TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts 
• ABA Rejects Golden Gate Law School's Plan To Terminate Its JD Program
• STEAM: Should Accounting Be Added To STEM To Reinvigorate And Diversify The Profession?
• Charlie Adelson Spent 35 Hours On Prison Phone With His Mother Donna In The Week Between His Conviction And Her Arrest In Dan Markel's Murder

Sunday:

• The Liberal Arts: Truth U, Social Justice U, Or Jesus U?
• NY Times Op-Ed: Conservative Church Critics Of Pope Francis Get Fired, While Progressive Critics Get Sternly Worded Letters
• BYU, Catholic, Cumberland, Liberty, Notre Dame, And Pepperdine Deans Support ABA's Proposed Free Speech Accreditation Standard, But Object To Extra Burden Placed On Faith-Based Law Schools
• The Case For And Against Keeping Donna Adelson In Jail Before Her Trial In Dan Markel's Murder
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

Thanksgiving:

• WaPo: Why Thomas Jefferson Hated Thanksgiving
• WSJ: This Thanksgiving, Cook The Turkey. Not Your Home.
• WKRP In Cincinnati Thanksgiving Turkey Drop
• A Wall Street Journal Thanksgiving

Friday:

• Weekly SSRN Tax Article Review And Roundup: Eyal-Cohen Reviews Hanna's Moore, The 16th Amendment, And The TCJA’s Deemed Repatriation Provision
• Weekly Legal Education Roundup
• Tax Policy In The Biden Administration
• Next Week’s Tax Workshops
• Judge Orders Ex-Mother-in-Law Of Slain FSU Professor Held Without Bond; A Look Inside The Adelson Family Dynamics
• Law Schools: Want To Help Bend The Arc Of The Moral Universe Toward Justice? Hire Law Professors With Public Service Experience.

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Steve Lubet's Final Class After 48 Years At Northwestern: Mic Marker Drop
• Calabresi: Amar Brothers' Moore Amicus Brief Ignores Constitution's Plain Meaning To Justify Taxing Unrealized Gains
• 25 Year Old Law Student, Presumed To Be A Hostage Since October 7, Found Dead Under Ambulance

Sunday:

• WaPo Op-Ed: At 33, I Knew Everything. At 69, I Know Something Much More Important.
• What Does It Profit A Christian To Protect An Institution But Lose Their Soul?
• Christians Can’t Fix The Israel-Hamas War
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts 
• ABA Proposes To Allow Accreditation Of Fully Online Law Schools Like Purdue
• Terrorism And Tax Advantages: Universities And Anti-Israel Groups May Face Scrutiny Of Their Nonprofit Status
• WaPo: Oregon’s New Bar Exam Alternative Is The First Of Its Kind

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Atheism, Western Liberalism, UFOs, And Christianity
• Was Abraham Lincoln A Christian?
• American Christians And The Anti-American Temptation
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts 
• California Bar Exam Pass Rate Falls To 51.5%, Bucking National Trend
• Bolstering Benefits Behind Bars: Reevaluating Earned Income Tax Credit And Social Security Benefits Denials To Inmates
• Ed Larson, Tom Stipanowich, And Ahmed Taha Win Pepperdine University Faculty Awards

Sunday:

• Inazu: The Lack Of Clarity And Courage In Higher Education On Hamas And Israel
• Brunson: Can Churches Invest Funds Members Give Believing They Will Be Used For Good Works?
• Department Of Education Imposes Largest Fine In History On America's Largest Christian College; Was It Targeted By Biden Administration?
• Chodorow: Speaker Mike Johnson Wants To Unleash Ministers On Politics
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• The U.S. News Rankings Of New York's 14 Law Schools
• The Impact Of The Tax Court’s Anikeev Decision On Credit Card Reward Programs
• Law School Offers Course On The Taylor Swift Effect

Sunday:

• WSJ Op-Ed: Amazing Grace — A Hymn For The World’s Heart
• WaPo Op-Ed: It’s Good to Remember — We Are All On Borrowed Time
• Vatican Synod Ends With Divide Over Women Deacons And LGBTQ+; 'Catholics Need Answers, Not Questions'
• The Christian Faith Of Speaker Of The House Mike Johnson
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Law Professors Say ABA Is 'Micromanaging' Proposal To Make Courses More Uniform
• Chodorow: Justice Thomas's $267,000 Of Alleged Loan Forgiveness Is An Issue Of Ethics, Not Taxes
• NY Times: Who Decides Penn’s Future — Donors Or The University?

Sunday:

• Inazu: Learning From Failure
  
• Federal Judge: Religious Schools Have The Right To Exemption From State Pronoun Policies
• The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God: Why New Atheism Grew Old And Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again
• BYU Law School’s 50-Year Story: Giving Graduates Courage To Be Religious In The Legal Profession
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Lawsuit Claims NYU Law Review Discriminates Against Straight White Men In Selection Of Student Editors
• Raskolnikov Presents Two Papers Today At Canadian Law & Economics Conference
• Charlie Adelson’s Parents Will Not Testify In Dan Markel Murder Trial To Begin On Monday

Sunday:

• Personal Statements On Hamas And Israel
• Alvaré: Families, Schools, And Religious Freedom
• WaPo Op-Ed: America Doesn’t Need More God. It Needs More Atheists.
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• July 2023 Texas Bar Exam Results: Texas A&M #1
• Rosenthal: Moore Could Invalidate Decades Of Tax Rules
• 3rd Annual Pepperdine Caruso Law Tennis Tournament

Sunday:

• Nii Addy: Christian. Black. Neuroscientist.
• Ted Lasso, Pelagius, And Augustine: Can People Change?
• The Largest Christian Ministries In America Are Universities
• Symposium: The Religiously Affiliated Law Schools Conference
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Leipold Reviews Hamilton's Roadmap: The Law Student’s Guide To Meaningful Employment
• Sarin: The Supreme Court Tax Case That Could Blow A Hole In The Federal Budget
• Katherine Magbanua Turns State Witness, Will Testify Against Charlie Adelson In Dan Markel Murder Trial Beginning Oct. 23; Prosecutors Ask Judge To Hold Charlie's Parents In Contempt

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Why I Am Still A Christian Despite The Evils Done To My Enslaved Family
• WSJ Op-Ed: We Can All Learn About Forgiveness From Colorado Football Player Travis Hunter
• Nation's Largest Christian University Says Biden Administration Is Unjustly Targeting It
• College Kids Are 'Hungry' For Christianity On Campus, Pepperdine Leader Says
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• ABA Grants Variances To 32 Schools To Use JD-Next Exam To Admit Law Students
• IRS Consultant Charged With Disclosing Tax Return Information To New York Times (Trump) And ProPublica (Thousands Of Wealthy Americans)
• Law School Grade Insurance

Sunday:

• WSJ Op-Ed: What Jordan Peterson Can Teach Church Leaders About Reaching Young Men
• NY Times Op-Ed: Being There — The Cure For The Male Loneliness Epidemic
• The Parable Of The Prodigal Son: Justice, Mercy, And Humility
• Speech By Princeton's Robby George About Free Speech Is Shouted Down At Washington College
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• California Raises Cost Of Bar Exam, Fees For Out-Of-State Lawyers By Up To 900%
• Taylor Swift And Lionel Messi Fans Face Tax Scrutiny From Democrats’ American Rescue Plan
• Constitution Day, Texas A&M, And Ken

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: What Happens When The Boss Invites You To Bible Study?
• McCaulley: The Streets Sent Me to the Pulpit
• WSJ Op-Ed: ‘Sunday Morning’ — Lawyer Wallace Stevens’s Divine Stanzas
• Wheaton College Releases Report On Its History Of Racism
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• After Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Former Tenured Professor, George Mason Law School Bans Intimate Relationships Between Faculty And Students
• Fellowship Opportunities For The 116th National Tax Association Conference
• Board Of Governors Eliminates 143 Faculty Positions At West Virginia University And Law School

Sunday:

• Inazu: The Bad News About Politics Without Religion
• University Of Texas Professor: Final Thoughts As My Death Is Close At Hand
• Do Devout Law Schools Take A Hit In The U.S. News Peer Reputation Rankings?
• 'Surprised By Oxford' Film Highlights How C.S. Lewis, Romantic Poets Helped Bring A Skeptic To Faith
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• After Nearly 2 Years of Litigation, Law Students Drop Suit Against Yale
• Addressing The U.S. Tax Gap Through Participatory Budgeting: A Comparative Approach
• Are Professors Too Soft On Grading? Survey Says 8 In 10 Give In To ‘Grade Grubbing’

Sunday:

• Shane Claiborne At Pepperdine Caruso Law: 'We Belong And Pursue Truth As One'
• WSJ: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings, And The Bible
• 2023 Religious Law School Rankings
• Should Nonreligious Jewish Law Faculty Teach On Rosh Hashanah?
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• University Of Toronto Law School Returns Undisclosed $450,000 Gift From Amazon
• WSJ: An American Warning on the Global Tax
• U.S. District Court Dismisses Whistleblower's Claim That Rutgers Created Fake Jobs For Graduates To Raise Business School Ranking

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Political Christianity Has Claws
• NY Times Op-Ed: Where Should Agnostics Go On Sundays?
• In The Fight Over ‘Wokeness,’ Christian Colleges Feel Pressed To Pick A Side
• Girgis Presents Fragility Not Superiority? Assessing The Fairness Of Special Religious Protections At Pepperdine
  
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

Labor Day:

• Blank & Glogower: The Tax Information Gap At The Top
• Advancement Metrics 101 For Law School Deans: Fundraising, Alumni Engagement, And Communications
• Rethinking Economics For Tax Law And Political Economy
• Black And BarRed: The Bar Examination's History Of Exclusivity And ABA Standard 316

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Former George Mason Law Prof Files $108M Lawsuit Against Former Students Accusing Him Of Sexual Misconduct
• WSJ: Ultrarich Race To Make Gifts To Their Heirs Before Trump Estate Tax Cuts Expire In 2026
• U.S. Department Of Education Takes Action Against Five Law Schools For Disbursing $2.9 Million In Federal Financial Aid To Students In Unaccredited LL.M. Programs

Sunday:

• WSJ Op-Ed: What The Bible Says About Reparations For Slavery
• WaPo Op-Ed: I Left The Church — And Now Long For A ‘Church For The Nones’
• NY Times Op-Ed: America Is Losing Religious Faith
• A Hebrew Republic Of Taxation? Henry George’s Single Tax, Hebraic Law, And Unearned Income
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• 2d Circuit: Despite Artist’s Objection, Law School Can Cover Murals Celebrating State’s Role In Underground Railroad And Abolitionist Movement In Response To Student Complaints Of ‘White Savior Complex’
• Weekly SSRN Tax Article Review And Roundup: Roberts Reviews Parsons' Taxing Taxonomies
• Law Prof Jody Freeman Resigns From ConocoPhillips Board After Activist Environmental Group Pressured Harvard To Fire Her

Sunday:

• Tim Keller's Memorial Service
• NY Times Op-Ed: Does God Control History?
• Berg: Religious Liberty Doesn’t Have To Make Polarization Worse
• Garnett: Refreshing Unity On Religious Liberty
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Chat GPT Makes A Better Therapist Than A Lawyer
• Teleworking And The Multiple Taxation Dilemma
• The Rise And Fall Of The Mental Health Inquiry For Bar Admission

Sunday:

• Tish Harrison Warren's Final New York Times Faith Column: My Hope For American Discourse
• WSJ Op-Ed: Sweaters, Camels, And Christianity
• Federal Judge Orders Southwest Airlines Attorneys To Take Conservative Christian Group’s Religious Training
• Religion In The Law: An Open Access Casebook
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• The Best Predictor Of Happiness In America? Marriage
• Tax Lawyers vs. CPAs
• Five Ways Generative AI Is Finding Its Way Into Law School

Sunday:

• The Awakened Brain: Faith Makes You Happier And Healthier
• NY Times Op-Ed: Losing Our Religion — An Altar Call For Evangelical America
• Witte: ‘The Glorious Liberty Of The Children Of God’ — A Christian Defense Of Human Rights
• Catholic Social Teaching And The Role Of The Prosecutor
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Is ChatGPT A Viable Research Alternative To LexisNexis|Westlaw For Some Lawyers?
• The § 221 Higher Education Loan Interest Deduction And The Student Debt Crisis
• Can Law School Rankings Predict Future Career Satisfaction?

Sunday:

• BibleGPT: How AI Will Shape How We Read And Interpret Scripture
• NY Times Op-Ed: The Church Of CrossFit
• Cochran: Christianity And Law Practice
• Mayer: Unconstitutional Conditions, Religious Organizations, And Taxation
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Michigan Bans Use Of ChatGPT On Law School Applications
• The Top Five Tax Lawyers Under 40
• How ChatGPT Could Dramatically Reshape The Legal Industry

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: ‘Why Does God Keep Making Poets?'
• NY Times Op-Ed: ‘The Bear’ And Our Need To Belong
• Gallup: Americans' Belief In God Falls To New Low: 74%, Down From 79% In 2016 And 90% In 2004
• Praying For The Bar Exam
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Group Shuts Down Harvard Climate Event Demanding Firing Of Law Prof Jody Freeman For Serving On CononcoPhillips Board
• The Horseless Carriage of Constitutional Interpretation: Corpus Linguistics and the Meaning of 'Direct Taxes' in Hylton v. United States
• Arizona State Responds To Controversy Over Event With Conservative Speakers

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: The Biggest Threat To The Church Is The New Christian Right
• NY Times Op-Ed: Why We Shouldn’t Lose Faith In Organized Religion
• NY Times 5-Part Series: Americans Are Moving Away From Organized Religion
• Marianist Law Schools: Demonstrating The Courage To Be Catholic
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• SUNY Buffalo Law School Faces Discrimination Complaint Over Summer Pipeline Program That Gives Preference To Students Of Color And First Gen Students
• The 40 Americans Wrongfully Detained Around The World Face An Additional Challenge At Home: The IRS
• The ChatGPT Commencement Address

Sunday:

• Reflections On Mortality: Does Christianity Matter?
• NY Times Op-Ed: Sabbaticals Shouldn't Just Be For Professors And Clergy
• Pope Francis Releases AI Ethics Handbook
• Reducing The Costs Of Zakāt
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Fordham Dean Diller: New U.S. News Law School Rankings Methodology Is 'Deeply Problematic'
• Policing Syndicated Conservation Easements: Conserving The Future
• Stephen Miller Sends Letter To 200 Law School Deans: I'll Sue If You Consider Race In Student Admissions, Faculty Hiring, Or Law Review Membership

Sunday:

• The Bible Does Everything Critical Theory Does, But Better
• A Christian Case For Racial Reparations
• What Is Caesar's, What Is God's: Fundamental Public Policy For Churches
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

Monday:

• How Sellers Of L.A. Mansions Are Dodging A Tax To Help The Homeless
• Ryan & Muller: Law Schools That Overperform On The Bar Exam
• Lesson From The Tax Court: Freedom, Taxes, And Hobbies
• ABA Tax Section Names 2023-2024 John Nolan Fellows

July 4th:

• University Of Cambridge Hosts Conference Today On Tax, Public Finance, And The Rule Of Law
• Lubet: Law Students And Ethics
• NY Times Op-Ed: Frederick Douglass Knew What False Patriotism Was, Especially On The 4th Of July
• WSJ Op-Ed: Christians Err If They Give Up On America, Especially On The 4th Of July

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• NY Times: ChatGPT Lawyers Are Ordered To Pay $5,000 Fine, Consider Seeking Forgiveness
• Dan Shaviro To Receive 2023 Holland Medal
• WSJ Op-Ed: I Paid For Free Speech At Arizona State With My Job

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: ‘You Can’t Protect Some Life And Not Others'
• NY Times Op-Ed: The Importance Of Hope In The Pro-Life Movement
• Michael McConnell And Marcus Cole Receive Religious Liberty Awards
• The Lord’s Prayer On Jeopardy!
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Law360 Summer Associate Survey: 36% Of Students Fear Not Getting a Permanent Offer, Up From 19% Two Years Ago
• 18th Annual Junior Tax Scholars Workshop Concludes Today At Northeastern
• NY Times Op-Ed: Why Universities (And Law Schools) Should Be More Like Monasteries

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: My Father Failed Me. Here’s How I Learned To Forgive Him.
• NY Times Op-Ed: My Church Was Part Of The Slave Trade. This Has Not Shaken My Faith.
• National Review Father's Day Issue: Why We Need Men, And How To Make Them
• Oklahoma Women’s College World Series Champions Say They Play For A Higher Purpose
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

Juneteenth:

• Forward Looking Academic Impact Rankings For All U.S. Law Schools
• Zelenak: The Two 'Two Americas' Of Trump And Romney
• Horwitz: A Few Thoughts On Our Delightful, Antiquated Enterprise Of Blogging
• Choice Of Entity: The Fiscal Sponsorship Alternative To Nonprofit Incorporation

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• A 'Return To Normalcy' For Law School Admissions
• Today's Law, Society, And Taxation Panels
• ABA Council Finds Law School In 'Significant Noncompliance' With Admissions Accreditation Standard: 137 LSAT|3.26 UGPA Medians, 73% 2-Year Ultimate Bar Passage Rate

Sunday:

• Josie Shands Caron (2007-2023)
• NY Times Op-Eds: The Role Of Technology In Our Lives
• NY Times Op-Ed: Tim Keller Showed Me What A Christian Leader Should Be
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Muller: How Law Faculty Succeeded In Diminishing Their Importance In The U.S. News Rankings
• The Borrower's Dilemma And A Tax-Based Solution To The Student Debt Problem
• It's Time For Law Schools To Rethink The Role Of Adjunct Faculty

Sunday:

• The Life, Death, And Legacy Of Tim Keller
• WSJ Book Review: Martin Luther King, Christian Radical
• Catholic Education And The Formation Of Conscience
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• ABA Pauses Move To Eliminate LSAT Requirement For Admission To Law School
• Over 50+ Years, The NYU Tax VAP Program Has Launched Dozens Of Tax Prof Careers
• More Commentary On The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: An Apology for Saying ‘Sorry’
• Abortion And Religious Liberty
• The IRS Just Hiked Taxes On Private Jet Flights. Pastors Are Not Excluded.
• Happy Mother's Day From SNL
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
  
• NY Times Op-Ed: In Defense Of Merit And Rigor In Academic Journals
• The Impact Of State Tax Policy On Infant Mortality
• Will The U.S. News Law School Rankings Ever Get Its Mojo Back?

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Ted Lasso, Holy Fool
• NY Times Op-Ed: Politics Can’t Fix What Ails Us; But Micah 6:4 Can
• A Sermon On The Law: The Jurisprudence Of Love
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• The Top Law Schools For Placing The Class Of 2022 In BigLaw Jobs
• The Taxman Will Eventually Come For AI, Too
• University Of Arizona Law School Shifts Classes And Final Exams Online Due To Alleged Threat

Sunday:

• Standing Back To See Suffering More Clearly
• The Entangled Histories Of Science And Religion
• Pepperdine Caruso Law's New Religious Clinic Engages Its First Direct Representation Of Clients: Two New Jersey Churches Denied County Historic Preservation Funds
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• NY Times: Rankings Schadenfreude — Elite Law Schools Boycotted U.S. News But Now May Be Paying A Price
• NY Times: IRS Whistleblower Claims Administration Is Mishandling Probe Of Hunter Biden
• UC-Berkeley Law School Rolls Out AI Policy Ahead of Final Exams

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Praying With Our Eyes Open To See God And The Glory Of His Creation
• WSJ Op-Ed: Biden Boils The Religious-Liberty Frog
• Pepperdine Caruso Law 3L Commissioning Service
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• More On The Law School Free Speech Wars At BYU, Stanford, And Yale
• IRS Releases 2022 Data Book: Audit Rates Fell, But $80 Billion New Funding Will Reverse Trend With 7,000 More Tax Accountants, Attorneys, And Agents To Target The Rich
• The U.S. News Law School Rankings: Say Hello To The New T14

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Easter Rebukes The Christian Will To Power
• NY Times Op-Ed: Did Jesus Really Rise From The Dead On Easter?
• Inazu: DEI Needs Religious Diversity Too
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• More Commentary On The Disruption Of A Federal Judge's Speech At Stanford Law School (Part 6)
• WSJ: The Global Minimum Tax Shakedown
• NY Times: Conservatives Aim to Build a Chatbot of Their Own

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: He’s Not Jesus, But He Plays Him On TV In The Chosen
• WSJ: Priorities That Defined Our National Character For Generations — Religion, Patriotism, Children, Hard Work — Are Cratering Among Americans, Especially Democrats
• WSJ: Christian Colleges And Law Schools Can Be Good For Jewish Students
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• New York Times Publishes Tool To Produce The Only College Ranking That Matters: Yours
• Hemel: New York’s Child Tax Credit Choice
• Will The ABA And California Bar Get Involved In The Stanford Law School Free Speech Imbroglio?

Sunday:

• Lent: The Season Of Repentance And Renewal
• NY Times Op-Ed: In The Face Of Tragedy, Prayer Is An Act Of Faith
• Many Religious Colleges Admit LGBTQ Applicants But Refuse To Recognize Their Student Clubs
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Pepperdine Caruso Law Celebrates $50 Million Naming Gift At Annual Dinner With President George W. Bush
• Loyola-L.A. Hosts Festschrift, Symposium, And Celebration To Honor Ellen Aprill
• Yale Hosts Symposium On The Legal Treatise: Past, Present, And Future

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Dogs, God, And Love
• WSJ: Should We Use Gender-Neutral Pronouns For God?
• Pepperdine Receives $1.5 Million Templeton Religion Trust Grant For ‘Covenantal Pluralism Project’
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• More Commentary On The Disruption Of A Federal Judge's Speech At Stanford Law School (Part 2)
• ProPublica IRS Files: Wealthy Executives Make Millions Trading Competitors’ Stock With Remarkable Timing
• Big Law's Immigration Advocates

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: The Real Problem With the ‘He Gets Us’ Ads
• NY Times Op-Ed: Pope Francis’ Decade Of Division
• Brunson & Hackney: A More Capacious Concept Of Church
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• A Law School’s ‘Denaming’ Evokes Donor Family’s Ire
• Tax Sanctions And The Russia-Ukraine Conflict
• Harvard Law School Faculty: 'Why I Changed My Mind'

Sunday:

• Was The Sermon You Heard At Church Today Written By ChatGPT?
• Religious Liberty Clinics At Notre Dame, Pepperdine, Texas, And Yale File Supreme Court Amicus Briefs: Post Office Must Accommodate Employee's Sabbath Observance
• Pandora’s Box Of Religious Exemptions (Harvard Law Review)
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• NY Times: Defending Its Rankings, U.S. News Takes Aim At Top Law Schools
• Tobin: MTV The Challenge – Did Tori And Devin Just 'Win' A Huge Tax Problem?
• Houston Seeks To Hire A Full-Year Visiting Tax Professor

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: The Wages Of Idolatry
• Don't Hold Back: Leaving Behind the American Gospel to Follow Jesus
• Who Are These ‘Cultural Christians’|'Christian Atheists'?
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• It’s Not Just Our Students: ChatGPT Is Coming For Faculty Scholarship
• Cato Institute: The Federal Tax System Is Highly Progressive
• The U.S. News Rankings Drama And The Future Of Legal Education

Sunday:

• Inazu: Kicking Off The Legal Vocation Fellowship For Early-Career Christian Attorneys
• WSJ Op-Ed: The Gospel Of St. George (Constanza)
• NY Times: ‘Woodstock’ for Christians — Revival Draws Thousands To Asbury University In Kentucky
• The Top Five New Tax Paper

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• After ABA House Of Delegates Rejected Proposal To Let Law Schools Be Test-Optional, 21-Member ABA Council Voted To Resubmit It With Only One Dissenter: 'There Is More Education To Be Done'
• Tax Policy Center: Itemized Deductions Benefit Whites More Than Blacks And Hispanics
• This Penn Law Professor Has Been Offending Minorities For Years. Will Tenure Save Her?

Sunday:

• Inazu: What The Left And The Right Get Wrong About The 'He Gets Us' Super Bowl Ads About Jesus
• WSJ Op-Ed: Character Counts In The Super Bowl (And In Life)
• A Glimpse Into Faith At Pepperdine Caruso Law: Dean’s Bible Study
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Should Law Schools Offer A Course On 'Becoming You'?
• Gershon Presents Top Five Code Sections That Should Not Exist At Alabama
• With Connecticut And Pittsburgh, 42 Law Schools Are Boycotting The U.S. News Rankings

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: The Astonishing Moral Beauty Of The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth And The Black Church
• NY Times Op-Ed: There Is Glory And God In Our Struggles
• David Brooks And Michael Gerson On Depression And Faith
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• In Defense Of The U.S. News Law School Rankings
• Call For Papers: Norwegian Business School Workshop On Taxation, Citizenship, And Democracy
• L.A. Times: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents Used Their Stanford Home To Bail Him Out

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: The Rationality And Danger Of Spiritual Experimentation
• Aprill & Mayer: 21st Century Churches And Federal Tax Law
• Two Perspectives On How Far Employers Must Go In Providing Religious Accommodations To Employees
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• With Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, Tulane, And Creighton, 40 Law Schools Are Boycotting The U.S. News Rankings
• Jan Brueckner And Blaine Saito Present Tax Papers At UCLA
• Justice Kavanaugh Says U.S. News Law School Rankings Are 'Very Problematic'; Peer Reputation Is 'Kind Of A Joke'

Sunday:

• David French: Faith, Not Politics, Can Heal Lonely Hearts And A Nation
• NY Times Op-Ed: The Americanization Of Religion
• WaPo Op-Ed: Think America Is A ‘Christian Nation’? George Washington Didn’t.
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Larson: American Inheritance—Liberty And Slavery In The Birth Of A Nation
• Desai: The Crypto Collapse And The End Of The Magical Thinking That Infected Capitalism
• State Department Shifts From Times New Roman To Calibri To Make Paperwork More 'Inclusive'

Sunday:

• How A Person Of Faith Can Overcome Imposter Syndrome In Law School
• David French: How A Great American Victory Altered American Faith
• Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain Of Loss And The Comfort Of God
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog MLK Holiday Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Summary Of Changes To The Forthcoming U.S. News Law School Rankings
• Stronger Reporting Requirements Are Needed For Opportunity Zones
• Fordham Is 24th Law School To Boycott U.S. News Rankings

Sunday:

• David French: The Law Is Protecting Religious Liberty, But Christians Are Not Securing Integrity In Their Institutions
• Christian Law School To Start Hiring Jewish Faculty
• L.A. Times: Pastor|Professor Bridges Faith|Psychology
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Last Sunday Sermon 'Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution'
• NY Times: If Affirmative Action Ends, College Admissions May Be Changed Forever
• Americans Moved To Low-Tax States In 2022
• Invitation: ABA Virtual Tax Book Club On Tax Law And The Environment

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• With UC-SF, St. John's, And Idaho: 23 Schools Are Now Boycotting The U.S. News Law School Rankings
• How The IRS’s Misinterpretation Of The ACA Precludes Millions Of Families From Accessing Affordable Health Coverage
• Maynard: Killing The Motivation Of The Minority Professor

Sunday:

• WSJ Op-Ed: How Damar Hamlin Drove A Nation to Pray
• NY Times Op-Ed: Pope Benedict Wasn’t Conservative. He Was Something Much More Surprising.
• Faith On The Hill: The Religious Composition Of The 118th Congress
• The Top 10 Faith Posts Of 2022
• Pepperdine Religious Liberty Clinic Amicus Brief In Supreme Court Charter School Case Quoted in Wall Street Journal
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

Christmas Weekend Roundup

Christmas Eve:

• 'Twas The Night Before Christmas (Legal Edition)
• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• A (Less Rocky) Path Forward On International Corporate Tax Reform
• Cal-Western Is 20th Law School To Boycott U.S. News Rankings

Christmas:

• A Hallelujah Christmas
• A Pepperdine Christmas
• I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
• NY Times Op-Ed: Christmas And Miracles
• WaPo Op-Ed: Christmas And The Two Men Who Died In 2022 Taught Me How To Live
• NY Times: A Christmas Conversation About Christ
• WSJ Op-Ed: Why God Became A Baby On Christmas
• NY Times Op-Ed: Does The Meaning Of A Christmas Song Change Depending On The Race Of The Man Who Wrote It?
• Fox News Op-Ed: Presence (Not Presents): The True Gift Of Christmas
• NY Times: O Come All Ye Faithful, Except When Christmas Falls On A Sunday
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

Christmas Holiday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Did You Have A Hard Christmas? Jesus Did, Too.
• Law School Median Undergraduate GPA Soars To 3.60 From 3.51 in 2020
• A ‘Social Harms’ Tax Can End The U.S. Gun Crisis, Constitutionally
• NY Times Op-Ed: When A Racist Joke In Higher Ed Does Not Merit Cancellation

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• CLEA Statement On U.S. News Rankings For Clinical Programs
• Elkins Presents Embracing Tax Avoidance At Hebrew University
• Office For Civil Rights Investigates Judge Judy's Women-Only Scholarship Program At New York Law School

Sunday:

• Inazu: How Can Christian Faculty Be Interfaith Leaders?
• NY Times Op-Ed:  Advent, Poetry, And Christmas
• Christian Legal Society Student Members & Faculty Advisor Settle 1st Amendment Lawsuit For $90K After Law School Punished Them For Their Views On Same-Sex Marriage
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Virginia Is 16th Law School (And 13th Of Top 15) To Boycott U.S. News Rankings
• The Role Of Technical Tax Corrections And How Congress Can Revive Them
• The U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott Is A Chance To Rethink Legal Education

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: 303 Creative, Gay Rights, And Religious Freedom
• David French: Fundamentalism Cannot Compete With Grace In The Contest For The Human Heart
• Shep Bryan (1922-2022)
• A Memorial And Remonstrance Against Taxation Of Churches
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• With Penn And University Of Washington, 13 Law Schools Are Not Participating In U.S. News Rankings; Georgia Is 4th School To Resist Boycott
• Inspector General: No Political Influence In Comey|McCabe Audits During Trump Administration
• More Commentary On The U.S. News Law School Rankings Boycott

Sunday:

• Inazu: The Respect For Marriage Act, Christianity, And Pluralism
• NY Times Op-Ed: Shopping And Isaiah 6:5
• Pepperdine Caruso Law Partners With Legal Vocation Fellowship For Early-Career Attorneys
• The Top Five New Tax Papers