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Challenging the Educational Establishment
This past week, I filed two briefs that stand up for free speech and equal treatment under the law.
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Ilya Shapiro
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The Passing of a Legend
Dr. Christopher Coker, iconoclastic professor of international politics and war -- and my grad school adviser -- dies at 70.
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Ilya Shapiro
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Will the Supreme Court Pave the Way to a Wealth Tax?
A case involving an obscure tax provision ultimately considers the constitutionality of an Elizabeth Warren-style tax on unrealized capital gains.
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Ilya Shapiro
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The End of the Summer Is the Beginning of a New Shapiro Era
As temperatures drop and our minds refocus, my world is very different that what it was in the spring.
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Ilya Shapiro
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August 2023
A Whale of a Tale for the Supreme Court
A case involving fishing regulations is the big one on next term's docket so far.
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Ilya Shapiro
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Reading SFFA v Harvard in Quebec
You have to go through the opinions in "machete" order to see how the affirmative action cases reveal very different (elite) views of America.
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Ilya Shapiro
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July 2023
Let's Blow This Popsicle Stand!
Thirteen months after my last vacation, and after 2+ years of unparalleled intensity, it's time to decompress.
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Ilya Shapiro
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Ukraine Needs NATO—and NATO Needs Ukraine, Too
Arguments against admitting Ukraine into the alliance aren’t convincing.
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Freedom Conservatism: A Statement of Principles
To ensure that America's best days are ahead, we must apply the timeless principles of liberty to the challenges of the 21st century.
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My Term on the Virginia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
It was an odd four years because Covid pushed all hearings onto zoom, and then I wrote a concurrence to our report on police oversight and…
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Ilya Shapiro
Leonid Shapiro (1936-2023)
My dad changed the course of my family's history in monumental ways.
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Ilya Shapiro
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Another Rebuke for Pen & Phone Governance
The Supreme Court ends its term by slapping President Biden's cynical power grab regarding student loans.
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