Horrific recent events in Minnesota further strengthen the case for my earlier proposal to abolish ICE and transferring its funds to state and local police. This approach combines political feasibility with reductions in real crime. See my discussion here: reason.com/volokh/2026/...

From the heart.

ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid. And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.

Outrageous!

I'm so sorry you did not get the excellent treatment that you deserve! Thanks for serving.

Prof. Michael Mannheimer (author of a leading article on the subject) explains why federal officers do NOT have anything like absolute immunity from prosecution for violating state law: reason.com/volokh/2026/...

Interesting community reaction

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

From the sworn testimony of Special Counsel Jack Smith 2 weeks ago.

J6 prosecutor: “It’s more maddening than it is anything else. I spent years of my life watching the events of that day unfold in front of me again and again and again. I spoke with dozens and dozens of people who were there that day and who are still dealing with the trauma.”

My 15 year old just texted me this TikTok video and told me that “this is our geopolitical situation right now.” I both love that he’s politically astute and hate that this is the world he has to grow up in.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

“The biggest disappointment of 2025 may well have been not what Trump did but how so many let it happen.” @sbg1.bsky.social reviews the year in politics. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7co9Uv

45 minutes into the Jack Smith deposition, I lament that the damning evidence Jack Smith discusses was never presented in a public jury trial.

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky Think you can't make a difference? Well, consider the 3.5% rule "if 3.5% of a population protests against a regime, the regime will fail" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Cooper DeJean is NFC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career www.bleedinggreennation.com/news/167003/...

It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.

Always a privilege to work alongside such great folks on important 1A issues. Thanks to LDF for litigating this vital case.

Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.

Sorry to see that the jury convicted Judge Dugan. I didn't think the evidence supported a conviction.

I want to read this book.

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

Thank you Minnesota! Go Birds!🦅

Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health. The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information. They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift. Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr

Personally I'd like to see the American jury as persons of the year.

all i'm saying is that there were better options

This tasty digestif to the Sandwich Guy case chews on each slice of the deliberations, tantalizingly giving readers a rich flavor of why jurors found the evidence so unpalatable and disgorged all charges against the defendant. Condiments to the reporter.

The anti-Eagles coverage on ESPN is outrageous! 🦅 Go Birds even if Troy Aikman diminishes you at every opportunity.

Kansas City is happy to welcome you for the World Cup. I need to practice the languages of all our visitors like Dutch, Arabic, and more, but know all are welcome. We will see you this summer in Kansas City! 🇦🇷🇩🇿🇪🇨🇨🇼🇹🇳🇳🇱🇦🇹!!!

#peaceprize #tacos

Mike, kudos to you for teaching our students (and the rest of us) about Con Law in the News! Such an important contribution!

The right to trial by jury has been a fundamental feature of the British Justice System for over 800 years. Any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom - a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism - must be opposed

Excellent article explaining why restricting jury trials is exactly the wrong thing to do in this moment when democracy is threatened.

The right to trial by jury has been a fundamental feature of the British Justice System for over 800 years. Any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom - a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism - must be opposed

Again, we are at a point in history where “not getting political/partisan” means that you are choosing the side of the oppressor. It is not extremist to use your voice/platform to say “hey, actually immigrants make our nation better and the president’s edicts are unAmerican and not the law.” 3/x

November 25, 2025

Juries were designed as protection against government overreach. Made for this moment!

I have a new piece up at @msnownews.bsky.social, on the recent NJ supreme court case banning shaking baby syndrome evidence, using it to discuss both the generally shoddy nature of all forensic evidence but also the legal profession's on-going refusal to confront our current data-driven world.

Until this week I’d never seen a president call one female reporter a “piggy,” tell another she’s insubordinate and appear to threaten members of Congress with execution. Any 1 of those are unprecedented occurrences. We got 3 of them in one week courtesy of Donald Trump www.salon.com/2025/11/21/d...

Taisu Zhang wrapping up day 1 of Procedural Justice at 50 with a discussion of survey of Chinese showing importance of procedural justice @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @thejusticecollab.bsky.social

Th extraordinary scholar Tom Tyler opening the conference Procedural Justice at 50! @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @thejusticecollab.bsky.social

Know this about me, President Trump: I love our Constitution and I will never give up the ship. 🇺🇸

In this new @usnews.com article, five law profs (including me) with vastly different views on most issues explain why colleges should reject Trump's "Compact" with higher ed, for both constitutional and policy reasons: www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

NEW: This is one hell of an opening paragraph from Jim Comey's attorneys in his motion to get the grand jury materials in the case against him.

Excellent point.

We need to train our grand jurors so they know the procedures, not leave them susceptible to irregularities on the part of the prosecutor.

Looking forward to all this and more! @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social

Go Birds!🦅

One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.