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Richard Kay

@richardkay80.bsky.social

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Wallace Stevens Professor Emeritus, UConn Law. Constitutional Law; Comparative Law; Legal History. Boston resident, Red Sox, Celtics fan. (NOT the Daily Mail reporter.) https://law.uconn.edu/person/richard-s-kay

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 3d

And I thought I was a formalist!

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 3d

”Ms. Badenoch proposed to abolish “stamp duty,” a tax Britons pay when they buy homes above a certain price." You'd think they'd have figured this out in 1765. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...

U.K. Conservatives Yearn for Thatcher and Wonder About Their Future

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 5d

I also agree that for most states-party withdrawal isn't a politically viable option.

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 5d

It's true that states may always delay and evade-- but they can do that with just satisfaction awards too. (Disclaimer-- I have not been following the Strasbourg judgments as carefully as I once did!)

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 5d

We probably don't disagree on the law. But the Court has in exceptional cases, required a just satisfaction that that requires actions beyond paying money (Papamichalopoulos, 1995) and as a practical matter interim measures may be dispositive.

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 5d

I agree. But in recent years the Court's creativity with remedial orders have sometime brought it very close to what we'd call injunctive relief.

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Nicolas Hervieu @nhervieu.bsky.social · 5d

A découvrir : Cette excellente série de témoignages d'universitaires juristes réalisée par « En Chair(e) » (@enchaire.bsky.social )

Passionnant & savoureux.

Au menu, François Ost, Evelyne Serverin, Paul Lagarde...

Et évidemment Michel Troper (qui a fini par faire du droit... par inadvertance !)

Michel Troper - J'ai fait très peu de droit à Sciences Po - En Chair(e)/Chapitre 1

YouTube video by EnChair(e)

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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 8d

If I were Sam Kennedy this morning, I'd be asking baseball operations to explain how Cam Schlittler was available in the seventh round of the '22 Draft, was recommended by the area scout and wasn't selected.

He played his college games a mile and half from Fenway Park.

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 10d

I am getting second hand embarrassment from the federal websites today. This is USDA.
The pettiness is off the charts

USDA website banner reads:
Due to the Radical Left Democrat shutdown, this government website will not be updated during the funding lapse.
President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people.

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 10d

Had 'em all the way.

Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 10d

Chapman leaves the bases loaded. Red Sox beat the Yankees, 3-1. in Game 1.

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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 10d

Chapman leaves the bases loaded. Red Sox beat the Yankees, 3-1. in Game 1.

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 10d

Yoshida is the first Red Sox pinch-hitter *ever* to have a swing that turned a deficit into a lead in the postseason.

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 12d

This raises difficult questions about the necessary limits on copyright protection. For example my "natural intelligence" is largely a product of decades of "training" on copyrighted material. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Opinion | I Sued Anthropic, and the Unthinkable Happened

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 17d

Still silent upon a peak in Darien.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...

This Conquistador Changed History. Neglect Haunts His Tomb in Mexico

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 18d

Let's pray that the new year, 5786, will be peaceful, healthy, prosperous and sweet.

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 20d

At least Nixon had the decency to try to cover things up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 20d

Who is leaking Trump's conversations with Blanche and Bondi?
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Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 21d

Tom Leher: "In German and English I know how to count down...Und I'm learning Chinese says Werner von Braun."
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U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 22d

I hope that as individual instances of suppression of speech find their way before courts, the judges will consider them in the context of the full-bore attack on disfavored expression being waged by this government.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/o...

Opinion | The Trump Administration’s Chilling Efforts to Punish Free Speech

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 23d

These days

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 29d

Eppur so muove.
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A.I.’s Prophet of Doom Wants to Shut It All Down

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 29d

You might like this reform or dislike it. But I don't see how you can say that this weakens the authority of Congress or the Senate if those names refer to institutions specified in the Constitution, bodies hat act by majority vote. It's the filibuster that does that
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