Sherif Girgis
@sherifgirgis.bsky.social
Professor at Notre Dame Law School
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Posting a talk I was thrilled to give as 2025 Dunwody Lecture @uflaw.bsky.social Thanks to Dean McAlister and the Law Review for hosting & to editors + colleagues, esp. panelists before the lecture, for great comments!
@jedshug.bsky.social @jacobdcharles.bsky.social et al. (1/3)
@jedshug.bsky.social @jacobdcharles.bsky.social et al. (1/3)
October 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Posting a talk I was thrilled to give as 2025 Dunwody Lecture @uflaw.bsky.social Thanks to Dean McAlister and the Law Review for hosting & to editors + colleagues, esp. panelists before the lecture, for great comments!
@jedshug.bsky.social @jacobdcharles.bsky.social et al. (1/3)
@jedshug.bsky.social @jacobdcharles.bsky.social et al. (1/3)
4th & finally, while Balkin thinks that more typical originalists' attempts to tighten uses of history are too optimistic, the charge may cut against Balkin's own deep vision of how constitutions work--of how they could help a society negotiate its moral divides.
August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
4th & finally, while Balkin thinks that more typical originalists' attempts to tighten uses of history are too optimistic, the charge may cut against Balkin's own deep vision of how constitutions work--of how they could help a society negotiate its moral divides.
... deeper still?! ...
August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
... deeper still?! ...
...going deeper ...
August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
...going deeper ...
3rd, Balkin's disagreements with more typical originalists reflect a beneath-the-surface clash over the question of why *have* a constitution at all...
August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
3rd, Balkin's disagreements with more typical originalists reflect a beneath-the-surface clash over the question of why *have* a constitution at all...
New piece in Penn Law Review - “The Abuses of History in Constitutional Interpretation” - on @jackbalkin.bsky.social's
(characteristically engaging) new book.
The piece is short, esp. for me! Still, I read my own piece so that you wouldn't have to. The short version, in 4 strokes...
(characteristically engaging) new book.
The piece is short, esp. for me! Still, I read my own piece so that you wouldn't have to. The short version, in 4 strokes...
August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New piece in Penn Law Review - “The Abuses of History in Constitutional Interpretation” - on @jackbalkin.bsky.social's
(characteristically engaging) new book.
The piece is short, esp. for me! Still, I read my own piece so that you wouldn't have to. The short version, in 4 strokes...
(characteristically engaging) new book.
The piece is short, esp. for me! Still, I read my own piece so that you wouldn't have to. The short version, in 4 strokes...
Dick's unbelievable generosity at the toughest imaginable moment is on display in his last email to @dorfonlaw.bsky.social (and me), which Mike included:
July 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Dick's unbelievable generosity at the toughest imaginable moment is on display in his last email to @dorfonlaw.bsky.social (and me), which Mike included:
What the conservative job-seeker needs to do...plus the limits of desirable diversity. 8/9
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
What the conservative job-seeker needs to do...plus the limits of desirable diversity. 8/9
So what to do? And what *not* to do... 7/9
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
So what to do? And what *not* to do... 7/9
How the friendship forged through debate doubles back to promote sharper thinking, but in the most pleasant way... 6/9
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
How the friendship forged through debate doubles back to promote sharper thinking, but in the most pleasant way... 6/9
How personal friendship can be forged, not just despite, but *through,* disagreement... 5/9
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
How personal friendship can be forged, not just despite, but *through,* disagreement... 5/9
Another aim for diversity--civic friendship--helps us decide which *kinds* of diversity matter. (A deeper sort of friendship is also at stake, stay tuned!) 4/9
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Another aim for diversity--civic friendship--helps us decide which *kinds* of diversity matter. (A deeper sort of friendship is also at stake, stay tuned!) 4/9
One intellectual fruit of diversity (deeper than just hearing people voice conclusions you reject)... 3/9
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
One intellectual fruit of diversity (deeper than just hearing people voice conclusions you reject)... 3/9
Law schools should feel free to be ideological (openly), and that could actually bear intellectual fruit! But... 2/9 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Law schools should feel free to be ideological (openly), and that could actually bear intellectual fruit! But... 2/9 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Thank you, @lsolum.bsky.social ! lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/...
April 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thank you, @lsolum.bsky.social ! lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/...
New article! (link below)
March 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
New article! (link below)
huge thanks to Columbia L Rev editors and a ton of colleagues!
March 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
huge thanks to Columbia L Rev editors and a ton of colleagues!
t.co/fUsqGNkTEG (this is the penultimate version--the finalized pagination will be up next month, when the piece is published)
March 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
t.co/fUsqGNkTEG (this is the penultimate version--the finalized pagination will be up next month, when the piece is published)
New piece in the Harv. L. Rev. Forum! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 29, 2024 at 9:32 PM
New piece in the Harv. L. Rev. Forum! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....