Journalistic and Legal Ethics for SCOTUS Reporters What happens when there is a conflict between the two standards? Reason · Apr 20
New Article: General Law and the Fourteenth Amendment What is the original meaning of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? There have been many great books on this question, but I have never been totally satisfied with their answers. Co-blogger Steve Sachs and I, along with Professor Jud Campbell, have a new article out in… Reason · Jul 19, 2024
Understanding Chevron's Death Today the Supreme Court ruled, 6-3*, to overrule the doctrine of "Chevron" deference to agencies in Loper Bright Enterprises, consolidated with Relentless Inc. The bottom line should be unsurprising to anybody who had been following the arguments or the Court's treatment of Chevron over the past decade. The only thing… Reason · Jun 28, 2024
Congratulations to Randy Barnett, Will Baude, Steve Sachs, and Keith Whittington, Whose Academic Work Was Cited in Rahimi Note particularly Keith Whittington's Originalism: A Critical Introduction, which Justice Barrett cited several times. UPDATE: The Criminal Procedure treatise on which Orin Kerr is a coauthor was cited today by Justice Jackson in Erlinger v. U.S. I didn't read that case as closely, so I missed the cite; thanks to… Reason · Jun 21, 2024
Laphonza Butler Better Hope Other Senators Are Textualists The residency requirement for Senators applies to those who are "elected," and not "appointed." Reason · Oct 3, 2023
Guardian US appoints Kai Falkenberg as its first General Counsel Kai Falkenberg brings decades of corporate, government, academic, and media law experience to the Guardian’s growing US organization The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023
Guardian US announces appointment of Matt Mittenthal as head of communications Guardian US today announces that Matt Mittenthal is appointed head of communications. The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023
Making Sense Of The Votes In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. The decision this term that has the largest potential for a legal "jolt" was Mallory. Reason · Jul 3, 2023
Guardian US announces appointment of Rachel White as executive vice president, philanthropy and business development Guardian US today announces that Rachel White will take on a new expanded role as executive vice president, philanthropy and business development. The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023
Guardian US announces appointment of new managing director Guardian Media Group has appointed Steve Sachs as new managing director of Guardian US. The Guardian - US · Oct 12, 2022
Congratulations to Our Own Will Baude, Steve Sachs, and David Kopel on Their Bruen Cites Will's Constitutional Liquidation was cited by the majority and by Justice Barrett's concurrence; his and Steve's Originalism and the Law of the Past was cited by the majority; and David's and Joseph Greenlee's The "Sensitive Places" Doctrine was cited by the majority as well. Nice! Reason · Jun 24, 2022