Good thread on the impact of religiously-affiliated hospitals on reproductive care.

For more, check out this post by Liz Sepper and James Nelson on the rise of public, yet religious, hospitals.

lpeproject.org/blog/the-merge…

With Dahlia Lithwick on the latest in religious freedom and reproductive rights. slate.com/news-and-polit…

If you're reading the Indiana Court of Appeals decision affirming a religious exception to Indiana's abortion ban, and if you're interested in more on this subject, there's an excellent and growing literature, including papers by: /1

A huge thank you to the best fan base in college basketball. 17-0 at home, Big 12 Champs, State Champs of Texas, Sweet 16 a slew of individual awards and memories to last a lifetime. Looking forward to seeing y’all at the Fertitta Center next season.
#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs

My new article 'Gendered Liberty' (forthcoming The Georgetown Law Journal) is now up on SSRN: bit.ly/3viFNxY

It argues that constitutional law has embraced a gendered theory of liberty: one that protects the freedom to enforce gender roles and denies the freedom to challenge them.

Delighted to learn that Waheed Hussain's posthumous book, *Living With the Invisible Hand: Markets, Corporations, and Human Freedom*, edited by Arthur Ripstein and Nicholas Vrousalis, will now be available open access. 1/2

My latest with Rich Schragger and Nelson Tebbe is available now on SSRN. 'Reestablishing Religion' is forthcoming from UChicago Law Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Congratulations to Professor Xiao Wang for receiving the AALS 2024 Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship for his paper 'Religion as Disobedience' !

You can read the full article here: vanderbiltlawreview.org/lawreview/2023…

Xiao Wang
UVA Law School

'Liz Sepper and James Nelson’s eye-opening look at the rise of government-run yet religious hospitals made clear that LPE scholars should be paying greater attention to alliances between religious and economic conservatives.' Many thanks to James Brandt LPE Blog ! cc: Liz Sepper

Fabulous news for the Law School and the University!

Leslie Kendrick, a 2006 graduate and former vice dean of #UVALaw , will serve as the school’s next dean. Leslie Kendrick law.virginia.edu/news/202312/uv…

Congrats to my UVA Law School colleague Kenneth S. Abraham, who just finished teaching his 100th semester. Ken is a giant in torts and insurance law, an All-UVA Outstanding Teacher Award winner, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and a life member of The American Law Institute.

The Indiana Court of Appeals heard argument today in Hoosier Jews for Choice, which involves a state RFRA challenge to Indiana’s abortion ban. You can listen here: content.ilight.net/supremecourt/1…. A few initial reactions: /1 washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

I tried to answer this question a few years ago: virginialawreview.org/articles/corpo… nytimes.com/2023/09/22/bus…

My latest: Moderating Monopolies.

TLDR: Industrial organization and content moderation are inextricably linked: monopolized but unregulated communication infrastructure deteriorates public discourse.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

The best!

New paper with James Nelson, replying to arguments for least cost and harm avoidance approaches in constitutional rights conflicts. We survey a broader range of decision rules for hard cases. With thanks to Virginia Law Review.

virginialawreview.org/articles/secon…

John Coates, a Harvard Law School professor and corporate governance expert, believes that American democracy is in danger due to the power among private firms and other companies hls.harvard.edu/today/harvard-…

What If a Moral Theory of #Tort Requires Deterrence? asks Leslie Kendrick on Jotwell reviewing Gregory Keating “Irreparable Injury and the Limits of the Law of Torts” in Paul B. Miller & John Oberdiek (eds) 2 Oxford Studies in Private Legal Theory 185 torts.jotwell.com/what-if-a-mora…

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