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End-of-Week Blog Roundup

Eric Posner discusses dignity as a value in cost-benefit analysis and recent Russian stock prices; Brian Leiter discusses a dispute over faculty pay at Oregon; and Will Baude has two posts on the credibility of law enforcement officials and one on Hugo Black's dissent in the case of George Anastaplo '51.

Monday/Tuesday Blog Roundup

Eric Posner posts on Russia's invocation of 'civil war' in Ukraine and shares a response to his post on social security overpayments; Will Baude looks at a recent case in which police were caught lying; and Richard Epstein discusses "the problems with 'equal pay.'"

Weekend Blog Roundup

At The Volokh Conspiracy, Will Baude looks at a neglected cert petition in Williams v. Johnson and "a brief verbal skirmish at the U.S. Sentencing Commission;" meanwhile, Eric Posner examines the government's claim to be able to recover from children on account of Social Security overpayments to their parents.

Tuesday-Thursday Faculty Blog Round-up

The faculty have been busy the last few days: Eric Posner and Will Baude both have round-ups of their debates surrounding last quarter's seminar on originalism, while Baude also looks at a response to his tongue-in-cheek post on zombie federalism while Posner digs deeper into the GM scandal and reviews Omri Ben-Shahar's new book on mandated disclosure. Meanwhile, Brian Leiter notes SCOTUS' denial of the petition for certiorari in Elane Photography, congratulates the UChicagoLaw alums and Bigelow Fellows who accepted tenure-track positions, and sees indications that the decline in law school applications "is about to bottom out."

Baude on the 'All-Time Great' Justices

At The Volokh Conspiracy, Will Baude takes up Cass Sunstein's challenge to identify the “all time great” Supreme Court Justices.

Baude on 'Game of Thrones'

At The Volokh Conspiracy, Will Baude takes a break from the law to discuss the process of adaptation and finally understanding the appeal of Daenerys Targaryen.

Faculty Blog Roundup

Will Baude discusses McCutcheon, as does Eric Posner, who also posts on Martti Koskenniemi and human rights and the IPCC report and climate justice; Brian Leiter notes the passing of corporate and securities law scholar Alan Bromberg and tuition cuts at Brooklyn Law.

Baude on Judge Kopf's Post on Lawyers' Appearance

On The Volokh Conspiracy, Will Baude offers thoughts on a post that seemed "to have taken over the blogosphere" last week.

Baude on “Historical” Tests in Free Speech Doctrine

At The Volokh Conspiracy, Will Baude responds to a post by David Han.

Baude on Hobby Lobby Oral Argument

At The Volokh Conspiracy, Will Baude notes a similarity in arguments made in Shelby County and Hobby Lobby.