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Baude Responds to Eric Posner on Originalism

The conversation continues at The Volokh Conspiracy.

Eric Posner on the Increase in Executive Power

On his blog, Eric Posner looks at measures of presidential power other than executive orders.

Eric Posner on Originalism and Brown

Eric Posner discusses Brown in the context of his course on originalism. "An interpretive method that can’t account for Brown, or treats it as an epicycle, is  useless," he writes.

Brian Leiter on Law Students' Experience

On Brian Leiter's Law School Reports, Leiter notes that, according to a recent study, "law students are not unhappier now than they were before the recession," and in fact "a solid majority report themselves 'satisfied' with their law school experience."

Will Baude on Compensating the Exonerated

On The Volokh Conspiracy, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Law Will Baude discusses an earlier post by Ilya Somin on the compensation of people convicted of crimes they didn't commit. "Wrongful convictions and incarcerations are disturbing and wrong and the victims deserve compensation from the state," he writes, but he worries that "our current justice system doesn’t do a very good job of adjudicating the claims of those who are wrongfully convicted." Read the rest of the post at The Volokh Conspiracy.