There is still time to submit your comment and tell the government that you don't want US research to be completely destroyed by politicians meddling in individual grants. You can submit your comments here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

There's no sugar-coating Slaughter. It's an enormously important ruling (far more important than the other three decisions #SCOTUS handed down today). It's a huge win for Trump/the executive. And it's going to have massive ramifications for the functioning of the government long after Trump is gone.

🧵 Great and thorough thread on Wolford v. Lopez

1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix. Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection. They knew how to treat her. There was one issue … 🧵

I have no words. Actually I do. Just not today. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

As someone pointed out to me offline, this is a really funny typo in Alito’s mifepristone dissent: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

There is not enough discussion of the EEOC's lawsuit against @nytimes.com for discriminating against a white man. Here's a gift link. Let's get into it.🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/b...

“Nearly half (48.6%) of investigators with equity-related terminations were BIPOC and 60.0% of investigators with gender-related terminations were SGM… 20.5% of investigators with institutional terminations (for purported antisemitism) were Jewish.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I’m struggling to find words for how callous, horrible, and unsettling this is.

This story is crazy! The Jim Dolan had a Knicks fan obsessively monitored at games just because she was trans.

I have highlighted the most important paragraph of the story about the newest executive order about college sports

Adam means that she is the daughter of immigrants, but it is worth emphasizing that *every* U.S. citizen who has not been naturalized is a birthright citizen, either by the 14th Amendment or by statute.

Imagine spending the first few weeks of your child’s life suing the Social Security Administration so your baby won’t be deported.

One thing we shouldn’t forget is that, despite the revisionist literature that’s been pumped out in the last few months, it was demonstrably false to proclaim there was “an entire literature” supporting the anti view when Wurman said that 14 months ago.

Been thinking about it since I saw JK Rowling posted this yesterday about the IOC's new policy, calling Imane Khelif a man. Imane Khelif was born female. She was raised as a girl. Her original birth certificate says female. She's always been a woman. But sure. "Men punching women."

Over the past year, pediatricians have seen a surge in parents who might once have been persuaded to accept vaccines but are now staunchly opposed, and parents who were fully on board but now are unsure. It'll take more than a court ruling to reverse that. From me and Dani Blum:

🧵This morning the Supreme Court hears oral argument in US v. Hemani, over the federal ban on gun possession by illegal drug users. I'll live-post here. w/ several 2nd Am scholars, I filed an amicus brief arguing lawmakers can make categorical judgments. ⬇️ www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Putting aside (but don’t) plausible claims of bad faith abt the Wurman brief, a deeper issue is it helps show why Originalism is a terrible approach STRUCTURALLY. In short: caselaw is a fairly self-contained body of stuff, so willful misuse of cases is easy for lawyers to catch. History? No.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.

At 10am ET, the Supreme Court hears argument in Wolford v. Lopez, a Second Amendment challenge to a new Hawaii law that switches the default rule & disallows guns on private property absent consent. I won't live-post the whole arg, but I'm going to spotlight what seems important in this thread. 🧵

In hiding... in the United States. Families are in hiding in the United States. Government gangs are forcing families into hiding in the United States of America.

"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot."

Sauron was not only evil, he got distracted and his defenses failed

Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email. It must be read:

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

The Center has a new policy roadmap to assist Minnesota legislators in reducing gun violence in the state. Read about the new guide: publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.

Jury awards $62M to Baltimore in lawsuit against firearms dealer over sale of ghost guns

“When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted," her attorneys wrote. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

this picture of a mom shoes off sprinting to the Mpls school: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following

If you care about the government trying to make sure that kids don't choke to death on their toys, read Law Dork tonight:

Core faculty member at the Center, @admccourt.bsky.social outlines four key policy recommendations to help policymakers strengthen Firearm Purchaser Licensing laws. 📘 Read the full Firearm Purchaser Licensing Model Policy Guide: publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...

The man who attacked the CDC fired more than 180 shots into the campus

this is a picture of CDC parents waiting to be reunited with their children at 11:00pm after 5 hours of lockdown

At an event commemorating the 200th birthday of the United States, a sitting Supreme Court Justice was invited to celebrate "the memory of the Founders and the document they drafted in Philadelphia." Justice Thurgood Marshall declined

Pandemic preparedness in the US has been leveled a crippling blow with the cancellation of multiple #BARDA contracts to help develop mRNA vaccines. No other vaccine platform produces vaccine so quickly; without mRNA, Americans will have a long wait for pandemic vax. www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...

I’ve got a paper on whether the govt can lawfully outsource its reasoning to AI for rulemaking. TL;DR nope!

Ahhh our casebook is officially published & on the way!!! If you have any interest in teaching (or learning about!) the Second Amendment or firearms law, I hope you'll consider our casebook! Feel free to reach out with any questions about the book or the field!! www.westacademic.com/Blocher-Char...

New on FirstView: "Psychiatrists’ Awareness and Use of Voluntary Self-Prohibition as a Firearm Suicide Prevention Tool in Virginia" by Bryan Barks, Shannon Frattaroli, & Paul S. Nestadt of ‪@jhucgvs.bsky.social‬ reviews mental health professional use of VSP and SRO. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

No, a LOT of them think that. Science may be one of the most social forms of knowledge production we have. Arguably it’s at least as social as creative writing. Actual scientists will tell you this. Yet, millions of people think they can do science alone with an LLM.

New paper out today! Loved working with @drcrifasi.bsky.social and @kellyewroskam.bsky.social on this. We looked at public opinion on gun carrying in “sensitive locations” and found broad support, including among gun owners, for restricting guns in bars, stadiums, and protests.

For everyone who has ever asked, on seeing my Baltimore homicide charts, "How did they do that?"

A transgender girl housed in a male unit of a Washington, D.C., juvenile detention center has been hospitalized after sustaining multiple injuries, including a broken jaw, during an incident on July 7. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

This is a beautiful essay

JUST IN: A judge has certified a nationwide class aimed at blocking the effects of Trump's birthright citizenship order. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court *allows* the Trump administration to implement large-scale layoffs and reorganization plans across the federal government, despite a pending legal challenge. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissents. #SCOTUS www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...