Brothers in Law is a recurring series by brothers Akhil and Vikram Amar, with special emphasis on measuring what the Supreme Court says against what the Constitution itself says. For more content from ...

Brothers in Law is a recurring series by brothers Akhil and Vikram Amar, with special emphasis on measuring what the Supreme Court says against what the Constitution itself says. For more content from ...

Brothers in Law is a recurring series by brothers Akhil and Vikram Amar, with special emphasis on measuring what the Supreme ...

On Wednesday, Yale Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Amar introduced his new book, “Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840-1920,” at Brown’s annual Constitution Day Event. The ...

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Article II provides that in the event of a presidential and vice presidential double vacancy "Congress may by Law . . . declar[e] what Officer shall then act as President." Under the current ...

Over the weekend, Yale law professor Akhil Amar had a substantial essay in the Wall Street Journal discussing the leaked draft opinion in Dobbs by Justice Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

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Yale Law Professor Akhil Amar, in a prominent defense of the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade, argues in the Wall Street Journal that it contains “nothing radical, ...

Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. Having joined the Yale faculty in 1985 at the age of 26, he is Yale’s only currently active professor to have won ...