News blog navigation Home Faculty Title Date Popularity blog posts Why the Supreme Court was Right Last Week to Deny Review of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decisions Handed Down Prior to the 2020 Election Mar 5, 2021 4:30 pm17 views Why the Clean Air Act’s Special Treatment of California Is Permissible Even in Light of the Equal-Sovereignty Notion Invoked in Shelby County Sep 2, 2022 1:30 pm13 views Why the Biden Administration Was Right Earlier This Week to Change Course in the Obamacare Challenge Pending Before the Court Feb 15, 2021 3:15 pm10 views Why Settled Precedent Prevents President Trump From Punishing Sanctuary Cities For Declining to Assist in Federal Immigration Policy Apr 26, 2019 11:00 am11 views Why September 17 Is Neither the Only nor Necessarily the Best Day to Celebrate America’s True Constitutional Tradition Sep 17, 2021 10:30 am49 views Why One Can Support Affirmative Action but Oppose Favoring Whites Over Asians When Administering It Aug 22, 2017 2:45 pm27 views Why It is Unconstitutional for State Bars, When Doling out Bar-Exam Seats, to Favor In-State Law Schools Jun 10, 2020 4:00 pm15 views Why is it so difficult to fight domestic terrorism? Murphy shares expertise in a piece in The Conversation. Sep 1, 2021 11:45 am55 views Why Challenges to California’s Tax-Return-Disclosure Law Should Fail (Putting Aside Whether They Will) Aug 21, 2019 3:00 pm55 views Why California cannot dictate to whom the federal government sells federal lands Nov 28, 2018 9:00 am14 views Why bother watching the impeachment trial? Illinois law faculty share their perspectives. Jan 27, 2020 3:15 pm44 views Who May/Should Preside Over Former President Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial? Feb 5, 2021 1:00 pm22 views Where Trump and (Bill) Clinton Agree: Immunity From Civil Suit While President Apr 11, 2017 9:00 am40 views Where does the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program stand? Jul 10, 2020 3:30 pm22 views When is it Constitutionally Problematic for Government to Ask Questions about the Race of Individuals? A Dialogue Between Two Constitutional Law Scholars Oct 9, 2019 4:15 pm33 views When, If Ever, Should a Legislature Be Able to Enact a Law that it Knows (or Should Know) that Courts Today Would Invalidate? May 21, 2019 9:45 am19 views When does protecting faith imperil children? Wilson and panelists discuss. Apr 10, 2019 11:15 am20 views What Would a New Constitutional Convention Look Like? Two Dozen Unanswered Yet Crucial Questions Dec 14, 2018 4:00 pm34 views What we can learn about stare decisis (respect for precedent) from the last Supreme Court term Aug 6, 2018 11:00 am55 views What the ISL Moore v. Harper Case Can Tell Us About Principled Originalism Nov 18, 2022 12:00 pm30 views What the Alabama Confederate Memorial case says about modern constitutional doctrine Jan 25, 2019 4:30 pm15 views What Senator Grassley’s recent exhortation to (conservative) justices to retire promptly says about our federal judicial selection system May 29, 2018 2:00 pm11 views What’s at Stake in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue? May 29, 2020 3:30 pm20 views What now with gerrymandering? Are algorithms part of the answer? Jun 26, 2018 10:30 am16 views What legal effect, if any, can recent state ratifications of the Equal Rights Amendment have? Sep 28, 2018 4:15 pm11 views What is fair compensation? New column from Professors Robbennolt, Wexler, and Pahre Jan 13, 2020 11:45 am38 views What is driving Congress to potentially change Medicaid? Jan 6, 2017 2:45 pm19 views What is Anthony Kennedy’s legacy as a Supreme Court justice? Jul 5, 2018 4:00 pm17 views What Franchise Tax Board v. Hyatt Adds to the Discussion of Stare Decisis and Reliance Jun 19, 2019 2:30 pm25 views What effect will COVID-19 have on end-of-life and retirement issues? May 22, 2020 2:45 pm10 views What effect will Christine Blasey Ford's testimony have on the #MeToo movement? Oct 8, 2018 4:00 pm32 views What Does it Mean for Other Institutions to “Defy” or “Check” the Supreme Court? Not What the Court Invites Those Institutions to Do Sep 2, 2022 1:45 pm39 views What does ending the COVID-19 pandemic mean from a legal perspective? Jun 30, 2022 7:45 pm7 views What changes should be made to modernize consumer bankruptcy law? May 9, 2019 2:15 pm31 views What are we to make of the first month of the new Trump administration in constitutional perspective? Feb 28, 2017 10:45 am19 views What are the conditions for a constitutional crisis? Feb 22, 2017 9:00 am47 views What Accounts for the Increase in Law School Applications This Year? Feb 27, 2021 11:15 am34 views What About the Bar Exam After the 2020 Dust Settles? Sep 17, 2020 3:45 pm36 views Wexler: We need to talk about Brazil Jun 4, 2018 12:00 pm23 views Wexler: Unpacking Cambodia's Nuremberg Moment Nov 28, 2018 9:00 am8 views Wexler: Unbuilding the Wall? Rebooting European Immigration Policies Oct 2, 2019 3:00 pm5 views Wexler: Transitional Justice and Inauguration Poems Feb 1, 2021 12:15 pm39 views Wexler to speak at 7th Annual Lara D. Gass Symposium, Measuring #MeToo: The Movement’s Impact on Civil Law, Criminal Law, and Alternative Justice Sep 17, 2020 10:30 am10 views Wexler to deliver keynote at Men & the #MeToo Movement Conference Oct 9, 2019 3:15 pm20 views Wexler: The Oprah Interview as a Truth Commission Mar 11, 2021 10:15 am16 views Wexler: The International Criminal Court and end games Sep 19, 2018 10:15 am17 views Wexler speaks to Illinois Public Media about proposed sexual harassment reforms at U of I Nov 26, 2019 9:00 am12 views Wexler speaks to Chicago Tribune about how the Kavanaugh confirmation may impact upcoming Women's March Oct 10, 2018 2:30 pm186 views Wexler speaks at virtual conference on Global Resistance to Sexual Harassment/Violence Jun 12, 2020 4:45 pm33 views Wexler speaks at University of Chicago Legal Forum Symposium Nov 9, 2018 3:15 pm19 views view previous 4 view next More News
blog posts Why the Supreme Court was Right Last Week to Deny Review of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decisions Handed Down Prior to the 2020 Election Mar 5, 2021 4:30 pm17 views Why the Clean Air Act’s Special Treatment of California Is Permissible Even in Light of the Equal-Sovereignty Notion Invoked in Shelby County Sep 2, 2022 1:30 pm13 views Why the Biden Administration Was Right Earlier This Week to Change Course in the Obamacare Challenge Pending Before the Court Feb 15, 2021 3:15 pm10 views Why Settled Precedent Prevents President Trump From Punishing Sanctuary Cities For Declining to Assist in Federal Immigration Policy Apr 26, 2019 11:00 am11 views Why September 17 Is Neither the Only nor Necessarily the Best Day to Celebrate America’s True Constitutional Tradition Sep 17, 2021 10:30 am49 views Why One Can Support Affirmative Action but Oppose Favoring Whites Over Asians When Administering It Aug 22, 2017 2:45 pm27 views Why It is Unconstitutional for State Bars, When Doling out Bar-Exam Seats, to Favor In-State Law Schools Jun 10, 2020 4:00 pm15 views Why is it so difficult to fight domestic terrorism? Murphy shares expertise in a piece in The Conversation. Sep 1, 2021 11:45 am55 views Why Challenges to California’s Tax-Return-Disclosure Law Should Fail (Putting Aside Whether They Will) Aug 21, 2019 3:00 pm55 views Why California cannot dictate to whom the federal government sells federal lands Nov 28, 2018 9:00 am14 views Why bother watching the impeachment trial? Illinois law faculty share their perspectives. Jan 27, 2020 3:15 pm44 views Who May/Should Preside Over Former President Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial? Feb 5, 2021 1:00 pm22 views Where Trump and (Bill) Clinton Agree: Immunity From Civil Suit While President Apr 11, 2017 9:00 am40 views Where does the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program stand? Jul 10, 2020 3:30 pm22 views When is it Constitutionally Problematic for Government to Ask Questions about the Race of Individuals? A Dialogue Between Two Constitutional Law Scholars Oct 9, 2019 4:15 pm33 views When, If Ever, Should a Legislature Be Able to Enact a Law that it Knows (or Should Know) that Courts Today Would Invalidate? May 21, 2019 9:45 am19 views When does protecting faith imperil children? Wilson and panelists discuss. Apr 10, 2019 11:15 am20 views What Would a New Constitutional Convention Look Like? Two Dozen Unanswered Yet Crucial Questions Dec 14, 2018 4:00 pm34 views What we can learn about stare decisis (respect for precedent) from the last Supreme Court term Aug 6, 2018 11:00 am55 views What the ISL Moore v. Harper Case Can Tell Us About Principled Originalism Nov 18, 2022 12:00 pm30 views What the Alabama Confederate Memorial case says about modern constitutional doctrine Jan 25, 2019 4:30 pm15 views What Senator Grassley’s recent exhortation to (conservative) justices to retire promptly says about our federal judicial selection system May 29, 2018 2:00 pm11 views What’s at Stake in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue? May 29, 2020 3:30 pm20 views What now with gerrymandering? Are algorithms part of the answer? Jun 26, 2018 10:30 am16 views What legal effect, if any, can recent state ratifications of the Equal Rights Amendment have? Sep 28, 2018 4:15 pm11 views What is fair compensation? New column from Professors Robbennolt, Wexler, and Pahre Jan 13, 2020 11:45 am38 views What is driving Congress to potentially change Medicaid? Jan 6, 2017 2:45 pm19 views What is Anthony Kennedy’s legacy as a Supreme Court justice? Jul 5, 2018 4:00 pm17 views What Franchise Tax Board v. Hyatt Adds to the Discussion of Stare Decisis and Reliance Jun 19, 2019 2:30 pm25 views What effect will COVID-19 have on end-of-life and retirement issues? May 22, 2020 2:45 pm10 views What effect will Christine Blasey Ford's testimony have on the #MeToo movement? Oct 8, 2018 4:00 pm32 views What Does it Mean for Other Institutions to “Defy” or “Check” the Supreme Court? Not What the Court Invites Those Institutions to Do Sep 2, 2022 1:45 pm39 views What does ending the COVID-19 pandemic mean from a legal perspective? Jun 30, 2022 7:45 pm7 views What changes should be made to modernize consumer bankruptcy law? May 9, 2019 2:15 pm31 views What are we to make of the first month of the new Trump administration in constitutional perspective? Feb 28, 2017 10:45 am19 views What are the conditions for a constitutional crisis? Feb 22, 2017 9:00 am47 views What Accounts for the Increase in Law School Applications This Year? Feb 27, 2021 11:15 am34 views What About the Bar Exam After the 2020 Dust Settles? Sep 17, 2020 3:45 pm36 views Wexler: We need to talk about Brazil Jun 4, 2018 12:00 pm23 views Wexler: Unpacking Cambodia's Nuremberg Moment Nov 28, 2018 9:00 am8 views Wexler: Unbuilding the Wall? Rebooting European Immigration Policies Oct 2, 2019 3:00 pm5 views Wexler: Transitional Justice and Inauguration Poems Feb 1, 2021 12:15 pm39 views Wexler to speak at 7th Annual Lara D. Gass Symposium, Measuring #MeToo: The Movement’s Impact on Civil Law, Criminal Law, and Alternative Justice Sep 17, 2020 10:30 am10 views Wexler to deliver keynote at Men & the #MeToo Movement Conference Oct 9, 2019 3:15 pm20 views Wexler: The Oprah Interview as a Truth Commission Mar 11, 2021 10:15 am16 views Wexler: The International Criminal Court and end games Sep 19, 2018 10:15 am17 views Wexler speaks to Illinois Public Media about proposed sexual harassment reforms at U of I Nov 26, 2019 9:00 am12 views Wexler speaks to Chicago Tribune about how the Kavanaugh confirmation may impact upcoming Women's March Oct 10, 2018 2:30 pm186 views Wexler speaks at virtual conference on Global Resistance to Sexual Harassment/Violence Jun 12, 2020 4:45 pm33 views Wexler speaks at University of Chicago Legal Forum Symposium Nov 9, 2018 3:15 pm19 views