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“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:
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5Qs: Noah Kazis Discusses the “Radical” Structure of the Fair Housing Act | University of Michigan Law School
The federal Fair Housing Act deserves wider recognition for the powerful logic at its core, according to Professor Noah Kazis.
https://michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-noah-kazis-discusses-radical-structure-fair-housing-act
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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...
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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.
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Rhodes Discusses Detroit Bankruptcy | University of Michigan Law School
Nearly 11 years after the City of Detroit exited bankruptcy, the presiding judge, the Hon. Steven Rhodes, ’73, recently spoke to a class of Michigan Law students about the complexities of the case and...
https://michigan.law.umich.edu/news/rhodes-discusses-detroit-bankruptcy
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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...
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Michigan Law Review
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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:
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What's Left of the New Deal State? - Michigan Law Review
New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State. By Anthony Gregory. Harvard University Press. 2024. Pp. 473. $45. Introduction A vast body of scholarship situates itself i...
https://michiganlawreview.org/whats-left-of-the-new-deal-state/
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Eve Brensike Primus
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New
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#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
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Data for Defenders
Bringing Social Science into the Courtroom
https://datafordefenders.org/
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Eve Brensike Primus
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New
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#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
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Data for Defenders
Bringing Social Science into the Courtroom
https://datafordefenders.org/
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Eve Brensike Primus
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New
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#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
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Data for Defenders
Bringing Social Science into the Courtroom
https://datafordefenders.org/
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Richard Primus
9 days ago
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.
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The Emperor's New Court
Max Weber comes to Chicago
https://open.substack.com/pub/richardprimus/p/the-emperors-new-court?r=n7gw1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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"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."
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“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
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Elon Musk's xAI used clips from 'Hellboy II' to train workers for its video AI project
Elon Musk's xAI used movies as part of training project for Grok, workers said. It raises complex copyright questions.
https://www.businessinsider.com/grok-workers-hellboy-hollywood-movies-elon-musk-xai-2025-10
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Richard Primus: The Oldest Constitutional Question
An independent bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Staff picks, curated displays, author events, book clubs, book subscriptions, and more.
https://literatibookstore.com/event/2025-10-28/richard-primus-oldest-constitutional-question
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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...
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Richard Burns, ’71, and Elizabeth Murphy Burns Receive 2025 Hermelin Award for Fundraising Volunteer Leadership at U-M | University of Michigan Law School
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.
https://michigan.law.umich.edu/news/richard-burns-71-and-elizabeth-murphy-burns-receive-2025-hermelin-award-fundraising-volunteer
15 days ago
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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...
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Cutting Prices by Fiat
Can Trump rewire how Medicare pays for drugs without going to Congress?
https://blog.dividedargument.com/p/cutting-prices-by-fiat?r=47nlo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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New from Professor
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in the Yale Journal on Regulation: "Centering Proportionality in the Administrative Procedure Act"
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Centering Proportionality in the Administrative Procedure Act - Yale Journal on Regulation
This post is part of Notice & Comment’s symposium on the Senate Post-Chevron Working Group Report. For other posts in the series, click here. In this era of the rapid change in administrative law—both...
https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/centering-proportionality-in-the-administrative-procedure-act/?utm_source=Law+School+Faculty%2FStaff%2FStudents&utm_campaign=68ca6ca763-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_19_03_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-68ca6ca763-211086650
16 days ago
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Richard Primus
16 days ago
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...
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Richard Primus: The Oldest Constitutional Question
An independent bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Staff picks, curated displays, author events, book clubs, book subscriptions, and more.
https://literatibookstore.com/event/2025-10-28/richard-primus-oldest-constitutional-question
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“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
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Use of Congressional Review Act on BLM Plans Could Impact State Plans Under Other Agencies - Inside Climate News
Republicans’ use of the little-known law could require agencies to get congressional approval for land management plans, creating uncertainty for planners and advocates in other parts of the U.S.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17102025/public-lands-congressional-review-act-could-impact-other-states/?utm_source=Law+School+Faculty%2FStaff%2FStudents&utm_campaign=68ca6ca763-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_19_03_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-68ca6ca763-211086650
17 days ago
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Barb McQuade
18 days ago
The Bolton indictment is different from the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James. My thoughts in the Contrarian. 
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Don’t lump Bolton charges in with flimsy cases against Comey and James
The government will have to back up its allegations with evidence at trial, but Trump’s vengeance crusade means a lot is in doubt.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/dont-lump-bolton-charges-in-with
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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...
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Wallace House Presents Journalist and Author Karen Hao - Wallace House Center for Journalists
Join award-winning journalist Karen Hao and Patrick Barry, clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan Law School, for an eye-opening discussion on Hao’s best-selling book, “Empire of A...
https://wallacehouse.umich.edu/wallace-house-presents-journalist-and-author-karen-hao/
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Insights from Keynote Speakers at the Michigan Law European Alumni Reunion
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Insights from Keynote Speakers at the European Alumni Reunion | University of Michigan Law School
This summer, more than 150 Michigan Law alumni and friends gathered in Berlin for the European Alumni Reunion.
https://michigan.law.umich.edu/news/insights-keynote-speakers-european-alumni-reunion
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Rachel Rothschild
23 days ago
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 😊
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“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...
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How the government shutdown is playing out in Indian Country
The federal government has a trust responsibility to provide services in tribal communities. Because of that relationship, government shutdowns hit tribes especially hard.
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/10/10/why-the-shutdown-hits-indian-country-particularly-hard
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“The Origins of the Major Questions Doctrine” by Professor
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has been selected as one of the top 10 environmental law papers published in 2024.
michigan.law.umich.edu/news/rothsch...
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Rothschild Paper on Major Questions Doctrine Named Among Top Environmental Law Articles | University of Michigan Law School
An article by Professor Rachel Rothschild has been selected as one of the top 10 environmental law papers published in 2024.
https://michigan.law.umich.edu/news/rothschild-paper-major-questions-doctrine-named-among-top-environmental-law-articles
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Barb McQuade
23 days ago
Satire is a powerful way to combat disinformation and authoritarianism. My thoughts in Stay Tuned Substack.
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Stay Tuned with Preet (@staytuned)
One of the most powerful weapons against an authoritarian is humor. @Barb McQuade breaks down the power of satire:
https://substack.com/@staytuned/note/c-166579223?r=1kwg6m&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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Leah Litman
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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...
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A 160-year-old campaign against civil rights heads to the supreme court
Louisiana v Callais could roll back what remains of the Voting Rights Act, putting the future of America’s multiracial democracy at stake
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/sep/28/supreme-court-louisiana-v-callais
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University of Michigan News
24 days ago
Trump has illegally threatened to deny federal workers back pay. It would also violate the 2019 law that Trump signed.
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prof Samuel Bagenstos discusses w/MSNBC:
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-shutdown-back-pay-federal-employees-rcna236163
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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...
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Ann Arbor woman wins award for groundbreaking victory to uphold fair housing law
“This groundbreaking settlement is a step toward ensuring all low-income people have equal access to Ann Arbor housing, regardless of their source of income,” said Alex Jackman, a student attorney wit...
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/10/ann-arbor-woman-wins-award-for-groundbreaking-victory-to-uphold-fair-housing-law.html?gift=6eb94054-e905-42eb-ae44-d3b3b2cf58e0
24 days ago
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Indiana University Maurer School of Law
30 days ago
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/
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30th Annual Frankel Lecture - University of Houston Law Center
https://law.uh.edu/frankel/
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Recent scholarship from Professor
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in Virginia Law Review: “The Radical Fair Housing Act.”
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30 days ago
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Michigan Law Conference Explores International Law Strategies to Fight Gender Apartheid
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Michigan Law Conference Explores International Law Strategies to Fight Gender Apartheid | University of Michigan Law School
The fight against gender apartheid—such as it is practiced by the Taliban in Afghanistan—should pursue multiple tracks, according to the panelists at a recent conference at Michigan Law.
https://michigan.law.umich.edu/news/michigan-law-conference-explores-international-law-strategies-fight-gender-apartheid
about 1 month ago
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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.
about 1 month ago
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Dan Deacon
about 1 month ago
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!
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Ad Law Reading Room: "Remedies in the Officer Removal Cases," by Samuel Bray - Yale Journal on Regulation
Today’s Ad Law Reading Room entry is “Remedies in the Officer Removal Cases,” by Samuel L. Bray. Here is the abstract: When a federal officer challenges her removal by the president, what forms of int...
https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/ad-law-reading-room-remedies-in-the-officer-removal-cases-by-samuel-bray/
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Barb McQuade
about 1 month ago
Arrests are sometimes necessary, but DOJ policy prohibits “perp walks,” deliberately parading an arrestee before cameras simply to humiliate them. My thoughts in @BloombergOpinion.
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The FBI’s Treatment of Comey Takes a Reality TV Turn
The made-for-TV Trump administration appears to be gearing up to air its latest episode.
http://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-06/fbi-comey-perp-walk-is-political-spectacle-not-law-enforcement
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Michigan Law Review
about 1 month ago
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!
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Barb McQuade
about 1 month ago
Here is my interview on Fresh Air on
@NPR.org
with
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regarding Comey indictment and what it means for DOJ.
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🔊 Listen Now: Implications Of The DOJ Targeting The President’s Critics
Fresh Air on NPR One | 45:15
https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=nx-s1-5559755:nx-s1-mx-5741955
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Leah Litman
about 1 month ago
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!!
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Michigan Law Review
about 1 month ago
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
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about 1 month ago
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Leah Litman
about 1 month ago
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.)
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Leah Litman
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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...
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A 160-year-old campaign against civil rights heads to the supreme court
Louisiana v Callais could roll back what remains of the Voting Rights Act, putting the future of America’s multiracial democracy at stake
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/sep/28/supreme-court-louisiana-v-callais
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Cambridge University Press - Law
about 1 month ago
"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
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Barb McQuade
about 1 month ago
The Comey indictment turns justice on its head. My thoughts in @Bloomberg
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Comey’s Indictment Subverts Justice: Barbara L. McQuade
Now that former FBI Director James Comey has been criminally indicted — just days before the expiration of the statute of limitations — it is fair to ask why. Charges filed at the command of the…
http://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/comeys-indictment-subverts-justice-barbara-l-mcquade
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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...
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Two Michigan Law Students Selected as 2025 Kouba Prize Winners for Papers on EU Law and International Peace and Security | University of Michigan Law School
Isobel Blakeway-Phillips, ’25, and Michael “Mike” Tiu Jr., LLM ’25, are the 2025 recipients of Michigan Law’s Jon Henry Kouba Prize, which recognizes the best paper or papers on European Union law or ...
https://michigan.law.umich.edu/news/two-michigan-law-students-selected-2025-kouba-prize-winners-papers-eu-law-and-international
about 1 month ago
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"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
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Niehoff: Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension was a free speech disaster
Free speech for some, but not for others, isn’t free speech.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2025/09/22/niehoff-jimmy-kimmels-suspension-was-a-free-speech-disaster/86238415007/
about 1 month ago
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Sam Bagenstos
about 1 month ago
Very excited for this!
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Free Law Project ⚖
about 1 month ago
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...
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Opening Doors with AI: How Free Law Project and the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse Are Reimagining Legal Research
Exploring how AI can unlock court data, we partnered with the Clearinghouse to look at ways to make legal research smarter, faster, and more accessible.
https://free.law/2025/09/25/clearinghouse
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