That feeling when you and a colleague have an excited exchange about the implications of Williams v. Bruffy, and then you realize he was talking about the 1880 opinion on appellate jurisdiction and you were talking about the 1877 opinion on de facto governments...

I’d love to hear what folks like @jvagle.me think, but this strikes me as the way: Using tech responsibly and ethically, knowing full well its limitations, while also creating an environment where students can’t use AI as a crutch or substitute it for thinking. www.law.uchicago.edu/news/uchicag...

Intensely socratic classrooms without electronic devices (and in-class, curved exams), while also learning how (and when) to usefully layer AI on top of one's own abilities and skills.

When there are four @dividedargument.bsky.social episodes in a week, it must be the last week of June.

Here’s a gift link to the @nytopinion.nytimes.com roundtable conversation about the end of the #SCOTUS term—featuring @williambaude.bsky.social, @kateshaw.bsky.social, and me:

The latest Shaw/Vladeck/Baude convo started out pretty hot: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o... @kateshaw.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social

Hail to the Chief!

“our interim docket”

Save the date: 3rd Annual UChicago Constitutional Law Conference May 14, 2027.

“People are always saying you can’t make ‘fetch’ happen.” - @williambaude.bsky.social

I was the least of three coauthors on this one, but delighted we pulled it off.

Interesting finding from the latest George/Yoon/Gulati clerkship paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

What questions are shaping SCOTUS' most consequential cases this term? Dean @adamchilton.bsky.social joined Profs. David Strauss, @williambaude.bsky.social, and Aziz Huq to examine major rulings and discuss key cases still awaiting decision.

I’d put the new A Parade of Horribles (#8) in the top three.

Divided Argument 🎙️ in the wild . . . @williambaude.bsky.social @epps.bsky.social #ALI

new from @williambaude.bsky.social , who is correct that everyone knows Boerne was wrong (even if some don't admit it). blog.dividedargument.com/p/problems-w...

“How can you again love anything in the Star Wars universe if it might be retroactively repealed at any time?” #MayThe4thBeWithYou newramblerreview.com/book-reviews...

Pildes on Calláis: democracyproject.org/posts/suprem...

Don’t Blame John Roberts for the Shadow Docket www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/o...

I am honored to be elected, along with my dear colleague Alison LaCroix, to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. www.law.uchicago.edu/news/william...

It may be a new world, but it’s the same Constitution.

Beyond Tit-For-Tat, my Jerome Hall lecture www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOfj...

We're excited to host Prof. @williambaude.bsky.social tomorrow for the Jerome Hall Law Lecture. His presentation, "Beyond Tit-for-Tat," will begin at 12 p.m. Eastern and will be livestreamed. Register to attend via Zoom: events.iu.edu/lawiub/event...

“Chicago is a beach town.” www.interlochenpublicradio.org/podcast/poin...

Co-post with @williambaude.bsky.social blog.dividedargument.com/p/when-extre...

I’ve posted a short piece for lay readers on Youngstown papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Call for papers! www.law.uchicago.edu/form/uchicag...

‘The Justices Might Actually Have to Say No, Even to the President’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/o...

I generally agree with this, but I also wonder how much of a convention it actually is. I'd guess that maybe 30-40% of my articles have had a "Part IV" in this sense, and that most or all of my most-cited pieces don't (and to the extent they do, that's not what they're cited for).

In 15 minutes: fedsoc.org/events/court...

Big and good news for the Constitutional Law Institute. Thanks to Deb Cafaro!

I notice that I am confused by the GVR in Zielinski v. US. I had thought the Court had stopped GVR'ing i/l/o SG confessions of error after Grzegorzyk. Am I misremembering/misunderstanding?

Pretty sure I'm one of the folks Mark's subtweeting. While I don’t feel compelled to respond, this actually provides a beautiful lesson for how academics and other serious observers might think about engaging with the Court and law. (thread)

My latest, “Marbury Now,” is published in the latest issue of Liberties! libertiesjournal.com/articles/mar...

With all that is going on in the world, it might be easy to overlook that the D.C. Circuit appears to have changed its Special Panel (aka Motions Panel) so that it's no longer in place for a month. I think this change is both really important and really good. (A quick courts 🧵 . . . )

Five years ago.