William Baude
@williambaude.bsky.social
Harry Kalven, Jr. Professor, University of Chicago Law School. Podcaster and Blogger at Divided Argument.
Northern Michigan man’s crossword puzzle to be published in the New York Times upnorthlive.com/news/local/n...
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Northern Michigan man’s crossword puzzle to be published in the New York Times upnorthlive.com/news/local/n...
“Liquidation, Then and Now,” my end of an exchange with Jack Rakove is now published: jach.law.wisc.edu/liquidation-...
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“Liquidation, Then and Now,” my end of an exchange with Jack Rakove is now published: jach.law.wisc.edu/liquidation-...
New Paper: When the Executive Has Unclean Hands, with Samuel Bray.
(Short, timely, but hopefully more than that too.)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
(Short, timely, but hopefully more than that too.)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New Paper: When the Executive Has Unclean Hands, with Samuel Bray.
(Short, timely, but hopefully more than that too.)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
(Short, timely, but hopefully more than that too.)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
On calling balls and strikes:
September 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
On calling balls and strikes:
Bombshell! - Caleb Nelson, one of the most respected originalist scholars in the country, comes out against the unitary executive interpretation of Article II democracyproject.org/posts/must-a...
September 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Bombshell! - Caleb Nelson, one of the most respected originalist scholars in the country, comes out against the unitary executive interpretation of Article II democracyproject.org/posts/must-a...
New paper, with @marinklevy.bsky.social and Sam Bray: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New paper, with @marinklevy.bsky.social and Sam Bray: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
An online CLE on the shadow docket (emergency docket, interim docket) hosted by ALI by me and @stevevladeck.bsky.social
Next Monday.
Next Monday.
September 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
An online CLE on the shadow docket (emergency docket, interim docket) hosted by ALI by me and @stevevladeck.bsky.social
Next Monday.
Next Monday.
Out today: The Fall of Affirmative Action, by Justin Driver www.amazon.com/Fall-Affirma...
September 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Out today: The Fall of Affirmative Action, by Justin Driver www.amazon.com/Fall-Affirma...
The origin story of the “shadow docket” is now in the paper of record. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
September 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The origin story of the “shadow docket” is now in the paper of record. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
Sincerely wondering: what remedies does Justice Kavanaugh believe are and should be available in federal court these days for excessive force violations by federal immigration officials?
September 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Sincerely wondering: what remedies does Justice Kavanaugh believe are and should be available in federal court these days for excessive force violations by federal immigration officials?
As the ABA discusses the proposal to double the required number of experiential credits, here's a very informative and timely paper from Chilton, Joy, and Rozema. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It provides grounds for real skepticism, and so far I have not seen good counter-evidence from the ABA.
It provides grounds for real skepticism, and so far I have not seen good counter-evidence from the ABA.
August 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
As the ABA discusses the proposal to double the required number of experiential credits, here's a very informative and timely paper from Chilton, Joy, and Rozema. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It provides grounds for real skepticism, and so far I have not seen good counter-evidence from the ABA.
It provides grounds for real skepticism, and so far I have not seen good counter-evidence from the ABA.
I defend the Supreme Court’s performance in a @nytimes.com conversation with @kateshaw.bsky.social and @stevevladeck.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
July 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I defend the Supreme Court’s performance in a @nytimes.com conversation with @kateshaw.bsky.social and @stevevladeck.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
Honored to share the Diversity Leadership Award with FCJC Clinical Prof Judith Miller, for teaching a class on Litigating Originalism to a group of ideologically diverse students who engaged honestly and productively across many differences. A true UChicago experience.
May 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Honored to share the Diversity Leadership Award with FCJC Clinical Prof Judith Miller, for teaching a class on Litigating Originalism to a group of ideologically diverse students who engaged honestly and productively across many differences. A true UChicago experience.
A later two paragraphs talk specifically about the use of the emergency docket:
May 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A later two paragraphs talk specifically about the use of the emergency docket:
The problem of constitutional law, in a nutshell:
May 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The problem of constitutional law, in a nutshell:
Today in Chicago!
April 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Today in Chicago!
My Teaching Constitutional Law in a Crisis of Judicial Legitimacy is finally out in the @ChicagoKentLaw Review. Piece was written and finalized last year before the election. Did it age well or poorly? You be the judge!
April 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
My Teaching Constitutional Law in a Crisis of Judicial Legitimacy is finally out in the @ChicagoKentLaw Review. Piece was written and finalized last year before the election. Did it age well or poorly? You be the judge!
April 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Robert Bork to Alex Bickel, on dreading a return to YLS faculty politics:
April 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Robert Bork to Alex Bickel, on dreading a return to YLS faculty politics:
Here’s is what is NOT happening:
April 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Here’s is what is NOT happening: