The Faculty Lounge

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the federal government is peddling fear.  Sitting at my desk, drinking a cup of coffee, I attempted to read a New York Times…

Indiana's Supreme Court certified fraud-fightin' voting ID law got a good workout today.  AP tells us that several elderly nuns were denied the right to vote in South Bend (home…

We learn today, from the Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required), that university food service operations are feeling financial pressure from the rising cost of food.  How to make ends…

  Moved to the top May 5 with additions and modifications.  As always, I encourage readers to provide any additional information. A couple of months ago, a colleague from another ...

Bill Stuntz, at Less Than the Least, has an interesting post up suggesting that disproportionate blame for the "social catastrophe" that is our mass incarcerative state falls to the Democrats. …

NCAA brackets are always loads of fun - the perfect way to break gambling laws and feel good about it.  (Back in the day, Justice Rehnquist ran the Supreme Court…

Today we officially announce the renaming of the Drexel University College of Law.  Henceforth, we will be called the Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law.  Mack, who (not surprisingly)…

The Los Angeles Police Department announced, yesterday, that after looking into over 300 complaints of racial profiling, every single claim had no merit.  The news is even better: according to…

Harry Brighouse, a philosopher at UW Madison, has a nice post considering the question of when a state ought to terminate parental rights.  (It's based on his article, with Adam…

Updated on April 30 with data received through April 27. I'm pleased to announce the first second iteration of this year's law school visiting professor list.  This does not include ...