Ricky Revesz

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.08.16

* NYU Law's Ricky Revesz writes about the tragic flaw in the Clean Air Act and its deadly consequences. [Not Your Grandfather's Coal Plant] * Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley said some incredibly offensive sh*t in college that she now says she's grown out of. [Gawker] * Way harsh: Florida paper refuses to endorse any Republican for president saying, "[T]he kind of person who should be running is not in the race." [Sun-Sentinel] * Some concrete suggestions to improve the transparency of courts. The article is geared towards Maryland's court system, but is a useful read for anyone who cares about justice. [Baltimore Sun] * Justice Scalia's death is the end of the conservative era of the Supreme Court. [Slate] * A putative class action has been filed over the water crisis in Flint. You can't say that was unexpected. [The Hill]

By Kathryn Rubino
Basketball

Non-Sequiturs: 01.29.14

* Allegations that a prison told a death row inmate to “put on a show” while getting a lethal injection. Just when you thought the death penalty couldn't manifest itself as more cruel and unusual... [NBC News] * A discussion of how early voting is bad. Apparently, after an electoral dialogue that usually lasts a year or more, we’re all lemmings swayed by the events of the last day of campaigning so there’s no justification for allowing voters to show up three days before the finish line. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Kentucky legend Richie Farmer’s basketball jersey may be retired, but the Bureau of Prisons decided to give Farmer, now a political figure heading to prison for abusing his office, his old number back as an inmate number. Thanks? [Legal Juice] * In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama came out strong for patent law reform. Exactly the issue he needed to rally voters for the midterms! [Patently-O] * And while it didn’t make the address itself, Attorney General Eric Holder is signaling a new administrative interest in reforming the out of whack sentencing laws. [Sentencing Law and Policy] * On February 12, our own David Lat will be speaking at Georgetown at an ABA Journal sponsored talk on “#21stCenturyLaw.” Let’s see that hash tag start trending. [ABA Journal] * Joshua Gilliland of The Legal Geeks reacts to the revelation that the new costuming for next season’s Doctor Who will ditch Gilliland’s beloved bow tie. Our hearts go out to you in your pain. Video embedded below… [The Legal Geeks]

By Joe Patrice
Gay

Does Religion Trump Sexual Orientation at NYU Law School?

Earlier this week, we discussed the discovery of potentially anti-Semitic graffiti in Vanderbilt Hall, the home of NYU Law School. Yesterday Dean Richard Revesz issued a forceful response to the law school community via email, condemning the graffiti as “highly offensive and hurtful” and declaring that “[s]uch hateful conduct is deplorable and has no place […]

By David Lat
Law Professors

NYU Hires Kenji Yoshino as Permanent Faculty Member

NYU School of Law announced today that it has hired Professor Kenji Yoshino as a tenured faculty member. He was a visiting professor at the school last year and again this spring. Professor Yoshino graduated from Yale Law in 1996 and is influential in the fields of constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, and law and literature. […]

By Stella Q