This week on Amicus: Pregnancy criminalization is sharply on the rise in the wake of Roe’s demise. I spoke with a lawyer on the frontlines of the battle against prosecutors—in red and blue states—charging women for their pregnancy outcomes. slate.com/podcasts/ami...

Not enough people know this - and they should!

Are you a rising 3L or recent law grad and an aspiring public defender? Want great supervision and training? If so, consider applying for the E. Barrett Prettyman fellowship and come work with us. apply.interfolio.com/170321

Pleased to announce that effective August 16, 2025, I have been awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law. Thank you to the many friends, family, mentors, and colleagues who have supported me along this path.

“Of all the outcomes Rachel Castor could have predicted from Idaho’s abortion ban, her teenage son being denied hospital admission during an asthma attack wasn’t on the list.” Must-read by @kelciemmorris.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/idah...

New article out highlighting how pregnant people are being prosecuted since Dobbs (hint: it’s not using abortion laws): www.law360.com/articles/235...

I'm so proud that we're finally able to announce this and get it out into the world. Journalism professors in border states, hit me up!

Job opening for a youth defender in Albuquerque, NM: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lopd...

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Our latest on ways that states can provide better heath data sanctuaries to at-risk populations (spoiler alert: stop sharing data with health care criminalization states & stop collecting sensitive healthcare info). Thanks to my co-authors @lizchiarello.bsky.social & Wendy Bach

its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....

So honored that me and my coauthors @jiseonsong.bsky.social and Wendy Bach were awarded the Ian Kerr Best Paper Award at the Privacy Law Scholars Conference today!

Map on the left is of Krasner's 2025 win, from the Philly inquiring. Map on the right is of Krasner's 2021 win, from my own work. Basically the exact same outcome. Which means, as in 2021, Krasner won the area's that surely had the most (tho far less than in 2021!) violence.

Please remember that these assholes walk stuff back when they get too much pushback, so PUSHBACK HARD. Please rt the first post and get others to leave a comment.

1. A must-read thread. I'll highlight three more problems with this opinion, which is the only case to prevent people from using a class action to challenge US government renditions to El Salvador. I often write about complex litigation, with a focus on class actions involving government bodies.

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

Trump has indefinitely withdrawn federal funding for: • Investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against kids; • Responding to reports of missing children; • Preventing youth violence New, @propublica.org

Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.

In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials. nyer.cm/hMT7u9R

The result of Tuesday’s election is a major victory for Democrats and a rebuke of billionaire Elon Musk, a key ally of President Donald Trump who poured millions into the state supporting conservative candidate Brad Schimel.

Wisconsin, polls are now open until 8:00 PM! Make your voice heard and vote for Judge Susan Crawford. Find your polling place: myvote.wi.gov

@jessicavalenti.bsky.social jessica.substack.com/p/title-x-fu...

Curious about the pardon process? Or at least the way that the pardon process used to be before you-know-who took office? Join me on this week's episode of Just Justice with @rachelbarkow.bsky.social, who brilliantly unpacks the hows and whys of pardons. Links below in the comments.

Note, this only applies to institutions in AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MA, ME, MD, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, VT, WA, and WI - because the injunction applies only "within Plaintiff States" Institutions in states with red governors/AGs - Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, etc. - remain screwed

for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

Louisiana prosecutors have secured the indictment of a New York doctors who prescribes and mails medication abortion to Louisiana patients. It's a major test of New York's shield law, which prohibits state officials from enforcing these charges or any resulting conviction. apnews.com/article/abor...

Come be my colleague! The Ohio Public Defender has leadership positions open in our Death Penalty Dept. & Wrongful Conviction Project. Official information here: Supervising Attorney, DP: dasstateoh.taleo.net/careersectio... Wrongful Conviction Project head: dasstateoh.taleo.net/careersectio...

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

Great resource for reporters from @themarshallproject.org on reporting deaths in jails and prisons: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/31/d...

The expansion of Guantanamo Bay. Here’s what it’s going to involve, informed by what it’s been since 2002:

Our pro bono project helping junior lawyers that have been displaced by Trump’s hiring freeze of federal attorneys has been a huge success so far. If you’re looking to hire a junior lawyer, ESPECIALLY A FIRST YEAR ASSOCIATE, please send me an email — [email protected]. No DMs, please.

Just had our data access rescinded for a projected using federal microdata to study and reduce disparate impact in housing markets.

Justice Department abruptly rescinds job offers to young lawyers in its elite honors program. w/ the indefatigable Perry Stein wapo.st/4hsthhT

@themarshallproject.org team putting out some great stories today. One is on the death penalty EO I mentioned yesterday: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/22/t...

US Justice Department freezes all cases in civil rights division www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Haven't seen much discussion of the death penalty EO. Interestingly, it implicates not only the usual death penalty law/policy concerns (lethal injection, evolving standards, etc.) but also the conditions of confinement that people in custody "deserve" based on their offenses.

DOJ finds Alvin S. Glenn (Columbia, SC's jail) violates the constitution: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...