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

TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

Thanksgiving:

• Chicago And Cornell Are First Elite Law Schools To Refuse To Join U.S. News Rankings Boycott
• UC-Irvine Is First Non-Elite Law School To Join U.S. News Rankings Boycott
• NY Times Op-Ed: Even Your Political Enemies Deserve A Slice Of Thanksgiving Pie
• Pepperdine Caruso Law Is Thankful For Greg Ogden
• NY Times: Tax Prof Cruciverbalist
• A Wall Street Journal Thanksgiving

Friday:

• Weekly Legal Education Roundup
• Tax Policy In The Biden Administration
• Next Week’s Tax Workshops
• Is This The Beginning Of The End Of The U.S. News Rankings Dominance?
• The New And Decidedly Improved IRS 'Fact Sheet' Frequently Asked Questions
• NYU Seeks To Hire A Tax Law And Policy Fellow ($75,000-$88,000)

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Law School Admissions Without LSATs, Race, And Rankings
• Treasury Department Seeks To Hire Deputy Assistant Secretary ($135,468 - $203,700)
• Penn Evaluates Whether To Join Boycott Of U.S. News Rankings By Ten Of Top 15 Law Schools

Sunday:

• David French: An Open Letter To Those Who Think I’ve Lost My Christian Faith Because I Support The Respect For Marriage Act
• Bono: 'Too Christian For The Mainstream, Too Mainstream For Christians?
• Auditing Scientology: Reexamining The Church's 501(c)(3) Tax Exemption Eligibility
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• ABA Legal Ed Council Votes 15-1 To Make LSAT Optional Beginning With Fall 2026 1L Class
• The U.S. News Law School Rankings Are Like The Hotel California: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave
• With Stanford, Columbia And Georgetown, 6 Of The T14 Refuse To Participate In The U.S. News Law School Rankings

Sunday:

• Tim Keller: Forgive — Why Should I And How Can I?
• WSJ: Ten Books To Read On Faith In The Modern World
• Christian Colleges And Universities Support Senate-Passed Bipartisan Respect For Marriage Act With Protections For Both LGBTQ Rights And Religious Freedom
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Leiter: The End Of The LSAT Is Coming — What Will U.S. News Do?
• New State Business Tax Climate Index: Blue States Are Worst, Red States Are Best
• Lawyers Who Had to Pay Off Their Student Debt Think You Should, Too

Sunday:

• Inazu: The Incomprehensible Witness Of Forgiveness
• WaPo: A $100 Million Campaign Aims To Fix Jesus’ Brand From Followers’ Damage
• Yeshiva University Announces New LGBTQ Club While Continuing Its Legal Battle With The Existing One
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Law Schools Expand Fundraising Ambitions As Tuitions Swell
• Oxford Seeks To Hire Two Business Tax Research Fellows
• Court Filings Reveal Contradictory Accounts Of Dean's Exit At Texas Southern Law School

Sunday:

• Inazu: Pandemic Forgiveness
• NY Times Op-Ed: Black, Christian and Transcending the Political Binary
• FiveThirtyEight: How Much Power Do Christians Really Have In The U.S.?
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• University Of San Diego: A Law School 'Lacked And Lost'
• Call For Papers: Fordham Journal Of Corporate & Financial Law
• The Professional Responsibility Case For Valid And Nondiscriminatory Bar Exams

Sunday:

• ‘Alternative’ or ‘Sham’? Yeshiva U. Created A New LGBTQ Club — But Won’t Recognize The One That Sued
• Samford University Denies Cumberland Law Student Application to Form LGBTQ Group
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Is Yale Law School Turning Over A New Leaf?
• NY Times: She’s Inheriting Millions. She Wants Her Wealth Taxed Away.
• Judge Ho: Restoring America By Resisting Cancel Culture

Sunday:

• French: Christianity, Morality, And Hypocrisy
• Hamill: Moral Reflections On 21st Century Tax Policy Trends
• Herschel Walker And The Platform of Cheap Grace
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• 2022-23 Law School Admission Cycle Starts Out With A Whisper
• Ruth Mason Named Director Of Virginia Center For Tax Law
• Law School Shredding Of Notes To Be Shared With Jury In Law Prof's Discrimination Lawsuit

Sunday:

• NY Times: Why Religious Freedom Matters, Even If You’re Not Religious
• WSJ Op-Ed: St. Thérèse's 'Little Way' To Heaven — Small Deeds Done With Great Love
• NY Times Op-Ed: Humility Is A Virtue. But Can Humble People Succeed In The Modern World?
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• 14th Federal Judge Join Boycott, Refuses To Hire Yale Students As Law Clerks
• Stewart: Tax And Government In The 21st Century
• Hastings Descendants Dispute Law School Name Is Racist. They Want The Name Kept — Or A $1.7 Billion Payout

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Why The Christian Music Of Rich Mullins Endures, 25 Years After His Death
• WSJ Book Review: How Christianity Became More Conservative And Society More Secular
• Jack Thomas, Journalist Who Poignantly Wrote Of His Terminal Diagnosis, Dies At 83
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Kerr: Conservatives Should Oppose Boycott Of Yale Law Students In Judicial Law Clerk Hiring
• A Re-examination Of The Capital Gains Tax Preference
• Rutgers Law School Fundraising Dean Files Gender Discrimination And Equal Pay Lawsuit

Sunday:

• NY Times: F3 (Fitness, Fellowship, Faith): A Cure For Middle-Age Male Loneliness?
• What Christian Colleges Can Glean From The Supreme Court’s ‘Yeshiva’ Case
• What Football Can Teach Us About Death: Fathers Are Fullbacks
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Death Of John Donaldson (William & Mary)
• Chodorow: Why Trump’s Alleged Real-Estate Shenanigans Went Too Far
• Celebrating 50 Years Of Pepperdine's Malibu Campus

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Parents, Dementia, Memory, And God
• Inazu: The Life We're Looking For
• Cardozo Law School Fights Fallout From Yeshiva University LGBT Club Case
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Cleveland State Committee Votes Unanimously To Remove John Marshall From The Name Of Its Law School
• Crawford & Afield: Reimagining The Tax System Through The Work Of Dorothy Day
• NY Times: Can/Should Progressive Law Grads Work In BigLaw?

Sunday:

• Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key To A Gracious View Of Others (And Yourself)
• Celebrities For Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, And Profits Are Hurting The Church
• Supreme Court (5-4) Denies Yeshiva University Request To Block State Ruling On Recognition Of LGBTQ Club; Yeshiva Responds By Canceling All Student Groups
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Columbia Admits Submitting Incorrect Data That Goosed Its U.S. News Ranking To #2
• Tax Court Seeks Amicus Briefs On Innocent Spouse Jurisdictional Issue
• High Anxiety: Racism, The Law, And Legal Education

Sunday:

• WSJ: Pastor Timothy Keller Speaks To The Head And The Heart
• Inazu: On The 21-Year Anniversary Of 9/11, What Unites Us?
• NY Times: Justice Sotomayor Says Yeshiva University Can Bar LGBT Student Club — For Now
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Sick Of Faculty Meetings That Go Off The Rails? 'Robert's Rules Of Order' Can Help
• The Myth Of American Income Inequality
• UCLA Course: The Law Of Elon Musk

Sunday:

• NY Times: A Catholic Podcasting Star Says Theocracy Is Not The Way
• French: The Christian Case Against Biden’s Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Plan
• Illegal Discrimination Or Religious Freedom? Understanding Yeshiva University’s Case Against The YU Pride Alliance
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

Labor Day:

• ABA Receives Over 100 Comments On Its Proposal To Make Law School Admission Tests Optional
• What The Access To Justice Crisis Means For Legal Education
• Are Contributions To Amy Wax's Legal Defense Fund Tax Deductible?
• Introducing First-Year Law Students To 'Legal Realism'

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• More On The ABA's Proposal To Make Law School Admission Tests Optional
• Peking University Seeks To Hire An Entry Level Or Lateral Tax Prof
• NY Times: Federal Judge Rules University's Scan Of Student's Room During Remote Exam Violates The Fourth Amendment

Sunday:

• God, The Bible, And Hamilton
• French: Christian Political Ethics Are Upside Down
• Inazu: Interfaith Doesn't Mean Compromise
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• ABA Legal Ed Council Signals Support For Bar Exam Alternatives
• COVID-19 Relief For Opportunity Zone Funds And Investors
• Florida A&M Seeks To Hire An Entry Level Or Lateral Tax Prof

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: The God I Know Is Not A Culture Warrior
• NY Times Op-Ed: New York’s Hottest Club Is The Catholic Church
• Why Alexander Hamilton Gave His Heart To Jesus At A Texas Church
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Deans' Advice To The Law School Class Of 2025
• Stanford Law Profs' Son — A 'Vegan Crypto Billionaire' Megadonor — Seeks To Change Washington, D.C.
• Millennial Leadership In Law Schools: Essays On Disruption, Innovation, And The Future

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: A Model For An Evangelical Christianity Committed To Justice
• Justice Alito's Keynote Address At Notre Dame's Religious Liberty Summit In Rome
• Faith, Forgiveness, And Little League Baseball
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Former Students Sue Columbia, Say They Were Misled By Misreporting Of Data That Inflated Its U.S. News Ranking
• Penn Wharton: Decomposing The Decline In Estate Tax Liability Since 2000
• Penn State Orders Hiring Freeze, 3% Budget Rescission To Close $191 Million Deficit

Sunday:

• NY Times: What's God Got to Do With It? The Rise of Christian Nationalism In American Politics
• The Secret Of Vin Scully's Success: Faith
• Christian University Sues Attorney General, Says Investigation Of Anti-LGBTQ+ Hiring Practices Violates Its Religious Freedom
• Forty Democratic Lawmakers Call For IRS Investigation Into Family Research Council's ‘Church’ Status
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Katherine Magbanua Sentenced To Life In Prison, Plus Two 30-Year Sentences, In Dan Markel's Murder; Charlie Adelson Trial In Early 2023
• ABA Tax Section|Tax Analysts Public Service Tax Fellowship Application Deadline Extended
• Listen!: Amplifying The Experiences Of Black Law School Graduates In 2020

Sunday:

• Battle Over 'Wokeness' At Christian Colleges Isn't Just About Politics, It's About Dollars
• WSJ Op-Ed: Religion Is Dying? Don’t Believe It
• LA Times: Jews, Muslims And Others Say Roe vs. Wade Reversal Threatens Their Religious Freedom
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• ABA Survey: Law Students Prefer Online Classes Over In-Person Classes
• U.S. Inequality Is Much Less When You Measure Spending Power (Including Government Transfer Payments) As Well As Income And Wealth
• Jane Aiken Steps Down As Dean After Three Years; Wake Forest Names Notre Dame's Nell Newton Interim Dean

Sunday:

• David French: The God Gap Helps Explain A 'Seismic Shift' In American Politics
• Notre Dame Dean Marcus Cole's Address In Rome On Religious Liberty
• Confessions Of A Catholic Litigator
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Eric Talley's Commencement Address To The Columbia Law School Class Of 2022: Peerless
• Today's Law, Society, And Taxation Panels
• Doing Law School Wrong: Case Teaching And An Integrated Legal Practice Method

Sunday:

• Abraham Lincoln’s Use Of The Bible In His Second Inaugural Address
• Do Christians Have A Moral Duty To Tweet?
• ProPublica: Family Research Council Is Now A Church In The Eyes Of The IRS
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• NY Times: Big 4 Accounting Auditors Sign Off On Dubious Tax Strategies Designed By Their Firm
• U.S. News Kicks Columbia Out Of The 2022 College Rankings After Math Professor Questioned Its #2 Ranking
• ProPublica: Before Moving To Florida, Citadel Billionaire Founder|CEO Spent $54M To Defeat Illinois Tax Hike That Would Have Cost Him $51M/Year

Sunday:

• U.S. District Court Orders Law School To Rescind No-Contact Orders Issued Against Christian Legal Society Faculty Advisor And Students Who Shared Their Religious Views With Another Student
• NY Times Op-Ed:  I Pray. But I Don’t Want To See A High School Football Coach Praying At The 50-Yard Line.
• Does Religious Freedom Protect A Right To An Abortion? One Rabbi’s Mission To Find Out.
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• More On The Impact Of Dobbs On Law Schools
• Avi-Yonah Posts International Tax Papers On SSRN
• Students, Alumni Push Back Against George Washington's Refusal To Cancel Justice Thomas's Con Law Seminar

Sunday:

• How Religious Colleges View The Dobbs Abortion Decision: Celebration (Liberty), Neutrality (Notre Dame), Condemnation (Emory)
• NY Times Op-Ed: How Churches Can Do Better At Responding To Sexual Abuse
• After The SCOTUS School Prayer Decision, What Comes Next For American Jews?
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

July 4th:

• A 4th Of July Reminder: 'This Land Was Made For You And Me'
• Horwitz: Should Undergraduate Degrees In Law Lead To Shortening Law School To Two Years By Separating Academic Study Of Law From Practical Training To Be Lawyers?
• NY Times: The IRS Is The Gatekeeper For Charities, But Approves 99.96% Of All Applications; Form 1023EZ = EZ Fraud
• NALP: Entry-Level Public Service Attorney Salaries Soar In Four Years By 20% (Civil Legal Services) And 25% (Public Interest Organizations), But Stagnate For Public Defenders (2.4%)

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• 'I Couldn’t Imagine Leading And Not Being Openly Gay': How LGBTQIA+ Pride Informs Law School Leadership
• WSJ: Warren Buffett’s Estate Planning Sends Charities Scrambling; $100 Billion May Go To Pro-Abortion Family Foundation
• The Ohio State University Trademarks 'The'

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: I Prayed And Protested To End Roe. What Comes Next?
• They Cite the Same Bible And Evoke The Same Jesus. But These Two Christians Are On Opposite Sides Of The Abortion Debate
• NY Times Op-Ed: I Married The Wrong Person, And I’m So Glad I Did
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• How Introverted Law Students Can Thrive: Become Tax Lawyers|Tax Professors (And Deans)
• Katherine Magbanua To Be Sentenced in Dan Markel's Murder On July 29—Same Time, Day, And Courtroom As Charlie Adelson's Hearing; Will She Cut A Deal And Implicate Adelsons?
• 17th Annual Junior Tax Scholars Workshop Concludes Today At Illinois

Sunday:

• Father's Day And The Prodigal Son
• 'I Can Think Of No Better Father’s Day Gift' Than Passage Of Markel Act Giving Child Visitation Rights To Grandparents Of Deceased Parent
• Gallup: Belief In God Falls To All-Time Low In U.S.: 81%, Down 6 Percentage Points (12 Percentage Points Among Democrats)
• NY Times: State Judge Rules Yeshiva University Must Recognize LGBTQ Student Club
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

Juneteenth:

• Osofsky & Thomas: Implicit Legislative Bias — The Case Of The Mortgage Interest Deduction
• Juneteenth And Tax Law
• Are Legal Lessons Learned In The Trenches More Valuable Than Those Learned In Law School?
• Town And Gown, Malibu And Pepperdine

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• What Got Katherine Magbanua Convicted Of Dan Markel’s Murder? What's Next For Charlie Adelson?
• For 1st Time Since 2011, IRS Makes Mid-Year Adjustment In Standard Mileage Rate Due To Spike In Gas Prices; 62.5 Cents/Mile Is Up 11.6% From 2021
• After Submitting False Data To U.S. News For 9 Years, USC Ordered To Certify Accuracy Of Its Data In Future Rankings

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Uvalde Needs Our Prayers
• NY Times Op-Ed: 400 Years Ago, They Would Be Witches. Today, They Can Be Your Spiritual Coach.
• Race, Immigration Law, And Christianity: Despair Or Hope?
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• With Katherine Magbanua's Conviction In Dan Markel's Murder, Prosecutors Set Their Sights On Charlie Adelson
• IRS Dangles Telework To Lure Workers To Beleaguered Agency
• For Law Profs, Law Students, And Everyone

Sunday:

• WSJ Book Review: What Did Thomas Jefferson Really Think About God?
• WSJ Essay: Why Most Pastors Avoid Politics
• Pepperdine Caruso Law Celebrates The Class Of 2022
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• In Defense Of The LSAT
• Trusts & Estates: The Next Big Thing In Big Law
• Jury Finds Katherine Magbanua Guilty Of First Degree Murder Of Dan Markel

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: Curing The Political Polarization Destroying America With Humility And Joy
• 'The Christian Faith Is Flourishing At Harvard Law School'
• NY Times Op-Ed: Work, Pray, Code — Work Is Replacing Religion In Silicon Valley (And Elsewhere)
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

Memorial Day:

• ABA Tax Section | Tax Analysts Public Service Tax Fellowship
• Harvard And MIT Offer Free Open-Source Law School Casebooks
• Professional Sports Teams In High-Tax States Are At A Competitive Disadvantage
• Using Artificial Intelligence In The Law Review Submissions Process

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• The Data-Driven Answer To A Rich And Happy Life
• GAO: IRS Audit Rates Plummet For The Rich
• The Retrial Of Katherine Magbanua In Dan Markel's Murder: Luis Rivera Flips On Katie And Sigfredo Garcia

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: We’re In A Loneliness Crisis — Another Reason To Get Off Our Phones 
• Christianity And Constitutional Law
• Tax Experts Say Section 107 Housing Allowance For Clergy Remains Safe Despite Recent Cases And Greedy Abuses
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Law Schools Are Becoming The New Business Schools For Future Leaders
• Azam: Online Taxation Post Wayfair
• A Year After Abruptly Ousting Tony Varona As Dean, Miami President Names David Yellen New Law School Dean

Sunday:

• WSJ Book Review: America's Book — The Rise and Decline Of A Bible Civilization
• NY Times Op-Ed: If Roe Is Overturned, Where Should The Pro-Life Movement Go Next?
• NY Times Op-Ed: Too Much Church In The State For This Catholic
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• NY Times: ABA May Eliminate Standardized Tests For Law School Admissions
• Louis Brandeis, Antitrust, And A Functioning Tax System
• 8th Annual Parris Awards At Pepperdine Caruso Law School

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: How To Cultivate Joy Even When It Feels In Short Supply
• WSJ Op-Ed: The Blessing Of A Mother’s Love
• NY Times Op-Ed: Why I Pray To A God I Don’t Believe In
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Brown & Dau-Schmidt: Racial And Ethnic Ancestry Of The Nation’s Black Law Students
• Report On Tax Implications Of Cryptocurrency And Other Fungible Digital Assets
• WSJ: Jones Day Finds USC Dean Intentionally Reported Fale Data To U.S. News To Goose Its Ranking

Sunday:

• WSJ Op-Ed: How God Works — The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion
• Christian Legal Society Members Sue Law School For Punishing Them For Expressing Their Religious Beliefs
• The Chosen At Pepperdine Caruso Law
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• The Top 15 Law Schools For Jobs Contain Some Surprises
• How A Quiet Change To An Actuarial Assumption Turbocharges The Life Insurance Tax Shelter
• Yale For Papers: The Legal Treatise— Past, Present, And Future

Sunday:

• God, Grades, And Graduation: Religion's Surprising Impact On Academic Success
• The Secular Case For Christianity: It Works For The Individual And For The Common Good
• Pepperdine Caruso Law 3L Commissioning Ceremony
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• President Biden And Vice President Harris Release Their 2022 Tax Returns
• Next Week’s Tax Workshops
• Recent Law Grads Have Had $30,000 Of Their Student Loan Debt Cancelled

Sunday:

• NY Times Op-Ed: What Good Friday And Easter Mean For Black Americans
• NY Times Op-Ed: How A Cancer Diagnosis Makes Jesus’ Death And Resurrection Mean More
• WSJ Op-Ed: What Saint Dismas Can Teach Us About Good Friday And Easter
• NY Times Op-Ed: Imagine A Bible With No Moses, No Story Of The Exodus
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• 2023 U.S. News Constitutional Law Rankings
• Next Week’s Tax Workshops

Sunday: 

• NY Times Op-Ed: Three Habits To Keep After The Pandemic Ends
• Vischer: Christian Nationalism And The Rule Of Law
• WSJ Book Review: The Flag And The Cross — Defining Christian Nationalism
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Every Black Law Dean in the US Signs Letter to Senate Supporting Jackson's SCOTUS Nomination
• Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson And Tax Cases

Sunday:

• Pepperdine To Launch Center For Faith And The Common Good
• 'Keep the Faith': How A Hostile Encounter With Yale Law Students Emboldened Me To Speak The Truth With Kindness
• NY Times Op-Ed: My Synagogue Was Attacked, But I Will Never Stop Welcoming The Stranger
• The Top Five New Tax Papers