So I've been teaching a controversies in the law course this semester, and we've been grounding ourselves by understanding originalism. One of the big critiques we've hit on is "where do you start your history?" and well...I can promise you that it's not with "the King of England was in the right"

The Supreme Court:

You’re allowed to quote this on page 1 of your brief, you know.

In Zone of Interest, Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife, Hedwig strive to build a idyllic family life in a home directly bordering the concentration camp, ignoring the atrocities and mass murder taking place just over the garden wall under Höss's supervision.

Once again I'm asking Democrats to take their messaging cues from the sitting Democratic Senator who is the most vulnerable for re-election in 2026

👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

AOC’s biggest problem if she runs for president is that the white men who control our media ecosystem will not so much put a finger on the scale to stop her as an entire hand it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating

Next time I chair a panel, I'm bringing a stuffed bear to throw at speakers when they hit the 0 mark.

The SAVE Act failed to pass last year because of nationwide public opposition. Now it’s back, and Congress should reject it again. Add your voice: bit.ly/4tmVIor

Happy anniversary to what is likely one of my "professional posts" on social media.

The weaponization of mass detention is the point. With Prof. Linus Chan on the vaporization of due process and @andreapitzer.bsky.social on mass detention and warehousing Amazon-style. shows.acast.com/amicus-with-...

here's my entry!! #Comics4Liam

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Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment. Excellent article!

"One child bleeding from an eye injury wasn’t seen by medical staff for two days. Another child’s foot was broken when a member of the staff dropped a volleyball net pole." They were fed meals "that were moldy and had worms" and then refused to treat food poisoning. apnews.com/article/immi...

What a Country Stands for ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyS9...

New YouGov poll: Abolish ICE is now at a *record high* level of support in the United States 46% support 41% oppose Independents are +12 on abolishing ICE 19% of Republicans now support abolishing ICE as well

This is not a request for cooperation it is a demand that a state surrender itself to the federal gov. It uses the Civil Rights Act for the exact opposite purpose of its inaction. If the law is supposed to adhere to original intent, there is no way for the gov to justify their argument.

Marisa, managing to make me chuckle www.thehandbasket.co/p/greg-bovin...

ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door. It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!

Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.

I sighed again. I was having a lot of opportunities to do it and I think I was getting good at it.

“We the General Assembly of Virginia do enact that . . . all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.” A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1779

*Homer Simpson voice*: The dumbest diplomatic crisis of your life *so far*

For all those involved in drafting so-called AI guidelines, but being overwhelmed with nonsense, this is a lifesaver. Great work by Dagmar and Ariel! Resisting Enchantment and Determinism: How to critically engage with AI university guidelines. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?

It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.

I don't know, something needs to give in academia this year. We're told to keep working because what else is there to do. As a coping strategy and boost for your self-efficacy, I get it. But often unasked is what work would do the most good for the greatest number of us.

Adding another citation to the pile for my "No gen-AI" policy in all law classes

kavanaugh not beating the allegations that he’s a dumbass

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please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it

Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers. "These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."

So a few years ago I wrote a paper about how retirement removes a lot of constraints on how MCs speak about issues. Basically, when reps. resign, they are no longer bound to their constituents whims, & tend to speak more freely about issues. "Legislators off their Leash" I called it.

Remember when one Justice in particular justified racial profiling because detentions of "real" citizens would be brief and anodyne affairs?

Chief Justice John Roberts Roberts’s papers show how he devised the messaging strategies that made it possible for the Regan administration to claim it supported the VRA, while actually helping to neuter it—an approach he has since mastered as chief justice. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

Segregation was not just a Southern phenomenon, it was a national issue. Explore the spatial history of racial segregation and discover how it connects to our communities today: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

First take out of court: The Court is almost certain to overturn Humphrey’s Executor, over the objections of an invigorated liberal bench. The main question is how the conservatives get to five votes for their reasoning — and how expansive the scope will be. More to come: www.lawdork.com

This is a *shockingly* correct take.

Democrats can retaliate against these GOP gerrymanders with new maps in Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, & Virginia. They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana. Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this

Taps the sign bsky.app/profile/will...

What we’ve seen in Trump’s second term is an historic misuse of executive power — sidestepping Congress and the states to enact his agenda. @statesunited.org has just released a new report on Trump's executive orders. Highly encourage you to take a look. statesunited.org/resources/ex...

Attacks like this are attacks directly on the rule of law. www.wpri.com/news/local-n...