"As is so often the case with commentary about the emergency docket, the Court’s defenders make arguments that sound outwardly reasonable, but that depend entirely on cherry-picking their examples and ignoring the counterexamples." Me on the barrage of commentary attacking the Times' #SCOTUS scoop:

The Fifth Circuit squirms and strains but can’t come up with a persuasive reason why having a storybook with a gay character on the shelf interferes with religious upbringing but literal commands to children to accept the lord as the one true God do not. Free exercise for some, establishment for all

Amid uncertainty, Calvin Duncan sworn in as Orleans Parish criminal court clerk lailluminator.com/2026/04/22/o...

Trump and RFK, Jr., continue to suppress information showing that COVID shots work. wapo.st/41JhAhb

I watched Eastman, in real time, testify to the Georgia General Assembly that it was their *duty* to overturn my vote in 2020. He lied about evidence. He misled his client about the law. Law profs who back wannabe coup leaders and authoritarians should retire because what’s the point of law at all?

In evaluating legal arguments and advocacy of academics like Randy Barnett and Kurt Lash, consider that their statements about the Eastman disbarment reveals that they think lying to courts and the public is neither legally nor morally blameworthy. They think lying is fine; judge them accordingly.

Someone who used every tool at his disposal to overthrow our democratically elected government is most emphatically not a "good man," and most emphatically does deserve to have his career destroyed.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about. Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

Our prominent friend has moved on to defending the shadow docket—in a series of tweets that only eventually revealed that he represents some of the parties on the wrong side of some of the district court rulings to which he’s objecting. Also, the “most sensible people” line is really something.

The author of the “entire literature.”

destruction of the voting rights act by a partisan court that thinks the blacks have it too good is on par with the ignominy of the courts that gutted the 14th amendment and killed the 1875 civil rights act

JUST IN: John Eastman, the conservative attorney who helped devise President Trump's last ditch strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has officially been disbarred, per the California Supreme Court:

As a woman, I offer my sympathies to the Pope who is now being told hourly by very many random men what he actually means

Hungarians deserve every congratulations for giving Peter Magyar a bigger margin than Orban has ever gotten in all of his rigged elections - and this within the system that Orban rigged. Magyar now has a constitutional majority to undo Orban's constitutional prison and govern as a democratic leader.

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

Ma este Európa szíve erősebben dobog Magyarországon. Europe’s heart is beating stronger in Hungary tonight.

Orban called Magyar to congratulate Magyar - and admitted defeat to his supporters. It's over. Peter Magyar and his Tisza Party wins with such an overwhelming victory that he has two-thirds of the seats in the parliament and can undo Orban's autocratic legalism!

JD Vance, come campaign in Georgia!

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

Here's the map with 1/3rd of the votes counted. Tisza = blue; Fidesz = orange. The strength of the color tells you how far ahead the lead party is. It's a blow-out. Fidesz strongholds are falling to Tisza.

The polls have closed in Hungary - and it appears that turnout will approach 80%, a post-communist record.

My former law student (Duncan, not Landry).

Worth repeating that this article by @sbagen.bsky.social is the best and most important scholarly piece I've seen about the ways in which Trump/Vought have radically changed the nature of the federal government (and what might be done in response). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Union was far too lenient on the traitors after the Civil War. Happy Confederate Surrender Day (or whatever it’s called)

“At least seven….” Man, couldn’t even reach this meme.

“At least seven prominent law professors.” As I suggested on Monday, this is just like Justice Gorsuch’s “battle of law reviews.” It’s not about the frickin’ scoreboard: www.stevevladeck.com/p/219-drunks...

Missed this Justice Jackson response to Justice Thomas last year: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Expressive association strikes again! For more on its mounting deregulatory force in work law, see “Expressive Association at Work” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... cc @lsepper.bsky.social @charlottegarden.bsky.social Final version soon in @michlawreview.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/lega...

Majority and dissent split on (1) application of most-favored-nation rule of Tandon: do medical exemptions to vaccine mandate trigger religious exemption, and (2) applicability of Mahmoud to vaccine cases. Majority in dicta also casts doubt on viability of MFN claims for gender-affirming care.

There's a reason why important agreements of all kinds are written down and signed.

Like Vance just directly said there's a "misunderstanding." You can't have a flipping misunderstanding on a flooping ceasefire to stop a war. Guys. Really.

Curious as to why stocks are still up over 2% with this as the top story on the Wall Street Journal:

Here's the full version of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello singing the Clash's "Working for the Clampdown" at Kia Forum in Los Angeles, April 7, 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIi...

You don’t need to think prior U.S. administrations have clean hands—obviously they don’t—to believe the current one is acting in uniquely dangerous and unprecedented ways.

“The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/s...

For your citing purposes, U.S. law incorporation of the prohibition against genocide: 18 U.S.C § 1091; U.S. law incorporation of the prohibition against wantonly destroying infrastructure 18 U.S.C § 2441 which incorporates by reference Geneva Convention IV art. 147.

Exactly. That we elected a president who repeately makes genocidal threats is a massive moral stain on our country. That there's even a slim chance that he will carry out those threats makes things even worse, but the stain is there even if he never follows through.

Might be stating the obvious here. But this sounds like genocide. This must not go unaccounted for.

The civilization that would die if such threats were carried out is our own.

So, about not obeying unlawful orders…?

Agreed.

"Academic freedom protects scholars’ right to challenge the orthodoxy; it doesn’t insulate them from charges of bad faith in doing so. But the problem here is one of both supply *and* demand. And ... #SCOTUS bears at least some responsibility for the latter." Me in today's issue of "One First":

"Some active-duty Marines are already calling Mr. Hegseth’s agency the 'Department of War Crimes.'" With good reason. At any other point in recent decades, the congressional Armed Services Committees would have put an immediate end to this madness. Now ... crickets. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

Interesting times over at Elon's place in the category of "law professor claims he didn't accept a certain view in the past and when confronted with evidence moves to backup claim that words really have no meaning." Fortunately, @jedshug.bsky.social called it out.

Jamal's right: The story here isn't Trump; this is entirely consistent with what everyone's known about him for many years. The story is the complete degradation of a major political party. That said, committing war crimes & violating the Establishment Clause all in a single tweet is impressive.

Threatening war crimes on Easter.

Constitutional lawyer here. I don't think it would violate the Constitution for the VP/Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, but the intended constitutional remedy for this behavior is impeachment & removal. The fact that that remedy is politically impossible is a scandal and a crisis.

I would like to live in a country not led by anyone who would ever think anything like this, let alone post it.

This is powerful, if true. More of this. Refuse. Stand on principle.

"very boring singer"