At least, for now, the courts are still functioning. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Jotwell Adlaw: Jameson Payne, Vacatur as Redressability: Towards a New History of Universal Relief, JOTWELL (November 6, 2025) (reviewing Eli Nachmany, Vacatur as Complete Relief, 2025 Cato Sup. Ct. Rev. 77 (2025)), adlaw.jotwell.com/vacatur-as-r....

Jotwell Worklaw: Charlotte S. Alexander, A Constitutional Reckoning for Workers’ Compensation, JOTWELL (November 5, 2025), worklaw.jotwell.com/a-constituti....

The thing most small investors don't know is that their ETFs, whatever they are called, are likely overweight in FANG because that is how the managers beat the index. When they go up, the ETF looks great in the league table. On the other hand...

I'm enraged.

Scenario: 1 Mamdani pokes Trump in the eye with his speech; 2 Trump responds by illegally withholding funds from New York City and doing everything he can to upset Mamdani's agenda; 3 Trump's opposition becomes the excuse for Mamdani not being able to deliver on his promises. What are the odds?

Another brutality in Chicago. Is there anyone who defends this?

Surely happy Border Patrol agents having a good time contributes to winning hearts and minds?

While I imagine that giving Lindsey Halligan the additional position of “special attorney" might work to preserve her charging authority going forward, I'm at a loss to see how DOJ believes this can have retroactive effect. news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...

It’s enraging the extent to which the corporate media is not relentlessly covering and showing this brutality.

I'd like see one of those hard-nosed interviewers from the BBC take Trump on since we seem unable to do it domestically and lack the technology to resurrect Mike Wallace. But Trump would walk out. criticalread.substack.com/p/cbss-inter...

Seems buses can be bricked remotely too cybernews.com/security/nor...

"We are a government of laws, not men" meets Trump, Roberts, and McConnell.

Jotwell Torts: Cristina Tilley, Price and Prejudice, JOTWELL (November 3, 2025) (reviewing Tom Baker, What Is Insurance for Tort Law?, 111 Va. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2025), available at SSRN), torts.jotwell.com/price-and-pr....

There's a real chance he doesn't remember what Taiwan is. And there's a real chance he would acquiesce in the face of a display of Chinese "strength".

Budget robot vacuum that ran sophisticated mapping software phoned home with everything including info about the home network. When an engineer blocked the secret uploads the makers bricked it. Turns out paranoia about"smart devices is fully justified. codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...

Senators starting to see what's going on

Why is this the USDA’s business unless the USDA’a business is to make sure Americans starve and suffer?

Your periodic reminder that they are hoping we get tired of demanding the #Epstein files. Partly by distracting, and partly by hiding. In addition, this will surely be an even more "do nothing Congress" than the one Truman ran against.

Israelis shot and killed journalists. So far, US (here LAPD, not even ICE!) are only using 'non-lethal' but still very dangerous ammunition. Is there any reason not to fear eventual escalation?

The modern Blackshirts are hard at work.

Wow. This guy would *hate* living in Miami. www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...

Podcast by my favorite faculty colleague. news.miami.edu/law/stories/...

We haven't seen the bottom from these people yet, but I suspect it has nine circles including flames and ice.

Hearts & minds, asphyxiation editio.

It would be very good for the rule of law if we figure a way to prosecute higher ups for this, after regime change of course.

Again?

Why are we going to war with a country that poses no threat to us? Nobody really knows other than maybe Our Leader and a couple henchmen, but that's alright isn't it?

Jotwell TechLaw: Rebecca Tushnet, Distinguishing Marks, JOTWELL (October 31, 2025) (reviewing Dustin Marlan, Servicing Trade Dress: Demystifying the Tertium Quid, 58 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1513 (2025)), cyber.jotwell.com/distinguishi....

Reduced bank supervision in uncertain economic times. What could possibly go wrong? www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

x.com/BulwarkOnlin... Not to worry! Kristi Noem says, "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting." lailluminator.com/2025/10/17/i...

Winter is coming. Or at least Fall. Yes, the weather forecast for Miami today is "Highs are expected to reach the lower 80s with temperatures dipping to the 60s". Tomorrow morning temperatures should drop to 65. Will I need to find my cardigan?

Jotwell Tax: Charlotte Crane, Relics Reevaluated: How to think about Tariffs in a World Dominated by the Income Tax, JOTWELL (October 30, 2025), tax.jotwell.com/relics-reeva....

A little good news: the first dozens of Chinook salmon have returned to upstream spawning grounds after key Klamath dams removed, overcoming remaining obstacles. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/c...

At least someone is doing investigative reporting. The Guardian has figured out where ICR is stashing the disappeared at first. It's not pretty. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

1984: We're behind schedule. Couple sues because NYPD aims cameras into their bedroom and living room, perhaps due to their history of activism. I hope they win but the precedents are mixed. www.law360.com/cybersecurit...

Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.

This is rule by decree, and it completely erases Congress's vaunted power of the purse. Perhaps since Congress has erased itself, it shouldn't seem so shocking, appalling & risking the end of the Republic in favor of Caesarism, but boy does it seem shocking & appalling & the end of the Republic.

Bad enough seeing it on video. Horrifying to see it in person. Hearts & minds are everywhere.

Hearts & Minds, contempt for religion edition.

"The government has a policy of not trusting government-issued documents." That's absolutely where we are right now but it is so insane that you would be forgiven for not believing it.

Real sign in a local shop.

Amidst all the new horrible stuff going on it's important to remember the important old stuff as well. The #epstein files is one example, and the Albrego Garcia case is another. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

This is utterly terrifying.

Jotwell Property: W. Keith Robinson, The Case for NIL as Property, JOTWELL (October 29, 2025) (reviewing Mitchell F. Crusto, What is Property?: A Libertarian Perspective of Name, Image, and Likeness, 16 Harv. J. of Sports & Ent. L. 1 (2025)), property.jotwell.com/the-case-for....

Time for an anti-fascism curriculum, but good luck with that in gerrymandered Florida. Meanwhile stand by for teaching on the greatness of Joe McCarthy. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/28/f...

This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.

Well just young teenagers and not 'children' got tied up? That's different: Who among us has not thought of zip-tying young teenagers or shooting them with non-lethal munitions from time to time?

I have been arguing for PR and instant runoff voting for years. Counter argument is they can make it hard to form a majority, or might open the door to fascist minority parties. To which I say, how is that worse than what I have now?

I'm not sure that this strategy of blowing off court orders will end well for this administration, or indeed any of us, even if the Supreme Court ends up siding with them on the big questions -- which isn't certain yet either. In any event it's despicable. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...