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Happy Chrismukkah!
From my family to yours, an appreciation for the holiday season.
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Ilya Shapiro
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My New Book Comes Out in One Month!
Here's the official press release -- and a chance for a free copy (and other goodies).
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Ilya Shapiro
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What Trump Should Do to Fight Fight Antisemitism
Even without new laws, the incoming administration has plenty of tools at its disposal.
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Ilya Shapiro
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The Communist Roots of Campus Illiberalism
The rise in antisemitism since Oct. 7 has echoes of Soviet propaganda and the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
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Ilya Shapiro

November 2024

Four Funerals and a Wedding
I'm thankful for a very human year.
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Ilya Shapiro
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Could Trump Make Pre-Emptive SCOTUS Nominations?
Does a president need to wait for a vacancy to send names to the Senate? Could Biden tie Trump's hands by doing so during the lame-duck session?
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Ilya Shapiro
Confessions of a Reformed NeverTrumper
Or, how I stopped worrying and learned to live with The Donald.
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Ilya Shapiro
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Defending Free Speech, Religion, and Education
I filed three briefs this week that highlight the bleeding edge of our culture wars.
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Ilya Shapiro

October 2024

With SCOTUS, the Statistics Belie the Vibe
The Left laments a political Supreme Court, but it’s the liberal justices who vote in lockstep.
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Ilya Shapiro
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Debating Originalism
It's not often that I get to go back to first principles, perhaps appropriately so in the First State, Delaware.
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Ilya Shapiro
"We expected Hamas to kill Jews. We didn’t expect Americans to celebrate it."
There's no closure yet on the one-year anniversary of the attack.
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Ilya Shapiro
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I have spent the last year angry at Jews.
What if Jews don't wake up?
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