Will Baude

Chicago

Contributor at Reason

Harry Kalven Jr. Professor @UChicagoLaw of fed courts, conflicts, election law; director @UChicagoConLaw; blogger @VolokhC; podcaster @DividedArgument; dad x2.

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Articles

Prof. Ryan Snyder on the Eric Adams Case

2 months ago | reason.com | Will Baude |Jr. Professor

Law & Government | There have been a lot of posts recently about the Department of Justice's treatment of the Eric Adams prosecution.
Prof. Robert Leider on the arguments in Barnes v. Felix

Jan 23, 2025 | reason.com | Will Baude |Jr. Professor

Law & Government | Professor Robert Leider, who writes in both constitutional law and criminal law, passed along these comments on the Supreme Court's recent oral argument in an excessive force case and I thought readers might be interested in them: For scholars of both criminal law and federal courts, the Supreme Court's oral argument yesterday in Barnes v. Felix will be noteworthy. The Supreme Court appears dangerously close to sleepwalking into a major revision of police self-defense law....
In Print: Sweeping Section Three Under the Rug

Jan 20, 2025 | reason.com | Will Baude |Jr. Professor

Law & Government My latest article with Michael Stokes Paulsen is in print | Just in time for the inauguration today of Donald J. Trump, my second article with Michael Stokes Paulsen is now published in final form in the Harvard Law Review -- Sweeping Section Three Under the Rug: A Comment on Trump v. Anderson.
New Episode: Reference Check

Jan 19, 2025 | reason.com | Will Baude |Jr. Professor

Law & Government Dan Epps and I discuss Royal Canin v. Wullschleger and TikTok v.
Book Recommendations from Me (and My Colleagues)

Dec 20, 2024 | reason.com | Will Baude

Law & Government | Every holiday season, the University of Chicago Law School collects and shares book recommendations from the faculty. Here are three from me: Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro: A first-person novel told from the point of view of a solar-powered Artificial Friend.
Executive Power Scholarship: A Three Level Problem

Aug 28, 2024 | reason.com | Will Baude |Jr. Professor

Law & Government reflections on that Twitter dust-up | I: The Object-Level Scholarly Debate One of the oldest questions of constitutional law is whether, and to what extent, the President has the power to remove other executive branch officials; as well as whether, and to what extent, Congress has the power to regulate or restrict any such power. It dates back to congressional debates in 1789, the impeachment debates of Andrew Johnson, and Supreme Court cases from Myers v. United States, to...
Against Judicial Bravery Debates

Jul 29, 2024 | reason.com | Will Baude |Jr. Professor

Law & Government | I share co-blogger Sam's misgivings about Josh's post assessing the courage of the justices, which I think demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of judicial psychology. There's a difference between lacking courage, and just not agreeing with your colleagues (or your blog critics) about the right thing to do.
Graduate Students for Academic Freedom v. Graduate Students United at UChicago

Jul 23, 2024 | reason.com | Will Baude |Jr. Professor

Politics | A few years ago, the graduate students at the University of Chicago, where I teach, formed a legally recognized labor union. Last year, that union expanded to include the law school, at least to the extent that law students engage in paid work such as providing research assistance.
New Episode: Evil Batman

Jul 22, 2024 | reason.com | Will Baude |Jr. Professor

Dan Epps and I discuss Loper Bright and Corner Post on the latest episode of Divided Argument | In the most recent episode of Divided Argument, "Evil Batman," Dan Epps and I talk about the Court's two big non-constitutional administrative law cases from this term: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimundo (overruling Chevron deference), and Corner Post v.
New Article: General Law and the Fourteenth Amendment

Jul 19, 2024 | reason.com | Will Baude |Jr. Professor

Law & Government | What is the original meaning of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? There have been many great books on this question, but I have never been totally satisfied with their answers.