Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Reporter, Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules (speaking only for myself) stevesachs.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3ml4mo6cgcc2fThis, from David Bernstein, is a key point. When I first saw the story I thought it boorish for Peterson to misuse his captive audience (merits aside); to provide one text for preapproval and then deliver another is worse. Surprised so many prominent folks at @umichlaw.bsky.social have defended that05 May 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4mo6cgcc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3ml327nykds2lWhat’s the prevailing view on why Justices Sotomayor and Kagan joined today’s order?05 May 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml327nykds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mkzuj6glrc2qNOW OUT IN @uchilrev.bsky.social: "The Twelfth Amendment and the ERA" In the 12th & 17th amendments, Congress put operative text in amending resolutions, not just in a proposed article. This suggests the ERA’s 7-year limit is valid—and that the article it proposed isn't part of our Constitution [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzuj6glrc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mkscza4pp222May:01 May 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkscza4pp222https://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mkpmznxy522iOn National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, we should think of ways to get pets out of shelters and into loving homes. Here are our shelter cats, present and past, adopted from NC's Chatham Animal Rescue: https://reason.com/volokh/2019/04/30/the-paws-act-a-warmer-fuzzier-irs/30 Apr 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpmznxy522ihttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mk3n4id53k2b22 Apr 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3n4id53k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mjxdkvlyhk2wWhatever one makes of these memos, whoever leaked them breached the trust that allows courts to do their jobs. One of the article's coauthors, a licensed atty in NY, may have also violated the state's ethics rules and be subject to discipline. 1/ https://reason.com/volokh/2026/04/20/court-leaks-and-attorney-journalists/20 Apr 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxdkvlyhk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mjp7e2zv6c2cWill be appearing on this Originalism panel at the Organization of American Historians conference this weekend: @oah.org https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah2026/sessions/session/?id=682917 Apr 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp7e2zv6c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mjkqveazyc2hComing up on Monday, for Harvard Law affiliates. Looking forward!15 Apr 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkqveazyc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mis4l5hhpk2x“I will make your heirs as numerous as the stars of heaven, but not nearly so numerous as the crumbs your kids will leave after eating a single piece of matzah each” [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Apr 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mis4l5hhpk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mis4ki67vs2xKind of darkly hilarious that we’re supposed to go through the whole house to get rid of bread crumbs, only then to start a week of eating matzah, which generates more crumbs per square meter per second than any substance known to man06 Apr 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mis4ki67vs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3migutjpmps24My favorite Passover-related story about vampires, from Scott Alexander. Chag sameach! https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/13/chametz/01 Apr 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3migutjpmps24https://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3migtv7xx2c24April:01 Apr 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3migtv7xx2c24https://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mhq55byg4s2e251 years ago today:23 Mar 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq55byg4s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mgaoeooum22l9–0 in favor of the plaintiffs! https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1021_p860.pdf [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgaoeooum22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mfz3kpte7s2uMarch:01 Mar 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfz3kpte7s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mfcxw7b6m222Realized I hadn't yet posted the syllabus for my 2026 seminar on Originalism and Its Discontents. Now the rest of you can follow along at home! https://stevesachs.com/syllabi/originalism.pdf20 Feb 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcxw7b6m222https://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mevwbrfwbk22Starting today! Looking forward. Send your suggestions for rules amendments to RulesCommittee_Secretary@ao.uscourts.gov [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Feb 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevwbrfwbk22https://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mdspazt4mc2vFebruary:01 Feb 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdspazt4mc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mdgsu6tfb22xLooking forward to meeting our students in tonight's Harvard Law seminar on Abortion: Law, Policy, and Ethics! Here's the syllabus, so the rest of you can follow along at home: http://stevesachs.com/syllabi/abortion_seminar.pdf27 Jan 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgsu6tfb22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mdgcucp6es2qLooking forward to welcoming my students to today's Conflict of Laws class—and the rest of you can follow along with the syllabus at home: https://stevesachs.com/syllabi/conflicts.pdf27 Jan 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgcucp6es2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mcnoh3hzt226Pearly, 2013–202617 Jan 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcnoh3hzt226https://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3mcfbhxhmo22nCongratulations to my Civil Procedure students on finishing their fall semester and starting a new one! Now you can try the final exam for yourselves at home: https://stevesachs.com/Exam_CivPro_Sachs_2025.pdf14 Jan 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfbhxhmo22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3maoj3gavhc2sNow published in the Harvard Law Review Forum: "Zionism and Title VI" https://harvardlawreview.org/forum/vol-139/zionism-and-title-vi/ A solicited response to Profs. @beidelson.bsky.social and Debbie Hellman on how federal civil rights laws apply to campus anti-Zionism. A few excerpts from the introduction: 1/23 Dec 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3maoj3gavhc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3m6wqpyatdk2tSome related professional news! Honored to serve. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Dec 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wqpyatdk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3m6wpfeylqs2tIt's RULES AMENDMENTS DAY! No Act of Congress having intervened, the amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, and Civil Procedure promulgated earlier this year by the Supreme Court are now in effect. REJOICE!01 Dec 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wpfeylqs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenesachs.bsky.social/post/3m6wldndvmk23December:01 Dec 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:4qzqjdf2csh54qpabbm24pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wldndvmk23