blog posts

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

  Jan 19, 2018 10:00 am39 views

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

  Oct 10, 2018 2:15 pm36 views

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

  Apr 16, 2019 3:15 pm26 views

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

  Nov 20, 2017 2:45 pm24 views

• Alam discusses importance of diversity in law schools for Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism's "Reimagining Law" video series

  Aug 10, 2020 9:45 am17 views

• Alam to present at Global Legal Skills Conference at ASU

  Dec 11, 2019 3:15 pm18 views

• A letter from Dean Amar regarding recent allegations of misconduct

  Oct 19, 2018 12:15 pm983 views

• Amar: Advice for State Courts in the Aftermath of Rucho

  Jul 31, 2019 10:30 am54 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 am103 views

• Amar and Mazzone: Examining Federal Court Power in the Challenge to Mississippi’s Regime for Electing Governors (Part II)

  Dec 10, 2019 4:45 pm9 views

• Amar and Mazzone: Is Mississippi’s Distinctive Method of Electing Governors Constitutional?

  Nov 26, 2019 2:00 pm66 views

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

  Mar 11, 2019 4:45 pm52 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 am10 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 pm8 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 am296 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 pm14 views

• Amar discusses consequences of impeachment vote on NPR's All Things Considered

  Feb 11, 2020 11:15 am12 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 pm33 views

• Amar discusses Madisonian Constitution on podcast for National Constitution Center

  Sep 15, 2017 3:00 pm14 views

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

  Jul 11, 2018 10:15 am11 views

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

  Oct 12, 2017 12:45 pm14 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 evaluates Second Circuit ruling on sanctuary jurisdictions

  Mar 6, 2020 3:00 pm48 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 am43 views

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

  Feb 13, 2017 11:45 am54 views

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

  Mar 22, 2016 7:00 am2 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 in The Atlantic: How to—Carefully—Surmount the Electoral College

  Feb 5, 2020 4:30 pm29 views

• Amar joins law deans on American Law Institute's "Coping with COVID" podcast series

  May 6, 2020 4:30 pm7 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 am9 views

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

  Apr 18, 2017 9:45 am41 views

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

  Sep 11, 2017 11:15 am8 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 am4 views

• Amar on the importance of incorporating "soft skills" into legal writing

  Mar 24, 2020 4:45 pm101 views

• Amar on the take down of the electoral college

  Nov 30, 2016 7:00 am27 views

• Amar on understanding free speech controversies on college campuses

  May 8, 2018 10:00 am56 views

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

  Jun 29, 2018 2:30 pm80 views