Olivier Sylvain is a professor at Fordham Law School and the author of a new book titled Reclaiming the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control—and How We Can Take It Back, published by Columbia Global Reports. I interviewed him at Book Culture, a bookstore on 112th Street in New York City.

“What can international law do for us—and how are we changed in our beliefs and strategies by it?” Ahead of the 2026 Cyril Foster Lecture, Prof. Samuel Moyn explores law, belief, and strategy in times of crisis. 📍 Exam Schools | 🗓️ 7 May, 5pm Register: https://ow.ly/lI8150YyaSB

Sad, then, that a central function of the con law industrial complex is precisely to reduce the number of players to few more than this. That is why we must undermine its legitimacy first and foremost.

thx, jeff! full article is here for those interested... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o...

As respectfully as I can manage, addressing a scholar to whom I am indebted in countless respects: I strongly disagree. The conduct and scholarship of those who challenged the conventional and correct account of the citizenship clause was and is not good and I hope it doesn’t prove disastrous.

Congrats @quinnslobodian.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/b...

Very sorry to Jed-he is absolutely right on this social media point, and the piece should not have implied otherwise.

L’édition Pléiade du Deuxième Sexe est sortie aujourd’hui !

Brilliant. Best columnist at her best. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/o...

I wonder what Part III will say

Sisyphus but every day he unsubscribes from marketing and promotion emails.

This @kewhittington.bsky.social post is a model of engagement, and extremely consistent in practicing what it preaches. reason.com/volokh/2026/...

"All history is contemporary history." -Benedetto Croce

Part II up balkin.blogspot.com/2026/03/birt...

“What can international law do for us—and how are we changed in our beliefs and strategies by it?” Ahead of the 2026 Cyril Foster Lecture, Prof. Samuel Moyn explores law, belief, and strategy in times of crisis. 📍 Exam Schools | 🗓️ 7 May, 5pm Register: https://ow.ly/lI8150YyaSB

F it we ball

I guess I should write this lecture now www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/war-law...

Pranjall Drall and I team up for a three part series on the politics of con law in the birthright citizenship litigation approaching oral argument. Part 1 posts today! balkin.blogspot.com/2026/03/birt...

Today, @samuelmoyn.bsky.social co-signs @beaubaumann.bsky.social's call for legislative supremacy. He wonders, however, whether liberals and progressives will be able to resist the siren song of juristocracy and presidentialism.

Excellent to be invited at @lpeblog.bsky.social to comment on @beaubaumann.bsky.social”s already celebrated post. Where are we in the quest for legislative supremacy? lpeproject.org/blog/of-lpe-...

Excellent to be invited at @lpeblog.bsky.social to comment on @beaubaumann.bsky.social”s already celebrated post. Where are we in the quest for legislative supremacy? lpeproject.org/blog/of-lpe-...

“We should place less hope in the courts and more faith in politics.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...

the opposition party had more to say about Robert Mueller than the Iran War this weekend

The great Danielle Allen profiled www.chronicle.com/article/can-...

Rest in peace www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/o...

Awesome: @beaubaumann.bsky.social makes the newspaper www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/o...

Luban never misses - best thing on the subject dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

Today, @beaubaumann.bsky.social argues that the Left must recover the lost art of constitutional politics. It's time to dismantle both juristocracy and the modern managerial presidency, and to revive legislative supremacy.

Perhaps I should tweet more www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Habermas to Stanislav Aseyev: “Ich müsste face to face mit ihm reden. . .” I regret very much that Habermas has departed before this conversation could happen. @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social @samuelmoyn.bsky.social

He was a hero. His global philosophical legacy was to accede to the end of history, in various ways, with consequences that critical theory has not recovered from, and which also also affected and reflected liberal political and constitutional thought, to its detriment. apnews.com/article/juer...

Just spitballing timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-ed...

Check out PPP's @mollycoleman.bsky.social on organizing during political crisis, the limits of courts as vehicles for change, and why community action — not institutions alone — ultimately drives democratic resilience with @kathryn1.bsky.social

This is great

Great convo www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...

"Even if you know deep down that you’re not really disempowered, you still think it’s virtuous to say so, because that’s how you show solidarity." There are many other deep points and great lines in this excellent essay. www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

An epic book

Great piece. Probably Korea was more of a turning point on war powers than she lets on, but whatever. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

NEW from @shahrzadshams.bsky.social & me @rooseveltinstitute.org: Donald Trump just called the Supreme Court "fools & lap dogs" and we've already forgotten about it. What the ancient history of last Tuesday means for progressives rethinking SCOTUS power. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/trumps-...

Wow www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/profess...

Sad www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dear all, we are very glad to share a new episode here. This time, we welcome @thomascharrayre.bsky.social to discuss the rise of Conservative Philosophy before Cold War Conservatism! Link to Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4VxJ...

Cool

Remind me when it died? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...

Monday in Chicago