Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog

Zaibert from Union College to Cambridge

Leo Zaibert (philosophy of law, political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at Union College, has accepted a Chair in "Penal Theory and Ethics" on the law faculty at Cambridge University.

(Thanks to Markus Dubber for the pointer.)

Great moments in obscure rock 'n' roll: Rumplestiltskin, "Squandron Leader Johnson," 1970

A group of British studio musicians teamed up to record two rock blues albums (in 1970 and 1972); we last featured them (with their best song) in 2016.  This is the concluding number of the first album:

 

The super-legislature's mischief this year went beyond abortion, gun control, and religion and the public sphere

Jason Steed, an appellate lawyer in Texas (and former student of mine from my time at the University of Texas at Austin), has a striking thread on Twitter compiling all the bad things the court did.

"Constitutional Law, Moral Judgment, and the Supreme Court as Super-Legislature" (2015)

Recent events are making this assessment ever more relevant, sad to say.