#RutgersLaw Assoc. Dean @awidman.bsky.social co-wrote an essay on the ACUS recommendation to allow qualified nonlawyer representatives—such as family members and social workers—to support participants in navigating complex administrative proceedings: www.theregreview.org/2025/06/02/w... #lawsky

@awidman.bsky.social's empirical study on "the various regulatory structures governing nonlawyers" representation in agency adjudication.

Why Write About the Illegality of What Trump and Musk are Doing? My latest newsletter post here: buttondown.com/sbagen/archi...

Pete Buttigieg sets the record straight.

I missed this entirely: The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines. Musk demanded he resign. He did. On January 20th. www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...

Right-wingers carp about how bad & bloated government is, but government keeps us safe. There is no rugged individualist way to have clean air to breathe, safe highways, food that won't make us sick, or safe air travel. Competent government underlies our daily lives in ways we don't even notice.

This is a must-read from the always insightful @ssinnar.bsky.social on what colleges, universities, and professors can and should be doing in these harrowing times.

It's easy to hate "the government" but the government is thousands of programs that help millions of people in critical ways

Listen to #RutgersLaw Professor Amy Widman on the "Between the Lines" podcast discussing the use of non-lawyers to represent and assist parties in agency adjudication. The current administration has recently halted funding for some of these groups: federalnewsnetwork.com/podcast/betw...

New from the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse -- we're going to track and post about civil rights lawsuits against the Trump Administration. Check it out! clearinghouse.net/post/1175/

Have I told you that a group of indexers volunteered their time and energy to index the monstrosity that is Project 2025? This is NOT made with AI, but only professional indexers. Please bookmark and boost! Share it with journalists! indexersguidetoproject2025.com

Whatever the Trump admin thinks about "environmental justice" as a philosophy, in practical terms it means providing protections to poorer communities facing environmental risks, like natural disasters. (This might also explain Trump's opposition to FEMA - he thinks it is woke).