Rather than respond substantively, I see fellow academics calling for firing people. That's the wrong response, prudentially and morally.

Wait until Kash Patel and Dan Bongino find out about this! It’ll break the case wide open!

A super interesting @hls.harvard.edu Harvard Law Review Foreword from @richardre.bsky.social. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...

Told ya, and so did pretty every informed Court-watcher. With so many genuine legal threats afoot, you should tune out the sorts of click panic voices who were hyping the Kim Davis claim.

The Supreme Court denied the petition asking it to reconsider same-sex marriage. There was no noted dissent. This should not come as a surprise to anyone (and if you were surprised, perhaps reconsider your sources of court commentary).

I wonder if he will sour on his SG

Just added @jadler1969.bsky.social to my roundup of legal tea leaf reading after the IEEPA tariff cases oral argument.

FWIW, I can't recall a case in which I was as uncertain of the outcome heading into oral argument as I am of the tariffs/IEEPA case (in which the possible outcomes include the Court upholding the fentanyl tariffs but not the others b/c of Section 122). Let's see if that changes during argument ...

I agree with Paul Horwitz on this: Although I greatly value respect when dissenting, it seems silly to care whether there's an included statement describing one's own dissent as respectful. It's like a law review article that describes its claims as novel; that's not up to the author to decide.

Very interesting and worthwhile analysis

With the caveat that Jonathan and I may not agree on whether Congress was worried/thinking about climate change when it enacted the 1970 Clean Air Act, this is an excellent analysis of the many problems with Attorney Barr’s WSJ op ed. Grateful to Jonathan for responding with a corrective.

In which I respond to William Barr's arguments for preempting climate suits. reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Interesting assessment

Interesting finding

Maybe Trump's ridiculous coffee tariffs are part of the administration's war on academia. 🤔

New episode of the Taboo Trades podcast, featuring @jadler1969.bsky.social & @uvalaw.bsky.social 3L, Bradley Noble, discussing Fish and Wildlife Preservation. An excellent episode, just as I expected

Scroll down to the "Major Events Timeline." Then read through it. Make sure you get all the way to the end. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Association of American Universities joins US Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit over Trump's $100K fee for H-1B visas. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... @AAUniversities @USChamber

@jadler1969.bsky.social: "The irony is stark: campaign finance rules designed to democratize political fundraising and reduce the influence of special interests have inadvertently made legislating more difficult. However well-intentioned, limits on individual contributions..."

🟣 Idea #36 — new from @jadler1969.bsky.social —“Help Legislators Legislate Again” 💡 Part of the @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series 👉 Read the full essay here: democracyproject.org/posts/help-l...

Latest: I wrote about the DHS Office of Public Affairs shameless lies about ICE arrests and all the times it's lied to me and other reporters lately. DHS did not respond to my request for comment about all the lies it's told. reason.com/2025/10/22/h...

Headed to New Haven for Buckley Institute at Yale event reviewing the 2024-25 Supreme Court term. buckleyinstitute.com/events/supre...

Headed to New Haven for Buckley Institute at Yale event reviewing the 2024-25 Supreme Court term. buckleyinstitute.com/events/supre...

Imformative thread on today's argument

For those who are unaware, the East Wing was built in the 1940s to cover the Emergency Operations Center. It is an auxiliary part of the White House complex.

Gosh. How could this be?

Still the Stare Decisis Court (by the numbers, so far). reason.com/volokh/2025/...

It's hard to claim fealty to the Constitution, and then to behave like this.

Police are slowly piecing together the evidence.

Another Kids Climate case dismissed. reason.com/volokh/2025/...

IMO there is a judicial crisis, but @jadler1969.bsky.social's criticism of the NY Times piece on the subject is correct: Their reporting doesn't show what they claim it shows b/c the sample of judges they interviewed was biased, for the detailed reasons he lays out. reason.com/volokh/2025/...

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I dont know much about KY Gov. Beshear, but his refusal to endorse Dem AG candidate Jay Jones when in Virgnia to help the Dem ticket suggests he is one of the few honorable people left in American politics.

Costly reminder that vandalism is not protected speech (and cleaning/repairing public art is expensive). www.axios.com/local/clevel...

"Steve Vladeck, a professor at Georgetown Law School, cautioned against reading too much into the Supreme Court’s preliminary orders." Someone should tell the author of the One First newsletter. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

The Roberts Court at 20 reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Go figure.

This is not how one defends the academic enterprise or sustains academic freedom

1/ I think we ought to think about how to dissuade university administrators from capitulating to Trumpian extortion *without* further attacking the academics who work at those universities.

Whoopsie. AI hallucination in a recent fed court opinion from last week?

Trump’s attempt to use the FCC to silence his critics in the media is one of the most unpopular things he has done in office, including among Republicans

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o... Prof. Nicholas Creel shares how a respectful approach by both faculty and students with vastly different views can allow dialogue and learning. Bravo, more needed.

This essay shouldn't be remarkable. That it is says something. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

Good to see the administration is maintaining its laser focus on housing costs

Judge Bumatay delivers Canary lecture tomorrow at CWRU law (my old haunt) case.edu/law/our-scho...

The rise in cancellations that began around 2014 was initially celebrated by the left... as “consequence culture.” Now comes the inevitable role reversal. Vice President JD Vance urged those who saw people celebrating Kirk’s assassination to “call them out,” including by calling “their employer.”

No he wont recuse becausecthe argument for recusal here is untethered from law, norms, and consistent practice. It's a ridiculous argument.

Looking forward to this. Perspectives on Judicial Restraint in Modern Originalism with Judge Patrick Bumatay case.edu/law/our-scho...