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David Schraub

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Sometimes lawyer. Sometimes law professor. All the time awesome. Associate Prof. at Lewis & Clark Law (con law and anti-discrimination). http://dsadevil.blogspot.com

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · Jun 13

So … this is available to pre-order. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Oxford UP page for “Deliberation, Dismissal, and Democracy” book.

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Chrissy Wiley @chrissyone.bsky.social · 17h

Never give up hop 🐸

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 1d

Like an experimental alt-rock band's third album, RFK's baseless conspiratorial assertion that circumcision is associated with autism takes his prior antisemitic work and extends it in an exciting new direction.

First They Came For Tylenol, Now Circumcisions

The latest stop in the RFK/Trump team's conspiracy-addled rampage against science was an assertion that "circumcisions" may be a cause of au...

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 1d

Just showed this to my dad, who three hours earlier, in response to my gentle admonition that he shouldn’t trust AI answers, asked “but why would AI lie?”

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously, I’m rooting for this game to go 18 innings and both teams having to put their left fielders on the mound.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 1d

So … is “the Frog Revolution” taken?

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 1d

I’m reasonably confident more people have seen that comic than have read any of my law review articles.

David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 1d

This is, no lie, one of my greatest professional accomplishments.

Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely Poor

Reposting because I've added a kicker panel. Thanks to @schraubd.bsky.social for the suggestion!

Read more cartoons! #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! patreon.com/barry

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows two men: A not-wealthy looking man with shaggy hair and some stubble, and a bald man in glasses, wearing a business suit and tie. Each panel shows them at a sidewalk with grass growing in the background.

PANEL 1

Shaggy is wearing a wrinkled collared shirt and jeans. Necktie is wearing a gray suit with a tie with a dot pattern.

It’s bright daytime. Shaggy, with his back turned to Necktie, is looking at and poking a smartphone, and, in the helpful way people so often do in the first panel of my cartoons, talking aloud to himself. Necktie is turning to look at, and yell at, Shaggy.

SHAGGY: I can’t find a job and I’m out of money… Time to google “food stamps.”

NECKTIE: Food stamps are for people who are genuinely poor. If you were poor, you wouldn’t own a smartphone, would you?

PANEL 2

A caption says “one week later.”

From the light, it appears to be early evening. Shaggy is wearing a plaid shirt and Black pants, and has a backpack; Necktie is wearing a pinstripe suit and a tie with horizontal stripes.

Shaggy is looking worried and has a hand on his chest; Necktie is sternly talking to, and pointing at, Shaggy.

SHAGGY: I sold my phone, but now I’m out of money again.

NECKTIE: So sell your car. No one who owns a car is poor.

PANEL 3

A caption says “one month later.”

The same two men, on a similar patch of sidewalk. Shaggy is sitting on the curb, slumping. Necktie looks very cheerful.

SHAGGY: Now I’ve got no money for food, no phone for job hunting, and no car to get to a job!

NECKTIE: Excellent! Now you’re genuinely poor!

PANEL 4

The same scene, a moment later. Shaggy, looking hopeful. Necktie grins.

SHAGGY: So now you’re okay with me getting food stamps?

NECKTIE: Nope!

TINY KICKER PANEL UNDER THE CARTOON

Shaggy is talking to Barry the Cartoonist.

SHAGGY: So how do I get food stamps, anyway?

BARRY: Call them for an appointment, then drive to their office to apply.

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely Poor

Reposting because I've added a kicker panel. Thanks to @schraubd.bsky.social for the suggestion!

Read more cartoons! #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! patreon.com/barry

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

Why I love the Portland frog protesters (and his friends).

The Frog Prince

A few days ago, a viral video circulated of a neo-Nazi agitator interrupting a psychology class at the University of Washington ... and then...

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

I worked with Jamar when we were at Covington (we were in the same associate class). Top-notch in every category.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

The Letitia James case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Jamar K. Walker, a Biden appointee.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking on MSNBC: New York AG Letitia James has been indicted.

Lindsey Halligan, who presented a grand jury with the case against James Comey, gave the presentation to the James grand jury.

David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

Today in David is an elderly professor, I made a "Wheel of Fortune" reference (re: Skrmetti -- "can I buy a vowel?"), and the on-call student had no idea what I was talking about.

It's hard to sink lower than a meek "wait ... you don't watch 'Wheel'?"

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

No, please steal away!

David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

Great comic!

I was expecting a stinger to the tune of "How am I supposed to get food stamps anyway?" "Easy! Just call the office to make an appointment, then drive over to their office to fill out the application!"

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

This argument is infuriating. First, not having to deploy the NG should never be referred to as a “penalty”. It’s what we all should hope for! Second, if we don’t deploy the NG, and the situation improves on its own, that’s strong evidence the NG wasn’t necessary!

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 2d

McArthur says that it penalizes Trump for waiting to use the NG until October instead of activating them in June when there was actual violence in Portland.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

Scene from #wartornPortland yesterday. As you can see, things have gotten so dire that even our babies are being trained in amphibious operations.

Picture of my baby and his mom at the pool for swim lessons

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

Credit to Judge Bumatay for risking life and limb to be here, I guess, but it does underscore the fundamental absurdity of the entire proposition that Portland is this war-ravaged hellscape demanding military intervention.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

I have to point out that the day before this 9th Circuit panel revved up to decide that Portland was too dangerously war-torn to rely on regular law enforcement to keep order, my Portland-based law school somehow safely hosted a different 9CA judge for a normal law school event.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 2d

Three absolute truths:

1) There's nothing wrong with being a Palestinian.

2) Chuck Schumer isn't one.

3) Calling Chuck Schumer a Palestinian is antisemitic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 3d

It’s difficult to explain to non-Jews the extent to which Jewish children are raised to believe that the single greatest athlete in American history is Sandy Koufax

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social · 3d

This morning, Temple Israel woke up to anti-Semitic threats — a reminder that hate still tries to find a foothold. It won’t find one here. Minneapolis stands with our Jewish neighbors. Hiding behind hate to spread fear aganst any religion or group of people is cowardly and unacceptable in our city.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 3d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 4d

In fairness, we’re all feeling very sensitive about judicial power this fall.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack.

As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all.

Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 5d

We were thinking "how could you imagine anyone would do such a thing?"; they were thinking "I can totally imagine I would do precisely that thing" (so why would it be fanciful that we would be thinking exactly the same?).

David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 5d

One conclusion I'm drawing is that the ease at which many were able to believe conspiracy theories like Jade Helm stemmed from the fact that they actually were quite taken by it (deployed against others, of course) -- so it made perfect sense to them to assume we'd find it equally alluring.