Martha Albertson Fineman

@mlafineman.bsky.social

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Feminist author and professor. Mother, grandmother, and tourist in life. Founding Director of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project and the Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative (Emory University)

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Martha Albertson Fineman is an American jurist, legal theorist and political philosopher. She is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law. Fineman was previously the first holder of the Dorothea S. Clarke Professor of Feminist Jurisprudence at Cornell Law School. She held the Maurice T. Moore Professorship at Columbia Law School. .. more

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Dr Seuss and Talking Turkeys

My two favorite Thanksgiving cartoons

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25th Amendment anyone?

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Happy Thanksgiving

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Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 23h

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Chief Justice John Roberts Walks Into Nuremberg, the Film…

The Chief Justice gets a message from beyond the grave

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s grandiose obsession … tarnishing history and tradition with his “gilded aesthetic”
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Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.

The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d

Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s an idea for things to discuss besides politics at Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...

5 Questions to Ask Your Elders Over the Holidays

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d

More retreat from public health protections www.notus.org/health-scien...

CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.

“I have heard that they are planning to ‘update it’ and shudder to think what that will mean,” Demetre Daskalakis, a former member of CDC leadership, told NOTUS.

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d

In what political universe does this make sense…https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/senate-committee-to-challenge-auto-safety-mandates-that-hurt-affordability-43944765

Exclusive | Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’

Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d

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Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript

The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d

From the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee today

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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds

Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

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ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants

The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d

Important investigative journalism report on ICE tactics www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters

Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d

Another person put in charge of an agency who doesn’t believe in the agency’s mission… continuing the dismantling of the protections that previously benefited us all
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Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2

Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 2d

Rising December 4th …

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This will affect funding…

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These pesticides are linked to cancer and birth defects… Trump dismantling the rules that protect us…

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Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says

The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 4d

Read past the introduction to the section that talks about the significance of the wording of surveys… Very interesting
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