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[Jonathan H. Adler] Kavanaugh v. Gorsuch

This morning's New York Times features a front-page story by Adam Liptak noting that President Trump's two Supreme Court nominees—Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh—disagree more than one might expect. He writes: Both justices lean right, but they are revealing themselves … Continue reading

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Checks and Balances Updates

Last fall, I joined a group of conservative and libertarian lawyers to form Checks and Balances to speak out in defense of constitutional governance, traditional legal norms and the rule of law. I have not blogged much about organization's activities … Continue reading

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Is Kids Climate Case Coming to an End?

The "trial of the century" may not happen after all.On the eve of Thanksgiving, a federal district court judge may have conceded that there will be no federal trial in a case to force the federal government to take more … Continue reading

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Grand Jury to Investigate Kris Kobach

Another bad legal development for the Kansas Secretary of State and Gubernatorial hopeful.In June, a federal judge sanctioned Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach for "a pattern and practice . . . of flaunting disclosure and discovery rules" in litigation … Continue reading

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[Jonathan H. Adler] The Most Cited Legal Academics 2013-17

A new report on the academic influence of law faculties and tallies of legal citations by specialty.As Eugene noted, there is a new, updated study of law school "scholarly impact" by Gregory Sisk, et al. This study looks to measure … Continue reading

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