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And, as promised, the Government has moved to dismiss its appeals in the law firm EO cases.

NEW at SCOTUS: the court votes 6-3 to block a California law preventing public schools from outing gender-questioning students to their parents.

Our March #MemberSpotlight is LSA Board Trustee, @thelssse.bsky.social Director and Southwestern Law School Professor @meeradeo.bsky.social! Learn more about Professor Deo’s career studying wellness in #LegalEducation and the legal profession here: bit.ly/LSADeo26 #LawAndSociety #Belonging

NEW: WSJ now confirming my reporting that the DOJ is withholding at least three FBI interviews with a woman who told the FBI that Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a child www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Again, enjoy how we've normalized the idea that companies will not pursue their legal rights for fear of illegal political retaliation

The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?

More than 400 federal judges have ruled that ICE is breaking the law. Not once. Not a handful of times. 4,400+ TIMES. That's 4,400+ illegal detentions. 4,400+ violations of the Constitution. And in many cases, ICE has kept people locked up even AFTER judges ordered their release.

If you're looking for the source of academia's leaky pipeline--it's not women's lack of commitment, it's the misogyny of men like this.

As ICE continues to eye expansion into our region, local electeds in Spokane are proposing two ordinances to combat federal immigration enforcement overreach:

Alysa Liu, daughter of a Chinese refugee and pro-democracy activist, brings glory to the USA. 🇺🇸 🥇

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Waiting for little bro…

UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off. Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering. Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.

In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”

I’m beginning every panel I chair for the rest of my career with this frontal attack…

"A threat to anyone’s constitutional rights is a threat to us all. Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s [view], American citizens could be subject to the same treatment. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution."

I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them

Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."

"They are not, it emerges, 'killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.'"

Days after Secretary Noem took office, she purported to "vacate" decisions by Secretary Mayorkas to extend TPS for Venezuela and Haiti — even though the law says repeatedly that TPS, once granted, lasts until it expires. The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.

Happy Submission Day to all who celebrate!

“With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, it is so ordered” is a thing you write when you know the Fifth Circuit will reverse you and can hope only that the court of history will affirm

The calm before the storm #Memphis #Fern

I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes: these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.

Very exciting to see the LSSSE Director @meeradeo.bsky.social be named as one of the top 25 most influential people in legal education, according to the National Jurist! nationaljurist.com/the-25-most-...

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

Your regular reminder that there is no legal path from martial law to suspending elections in this country. That doesn't mean there is no path. It just means that we need to reject the framing that the federal government has any legal authority to cease elections.

We’ve got a fabulous lineup of speakers this spring at Southwestern Law School! Starting the year with the incomparable Russell Robinson from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social!

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

Check out this interview with LSSSE Director @meeradeo.bsky.social and the ABA Commission on Disability Rights about our 2025 Annual Report on law students with disabilities: www.americanbar.org/groups/diver... Read the full report at the link in our bio! #LSSSE #LawSchool #Disability

best way to end day 2: chicken roast and aloo bhortha from boishakhi

Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.

Trump is re-escalating his immigration crackdown by expanding his racist travel ban to 39 countries. That includes 8 Asian and Pacific Island nations. This policy will tear families apart and endanger vulnerable people from around the world, many of them Muslim and most of them people of color.

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 spent 6 mins trying to read 2 words of my own handwriting on an article draft.... Happy Monday 🫠

Landmark case up for argument at SCOTUS at 10am on the power of presidents to fire independent agency heads. Here’s my quick preview in Espresso, @economist.com’s daily app. I’ll be posting live analysis during the oral argument in this thread

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said earlier today that seeing this video was "one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service." "People will someday see this video and they will see that that video shows ... an attack on shipwrecked sailors."

The term “remigration” has a dark past that everyone needs to understand. It was created on the European far right as a coded call for ethnic cleansing, the forced removal of non-white immigrants and even their children.

If this doesn't make you smile and laugh (and maybe even tear up a bit), well, not sure why we're connected online at all.

“Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection. Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead.”

For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given. The same is true for everyone who swear their oath. Hope that clears things up.

Thank you to Charlotte Indivisible for sharing this toolkit tinyurl.com/CIPAjobs 🤝 #Charlotte #NorthCarolina #CommunityDefense

Charlotte-Mecklebburg Schools, according to reports, saw 15% of its students absent today amid Border Patrol operations in Charlotte. If that percentage of 15% happens Tuesday in Wake County due to the Border Patrol coming to Raleigh, 24.000 students could be absent from school. #nced #ncpol #wcpss

It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.

I am not being hyperbolic when I say that how Harvard and the economics profession respond to Larry Summers will determine who makes up the next generation of economists. #econsky #news #harvard

This asshole is out here saying, as president of the most prestigious university in the world, that women don’t advance in academia because they’re not intelligent enough while he’s telling a pedophile he won’t mentor this woman unless she sleeps with him. My rage is without end.

The fact that @harvard.edu's Larry Summers is teaching three courses this semester while Texas A&M Professor Melissa McCoul was fired tells you all you need to know about what "gender ideology" is allowed and which is not. @aaup.org

Like, every Pres gets a Hollywood Handshake on their signature bake?