting here reading State v. Will, an opinion by Justice Gaston of the North Carolina Supreme Court (and the arguments of counsel with it), for a short paper on…