Balkinization (blog)

For the geopolitical term, see Balkanization.

Balkinization is a legal blog focused on constitutional, First Amendment, and other civil liberties issues. The weblog was created on January 13, 2003^[1] by Jack Balkin,^[2] the Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School.

Balkinization

Type of site	Legal Blog
Available in	English
Created by	Jack Balkin
URL	balkin.blogspot.com
Launched	January 13, 2003

Balkinization has been critical of the Bush Administration's record on civil liberties issues in the Global War on Terror following 9/11.

As of June 2017, the weblog has had approximately 11 million visitors since its creation.^[3]

Notable contributors

• Ian Ayres
• Andrew Koppelman
• Marty Lederman
• Sanford Levinson
• Gerard Magliocca
• Rick Pildes
• Mark Tushnet