The Faculty Lounge

Liberals and progressives alike hail the recent Supreme Court DACA decision, where the Court rejected President Trump's plan to shut down the program. Nonetheless, young immigrants are far from safe…

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On Wednesday, President Trump told the Wall Street Journal "I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous. It's actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard ...

That is the headline in a Chicago Tribune article about juveniles sentenced to life without parole, and who now may be entitled to new hearings. Here is the gist of…

Below is a poem from a social media friend. When I read it, I cried.  Perhaps when some of you read it, you might reflect that much more on the…

The Santa Clara University School of Law has begun its search for a new dean.  The posting is here.

On Monday, the Supreme Court struck a blow to the Trump administration, leaving in place a lower court opinion upholding one of California's so-called sanctuary laws that limits cooperation between…

And they are: William Hubbard (Trustee of University of South Carolina)Susa Kuo (Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, South Carolina Law)Joel Samuels (Professor, South Carolina Law)David Thronson (Professor, Michigan State…

This. I know him through McDonogh's Exectors v. Murdoch, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 367 (1854), which permitted him to use considerable resources to help public school students.   Edward Colston, Bristol,…

  Andy Griffith and The Darlings (actually, the Dillards): The Beatles, audio only Joan Baez, with the Greenbriar Boys (John Herald on guitar and vocals; Bob Yellin on banjo; Ralph ...