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William Blake in the Wall Street Journal
Judges as Umpires, Umpires as Judges
By Christopher Shea
Anyone following the debate over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act will have been freshly reminded of the inadequacy of Chief Justice John Roberts’s comparison of Justices t...
Post · September 27, 2023
William Blake in the Washington Post
You can’t blame the Framers for the filibuster
By Ezra Klein
If Democrats really do try to reform the filibuster Jan. 5, we’re likely to hear a lot about how the Founding Fathers designed the Senate with the filibuster in mind, or how the filibu...
Post · September 27, 2023
William Blake in the New York Times
In a Polarized Court, Getting the Last Word
By ADAM LIPTAK
Published: March 8, 2010
A few times a year, Supreme Court justices go out of their way to emphasize their unhappiness by reading a dissent from the bench out loud, supplementing the dr...
Post · September 27, 2023
William Blake in the New York Times
Supreme Court’s End-of-Summer Conference: Where Appeals ‘Go to Die’
By Adam Liptak
WASHINGTON — Four weeks from now, on Sept. 28, the Supreme Court justices will gather in private for an annual ritual called the “long conference.” They will cons...
Post · September 27, 2023
William Blake in the Associated Press
Pandemic means a silent June at the Supreme Court
By Jessica Gresko
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the time of the year when Supreme Court justices can get testy. They might have to find a new way to show it.
The court’s most fought-over decisions in i...
Post · September 27, 2023
William Blake in the Baltimore Sun
Bring Back Justice O'Connor
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has already deepened the divide in American politics. Even when the president’s party controls the Senate, Supreme Court confirmations are difficult; just ask President George W. Bus...
Post · September 27, 2023
Kazi Sinthia Kabir passed her PhD dissertation defense. Congratulations, Dr. Kabir!
Post · September 21, 2023
We are presenting two IMWUT papers and a poster paper in UbiComp/ISWC 2022 conference at Atlanta.
Post · September 21, 2023
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