TaxProf Blog: Death Of James P. White (Indiana-McKinney), ABA Consultant On Legal Education (1974-2000) IU McKinney Law Mourns Professor Emeritus James P. White (obituary): The IU McKinney School of Law community is sad to announce the passing of Professor Emeritus James P. White, who died May 1, 2025 a...

Indiana University and legal education lost a great friend. taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog...

University budgets are getting ugly. If you still have funds, you can minimize disruption for junior scholars in affected states by inviting them to give a talk or a visit and *covering their costs!* We can fold our academic wings around our junior colleagues. Let’s not fail them.

IRS Staff Must Reject and Report Attempts at Political Interference in Tax Investigations Recent reporting suggests that the President and other Administration officials may have attempted to initiate or interfere with IRS investigations for political reasons. Overwhelming bipartisan major...

For more details on the law, see this Tax Law Center post. Overwhelming bipartisan majorities in Congress have enacted laws making it a crime for the President and his staff to request an audit or investigation of a particular taxpayer. 3/3 taxlawcenter.org/blog/irs-sta...

A black plaque with a silver face, inscribed “faculty leadership award.” It is standing behind a tiny crocheted broccoli, because why not?

Thank you, colleagues. We had a great year together!

Scan it into your phone and carry the card instead.

I'm not sure about tariffs being unforeseeable when Trump ran on imposing them. Not believing him probably isn't going to be enough.

The exam question writes itself.

The Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law are open access now! Very cool. What will you learn today? opil.ouplaw.com/home/MPIL

Measles outbreak confirmed in Ohio, state health department announces None of the individuals infected were vaccinated.

Measles outbreak confirmed in Ohio, state health department announces

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Congrats to Indiana University McKinney students Bryce Hull, Giovanni Murtha, and Josh Brandle on having the 2d place brief and 3d place oral arguments at last week’s tax moot court! I am so proud of you and am glad to be your coach. Well deserved- you guys worked so hard!

AI decodes the calls of the wild Artificial intelligence could reveal how animals of the land, sea and sky talk to others of their species.

We know that elephants and dolphins have names for themselves and others (as discussed in www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...). The new hope of a growing number of biologists and computer scientists is that applying AI to animal sounds might reveal what these creatures are saying to each other!

I have a Section 61 joke, but it’s gross.

This is such a good one too!

We do not come to treat with Sauron, faithless and accursed. Tell your master this: the armies of Mordor must disband. He is to depart these lands, never to return.

LOL love it! There is a campy bon mot in here somewhere.

The best Saturday nights are the ones where I fall asleep next to my little boy after story time and wake up at midnight all snuggled together. He won’t be little forever, and I am going to miss these moments. 💕

The news story about that Chinese crypto guy eating the art banana is exam fodder for sure. It’s my favorite art blurb since the one about the guy who drew money and paid for things with it. What a peach :-) #taxprof #contractsprof #bananas

PSA: if you bought a frozen turkey for Thanksgiving, put it in your fridge to thaw today! (Unless your family are all buzzards. In that case, just set it on the lawn.) 🦃 #thanksgiving #saynotorawturkey

The real eyebrow raiser is Russell Vought at the top of the Office of Management & Budget.

The picture shows pairs of words that rhyme that include for and raw, along with oar and naw.

This AI is from … Boston? #AI

“Did you mean kylo ren syndrome?”

Careers at ACLU Join our team! We’re looking for committed, passionate people for open roles at the ACLU.

ACLU is hiring an Algorithmic Justice Fellow to work on cutting edge projects focused on digital rights — the work will interrogate how automated systems are being used in high stakes areas. www.aclu.org/careers/appl...

So excited at first because I thought this bit was about adjusted gross income. And it is, just in a more terrifying and interesting way than usual.

A word about DOGE: The Framers rejected the idea that the President would determine the structure of the executive branch. The creation of offices, boards, and DEPARTMENTS to implement law is the job of Congress. Journalists should call DOGE an “initiative” or a “project.” It’s not a department. YW.

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You should run with it! I don’t have the math chops.

Explainer: what are fractals? Fractals are exquisite structures produced by nature, hiding in plain sight all around us. They are tricky to define precisely, though most are linked by a set of four common fractal features: infinit...

Like this :-) theconversation.com/explainer-wh...

They happen when a simple process repeats itself over and over again, like crystallization of water into a snowflake. If a section is amended through the creation of subsections, and then those subsections are amended, would it graph into spirals or palm fronds or something?

My friend, Carrie, sent me a potato in the mail! Whoever started @mailaspud is a comic genius.