One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The jury finds hero

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

The password to the Louvre’s video surveillance system was “Louvre,” according to a museum employee

If he is saying billion, with a B, that's about 400 pounds per person, which seems like an unhealthy amount of weight to lose. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Wild that a Fed judge has to remind federal law enforcement that obeying the Constitution isn’t something they can call a “harm.”

Mood.

A minor pet-peeve, but "liberal feminism" is not the same as "liberal" and "feminism." It's a school of thought associated with formal equality, but little beyond that. It's a small "c" conservative strain of feminism.

My new article "Immigration is Not Invasion" is now up on SSRN. It comprehensively explains why illegal migration and drug smuggling do not qualify as "invasion" under the Constitution and the Alien Enemies Act of 1798: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Statutory interpretation: how does it work?

When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo

I wrote for @slate.com about a legendary (and violent) Tennessee sheriff who more likely than not murdered his wife and the people who want to keep him on a pedestal. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Reporting this story, I heard near universal concern from Heritage staff of discrimination against unmarried women. Then I obtained a letter to the Heritage board from anonymous staffers that alleged the same thing — and more. Heritage is aware that alleged behavior could create legal trouble.

Ross Douthat when he sees the most abhorrent idea you've ever heard:

I added in a shortcut autocorrect for the section symbol, so I can just type S* and it'll automatically change to §.

Lawyers and profs, what's in your Word quick access toolbar? I have undo, redo, insert footnote, small caps, update, and insert cross-reference. I'm going to teach law students in my seminar advanced tips for Word for lawyers and wanted to know what other people have done.

The Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats are “blatantly unlawful as a matter of U.S. domestic law—and a quickly spreading stain on whatever is left of the executive branch’s commitment to the rule of law.” Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:

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In "The Redistribution of Sex," Douthat suggested the solution to incel violence was for society to give them women to have sex with. Really. www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/o...

Change in Headline

ffs, @nytimes.com

I have a doctor's appointment at 7:45 am tomorrow and everything is awful.

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

I’m skeptical that a court can or will do this, but i think it has to be tried, because the GOP has descended to full lawlessness, and we don’t have any kind of government if the majority party can just refuse to recognize others.

I finally understand why we do these redundancies! Truly thought I was just dumb for not understanding the difference between ceasing and desisting

Well, this was one of the easiest predictions I've ever made.

BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole board recommended clemency for Tremane Wood, a man sentenced to death for a killing his brother admitted to committing www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...

Trump take plane

Going to time travel to 2003 and show this to people

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

The endless (bigoted) rants against Mamdani invariably fail to cite actual awful policies that he supports. It's pure smear.

When POTUS literally said he's going to replace income tax with tariffs, it can't possibly be your argument in court that the tariffs are "regulatory" and not revenue raising. What is this BS?

Until now, I've managed to write about complexity theory and law without mentioning P vs. NP. But as I'm expanding my discussion about the math behind complexity theory, I couldn't avoid it any longer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_versu...

So one thing that Justice Sotomayor is very adept at is hearing when her conservative colleagues are trying to give someone an out and squishing it. Here, she does with that Justice Barrett's (friendly?) question to Sauer about whether these tariffs are actually licenses. /10

The gold stencil doesn't even match the hideous gold decoration over the door.

This is absolutely playing in my head in the voice of Orson Welles.

[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!

Pains me to say it but I think this is true. Some of my colleagues in the media who’ve stayed on X don’t even realize how badly its noxious algorithm is skewing their perception of politics and reality. Also, that place seems designed to make you miserable unless you’re a Nazi. It’s just wretched.

As Justice Kagan immediately points out, it's not great for your argument that you have a taxing power when Congress wrote a bunch of words and none of them are "tax." /6

It's been 43 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week." This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.

The jury must decide if the defendant is to be a hero or poor boy

But don't call him a "king"

"Thank you for your attention to this matter" Democratic leaders ask Trump for meeting to end shutdown New letter ===>

I prefer presidents who don't confuse Cuba and South Africa.

Federal immigration cops are using "wellness checks" on minors as a ruse to get into homes and arrest people for alleged immigration violations. In this case, an alleged check on a 17-year-old let them arrest his 22-year-old brother, who was brought here at 11 and has protected status.

"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."

I agree with the bottom line, but I would say that it's least likely to get SCOTUS approval because the issue splits the GOP coalition and most of the GOP Justices are ideologically committed to lower taxes and freer trade.