August 11, 2026

The Last Word on Vampires and the Law…for now

Ok, I promise this will be the last thing I say about the Twilight phenom on this blog.  And I would say anymore, except that a few more things popped up over the weekend, and I thought they merited noting here. Elena Kagan requested that she not be asked about Eclipse during her testimony.  Really. […]

A Reaction to McDonald v. City of Chicago

Find it here.

A few questions for Elena Kagan

A few questions for Elena #Kagan, a la George Will. http://ow.ly/24qQE

McDonald v. City of Chicago is out

Reactions?  Find it here: http://www.chicagoguncase.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/08-1521-tsac-state-of-texas.pdf

A word on originalism, courts and legislatures

The Constitution, though it has an effect superior to other laws, is in its nature the sort of “law” that is the business of the courts…

Being a judge is not a pre-req

Scalia thinks it’s a good thing that Kagan is not a judge. “When I first came to the Supreme Court [in 1986], three of my colleagues had never been a federal judge,” Scalia said. “William Rehnquist came to the bench from the Office of Legal Counsel. Byron White was deputy attorney general. And Lewis Powell […]

Kagan as a student

While at Harvard, as a student, Elena Kagan was no dunce. (via Josh Blackman’s Blog)