A new op-ed in the Washington Times finally says the quiet part out loud: Fascism demands sexual repression. "Pornography corrodes the exact social foundation that supports national strength... A society marked by loneliness, weakened families and diminished social trust becomes brittle."

This is my contribution to February's symposium on state constitutional law at Jacksonville University College of Law. @vanessazboreak.bsky.social and other folks there did a great job of hosting, and it was wonderful to see work by @yeargain.bsky.social, @carloschevere.bsky.social, and others!

Fifth Circuit Vacates FTC’s Cease-and-Desist Order Against Intuit, Holding Internal Adjudication of Deceptive Advertising Claims Unconstitutional: seems pretty bad!

The choice to launder dishonest scholarship, which itself is meant to grease the skids for authoritarianism and fascism, is just that: a choice. In the academy, we have no obligation to treat intellectually bankrupt and dishonest work as legitimate or serious, much less essential. And we shouldn't.

A Step Toward Ecological Justice: Court Advances RISE St. James Case - Ignatian Solidarity Network ignatiansolidarity.net?p=114315

Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.

In addition to the rulemaking and adjudication functions covered in a typical Administrative Law course, our federal administrative agencies collect and maintain valuable public data sets.

I'll be attending the Jacksonville University Law Review 2026 Symposium on substantive due process and civil rights under state constitutions! Priority submission deadline is today, but it looks like later submissions are ok. There are worse places to be in February! www.ju.edu/law/law-revi...

I don’t know how this is possible. Texas cannot control guard sent to Illinois without violating Illinois sovereignty. It must be federally controlled units, otherwise instead of a Posee Comitatus problem, we have a major constitutional crisis.

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_...

New: I looked at 90 porn sites to test the new age-verification law rewriting the web. The ones following the rules, and scanning visitors' faces, are crumbling, while the lawbreakers are doubling or tripling their traffic. One of many unintended consequences for an experimental tech wapo.st/47QuttW

Just another good day to remember to make life difficult for fascists. Obstruct, ignore, gum up the works, stand with your neighbors joyfully, don't acquiesce to the stupid or the vile.

The New York Times: These Companies Avoided Clean-Air Rules. It Took a Single Email. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...

Jacksonville College of Law just graduated our first class! We did what we promised, and I couldn't be prouder of the people I did it with. Icons, all of them!

It's us! Democracy Works-in-Progress! @patsobkowski.com @vanessazboreak.bsky.social @profnick.bsky.social @bridgetdooling.bsky.social

This is almost certainly illegal. But if it is challenged and upheld, it should be understood for what it is--breaking the postwar compromise over the New Deal. The APA was imposed on the administrative state to satisfy the demands of its opponents. Without it, we need...a New Deal.

It's go time for Vought's hearing to be director of OMB. You can watch the live stream from the Committee's page once things get started: www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/nom...