blog posts

• 1st Amendment Partnership grants $50k gift to support new initiative by Wilson

  Jan 19, 2018 10:00 am29 views

• A beginning, not an ending: #MeToo and the Kavanaugh confirmation

  Oct 10, 2018 2:15 pm35 views

• ABI's Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy unveils final report of recommendations to make personal bankruptcy more accessible

  Apr 16, 2019 3:15 pm16 views

• A dozen (or so) thoughts on Senate expulsion (with special reference to the Roy Moore affair)

  Nov 20, 2017 2:45 pm24 views

• A letter from Dean Amar regarding recent allegations of misconduct

  Oct 19, 2018 12:15 pm968 views

• Amar: Ambitious Proposals in the States Testing Constitutional Limits of Legislative Power to Interpret the Constitution

  Mar 13, 2017 9:45 am11 views

• Amar analyzes potential consequences of Roy Moore election on Joe Madison Show

  Dec 11, 2017 1:00 pm15 views

• Amar and Dean Rodriguez of Northwestern Law discuss co-teaching with Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

  Apr 10, 2017 10:30 am102 views

• Amar and Mazzone wrap up series on the challenge to Harvard Law Review's Diversity Program

  Mar 11, 2019 4:45 pm43 views

• Amar: A specific proposal that helps give us a sense of what getting rid of Citizens United might entail

  Mar 15, 2016 7:00 am7 views

• Amar: California’s July 2016 Bar Results, and the Bar’s Apparent (and Wrong-Headed) Decision to Stop Providing School-by-School Data

  Dec 6, 2016 3:45 pm11 views

• Amar: Can and Should States Mandate Tax Return Disclosure as a Condition for Presidential Candidates to Appear on the Ballot?

  Jan 5, 2017 1:30 pm35 views

• Amar: Can Obama be Reagan? Can the Senate be reasonable?

  Feb 15, 2016 7:00 am1 views

• Amar comments on Cal 3 initiative making the November ballot for several news outlets

  Jun 21, 2018 2:15 pm7 views

• Amar comments on "independent" investigation involving Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer

  Sep 5, 2018 4:15 pm4 views

• Amar comments on merger between UIC and John Marshall Law School

  Jul 27, 2018 10:00 am228 views

• Amar comments on United States v. California, which challenges some of California's sanctuary policies

  Jun 4, 2018 12:00 pm9 views

• Amar discusses claims of unfair treatment of Asian-American applicants by the UC system in his latest Above the Law column

  Dec 14, 2018 3:15 pm10 views

• Amar discusses DOJ policy of withholding federal funds from states over immigration

  Jul 27, 2018 11:15 am28 views

• Amar discusses juvenile life sentences on Illinois Public Media's The 21st

  Feb 1, 2019 4:30 pm31 views

• Amar discusses Madisonian Constitution on podcast for National Constitution Center

  Sep 15, 2017 3:00 pm11 views

• Amar discusses recent major SCOTUS decisions on News-Gazette podcast

  Jul 11, 2018 10:15 am8 views

• Amar discusses upcoming Supreme Court case on Illinois Public Media's The 21st

  Oct 12, 2017 12:45 pm12 views

• Amar dissects Gorsuch confirmation hearings on Daily Journal podcast

  Mar 28, 2017 1:45 pm61 views

• Amar: Do Fourth Amendment Protections Vanish After an Indictment? The Manuel v. Joliet Case on the Supreme Court’s Docket

  Oct 7, 2016 7:00 am2 views

• Amar featured in WSJ Law Blog post on reactions to Supreme Court nomination

  Feb 3, 2017 10:00 am29 views

• Amar: Fixing the Problem of “Faithless” Electors

  Nov 21, 2016 7:00 am23 views

• Amar: How Strong is San Francisco’s “Sanctuary City” Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration?

  Feb 13, 2017 11:45 am49 views

• Amar: How would Merrick Garland's appointment change the Supreme Court?

  Mar 22, 2016 7:00 am0 views

• Amar: In a Case with Blockbuster Potential, Detroit School Children Assert a Federal Constitutional Right to Literacy

  Sep 23, 2016 7:00 am15 views

• Amar in NYT: Supreme Court nominee could reshape American life

  Feb 19, 2016 7:00 am8 views

• Amar: Kennedy's swing vote and how race-based affirmative action could return to the University of California system

  Jun 28, 2016 7:00 am6 views

• Amar: On Academic Freedom, Administrative Fairness, And Blackface

  Nov 7, 2016 7:00 am8 views

• Amar on All Things Considered: Can lawmakers force Trump to release his tax returns?

  Apr 18, 2017 9:45 am40 views

• Amar on carving California into 3 states and how the NPV plan is relevant to the proposal

  Sep 11, 2017 11:15 am6 views

• Amar on Equal Rights Amendment ratification

  May 21, 2018 10:15 am6 views

• Amar on the benefits of blind grading for law schools and other parts of education

  Feb 8, 2019 9:00 am2 views

• Amar on the take down of the electoral college

  Nov 30, 2016 7:00 am25 views

• Amar on understanding free speech controversies on college campuses

  May 8, 2018 10:00 am52 views

• Amar op-ed: Justice Kennedy reminds Trump he is not above the law

  Jun 29, 2018 2:30 pm72 views

• Amar op-ed: Supreme Court nominees should weigh in on these rulings. You’re up, Judge Gorsuch.

  Mar 23, 2017 9:30 am19 views

• Amar op-ed: Trump’s plan to release detained immigrants in ‘sanctuary cities’ won’t stand. Here’s why.

  Apr 18, 2019 12:00 pm61 views

• Amar: Philadelphia’s Ban on Employers Asking Job Applicants for Salary History Raises Interesting First Amendment Questions

  Jan 27, 2017 9:30 am25 views

• Amar provides commentary on Cal3 initiative for Justia, National Review, LA Times

  Jul 22, 2018 1:15 pm6 views

• Amar provides update on CAL3 initiative

  Apr 27, 2018 11:00 am18 views

• Amar quoted in NYT article on teaching constitutional law in the Trump era

  Aug 24, 2017 2:00 pm121 views

• Amar quoted in WSJ article that recaps the past year on the Supreme Court

  Jul 5, 2018 4:30 pm10 views

• Amar reflects on bright spots and challenges for legal education at academic year's end

  May 8, 2017 4:30 pm44 views

• Amar reflects on Harvard Admissions Trial for Above the Law blog post

  Nov 28, 2018 11:15 am10 views

• Amar reflects on past year and shares a few resolutions for 2018

  Jan 4, 2018 10:45 am196 views