Anna O. Law

@unlawfulentries.bsky.social

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Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist. Constitutional law & development, US migration(s) & citizenship law, legal history. Book PRE-ORDER: https://tinyurl.com/6d2w8d68 Home cook, foodie. .. more

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 4d

The Table of Contents is up for my book. For the nerds, the chapts are named for the central argument, not the time periods. The 1st is on the colonial period, 2nd Revo War era, 3rd is Founding, 4-6 on the 19th century. Pre-order here for a March 24 delivery: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Table of Contents of Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship. Introduction
1. Sifting Migrants
2. Belonging
3. Migration and Citizenship at the Founding
4. Regulating International Borders
5. Regulating Interstate Borders
6. Formal Citizenship Defined
7. Historical Antecedents and Legal Precedents
Epilogue: Continuity, Change, and Constitutional Memory

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 8h

I can spread joy. On rare occasions and in limited amounts.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8h

I would tell them to start by joining something fun - anything that gets them excited about being with other people (trivia nights, swimming, arts club) - from there I'd encourage them to invite a couple of other people to work on some sort of collaborative project with them at the local level...

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Mike Crespin @mikecrespin.bsky.social · 9h

Does anyone have a good matzoh ball soup recipe? My go to place back home closed.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 9h

Why can’t people hibernate like bears? It’s too cold.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 11h

Very happy with the texture

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 11h

Stella Parks's chocolate chip cookies. I topped with flake salt before baking. Texture is chewy but with crisp edges. I used a mix of chocolate chunks I chopped and chips.
Recipe: www.seriouseats.com/bravetart-ch...

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 12h

Two active cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 have been identified at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso, according to the local Democratic member of Congress.

www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...

Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility

Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."

www.texastribune.org

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 14h

Applicable to African Americans via Dred Scott v Sanford (1856), Native Americans in US v Rogers (1846), and migrants in general since Trump.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 14h

Unbelievable but believable

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 15h

Jamelle: The line was also used in a federal Indian law opinion, but I can’t remember which one off the top of my head.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 16h

This would be a great title modified into a book title

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

“the migrant has no rights the white man is bound to respect”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

“the migrant has no rights the white man is bound to respect”

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 18h

A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 18h

I texted this to a friend and she said she was busy sautéing chicken breast for her cat so she would take her meds

Fire Angel @fireangelbrc2fl.bsky.social · 1d

A picture of an adorable calico cat with the words
"4 years ago I lived in a bush and hunted my own meals. Now I have 2 passive incomes, my own house, and a personal chef. Follow me for more financial advice.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 18h

How I imagine the sophistication of my research.

How I present my research.

Swedish Chef muppet with large knife and chicken.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 18h

BE joyful about something.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 20h

A sense of humor is sorely lacking in most of politics and academia.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 20h

I would like that smol kid lectern please. Almost every lectern or podium I encounter is too high for me and it looks ridiculous with only the top of my head visible to the audience.

Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 1d

From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)

"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?

Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…

Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.

Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 20h

trump creating the incentive and permission structure for democrats to do insane 2010-era gerrymandering of their own may turn out to be one of the biggest self-owns of all time. dems are now pretty likely to emerge with an advantage from the 2025-26 redistricting wars

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 20h

We can form a support group....of two.

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 20h

I teach Civil Liberties and Civil Rights in a political science department. Tell me how I can teach Carolene Products FN 4 and degrees of scrutiny without race and gender and the history of the Reconstruction Amendments.

I can't.

Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 21h

My version of con law could not be taught in some states. I'm guessing most poli sci versions of civil rights and liberties would not be teachable as well.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 20h

Being that I grew up in Hawaii, I have no particular fondness for any winter sport and was irritated when I went to college at Brandeis and people asked me if I skied. Uh, I'm from Hawaii. And I HATE snow.

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 21h

I did convey how over the course of US history the protection & coverage of legal citizenship shifted arbitrarily to cover & uncover different groups based on politics. But I could only explain it via a book that took me 16 years to write. Pre-order now for March 24 delivery. More: shorturl.at/qZXae

cover of Anna O. Law's Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship--African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants on Oxford University PRess. The cover has a picture of a figure standing behind the US flag.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 21h

"Don't Sound Stupid!" is some pressure. How about "Don't Sound Stupid Too Frequently"?

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21h

“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”

208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark

Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected

www.stevevladeck.com

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 21h

My version of con law could not be taught in some states. I'm guessing most poli sci versions of civil rights and liberties would not be teachable as well.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 21h

Not a sociologist, but doing my part as best I can.

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.
Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?
Zachary: Correct.
Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 21h

Eat your veggies! Not.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 21h

My mom waitressed through high school & college at a Chinese restaurant in Honolulu. A guy came in, ordered "beef broccoli without the broccoli." My mom said, "So you only want beef?" After a back and forth, she figured out what he wanted was the beef with the *sauce* that comes with the dish.

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

I make quite a bit of Chinese food at home. usually Sichuanese but tonight for a change of pace I did a classic American Chinese dish, of the sort I'd get for takeout as a kid in Boston (beef with broccoli). Yum

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

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