Thursday, January 01, 2026

Fair-Play is the More Difficult Part

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  Dear Ms Elsea, In my recent co-authored post , my co-author and I (we) asked the question: “Relatedly, are Article III judges subject ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Displace as well as to Appoint

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  Lev Menand, ‘ Fact Checking Oral Argument in [Trump v.] Slaughter,’ Notice & Comment (Dec. 10, 2025), < https://www.yalejreg.com/n...
Monday, December 15, 2025

A Legal Ethics Question: LAW OF THE CASE

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Seth Barrett Tillman DC Bar member   December 10, 2025   Ethics Query ethics@dcbar.org   Dear Ethics Counsellor, My understanding is then wh...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

My Primary Publications Unrelated to U.S. Law

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  SOME non-US, LAW-RELATED PUBLICATIONS : Seth Barrett Tillman, The Emergence of Peace Between Japan and the United States: A Dialogue , 7...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

I Get the Best Rejection Letters

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Seth, Thank you so much for sending us ----------------------------- . This was a delight to read—sharp, cheeky, and wonderfully satirical. ...

Tom Van Dyke – Co-Blogger, Friend, and Mentor

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Tom Van Dyke – Co-Blogger, Friend, and Mentor I just found out from mutual friends that Tom Van Dyke passed away last November. We never m...
Monday, December 08, 2025

Some 2025 and 2026 Productivity

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    2025 is not entirely over. Still: what follows is a list of 2025 and 2026 (that is, accepted papers, etc) productivity in-hand. 1 ...
Friday, December 05, 2025

Extract from a Recent Application

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  Publication Record . I have published widely and regularly throughout my academic career. I have over 65  articles in peer-reviewed jour...