Jamal Greene

@jamalgreene

Dwight Professor of Law . Co-Chair . How Rights Went Wrong (), PROSE finalist. My views.

New York, NY
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Joined May 2009
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  1. Apr 8

    Wallace’s position here is wild.

    This apparently is a hard truth that so many whites struggle to accept. But I I was driven to write abt lynching to address precisely this truth: that this racial terrorism was so often perpetrated,cheered & watched by ordinary white men & women of all ages in both north & south.
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  2. Apr 7

    Congratulations to Ketanji Brown Jackson, her family, and the nation.

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  3. Apr 7

    My favorite of many good lines in this very good essay: "But however my mix of class norms and guidelines evolve, they’ll grow up from experience, not simply downward from the abstract principles of academic freedom found in statements like Chicago’s."

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    Apr 6

    This amazing symposium is taking place in two days. RSVP now to hear , , , , and others discuss the thorny question of how we should or should not regulate lies. I'm not lying! It's going to be great.

    APRIL 8: Lies and in public discourse raise many questions about the health of our democracy & the role of the First Amendment. RSVP to hear leading scholars spanning tech, law, social science & history address these complex issues.
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  5. Apr 2

    Your occasional reminder that a failed effort to replace a swing justice (Powell) w/ an extreme candidate (Bork) while not holding the Senate (!), followed by unanimous confirmation of a less extreme conservative candidate (Kennedy) is normal, healthy politics under divided govt.

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  6. Apr 2

    The approach I urge certainly doesn't evade discretion, which is impossible, but it has well-developed analogues in well-functioning judicial systems around the world. The US is the outlier. I encourage all to read both the book & the review and reach their own conclusions. (2/2)

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  7. Apr 2

    I very much appreciate 's review, though naturally I disagree in a number of respects. Hard to summarize in this medium, but it boils down to my view that prevailing US practices are considerably more chaotic, unjust, & arbitrary than I think is implied here. (1/2)

    What would constitutional law look like if SCOTUS applied a "proportionality" approach to constitutional adjudication. I don't think it would be pretty. Or very protective. My review of 's excellent book, When Rights Went Wrong via
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    Mar 29

    On Resentment. 's second Ambedkar lecture at on Thursday 31st. Registration here:

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    Mar 26

    My annual letter of recommendation tweet: Do not feel bad asking professors for letters. 1) It's our job. We are not doing you a favor. 2) How do you think we got our jobs? We've asked for many letters. It's the Circle of Life. Don't sweat it, just give your writers enough time.

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    Mar 25

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    Mar 25

    “Time,” writes, “is the tribute a court pays to diversity. It’s an acknowledgement that five elite lawyers can never — and should never — be too sure that their vision of the law is right, and others wrong.”

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    Mar 25

    When the Supreme Court “fires shots across the bow instead of straight at the hull, it gives ‘We the People’ a chance to respond through politics, the ultimate recourse of a self-governing people,” writes.

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  13. Mar 25

    From me.

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    Mar 24

    Register here for 's April 8 symposium--featuring & many others. It will be really good!

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  15. Mar 23

    Corey Booker is making me tear up, and I'm super cynical.

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  16. Mar 23

    The Article III question is whether the person was subject to a sex classification. This does not depend on how they define their gender.

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    "If I decide right now that I'm a woman, then apparently, I'm a woman. Does that mean that I would have Article III standing to challenge a gender-based restriction?" . repeatedly pressed Judge Jackson on the court's standards for race and gender discrimination.
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  17. Mar 21

    v v v v

    The thing that I can never get over about modern-day confirmation hearings is that we have an ENTIRE DAY of members giving speeches followed by a brief statement by the nominee, and then the day ends, all before anyone has asked a question of anyone.
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    Mar 19

    America’s free speech problem.

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    Ever see a one-minute committee meeting? Alabama House State Gov’t Committee passes anti-CRT bill without allowing Black lawmakers to speak.
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  19. Mar 16

    This is madness.

    Late to an important doctor’s appointment because of a trucker convoy protest in NE DC. Driver said he would only let me by if I swore to him that my appointment wasn’t for an abortion.
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  20. Mar 13

    Still got it!

    I distinctly remember the weird feeling of being older than a pro athlete when Kobe Bryant entered the league. With Tom Brady's retirement, I cross the other threshold. Kind of poignant as I think back on how young I felt in locker rooms as a very junior reporter. Time flies.
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