I'm delighted to report that Hanah Metchis Volokh will be guest-blogging for the next several weeks.
Hanah does separation of powers law, with some statutory interpretation, federal courts, and administrative law on the side. She's the author of Congressional Immunity Grants and Separation of Powers: Legislative Vetoes of Federal Prosecutions, 95 Geo. L.J. 2017 (2007) and The Two Appointments Clauses: Statutory Qualifications for Federal Officers, 10 U. Pa. J. Const. L. (forthcoming 2008). She's also Chief Articles Editor at the Georgetown Law Journal, and will be clerking next year for Judge Jerry Smith on the Fifth Circuit. She is thus Todd Zywicki's and Ilya Somin's sister in the Jerry Smith clerkship family, and also Sasha's wife and therefore my sister-in-law.
This is a guest-blogging stint, not a job. As far as I know, guest-bloggers don't even get paid (I didn't when i was one).
Pay no attention to the nattering nabobs of negativism up-thread. I, for one, look forward to your posts.
Anyway glad to hear you are guest blogging. I don't understand whats with the negative response above but I'm glad your willing to take the time to post.
I for one welcome our new Volokh overlords.
So do you guys/gals get paid as regular bloggers?
Ah, that would explain the "Conspiracy" thing. Might she also be an eighth cousin to Senator Obama?
We get a share of the blog's advertising revenue.
This blog is Eugene's and Sasha's hobby, not an equal opportunity meritocracy. They have the right to pick guest bloggers on any criteria they deem relevant. If you think their posts are not worth reading, you have every right to not read them.
I'm confident that Hanah will write some interesting and insightful posts. Even if she doesn't, I think the VC will survive.
(Do you get out much, Guy?)
Isn't this being a little overly dramatic? This blog isn't scholarship. (Besides, if you were the type of person who would be less likely to read a blog because of one poster, wouldn't David Bernstein already fill up that role? Kidding. Sorta.)
Why the confusion? The Volokhs are known as a precocious lot. I expect to see the next generation posting in about a year or two. ("Suppression of Free Speech at a University-run Daycare -- State Action?" and "Forced Toy-sharing as Anti-Liberty".)
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I hope to see Hannah post on her articles. I am not sold that Congress doesn't have the right to place statutory restrictions on appointments. From what I have read about the subject lawyers (Calabresi, Yoo, Prakash) tend think its unconstitutional whereas political scientists feel that it is (Corwin, Fisher, Sollenberger).
welcome our new Volokh overlords
Has anybody thought of doing another Lord of the Rings sequel? "One blog to bind them..."
Hm... I guess this explains the relatively small number of female guest bloggers.
Well, that means that legally, she's more accomplished than myself, the last guest-blogger, or the resident puzzleblogger. I'm definitely looking forward to Hanah's posts, albeit I may change my mind if she reverts to cat-blogging.
The Conspiracy has been operating on a female deficit for a long time now. I demand the return of Michelle Boardman.
Hi, Hanah.
Then I saw people complaining about a blogger's decision to invite his sister-in-law to guest-blog for a little while.
Unbelievable.
Go get 'em, Ms. Volokh. I look forward to reading your posts.
Here's our new theme song. Just kidding.
P.S.--Seriously congrats and welcome to the Smith family. He's a truly great man and a great judge. Plus sittings are in New Orleans!
Won't happen Todd. She can only join the VC permanently if she becomes a New England Patriots/Boston Red Sox fan.
The question for EV's readers is, "does Hanah have something to say that is interesting or insightful on a topic or topic(s) covered by this blog?" The answer is presumptively yes. End of story. Carping because she's Sasha's wife is petty jealousy and nothing more.
The real "nepotism" will come when EV starts posting artwork and various documents produced by his very young children on the blog, and refers to them as "guest bloggers." :)