“For all the Fair Housing Act’s many weaknesses, for all its ineffectiveness in practice, the act has always had radical ambitions. If those ambitions are recognized, they can, perhaps, be built upon.” —Professor @noahkazis.bsky.social Read more in this 5Qs: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-noa...

Matt Blaszczyk, research fellow at @umichlaw.bsky.social discusses tech companies' use of copyrighted material from Hollywood studios and other creative work to train models to build AI products. via @businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com/grok-workers...

Nearly 11 years after the City of Detroit exited bankruptcy, the presiding judge, the Honorable Steven Rhodes, ’73, recently spoke to a class of Michigan Law students about the complexities of the case and its continued implications for the city’s future. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/rhodes-...

Tomorrow! "The Environmental Lawyer's Role in Complex Site Cleanup Projects" with Sara Peterson. 📆: Wednesday, November 5 🕑: 12:00 - 1:00 PM 📍: Jeffries Hall Room 1020 This event is free and open to the public. Learn more: michigan.law.umich.edu/academics/ce...

Curious about America’s security state origins? MLR Online’s latest is a book review of Anthony Gregory’s New Deal Law and Order. Professor Dhaliwal (@sandeepinbk.bsky.social) explores how FDR’s “war on crime” shaped criminal justice and state power. Read here: michiganlawreview.org/whats-left-o...

New @umichlaw.bsky.social #DataforDefenders brief argues against mandating regular drug or alcohol testing as a probation condition for a client who does not have a history of substance abuse related to their offense. Check it out: datafordefenders.org

New @umichlaw.bsky.social #DataforDefenders brief argues that evidence that a defendant has a substance abuse problem is improper lay opinion testimony, impermissible character evidence, and unfairly prejudicial: datafordefenders.org

New @umichlaw.bsky.social #DataforDefenders brief argues that funding for and admission of an antiracism expert witness is necessary to ensure fairness and due process in many criminal cases: datafordefenders.org

We're still waiting for the Supreme Court to act on DJT's petition for emergency relief from a federal district court's order impeding the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago. Below, some thoughts on why this case is so important. H/t Max Weber. open.substack.com/pub/richardp...

"But as @richardprimus.bsky.social argues in his new book, “The Oldest Constitutional Question: Enumeration and Federal Power,” there is a strong case to make that these powers represent the floor — not the ceiling — of congressional authority."

“At every stage of the process—downloading data, storing data, filtering, then with outputs, at every stage there is possible infringement. The question is if they’re doing it for the machine to learn or to generate outputs." —Research Fellow Matt Blaszczyk www.businessinsider.com/grok-workers...

Thursday, November 6th, 4-5:30 PM: The 35th Annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom Professor @profkarimabennoune.bsky.social will take part in an in-person panel after the keynote. For more info and to register: facultysenate.umich.edu/2025-current...

Tomorrow! Professor @richardprimus.bsky.social in conversation with Professor Gil Seinfeld, talking about his new book, "The Oldest Constitutional Question." More info: literatibookstore.com/event/2025-1...

Next Tuesday! Professor @richardprimus.bsky.social will talk about his new book, The Oldest Constitutional Question, at Literati here in Ann Arbor. 📆: October 28, 2025 🕛: 6:30 PM 📍: @literatibookstore.bsky.social More info: literatibookstore.com/event/2025-1...

The University of Michigan has presented its most prestigious donor recognition to longtime Law School supporters Richard Burns, ’71, and his late wife, Elizabeth “Liz” Murphy Burns. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/richard...

Can Trump rewire how Medicare pays for drugs without going to Congress? Read "Cutting Prices by Fiat" by Professor @nbagley.bsky.social in @dividedargument.bsky.social blog.dividedargument.com/p/cutting-pr...

New from Professor @chrisjwalker.bsky.social in the Yale Journal on Regulation: "Centering Proportionality in the Administrative Procedure Act" www.yalejreg.com/nc/centering...

Ann Arbor: On Tuesday evening of next week, at Literati Bookstore downtown, I'll be talking about my new book with Gil Seinfeld. Come discuss! literatibookstore.com/event/2025-1...

“If Congress is successful in using the CRA to overturn a BLM resource management plan, they could then use the same principles to overturn other federal agencies’ planning documents." Professor Alexandra Klass in @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1710202...

The Bolton indictment is different from the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James. My thoughts in the Contrarian.  contrarian.substack.com/p/dont-lump-...

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Today! Professor Patrick Barry will host a discussion with award-winning journalist Karen Hao titled, “Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.” 5 PM | MONDAY, OCT 20, 2025 Rackham Auditorium This event is free and open to the public. wallacehouse.umich.edu/wallace-hous...

Insights from Keynote Speakers at the Michigan Law European Alumni Reunion michigan.law.umich.edu/news/insight...

I am so proud of my Origins of the Major Questions doctrine paper and very grateful to have it acknowledged in this way by fellow scholars and practitioners of environmental law. Many thanks to @umichlaw.bsky.social for the write up and to my colleague Ekow Yankah for his incredibly kind comments 😊

“The United States agreed to take tribal nations under its protection. Health care, environmental protection, public safety, housing, education — all of these things are part of that duty of protection.” —Professor Matthew Fletcher on @marketplace.org www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...

“The Origins of the Major Questions Doctrine” by Professor @profrrothschild.bsky.social has been selected as one of the top 10 environmental law papers published in 2024. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/rothsch...

Satire is a powerful way to combat disinformation and authoritarianism. My thoughts in Stay Tuned Substack. substack.com/@staytuned/n...

Oral arguments in the SCOTUS case challenging the VRA - and whether it’s unconstitutional racial discrimination to prohibit legislatures from redistricting away minority voters’ political power - start shortly. Here’s my preview - on the case & term: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Trump has illegally threatened to deny federal workers back pay. It would also violate the 2019 law that Trump signed. @umichlaw.bsky.social prof Samuel Bagenstos discusses w/MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-shutdown-back-pay-federal-employees-rcna236163

The MLaw Civil Rights Litigation Initiative's win in an important case addressing a widespread housing discrimination problem led to their client receiving an award. Read more: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

Prof. @andrewshammond.bsky.social will serve as a commentator for the University of Houston Law Center's 30th annual Frankel Lecture, featuring @umichlaw.bsky.social Prof. @sbagen.bsky.social this Friday. Register to attend online: law.uh.edu/frankel/

Recent scholarship from Professor @noahkazis.bsky.social in Virginia Law Review: “The Radical Fair Housing Act.” heinonline.org/HOL/Page?han...

Michigan Law Conference Explores International Law Strategies to Fight Gender Apartheid michigan.law.umich.edu/news/michiga...

TOMORROW: EELP Lecture Series- "Making Progress on Global Climate Change in the Age of Trump" with Dave Turk. Wednesday, October 8 12:00 - 1:00 PM Jeffries Hall Room 1020 This event is free and open to the public.

Over at the Notice and Comment blog, today's Ad Law Reading Room entry is "Remedies in the Officer Removal Cases," by Sam Bray. Check it out! www.yalejreg.com/nc/ad-law-re...

Arrests are sometimes necessary, but DOJ policy prohibits “perp walks,” deliberately parading an arrestee before cameras simply to humiliate them. My thoughts in @BloombergOpinion. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Issue 1 of Volume 124 is now live on our website! Make sure to check out these wonderful pieces by @nora-engstrom.bsky.social, Mark A. Geistfeld, Hazel Rosenblum-Sellers, and Eleanor L. Thompson at michiganlawreview.org/archive/. Stay tuned for highlights of each publication in the thread below!

Here is my interview on Fresh Air on @NPR.org with @tonyamoore.bsky.social regarding Comey indictment and what it means for DOJ. one.npr.org?sharedMediaI...

On Friday 10/3 at 3 PM ET (aka THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL DAY), I'm going to be doing a Substack Live with ... Katie Phang! On Taylor Swift, the law, & more. @katiephang.bsky.social Tune in!! post.substack.com/p/the-substa...

The final issue of Volume 123, Issue 8, is now live on our website! Make sure to check out these engaging pieces by Rebecca Wexler, Fred O. Smith, Jr., and Edward Webre Plaut at michiganlawreview.org/archive/.

It’s great to have you here! Thank you for visiting!

I always learn from Sherrilyn & Jamelle and am so happy we could have this conversation about Redemption - and to try to inform people about Redemption & the Supreme Court's role in it - on the podcast for people to hear. Please listen!! (Oh, & yes it's timed for Roberts's 20 years on the Court.)

ICYMI: My SCOTUS term preview in the Guardian. It focuses on the Voting Rights Act case - and how that case illustrates the long-running campaign against Reconstruction & civil rights that appears in much of what SCOTUS & POTUS do. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

"A must read for anyone who has ever had a bad experience haggling for a car." Direct Hit by Daniel A. Crane, (@umichlaw.bsky.social), Coming Soon https://cup.org/3K44hSX #LawSky #BookSky #EconSky

The Comey indictment turns justice on its head. My thoughts in @Bloomberg news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Congratulations to Isobel Blakeway-Phillips, ’25, and Michael Tiu,Jr., LLM ’25, the 2025 recipients of Michigan Law’s Jon Henry Kouba Prize, which recognizes the best paper or papers on European Union law or on international peace and security among nations. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/two-mic...

"The Federal Communications Commission’s recent push to have ABC suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show was a First Amendment disaster that has dire implications for everyone who values free expression." Professor Len Niehoff in the @detroitnews.com www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...

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Alongside @umichlaw.bsky.social, we spent six months analyzing the ways AI could fit into CourtListener and the Civil Litigation Clearinghouse. The goal was to see how AI could make our systems smarter, faster, and more accessible. Read the outcomes here: free.law/2025/09/25/c...