In 1991, when I was a young cub law prof, the famous John Hart Ely told me that being a con law professor was an “unconscionably cushy job.” He was right then and he was right for most of my career. But not during the Trump era. That’s all.

Say what now?

Bill Pulte not only has no respect for the rule of law, but he also has no qualifications to be DNI whatsoever. There is not a sane person anywhere on the political spectrum who thinks this is a good move.

Birthright Citizenship Independent Agency Firings Guns Transgender Discrimination Mail in Ballots Redistricting Campaign Finance SCOTUS is ruling on all of these issues in the next 30 days. Hold on Tight. Also remember #notacourt

It’s the legal eagle Eric Segall! @espinsegall.bsky.social Today we get a rundown on what is left for the Supreme Court to decide to destroy this term, how Wise supremacists get promoted and IT’S ERIC’S BIRTHDAY!

The Thunder were 71-14 against every team not the Spurs and 4-8 against the Spurs.

Alabama is using Callais to appeal a ruling by a three judge panel that Alabama intentionally discriminated against Black voters. Two of those judges were Trump nominees. In related news, today is an official state holiday in Alabama-celebrating Jefferson Davis’ Birthday. I’m not making that up.

Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.

I write this with trepidation but write it I must. Justice Thomas corruptly accepted a lifestyle from Harlan Crow. Mother’s House, wife’s salary supplements, kids tuition, luxury travel. Yet law profs on the right say nothing. Ever. Not going to name names but it’s really disheartening. Sigh.

I love the NBA as much as anyone (even written about it on a couple occasions). But this is insanity gone insane.

Privatizing prisons and detention facilities is one of the worst public policy decisions this country has ever made. bsky.app/profile/atru...

“I’ve been eating BBQ since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment” is a great joke. I’d love to see Talarico swap out the punchline each time he tells it. “…since before Ken Paxton cheated on his wife” “…since before Ken Paxton was impeached by his own party” There are hundreds of options.

Wemby isn’t of this world; a skyscraper of a man that can do everything on a basketball court and is barely old enough to order a beer. Yet, it’s moments like this that remind us how relatable (and endearing) he is. He’s truly one of the best things to ever happen to the NBA

No civilized country should ever have private prisons. We have private prisons. Therefore………

how can you not be happy for Wemby???

The last Knicks to to win a championship (1973) had six hall of Famers and the most underrated backcourt in NBA history (Earl Monroe and Walt Frazier). It was a team’s team. Also, I truly hope it’s the last championship they ever win.

He’s 20 years old…. Oh my.

american toxic masculinity needs the slap in the face of victor wembanyama—our giant french communist who wears thobes, cries on the court, reads books, hugs his mom, and is about to completely dominate the nba

Best two words in sports. That’s all.

“After the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, the fallout was immediate. The ruling, which eviscerated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, gave the greenlight for blatant racial discrimination in voting.” www.democracydocket.com/opinion/call...

yes, this! “the ‘unitary executive’ is, quite simply, incompatible with a theory of checks and balances.”

My take on four cases that will define the Supreme Court Term’s home stretch . . .and our democracy. open.substack.com/pub/jamessam...

More of my thoughts on the Judge/Sex in chambers incident for the AP: www.10tv.com/article/synd...

No president ever demanded so much while doing so little.

No one ever talks about the role of law clerks. It’s a third rail. So I did. www.dorfonlaw.org/2026/05/who-...

“Why would the Founders bring up one type of gun ownership — when serving in a militia — if they wanted to approve all gun ownership? If they wanted to preface their proclamation, they could have mentioned not only serving in a militia, but self-defense and hunting.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/o...

"...to ensure that no funds are irreversibly disbursed" New: A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily barred the Trump administration from acting on claims for payouts from the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” while she weighs a longer-term block; hearing set for 6/12 buff.ly/bRJo3UM

This is an actual Thirteenth Amendment violation, because they have not been convicted of any crime.

Josh is, as usual, exactly right. This is part of what @rickhills.bsky.social and I tried to capture in our Arthrex piece. There is a corrosive theory of presidential democracy that is eating our law and transforming our government.

Since the administration has renamed the Department of Defense the Department of War, when will they rename the Department of Justice the Department of Revenge?

Wemby staying in front of Holmgren's drive, switching to stay in front of Wallace's drive, then switching to stay in front of McCain's drive and block his fadeaway. Then drives through the Thunder defense, spin move, layup. Sheesh.

Who Judges the Judges when they act badly? The sad answer is other Judges. www.dorfonlaw.org/2026/05/who-...

Other countries' top constitutional courts, as I understand it, have much more circumscribed powers. They don't get to choose their cases or issues, for example. @espinsegall.bsky.social is the person to read on this

A federal judge received a slap on the wrist for loud sex in his chambers with a law enforcement officer easily overheard by law clerks and extreme delegation to those clerks. On the blog @espinsegall.bsky.social critiques the opaque internal judicial process that results in inadequate discipline. 👇

BREAKING: I'm suing Todd Blanche and the DOJ to STOP the $1.8B slush fund. The Justice Department violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it established the fund, and it must be set aside. You can read my complaint here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...

Prof Neil Buchanan charts the further evolution of opposition to anti-racism from arguing that expressly remedial measures are unfair to simply objecting to have to compete at all. 👇

In the end we were just his latest casino and whatnot.

Gotta laugh, or else we’re just curled up in a ball screaming over this absurdly obscene administration. @petedominick.bsky.social talking about the ridiculousness of the US president on Australian morning tv youtu.be/n5j7KQpc8s0?...

They better do nothing or the game is really over which makes me think they might do nothing.

Off to the Separate But Equal Docket

My latest blog post, part of @knightcolumbia.org's Reconstructing Free Expression project, on how best to make use of diverse information flows. knightcolumbia.org/blog/toward-...

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Any Democratic candidate for Congress who thinks we can get anything done without confronting the Supreme Court is selling you a bill of goods. If we are to have any hope of achieving anything, then we must take our power back from the Roberts Court. Join us: mikesacksforcongress.com

Why don't more Trumpist white supremacists simply profess racism? Because they find it useful to condemn even the mildest efforts to combat racism as anti-white racism. Prof Neil Buchanan explains the extremes to which this has gone, focusing on opposition to the Rooney Rule. 👇

College students (at public universities via the Constitution and at most private ones as a matter of institutional self-restraint) have robust free speech rights. In a new book, Prof Den Otter argues that junior and high school students should have similar rights. His summary appears on the blog. 👇

when the Pope is substantially to the left of basically every sitting US politician

Some sanity, for once.

The problem is that he acted like a political operative while donning the persona of a scholar. Then he tried to whitewash things through originalism. That’s 1) bad faith 2) proving what @espinsegall.bsky.social , @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app and many others have been saying all along