Among other things it’s just so silly to act like the German nation (younger than the 15th amendment) existed from time immemorial. But that’s the myth Nazi nationalism relies on

Harvard's right-wing student magazine defends itself from charges that it invoked lines from Hitler by insisting that it did not intentionally use Nazi language, but came upon this "blood and soil" thinking organically. In other words, it's how young conservatives see things now. Take that in.

Jeanine Pirro bragging in August that she just arrested Sandwich Guy and was going to teach him a lesson in court.

Congratulations to Sabrina Shroff on obtaining a “not guilty” for client: Sean “Sandwich Guy” Dunn on misdemeanor charges of assaulting a federal officer with a Subway sandwich. I had the pleasure to work alongside Ms. Shroff in a high-profile federal case in SDNY. She is a fierce advocate.

A thing I wrote is out now in Ohio St. J. Crim. L.! It's a short essay on how Batson v. Kentucky came together based on the private papers of each of the Justices that term . . . . If you teach the case (or read it in class), you might find it helpful! moritzlaw.osu.edu/sites/defaul...

“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

There's a deep point here: the line between jury nullification and acquittal for other reasons is not always clear. Nullification is just one of many ways a prosecution can go wrong for the government when the jury is skeptical of law enforcement and prosecutors.

gotta teach this case in trial advoacy

SANDWICH GUY INNOCENT!!!!

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

My book now has a page + a publication date!! Baby steps to feeling more real. @oxfordacademic.bsky.social Page: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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.

Justin Randolph, MISSISSIPPI LAW: POLICING AND REFORM IN AMERICA’S JIM CROW COUNTRYSIDE (@uncpress.bsky.social) And in the JSH: “The Jim Crow Militia: Paramilitary Police Reform and Law-and-Order Liberalism in Mississippi” (May 2024): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti... #2025SHA

Excited to read this, one of my students is writing about Pusser for his paper this semester

This story is NUTS. A southern sheriff celebrated as a folk hero (and memorialized in the Walking Tall movies) almost certainly murdered his wife, faked his own shooting, then blamed it all on an ambush by the "Dixie Mafia" he was investigating. His fans today refuse to believe it—or don't care!

I've got a piece in Inquest today about the long history of policing and protest in Atlanta! inquest.org/stop-cop-cit...

On this AM’s earnings call, private prison company Geo Group’s chairman says Geo expects ICE to add 40,000 more detention beds (to its roughly 60,000 present number). He says slower recent expansion due to Kristi Noem’s tight grip on contracting; the government shutdown; and ICE recruitment efforts.

Has Ross Douthat ever worked in a traditionally masculine work environment? I thought he's spent his career writing soft-handed Pinochet apologism. Just gonna go out on a limb and say he might not have a positive experience

Author: a professor of business law.

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"Seeing today’s protesters as part of a long history of resistance to police oppression allows us to better appreciate the political continuities [&] to see where openings for potential change may appear." @jboothhistory.bsky.social on Black Atlantans' response to oppression

I've got a piece in Inquest today about the long history of policing and protest in Atlanta! inquest.org/stop-cop-cit...

Lol I was wondering if they got permission for this, I guess not. But it is amazing to say "these bob dylan songs can't be used for politics" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/a...

Denny, there’s an update

I am fascinated by a question @lastpositivist.bsky.social raised - will the mundane reality of Mamdani's governance cause anyone like this to reconsider their fantasies or the basis of their fantasies? How much do they even believe this crap themselves?

ICE-loving sheriff loses his election in Bucks County, PA, to a young progressive candidate. Apparently, people really don't like it when their neighbors get kidnapped and disappear. buckscountybeacon.com/2025/11/buck...

of all the braindead takes that you encounter a lot online "we're a republic not a democracy" is one of the dumbest

Since Trump took office, virtually all CFPB investigations have ground to a halt, including three probes into Andreessen-backed companies, according to the records and the people familiar with the cases. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Great piece, by @radleybalko.bsky.social and I agree that the story shares a lot of characteristics with the ritual abuse panic of 1980s (though not satanism). But the spiraling accusations, confirmation bias, suspicion of male teachers, etc is right in line radleybalko.substack.com/p/accusing-j...

Princeton is hiring some early-career fellows/visiting scholars in African American Studies networks.h-net.org/jobs/69306/p...

The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...

link to the whole thing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...

this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.

@marshallglasses.bsky.social reports that Jurinsky has left her election night party at her bar JJs as her deficit grows - now down 2,674 votes with 100,127 votes counted.

“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”

There are large Jurinsky signs and billboards everywhere in Aurora, much more than any of the other candidates, but seems like all the spending couldn’t overcome her strong Trump connection

[Narrator: they lost 13 seats]

Wu and Mamdani should put toghether a northeastern mayors' meeting about fighting back against trump

oh wow prop 50 wasn't close

Zohran said to Trump "if you're gonna come for any of us, you have to come through all of us" 🥲

Will zohran put bill deblasio in charge of passing universal daycare?

This remains my best celebrity encounter in 2013

I propose a compromise where we keep the Elizabeth Street Garden and build 10,000 apartments on top of the block where Jeffrey Epstein's mansion is

I heard Cuomo and Eric Adams are gonna do a reality show about their lives in Dubai. "Dubai is the New York of the UAE"

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.

Bill Ackman agrees to triple his tax bill because he loves new york

Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969