Sep 15, 2019 | Essay, Feature, First Amendment, Lackland H. Bloom Jr., Supreme Court of the United States
By Lackland H. Bloom, Jr. Abstract The Supreme Court’s freedom-of-speech jurisprudence is complicated. There are few hard and fast rules. One is that judicially-imposed prior restraints on speech are hardly ever permissible. In recent years, another hard and fast rule...
Sep 1, 2019 | Essay, Feature, Judges, Meg Penrose, Supreme Court of the United States
By Meg Penrose Abstract “The duty to decide is the primary judicial duty.” If one agrees with Judge Posner, then the Roberts Court is shirking its primary duty. Empirically, the Roberts Court is the least productive of any Supreme Court. It averages less than 70...
Sep 1, 2019 | Essay, Feature, Legal Profession, Richard Delgado
By Richard Delgado Abstract This is a nervous period for progressive people. The advent of an administration seemingly dedicated to mass cruelty has raised concerns over the line between conscionable and unconscionable work—always high—to fever pitch, and produced...
