it would've been a tiny little story, a blip on the radar, if he'd shut the fuck up about it, so naturally he hasn't shut the fuck up about it.

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

the NYT was literally JUST sued by Donald Trump and they still can't manage to report straight on stuff like this

I don't teach Property anymore, but for those who do, and who specifically teach Jacque v. Steenberg Homes, this is for you:

you see Eric Adams in an outfit, you repost Eric Adams in an outfit

I am so, so offended and embarrassed to be represented by this sick, sick man on the world stage

kimmel will be back on tv but hold the celebrations; the trump assault on free speech rights continues. those who stood up for kimmel need to stand up & rally for universities, public media, access to govt information, independent journalism, etc - and against trump's propaganda.

Redistricting opponents argue that the Missouri Constitution doesn't authorize mid-decade redistricting. But defenders of the gerrymandered map say it isn't explicitly prohibited either, a defense similar to the 1990s movie "Air Bud." (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social)

I'm very happy to share that I will be hosting the *Second* Annual Democracy and Public Law Works-in-Progress Conference at the Michigan State University College of Law on April 3–4, 2026! Law scholars (current and aspiring), I'd love to host you! Application: msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Is anyone familiar with the Dressler criminal procedure audio materials, linked below. I was considering recommending them but wanted to hear from other folks before investing time.

I’m so sick of being lectured by these fucking people about shit they have never cared about

the repeated assumption made by the media, politicians, and capital is that we’re a center-right country. and all are terrified of pissing off the right. yet for all of the desperation by the right to say that it represents a silent majority, the analogy works far better for the center-left today.

I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.

his advisors could very well be Truman Show-ing him and I don't think he'd know or appreciate the difference

we gotta stand up against this shit and have each other's backs.

Thank you to the 58 NO votes. What's glaring is how few white Democrats voted no.

That's literally false. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that praising someone's death is protected speech, including in Snyder v Phelps (2011), where protesters at a soldier's funeral held signs that said "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" & "Thank God for 9/11" rollcall.com/2025/09/19/s...

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

when I was a child, my mother worked as a waitress at the neighborhood Italian restaurant (one of her 3 jobs) and I would sometimes have dinner with her during her brief breaks. I know how she was treated. I carry that with me. my first proxy for a person's decency is how they treat service workers.

this is from a 2022 poll that asked people about a variety of different subgroups. the frequency illusion governs so much around us.

Olivia Nuzzi whenever someone runs the garbage disposal: I should call him

The Republican reaction to Kirk’s murder has been a campaign of state repression that ends with Trumpist toadies deciding what Americans are allowed to think, do and say. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I taught Terry this week in Criminal Procedure, and showed the students this map of the events in downtown Cleveland published by @johnqbarrett.bsky.social, and Google street views (in the next post) of where McFadden stood as he observed the events, and then where he ultimately did the stops

“When was Joe Biden president?” remains the most difficult question in politics

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

I opened a document in Adobe this morning and there are three (3) separate desperate pleas for me to use AI: (1) using AI assistant to summarize the document; (2) an "Ask AI Assistant" box at the bottom, encouraging me to ask "Why is this information important?"; and (3) an "Ask AI Assistant" tab.

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries could hold a press conference right now and announce that they will not fund a government that is engaged in an organized and unconstitutional effort to silence any criticism.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

“Debate Me” culture is not organic, endemic, or apolitical. This mode of high jacking discourse is and has been central to a 30-year conservative training program that has produced untold numbers of people to do this for every reason but “civil discourse”

Amazing chyron as the Vice President of the United States jokes about the <checks notes> indiscriminate murder of civilians in international waters, in blatant violation of domestic law & multiple international treaties we have signed & ratified.

Honestly, this is pretty strong. What's striking about it, to me, is that he specifically describes what Kirk's ideas were. That may be a low bar, but an awful lot of people have failed to clear it.

Obama on Charlie Kirk:

/4 Klein’s view of politics reminds me of the old Ralph and Sam Looney Tunes cartoons, the mortal enemies punching in, trying to kill each other, and then punching out. But there’s a difference.

This story does not mention James's successful legal cases against Trump, which is of course the real reason for all of this, until the fifth paragraph. Minimally adequate coverage of Trump's authoritarianism would report the real corrupt reason in the lede, & not put the pretext in the spotlight

thank god there are finally some voices to advocate that Democrats adopt centrism and ditch their constituencies to appeal to mythical moderate voters

This might be the dumbest fucking sentence I’ve ever seen

Wow (in a good way):

been very hard to watch a bunch of 50-year-old podcasters come to terms with having a job.

Bill Ackman thinks it's a problem when out-of-staters give money to candidates in a place where Bill Ackman lives, but not a problem for Bill Ackman to give money to candidates in places where Bill Ackman does not live

switch to a new app? they've good as killed it.

Honoring Charlie Kirk's memory by ruining the lives of anyone who accurately quotes Charlie Kirk

"Conservatives have fought for decades for the right to refuse service to anyone" is just a hell of a sentence to type about yourself

who told law reviews that they should demand that prospective authors submit a *FULL MANUSCRIPT* to be *CONSIDERED* for participation in their symposium