While most Americans pay little attention, 2 Canadian provinces - Alberta and Quebec - may well have secession referenda soon. In this post, I discuss these two very different secession movements, and the broader issues they raise about morality/justice of secession: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
While most Americans pay little attention, 2 Canadian provinces - Alberta and Quebec - may well have secession referenda soon. In this post, I discuss these two very different secession movements, and the broader issues they raise about morality/justice of secession: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
I don't defend J. Ross, who obviously went too far. But appropriate level of delegation to clerks varies a lot, depending on the judge, the clerk, and the case. Hard to find clear general rule. I saw this when I was a federal judicial law clerk myself.
Naming things after the leader currently in power is a practice of authoritarian regimes. Gerald Ford understood that and vetoed bill to name federal building after himself. We should follow his example, not Trump’s.
The post also explains why I have greater sympathy for Alberta secessionism than the Quebec version, and why it is not wrong for a non-Canadian to comment on these issues (just as Canadians have every right to comment on US politics, and often do).
I don't defend J. Ross, who obviously went too far. But appropriate level of delegation to clerks varies a lot, depending on the judge, the clerk, and the case. Hard to find clear general rule. I saw this when I was a federal judicial law clerk myself.
This post assesses common non-packing rationales for increasing the size of the Supreme Court. These arguments are relatively weak. But to the extent they are valid, I outline ways to expand without changing ideological balance/creating dangerous packing slippery slope: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
This post assesses common non-packing rationales for increasing the size of the Supreme Court. These arguments are relatively weak. But to the extent they are valid, I outline ways to expand without changing ideological balance/creating dangerous packing slippery slope: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
Many thanks to Canadian public opinion analysts @ericgrenier.bsky.social and @338canada.bsky.social for compiling all kinds of useful polling data on Quebec and Alberta secession, which I cited in the post.
Maybe also in such a way that you don't feel the need to plaster your name everywhere in the first place.
In a recent Lawfare article I outlined the case against "packing" the Supreme Court, and explained why the Court's…
The clerks "were more broadly disturbed by the lack of attention Judge Ross paid to the civil disputes that came before her... [&] largely let them decide how to rule on key motions in lawsuits. It was not unusual to go weeks without hearing much from her except for a brief email — 'Please docket.'”
The clerks "were more broadly disturbed by the lack of attention Judge Ross paid to the civil disputes that came before her... [&] largely let them decide how to rule on key motions in lawsuits. It was not unusual to go weeks without hearing much from her except for a brief email — 'Please docket.'”
live your life in such a way that the entire world isn’t waiting to see your accursed name pried off every building
