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2 years

New suit. Thank you #Bangkok

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woke up one day last week with two papers due that I hadn't started; several reviews and clerkship letters; a mountain of exams and student papers. I want to declare #academicbankruptcy but will settle for reorganization rather than liquidation

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Thank you to @asilorg readers!

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Congratulations to @tomginsburg for winning the @asilorg 2023 Robert E. Dalton Award for 'Democracies and International Law'! Learn more about this award-winning title here: #InternationalLaw #ASIL23

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In 1989 Cody's Books in #Berkeley was bombed for selling #Rushdie 's #SatanicVerses . Owner Andy Ross had to decide whether to keep selling. “I stood and told the staff that we had a hard decision to make. We needed to decide whether to keep carrying [the book] & risk our lives /1

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Thank you and committee for this great honor!

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Robert E. Dalton Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Foreign Relations Law: Tom Ginsburg, Democracies and International Law:

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Looking like a massive defeat for the #Chile constitution. Two thoughts: the process undermined the coherence of the draft; and the "no" campaign, along with misinformation, was pretty effective. /1

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My new book with @aziz_huq is now available: How to Save a Constitutional Democracy

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A form of collective punishment that isn’t going to reduce polarization, to say the least.

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Thirteen federal judges say that absent major changes at Columbia, they won't hire anyone who chooses to go there (undergrad or law school) following this year.

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for what we believed in. Or to take a more cautious approach and compromise our values. So we took a vote. The staff voted unanimously to keep carrying the book... I realized that bookselling was a dangerous and subversive vocation. Because ideas are powerful weapons." /end

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Wow, a surprise, I thought this wasn't coming out for another month. Thanks to @CUP_Law @ABFResearch and @UChicagoLaw and especially to the great Arthur Wright of #HydePark who let me use his piece for the cover!

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Democracies and International Law by Tom Ginsburg @tomginsburg Contrasts democratic and authoritarian approaches to international law, explaining how their interaction will affect the world in the future. #internationallaw

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One of the most gratifying things in my scholarly career has been a set of private communications from scholars in (unnamed) authoritarian regimes, engaging with my article on #Authoritarianism and #internationallaw . God Bless Open Access & thank you @AJIL_Unbound #openaccess

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New AJIL Unbound symposium on "Authoritarian International Law" by @tomginsburg , edited & introduced by Katerina Linos, is now available online and always Open Access.

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I’m immensely humbled to receive this award, alongside great prior contributions by @tamir_moustafa , Hirschl, Rosenberg and others

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The section has given the award for Lasting Contribution to two publications this year. The first goes to Tom Ginsburg's 2003 book, Judicial Review in New Democracies.

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My late father had a collection of historical stamps from the tiny Polish town of #Przedborz . Today I returned them to live in local museum. Honor to share #Polands rich #history . ⁦thanks ⁦ @Aleksandra_dzie ⁩ ⁦ @AdamKKrzywon ⁩ for arranging! ⁦⁦ @Adbodnar ⁩

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RIP Ruth Gavison, who never shied away from the hardest questions about #constitutionaldemocracy . One of the most brilliant minds I've been privileged to encounter.

Professor Ruth Gavison, recipient of the Israel Prize, dies at 75

Gavison worked tirelessly to bridge the divide between secular and observant Jews and to retain Israel’s character as both a democratic and Jewish state.

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My thoughts on the Israeli Government plan to reshape the courts: - Jewish Telegraphic Agency via @jtanews

A law professor worries Israel could become the next Hungary - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Tom Ginsburg of the University of Chicago says a set of proposed reforms tilts the judiciary away from independence and towards politicization.

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The Quad at #UChicago today was more peaceful than #Yale . Our students were listening to lectures and attending classes

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"All approaches to constitutional interpretation rely on unwritten understandings. Going outside of the text is essential to reading the Constitution," George Thomas writes:

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And @aziz_huq ! It is a real honor, since the society stands for all that is best in scholarship.

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Congratulations @tomginsburg ! The winner of 2019 @ICON__S book prize!

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Isaac Asimov: "There is a cult of ignorance in the U.S., and always has. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread...nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."

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I don't understand all the concern about the Supreme Court. We have the best Court that money can buy.

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we wrote this thing on comparative impeachment, thinking it would be hopelessly out of date by now. Congrats @UChiLRev --certainly first law review to publish an article on impeachment the day Articles of Impeachment are introduced in the House.

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Articles: "Stickiness and Incomplete Contracts" by @JulianNyarko "The Comparative Constitutional Law of Presidential Impeachment" by @tomginsburg , @aziz_huq , & David Landau "Proximate Cause Explained: An Essay in Experimental Jurisprudence" by @scottjshapiro & Joshua Knobe

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My testimony at in a nutshell: the Pope, the Dalai Lama, 12 apostles of the Mormon church, 28 monarchs and 9 supreme court justices are the only people on the planet who can expect to die in office f natural causes. US would never make this choice again.

Presidential Commission on SCOTUS | The White House

On December 7, 2021, The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States voted unanimously to submit its Report to President Biden. On April 9, 2021, President Biden issued Execut...

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Lessons for next time: don't allow anti-political impulses to dominate process. Independents shouldn't run on lists; 2/3 vote article by article made harmonization difficult; and more attention to the "engine room" of politics important as per @Rgargarella /end

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With my famous Bangkok suit

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Keynote Speech by Professor @tomginsburg , discussing about "The Expressive Complexities of Constitutional Equality" Such a good way to start our @iacl_aidc Roundtable in Siena! @unisiena @GroppiTania

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Just learned that the first chapter of our edited book Comparative Constitutional Law of Africa is available for free download at @ElgarPublishing . Thanks! @AdamAbebe @rosalinddixon15 Pub https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781839106897/9781839106897.xml

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Pleased to announce that the Comparative Constitutions Project has released an updated version of our chronology of constitutional events, now through 2019! @ccpconstitute hopes to have a new data release this year.

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#RichardEpstein has gotten a lot of criticism for his Darwinian pseudo-scientific analysis of #COVID19 . I am convinced the New Yorker piece could not have talked to the real Richard because it says "He was initially wary of talking..."

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Winter is coming @UChicagoLaw

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For those who have followed Adrian Vermeule's integralist polemics, this great review says he "must choose between Schmitt’s unbounded executive and the Church’s vision of dignity and human rights. He cannot have both."

The Integralism of Adrian Vermeule

Harvard law professor Adrian Vermeule does not compartmentalize or soft-peddle his Catholicism. But his ‘integralism’ project should not be called Catholic.

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Future law professors! ⁦ @UChicagoLaw ⁩ Bigelow Fellowship application for next year is now open: Academic Jobs | The University of Chicago

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Three myths about #CancelCulture : it is new; it somehow restricted to the political left (remember the #dixiechicks ?); and it is among the most important issues facing our society in an era of actual #AmericanCarnage .

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Our website for the book is live!

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The most disturbing developments in our backsliding #Democracy are in the unsexy realm of what @aziz_huq & I call the bureaucratic rule of law: the #postoffice , the #Census2020 etc

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I just complete a two hour mandatory City of #Chicago harassment training for @UChicago . My main takeaway: never complement anyone on their hair. Let me just say that from where I sit, it ALL looks good.

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Sorry state of legal education: “Coming out as a moderate was more difficult than coming out as gay at Stanford Law School.” With some of my fellow Stanford Law students, there’s no room for argument

Opinion | With some of my fellow Stanford Law students, there’s no room for argument

If you're not overtly progressive enough, you're a dismissed as a "future prosecutor." Meanwhile, far-right students, far fewer, are provocateurs.

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Comment from last set of course evals: "One male student in particular raised his hand at least 4 times per class session so he could ramble and Ginsburg never stopped calling on him. It felt like a bad Tinder date." Ouch!~

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In Japan, Too, Outrageous Is the New Normal, via @nytimes ⁦ @knakano1970 ⁩ great piece!

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United States of America: UN Human Rights Chief troubled by law enforcement actions against protesters at universities

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Another student evaluation comment: "The amount of reading is wholly unreasonable. It also comes in awful formatting (like 2000s style)." I'm #Old

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We are launching an academic workshop on Buddhism and comparative constitutional law this spring! @ccpconstitute

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Very excited to announce this virtual workshop series on Buddhism and constitutional law, which I'm co-organising with Tom Ginsburg, starting January 14, 2021. Join us by clicking 'join' on the website below.

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Working for @thechicagoforum in the greatest city in North America

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“How to Protect Academic Freedom.” @tomginsburg at @IIJUNAM

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.Wanna be a law professor? apply to be a #BigelowFellow @UChicagoLaw !

Apply to be a Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow | University of Chicago Law School

Each year the University of Chicago Law School awards six Harry A. Bigelow teaching Fellowships. The Fellowships offer law school graduates an opportunity to prepare for an academic career. Fellows...

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'Today's Authoritarians Are Very Creative At Turning Democratic Institutions To Their advantage' : Interview With Tom Ginsburg

"Today's Authoritarians Are Very Creative At Turning Democratic Institutions To Their advantage" :...

Tom Ginsburg, American jurist and author, shares his thoughts with Santosh Paul, Advocate of Supreme Court, on decline in democratic values and threats faced by judicial institutions from...

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Very excited to be on my way to Santiago at this historic juncture for #Chile

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📚 @tomginsburg , experto internacional en constituciones y académico de @UChicago , visitará Chile para exponer sobre los puntos clave del proceso constituyente que enfrentaremos en los próximos meses. 👀 Cupos limitados ➡️

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#BlackPeople just saved American democracy, first is S Carolina by choosing Biden over leftier candidates, and now in Detroit, Milwaukee and Atlanta by turning out in difficult conditions. #saveconstitutionaldemocracy

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My take on job offer withdrawals: “The world’s very unjust, and students are trying to figure it out...They should be able to try things out and not carry the weight of their future selves with their speech experiments" @thechicagoforum @UChicagoLaw

Free speech on college campuses: Is it time for a reset?

In the wake of intense criticism surrounding statements about the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians, campuses are wrestling with their role.

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It was wonderful speaking with @veronicaundurra @Rmontero_ and Isabel Aninat among others about #Chile 's #Constitution draft. Looking forward to seeing the results on Sunday!

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In episode 3, @cfloed and @tomginsburg talk to Chileans in Santiago about Chile’s new draft constitution, soon up for vote. Why do Chileans want a new constitution and what would it mean for equality in Chile?

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@HoffProf @HarvLRev well said. I once got a rejection from a law review, and i had to write them back my own rejection of their rejection, because they had published the piece the previous year!

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The rain is pro-choice @UChicagoLaw

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with all the insanity going on about campus free speech in the US, I wanted to share an image from @UChicago . This blackboard has gone undefaced for weeks, apparently. We @thechicagoforum want to take the next step to provide folks with opportunities to talk through the issues.

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This was an amazing event. The papers were very strong, we met scholars from all over the region. We felt utterly safe, and were dancing in the streets to celebrate #Iraq victory over #Japan in the #AsianCup2023 . Baghdad is back, baby!

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Something completely different and new happened in the field of comparative constitutional law last week: an international academic conference on democracy and populism took place in Baghdad, Iraq and was attended by guests from all the continents and from 25 different countries.

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After being compared with a bad tinder date, I want to ask academics: worst comment in a course evaluation you've received? @DianeDesierto @sujit_choudhry @scottjshapiro @WilliamBaude and many others

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My congrats to my friend @Rgargarella --it was an honor to engage with your work. In English, my piece is called "Notes on a Continuing Conversation" and can't wait to continue at our next meeting.

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A Revista Derecho Del Estado do Departamento Del Derecho Constitucional @UExternado está perdível, homenageando @Rgargarella Com artigos de @JorgeRoaRoa @tomginsburg

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Today was the day we first heard a friend got COVID 19. She has all the symptoms. This being the United States, her insurance will not cover the test, so she will never be in any statistics, unless she has to be fully hospitalized or dies. But hey, #freedom !

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This is a tough and fair review of our book by the mighty Roberto Gargarella. Gracias a todos!

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Roberto Gargarella reviews the book from Tom Ginsburg @tomginsburg and Aziz Huq “How to Save a Constitutional Democracy”, in the last number of Revista de Derecho del Estado Law Journal 2018

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@thoughtsofchi Are faculty eligible? Jk

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At long last, our article on #disqualification in comparative constitutional law is out. Can the US learn anything from other countries?

Democracy’s Other Boundary Problem: The Law of Disqualification — California Law Review

Almost all national constitutions contain one or more ways to disqualify specific individuals from political office. Indeed, the U.S. Constitution incorporates at least four overlapping pathways...

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Just published a paper on #UDHR with @zedtex in @world_pol ! It’s called “Imagining a World without the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” /1

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Shame on the 47 "No" votes for a truly dignified, humble twice-confirmed federal judge. Shame on you.

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Applause broke out in Senate chamber as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman ever confirmed to sit on the nation’s highest court. Read more on the historic confirmation:

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Nice story of our workshop on #Buddhism and constitutional law, sponsored by @ABFResearch and @UChicagoLaw --its been even better than I expected

Why Buddhism Matters in Constitutional Reform | University of Chicago Law School

It was a Law School course born of COVID-19 cancellations and complicated by time zones. But the winter quarter seminar, Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law, was also pure UChicago: an...

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"Democracy as compared with other ways of life is the sole way of living which believes wholeheartedly in the process of experience as end and as means;"--John Dewey, Creative Democracy (1939). Thx to @AgnesCallard for pointing me to the essay.

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The incomparable @knakano1970 corrects for naive western hagiography of #ShinzoAbe

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“It’s time for Japan to bid farewell not only to Mr. Abe but also to his nationalist rearmament agenda,” writes @knakano1970 , a political scientist at Sophia University in Tokyo, in a guest essay.

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Thanks, @RichardAlbert !

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One of the most important and impactful books in constitutionalism in over a generation. It opened an exciting new world of possibilities for constitutional studies.

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White supremacist Steve King out! I am an eternal optimist and hope this a harbinger ....

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Breaking News: In a major defeat, Rep. Steve King of Iowa lost his Republican primary for a 10th term. He has long made racist comments and was disciplined in 2019.

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"One would not err much in thinking that the strategic problem of the "founders", pretty much everywhere, was how to construct representative government for the elites while protecting it from the poor"-- @AdamPrzeworski in Crises of Democracy

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“ #Patriotism is when love of your country comes first; #nationalism , when hatred for people other than your own comes first.” —Charles #DeGaulle

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alas, its 6 am Chicago time so I dont expect a lot of attendance but perhaps my friends in #Santiago can get up that early

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TOMORROW at 8 A.M Check out ABF Research Professor @tomginsburg in @horizontalchile 's virtual forum on, "The Chilean Constitutional Challenge: Lessons from International Experience." He will discuss lessons about comparing constitution-making processes.

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My graduation speech is online now:

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Important new #ClimateChange provision in #Tuvalu Constitution: "The baseline coordinates...shall remain unchanged, notwithstanding any regression of the low water mark or changes in geographical features of coasts or islands, due to sea-level rise or other causes. @ccpconstitute

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How do we know if we’re in a constitutional crisis? 11 experts, including me and @aziz_huq explain. @UchicagoLaw

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International Workshop Series to Discuss Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law | Buddhistdoor @UChicagoLaw @ABFResearch

International Workshop Series to Discuss Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law - Buddhistdoor...

A variety of perspectives will be covered in online forums...

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Note to President: the Supreme Court does not count ballots

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Best academic book I read this year! Continual thinking about its implications for #Asia . Congrats @DBoucoyannis

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Kings as Judges: Power, Justice, and the Origins of Parliaments by @DBoucoyannis now available from @CUPAcademic

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If Twitter banned Trump how will he fire people?

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Honored to be in this list with @aziz_huq and what a service for young scholars to compile this!

Democracy Paradox

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A list of 100 Democracy Books. Some are classics, while others are contemporary. I really felt this was missing for new scholars. I'm hoping to add some more book lists soon. Below I am tagging authors included in the list. @GroupDemocracy

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We are trying to encourage scholars to reimagine institutions for a world beset by multiple crises. @law_soc #2021 meeting

Law and Society

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Program Chairs: @Alex_Huneeus of @WisconsinLaw & @tomginsburg of @UChicagoLaw "A conference focused on crisis foregrounds the present, but it also looks to the past and to the future with the themes of healing and re-imagining." #LSA2021 Read more ⬇

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The best case for diversity training at universities I’ve seen. This is a graduation and the chancellor is mocking Asian languages

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When I see an older white male authority figure joke like this and see how the faculty and students laugh, it reminds me of how I was not seen as equal growing up in the US, and how Asians are easily written off and ridiculed. But it’s just a joke, right?

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Amazing news from #Chile that if the constituent assembly option is chosen, it will be composed of 50% women. well done to @pfigueroarubio and others pushing for equality in constitution-making

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Estamos FELICES porque ¡HICIMOS HISTORIA! 👏🏽🙋🏽‍♀️Es importante entender en qué consiste el mecanismo que asegurará una #ConstituyenteParitaria 👀 A continuación les dejamos la gráfica de @latercera que lo explica: #ParidadYa #Constituci ónConMujeres

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My review of good new book on #constitutions by Linda Colley @ccpconstitute @ABFResearch

Review | The conflicts and characters behind the world’s constitutions

Linda Colley argues that wars create pressures that lead to foundational documents.

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Very proud to take on this mission with @tonybanout in a time of great peril for #academicfreedom

The University of Chicago

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The University of Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression will launch this fall, deepening the University’s longstanding commitment to these elements of its culture. Prof. Tom Ginsburg and Tony Banout will serve as the Forum's inaugural leaders.

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The scandal here is not the money: its the mentality of SF School Board. A civilization that destroys art is not worthy of the name. via @NYTOpinion

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Twitter is getting people fired and doxxed even when they’ve apologized for their mistakes. What a horrible unforgiving culture.

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4 years

and how do I get him to start tweeting about comparative constitutional law? hey Donald--look over here!

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The President of the United States has spent all morning tweeting about "critical race theory", fun! You may ask, gentle readers, what exactly is that, how can I learn more, and does it have any relevance to me? Sounds really interesting, no? It is! A few points below.... /1

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4 years

Trump's speech not only attacked the Supreme Court and electoral officials of both parties, but the Republican Party. Good luck to both the GOP and the MAGA Party, may the best team win.

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@tomginsburg

5 years

I decided to delete my tweet about the President's #pardon because of a factual error about Mr Gallagher, though it is truethat the President was a "fortunate son" who deferred military service. In any case, the #MAGA twitter people are really friendly & I hope to stay in touch.

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tomginsburg

@tomginsburg

2 years

Great piece by @tarunkhaitan : in an era in which everything has been politicized, the academy will not long last unless we get our collective house in order and take inquiry seriously.

Tarun Khaitan

@tarunkhaitan

2 years

Just published: My editorial reflections on scholactivism in @ICON__S journal, in which I give some instrumental reasons why scholars should reject scholactivism: *because*—rather than in spite—of our concern for justice:

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@tomginsburg

3 months

"Website under maintenance" after Columbia Law Review Board delays piece by @RabeaEghbariah . seems an outrageous w autonomous law review operation as well as academic freedom.

Adnan A. Zulfiqar, JD/PhD

@adnanAzulfiqar

3 months

Timely new article “Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept” by Rabea Eghbariah in Columbia Law Review seeking to “transcend existing legal limits and imagine new ways of apprehending the Palestinian condition in law…”

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@tomginsburg

4 months

Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests

Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests | ACLU

Academic freedom and free speech are essential. Universities must protect them.

www.aclu.org

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tomginsburg

@tomginsburg

1 year

and special thanks to you for your major role in the project!

Hanan El-Kathiri

@hanan_elkathiri

1 year

@NuriaBooks came through with this book edited by Professor @tomginsburg . Can’t wait to indulge!

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@tomginsburg

6 years

New piece out, thanks to @UCLALawReview and @UChicagoLaw

UCLA Law Review

@UCLALawReview

6 years

In "How To Lose A Constitutional Democracy," Profs. Aziz Huq & @TomGinsburg discuss the threats of democratic backsliding and the comparative risks our #democracy faces in the modern day.

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@tomginsburg

4 years

So I wonder if we have something to learn from #Kenya and the need for fundamental constitutional reforms in the aftermath of electoral violence? @Olez @JTGathii @Int_IDEA

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1 year

Good piece on our approach @UChicagoLaw and how it differs from the competition. there is more to say about why our students--who are as smart passionate as those at Yale and Stanford--understand and create a culture of free expression

Eric Gertler and Brian Kelly: As elite law schools stifle free speech, U. of C. shines as an...

The bedrock principle of free speech is under siege at some of our nation’s leading law schools as U.S. News & World Report unveils its latest law school rankings. Leaders of the very pla…

www.chicagotribune.com

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@tomginsburg

5 years

New piece out @SumitBisarya @CherylSaunders1 @welikalaa @sujit_choudhry

Alabama Law Review

@AlaLawReview

5 years

“Secession is back in style.” And, as Profs. @tomginsburg of @UChicagoLaw and Mila Versteeg of @UVALaw argue, constitutions may be the cause. Check out why here:

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@tomginsburg

4 years

There is a way in which this old book of mine is very relevant right now. A powerful judiciary that protects rights can reduce the stakes of electoral loss, making the loser more willing to concede. There have been no gun-toting #GOP mobs out trying to overturn the #Democracy

Democracy Paradox

@DemParadox

4 years

My latest blog reflects on the judiciary with a review of a modern classic from @tomginsburg , "Judicial Review in New Democracies: Constitutional Courts in Asian Cases." I reflect on the role of judicial review and the courts in democracy.

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@tomginsburg

5 years

Thanks to @gilkumar Professor Gillies Vernier for fair review of my book with @aziz_huq

Death by a thousand cuts

Democratic erosion is likely to create regimes in which institutions and basic liberties are compromised.

www.indiatoday.in

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@tomginsburg

4 years

Thanks to @AJIL_Unbound for bringing this superb and diverse set of authors together. I’m humbled and grateful for their engagement.

Monica Hakimi

@MonicaHakimi

4 years

Fantastic symposium @AJIL_Unbound on @tomginsburg ’s recent article. Shirley Scott’s contribution is especially 🔥: “It was thus not necessarily the United States that was functioning as the imperial power within international law, but civil society.”

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@tomginsburg

5 years

New paper on comparative impeachment with @aziz_huq and David Landau now up on SSRN:

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@tomginsburg

5 years

Overheard in cafe before my lecture on impeachment: “going to a talk by whatsisname...Ginsburg. See you at 530.”

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@tomginsburg

5 years

Excited that my paper with Taisu Zhang on legality in China is now out!

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@tomginsburg

3 years

#Kenya bombshell case adopts Basic Structure doctrine! Thanks @JTGathii

James Thuo Gathii

@JTGathii

3 years

Here is the excellent five-judge bench judgment (with a summary of the orders) of the High Court #Kenya stopping the President from proceeding with an unconstitutional amendment process @waikwawanyoike @tomginsburg @ahmednasirlaw @kipmurkomen @makaumutua

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