Payvand Ahdout

Ever wondered what happens when you combined separation of powers and federalism? Enter, Layered Constitutionalism. Thrilled to share my latest, where I share a by-line with the incomparable @BridgetFahey, is finally out @ColumLRev. columbialawreview.org/content/layere…

My book is out today. It examines how legal training shapes issues that impact all of us (e.g., policing, work, healthcare, the environment). It’s written for a broad audience—nonlawyers, law students, and professors alike. I think it can move some urgent conversations forward.

Two #UVALaw classes had a surprise guest speaker on Tuesday: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. #SCOTUS law.virginia.edu/news/202604/to…

.@UVALaw professor Danielle Citron named most-cited law professor. law.virginia.edu/news/202603/ac…

Shaub on Congress’s Impeachment Inquiry Power, legaltheoryblog.com/2026/03/25/sha… - Jonathan David Shaub (University of Kentucky – J. David Rosenberg College of Law) has posted Congress’s Power Of Inquiry In Impeachment (112 Virginia Law Review (forthcoming 2026)) on SSRN.

Stolzenberg on Private Law and Intimates’ Obligations, legaltheoryblog.com/2026/03/25/sto… - Emily Stolzenberg (Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law) has posted Toward a Private Law of Intimates’ Obligations on SSRN.

Roisman on Exclusive Presidential Powers, legaltheoryblog.com/2026/03/23/roi… - Shalev Gad Roisman (University of Arizona – James E. Rogers College of Law) has posted The Exclusive Powers Presidency on SSRN.

Haymond on Repeal of Regulations via Failure to Appeal, legaltheoryblog.com/2026/03/18/hay… - Monica Haymond (Northwestern University – Pritzker School of Law) has posted Repeal By Surrender (112 Va. L. Rev. __ (2026) (forthcoming)) on SSRN.

Prof. @Daniellecitron was the most-cited legal scholar of 2025 for work published from 2019-21, among other achievements and recognition for members of the #UVALaw community. law.virginia.edu/news/202603/ac…

@joeljohnson13 @YaleLJournal Would you please send me the draft?

Yale Law Journal (@YaleLJournal) will be publishing my latest, “The New Criminal Docket and the Clemency Court.” It explores how SCOTUS is no longer using its criminal merits docket for broad constitutional reform, opting instead for targeted relief for the fortunate few.

Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Jotwell on Rachel Bayefsky, Tradition versus Equality: A feminist intervention - Equality equality.jotwell.com/tradition-vers…

Review of my article on Tradition and Feminism in Jotwell: equality.jotwell.com/tradition-vers…

@RichardMRe Always

Do we need concurrences commenting on concurrences commenting on concurrences?

#UVALaw alumna and former faculty member M. Elizabeth “Liz” Magill ’95 has been named dean of @GeorgetownLaw. law.virginia.edu/news/202602/al…

Fontana on Administrative Decentralization. legaltheoryblog.com/2026/02/12/fon… - David Fontana (George Washington University – Law School) has posted Administrative Decentralization on SSRN.

Ahdout on Political Mootness, legaltheoryblog.com/2026/02/03/ahd… - Payvand Ahdout (University of Virginia School of Law) has posted Political Mootness (111 Va. L. Rev. 841 (2025)) on SSRN.

Every year on Holocaust Rememberance Day I rewatch this speech by Justice Scalia. Nobody said it quite like him. “The one message I want to convey today is that you will have missed the most frightening aspect of it all, if you do not appreciate that it happened in one of the most educated, most progressive, most cultured countries in the world.” 📽️ Via @JCNSeverino

Prof. Saikrishna Prakash discusses his new book on the presidential pardon power with @jacklgoldsmith of @Harvard_Law.

Why has the presidential pardon power become so controversial? Prof. Saikrishna Prakash explores the history of this potent constitutional tool in a new book. law.virginia.edu/news/202601/pr…

Volume 93.1 is now live, featuring pieces by @ProfAlbertChoi & George Triantis; @BridgetFahey & @raulcfernandez; @nicolesummers_; and Ian Ayres, Joseph Bankman & @DanielJHemel. You can find them all here: lawreview.uchicago.edu