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Hillbilly Elegy: what can the book and movie tell us about JD Vance?

The bestselling book and its poorly reviewed adaptation provide clues to who Donald Trump’s new running mate really is and how he sees himself

The Guardian - US

How JD Vance’s path to being Trump’s VP pick wound through Silicon Valley

Yale Law School graduate found allies in tech billionaires including Peter Thiel who rallied privately for him

The Guardian - US

GOP Voters Praise Trump's VP Pick JD Vance At RNC

GOP voters praise JD Vance as Trump's VP pick at the RNC. Vance, a 39-year-old U.S. Senator, is known for his military service, Yale Law School education, ...

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The Populist GOP and its Yale Law and Harvard Law Leaders

A notable dynamic, and one worth trying to explain.

Reason

JD Vance’s law school roommate calls VP nominee a ‘hypocrite’ who ‘adopted the MAGA mindset wholesale’

Josh McLaurin spoke out against his old roommate because he thought ‘it was a matter of national public concern,’ he told The Independent.

The Independent UK

Inside the unlikely romance of JD Vance and wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, from Yale Law to a Kentucky wedding

When JD Vance began law school at Yale, the Rust Belt native encountered total culture shock — but also met his wife, the whipsmart daughter of Indian immigrants who helped him navigate the Ivy League, healthy relationships and his run for Vice President alongside Donald Trump. Sheila Flynn chronicles their…

The Independent UK

Who is JD Vance’s wife Usha Chilukuri Vance?

Vice president’s spouse is a former Democrat and lawyer who was his ‘spirit guide’ at Yale

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JD Vance Reveals How His Hindu Wife, Usha Chilukuri, Helped Strengthen His Catholic Faith

Usha Chilukuri, wife of US vice president JD Vance, has been instrumental in guiding and supporting her husband in his political career and his journey towards Catholicism.

International Business Times UK

JD Vance is a rightwing troll disguised as a populist. He could be our next vice-president

Having called Trump an ‘idiot’ and a potential ‘American Hitler’, the Republican senator now fawns over him

The Guardian - US

Cass Review 'obscures key findings' and 'misrepresents data', finds Yale Law School

THE Cass Review “obscures key findings, misrepresents its own data, and is rife with misapplications of the scientific method”, according to a…

The National (Scotland)

"Seven Questions on Section 3: A Response to Professor Kurt Lash"

A reply to Prof. Kurt Lash's response to the brief by Profs. Akhil Amar & Vikram Amar.

Reason

Upcoming Talks and Presentations

Talks and presentations on delegation, Chevron, climate change and the future of environmental law.

Reason

My Move to Yale Law School

After spending more than two decades in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, I'm pleased to announce that I will joining the faculty of Yale Law School in the fall of 2024. At YLS, I also expect to be the faculty director of a new center focused on academic…

Reason

Ex-San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin Appointed Director of Berkeley Law's new Criminal Law & Justice Center

Chesa Boudin graduated Yale Law School in 2011. After two judicial clerkships bracketing a year as a post-doc fellow (!!??) at the San Francisco DA's office and several years practicing criminal law as a public defender, he ran successfully for San Francisco DA as a left-wing anti-racist reformist candidate. His…

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The Independent UK

'Tiger Mom' Amy Chua writes first novel, 'The Golden Gate'

Amy Chua, the Yale Law School professor and author sometimes known as “Tiger Mom,” has written her first novel

Reason

Yale Law School Program with Kristin Waggoner (ADF), Nadine Strossen (ex-ACLU), and Robert Post (Former Dean)

seems to have gone very well.

Reason

What do Elite Universities Mean by "Diversity?"

At oral argument in the recent affirmative action cases, attorneys for the defendants argued that although they do ask applicants to check a racial/ethnic box, they do not limit their consideration of diversity just to those classifications, but also to religion, ideology, and other aspects of identity that affect viewpoint.…

The Independent UK

Zelenskyy quip, Trump conspiracy top 2022 notable quote list

2022's most notable quotations include a tart retort by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a U.S. offer of help

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The global ambitions of Chinese law

A recent report by the NGO Safeguard Defenders about the existence of "secret Chinese police stations" in cities around the world, including New York, has sparked investigations in several European countries and attracted the attention of the FBI. But while these investigations aim to protect the rule of law from…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn Law will not submit data for US News rankings

PHILADELPHIA — Just as Harvard and Yale law schools announced last month, the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School said Friday it will not submit data to U.S. News and World Report for its rankings.

Tribune News Service

Cynthia M. Allen: Is canceling back the only cure for cancel culture? How one federal judge makes the case

In late September, Judge James Ho of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, fired an unexpected (and arguably overdue) shot at campus cancel culture.

Reason

This Court Case Could Make It a Crime To Be a Journalist in Texas

Priscilla Villarreal found herself in a jail cell for publishing two routine stories. A federal court still can't decide what to do about that.

Reason

David Lat on the Yale Law School Free Speech Issues (Including the Boycott)

David Lat (Original Jurisdiction) has a characteristically detailed and thoughtful article on the issue. The article links to Judge James Ho's article (based on his speech) in which he explains his thinking behind his boycott of clerk applicants from future Yale Law School classes; and it also links to Judge…

The Guardian - US

New Jersey latest state to sue oil companies over climate misinformation

The state is going after five oil companies – ExxonMobil, Shell Oil, Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips – for their role in the climate crisis

Reason

Shifting the Hoverton Window

As a general matter, lawyers tend to be conservative. Not in the sense that they are right-of-center. Indeed, lawyers skew left. Rather, attorneys favor stability: support ideas they know, approved by people they trust, that are communicated through established channels. That preference for the status quo can be altered in…

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