#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

Reupping my article in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social arguing that treating cartels like terorrist organizations will not solve the opioid crisis, and instead will be used to erode both public health and democracy ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

Reupping my article in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social arguing that treating cartels like terorrist organizations will not solve the opioid crisis, and instead will be used to erode both public health and democracy ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

“I enjoy constitutional law because the more you learn about the way government is structured and the constraints it has, the more you appreciate why our society works the way it does." Meet 3L and Utah Law Review Editor-in-Chief Grant Boyden! www.law.utah.edu/news-article...

2019: SCOTUS says in Rucho that state courts can address partisan gerrymandering so its okay if federal courts don't get involved. 2025: Chief Judge Kittredge of the South Carolina Supreme Court says SCOTUS needs to step in and provide a national solution.

Worth noting the recent MAHA strategy targets mental health drugs in children. As screening and prescriptions may be reduced, children will have to hope they have a "strong famil[y]" or "hope" -- two of RFK'S suggested substitutes for children's mental health

The irony (as outlined in the article) is that RFK Jr and McMahon are arguing for a particular approach to treating mental health in children - but what they’re seeking to actually eliminate isn’t treatment at all, it’s *screening.* The article outlines the obvious reasons why this is a bad idea.

"U.S. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr ... want[s] schools to do away with mental health screenings and therapy. Instead, ... schools 'must return to the natural sources of mental well-being: strong families, nutrition and fitness, and hope for the future.'" www.npr.org/sections/sho...

"Bleak employment prospects have helped tank young Americans’ views on the economy, to levels hardly seen since a prominent monthly survey began in the 1970s."

Justice Sotomayor for a unanimous Court just a year ago in NRA v. Vuollo: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

The Dept of Education is now accepting comments on a proposed rule that would overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and make it too expensive for students to go into work that threatens the Trump administration Folks have til *Sept. 17* to oppose the changes ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

“The study found that about 7% of US adults have been present at the scene of a mass shooting in their lifetime, and more than 2% have been injured during one.”

JUST IN: An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and that the country’s top leaders have incited genocide, in what it described as “the “most authoritative UN finding to date.” https://cnn.it/3VjaHzS

I missed this last week, but it's truly tremendous news. "New Mexico will become the first state in the nation to guarantee no-cost universal child care starting Nov. 1." www.governor.state.nm.us/2025/09/08/n...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

It may be distasteful but it is not illegal to mock someone's death and it should not warrant arrest, ever. The 1st Amendment exists specifically to protect disfavored speech and what is happening now is one of the greatest threats to free speech in the United States.

“To date, the administration has appeared to overlook the area of oncology drugs. The grand irony of Kennedy targeting vaccines is that he risks undermining an area in which FDA has accomplished some of its best work.” @medlawdan.bsky.social www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/f...

🚨NEW RESULTS (w/ Slattery & Nober) - When gov't engineers retire, highway projects cost more: the engineers pay for themselves 6 times over - Improving gov’t engineer quality from the 25th to 75th percentile reduces costs by 14%, equal to 3x avg. engineer pay Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I wrote a book that I hope helps people think about the relationship between law, science, social movements, &political economy. It tells the story of how feminists transformed the response to AIDS to ensure better access to healthcare. Avail for preorder! www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

And now sharing a draft of my Frankel Lecture: COVID and the Great Retrenchment. Not a happy story. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Excited to present tomorrow at @portalresearch.org @harvardmed.bsky.social @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social on e-cig law and policy alongside Abigail Friedman, Leah Rand, and Joseph Daval If There’s Vapor, There’s Fire: Regulation and Use of E-Cigarettes lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/evctk...

My new paper in @healthaffairs.bsky.social argues that the current administration's focus on vaccines is misaligned with the purported goals of public health and reducing corporate influence. Cancer drugs would be a far better target

Associate Professor @medlawdan.bsky.social, a health law expert, published a new article in Health Affairs about regulating oncology drugs. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

the very delayed & not fully fleshed out rx drug advertising news that was supposed to come out at 4:30 per MAHA presser is super frustrating. For a radical transparency admin not naming all the drug companies or ads they are sending letters over seems odd since FDA typically does NAME & shame.

One puzzle I’m working through is how authoritarian political movements impact civil society orgs. We’re getting more familiar with what authoritarianism will do to them when in power. It’s a top-down theory of change. But does the underlying political & social movement have an independent impact?

My new paper, The Crisis of Appropriations Law. Very much a draft -- and perhaps a little too timely. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

That's what I recall. And I was there.

JUST IN: A judge quashed the subpoena to Boston Children's Hospital by the DoJ that sought the records of trans patients. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: Chief Justice Roberts freezes a lower court order that had obligated the government to pay out $4 billion in foreign aid appropriated by Congress. His freeze will last until the full court acts. Trump is trying to undertake a "pocket rescission" of these funds.

While I have you papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A few random headlines from the last 24 hours are a reminder that the system of “law enforcement” only attempts to enforce *some* laws against *some* people. Being “tough on crime” always means ignoring crimes of the powerful while ruthlessly crushing vulnerable people and political targets.

New York magazine asked me to explore Roblox and report back on what the hell is going on in there. I found kids are bombarded with covert ads, casino-style manipulation, and nonstop enticements to spend their parents' money. nymag.com/intelligence...

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California. Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

Phenomenal experts coming to speak about the state of US medical products regulation at the FDA Note that this is a free event covered by my grant-- you only have to pay if you want CLE

This @washingtonpost.com editorial doesn’t make it past the second paragraph without a glaring (and telling) factual error. President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

In my @bloomberg.com Big Take out today I explored how Hologic pushed a medical device on breast cancer patients despite hundreds of complaints, most of which stayed buried until now

Excited to be part of this!

It can be hard to keep up with all the ways the feds are going after trans folks- really helpful analysis of concerning developments at FTC from @lookheron.bsky.social

This letter sent to states was shared with me. www.hhs.gov/press-room/h... My first reading was that this was nonsense, on three grounds:1/n

A vivid example of how X has shifted under Musk The “top” 15 posts in this trending topic today — and 27 of the top 30 — are all pro-RFK Jr It makes it appear like he won Senate showdown But the majority of the panel today — all the Dems and at least three GOP senators — had tough Qs for him

Phenomenal experts coming to speak about the state of US medical products regulation at the FDA Note that this is a free event covered by my grant-- you only have to pay if you want CLE

Register now for the Utah Law Review Symposium on Sept. 26! It's free to attend and $15 per credit hour ($75 total). Speakers will explore revitalizing the FDA’s original missions—public health + consumer protection—by probing the intersection of FDA politics, public health, and power.

It seems like federal district courts are in full revolt against SCOTUS. I've never seen such direct scathing criticism of SCOTUS like this from the bench over their shadow docket rulings quietly overturning precedent without explanation. From the Harvard decision today.

and Harvard, too!!! We all won. Higher Education won. Critical thought won. Debate and dialogue won. Science won. I am in tears.

JUST IN: Harvard won summary judgment against the Trump administration with the court finding that the admin violated Harvard's 1st amend. rights. The court has vacated the funding freeze orders and termination letters and issued a permanent injunction. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

After Brown v. Board of Ed, southern states tried to make it impossible for the NAACP LDF to do its work - largely by alleging that lawyers in school deseg cases had engaged in ethical misconduct.

43 million lives are lost every year to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and up to 80% of these deaths could be prevented. Our latest Editorial highlights critical gaps and calls for stronger action to prevent a future overwhelmed by NCDs: tinyurl.com/5ek76cwb

Tomorrow(!), the blog returns to its regularly scheduled publishing program. But before we do, we wanted to share a brief 🧵 of helpful resources for new law students who might be curious about the Law and Political Economy movement.