Constitutional accountability is a good thing, and it shouldn’t be partisan. Codify Bivens.

Convinced Stranger Things 5 is a bunch of loosely connected scenes barely tethered to the plot. I have no idea what’s happening, and yet I can’t turn it off.

Asking for a friend: does making a rubric count as grading?

Another example of fatal police chases: the Third Circuit recently granted qualified immunity to officers who chased an alleged drug dealer through the streets of Philadelphia, at one point barreling the wrong direction on a one-way street, before the suspect killed a bystander.

Last week, the Eighth Circuit affirmed a grant of qualified immunity to officers who killed Mikel Neil when they used a PIT maneuver to crash his vehicle during a high-speed chase. Officers were pursuing Neil because he failed to stop when they attempted to pull him over for running a red light.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday barring civil immigration enforcement from being carried out in courthouses, while giving residents more leeway to sue federal agents over alleged civil rights violations.

JUST IN: Famous 9th Cir Judge Jay Bybee (GWBush) pens 64-page opinion on how Constitution's 'domestic violence' clause may block Trump deployment of National Guard in OR. Judge Eric Tung's (Trump) insulting response: 'A great labor producing a mouse.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

The availability of less-lethal options should not be just a factor in the reasonableness analysis but a key factor. Throwing a rock at an officer is unlawful & warrants force (Taser, etc.)—no dispute. But does it justify deadly force with non-lethal options available? I’m unconvinced.

Finding my calm this morning by thinking about Angels Landing at Zion NP.

What a Constitution Day

The Eight Circuit denied qualified immunity to officers who repeatedly used pressure points on an environmental protester locked in a “sleeping dragon device” and caused the protester to suffer Bell’s Palsy (facial paralysis), tinnitus, and emotional distress.

Found the perfect stick & very proud of it

As a lifelong Titans fan, I know better than to get my hopes up about any QB we draft, but Cam Ward looks really good so far.

News Analysis: So far, the second Trump administration has filed roughly the same number of emergency applications to the Supreme Court as the Biden administration did over four years. But they have fared quite differently.

Beta blockers are no match for the anxiety from watching the Vols try to beat Georgia

The Third Circuit rejected qualified immunity for detectives who allegedly coached a false confession to prosecute an individual for murder (who was acquitted). Per the court, “It is always unconstitutional for the police to coerce confessions & manufacture evidence to prosecute a criminal suspect.”

I am thrilled to have joined the wonderful faculty at Mizzou Law.

I wrote for the KC Star (@kansascity.com) about the inability of civilians to sue federal agents for civil rights violations & the need for Congress to codify Bivens as the President escalates his campaign to deploy federalized military personnel to some of America’s large cities.

Qualified Immunity Nonsense—The Second Circuit held last week it was not clearly established that intentionally preventing prison toilets from flushing for up to three hours at a time was cruel & unusual, despite precedent that forcing prisoners to live among their waste was too degrading to permit.

Enjoyed the renewed Mizzou-Kansas Border War. M-I-Z!