The Faculty Lounge

Over at Intrade, it appears that bettors - or shall we say, investors - think that Obama is about five times more likely than Hillary to get the nomination -…

The LA Times reports today a story that reflects more of this "policing über alles" mentality I discussed in my last post.  It seems that previously liberal California Attorney General…

The United States Supreme Court is moving toward allowing more and more suspicionless searching under the Fourth Amendment.  In Illinois v. Caballos, for example, the Court held that an officer…

"Chevron deference really does it for me", or so says Ms. Emily Bushnell, an NYU Law Student  in a highly entertaining  Law Revue spoof.   We watch snippets of her interviewing…

A major scientific finding has just surfaced in the Seventh Circuit.  In a new immigration opinion involving an asylum seeker, Judge Frank Easterbrook took a bold step into the land…

Congratulations to Paul Secunda, Rick Bales and Jeff Hirsch as Workplace Prof Blog hits the notable Site Meter achievement of one million page views.  In its three-plus years of existence,…

Kudos to Judge Ilana Rovner on the Seventh Circuit for her concurring opinion in Nuxoll v. Indian Prairie School District.  A student in a suburban Chicago high school wanted to…

Weeks ago I argued that Gore was more likely than Hillary to score the Democratic nomination.  I continue to believe this is true - and that every time Hillary lands…

No, this isn't a law post or one about ice cream cakes, per se.  Rather, it's about a beautiful Wednesday night and my own love for found objects - or…

Patrick O'Donnell, over at Ratio Juris, is putting up some substantial bibliographies in a variety of areas of law.  I can't  speak for their comprehensiveness - and indeed, he is…