Brendan S. Maher
@brendansmaher.bsky.social
Professor of Law, Texas A&M. Liverpool/USMNT/Cowboys fan.
Breakfast burrito enthusiast.
Regulatory theorist (sometimes health-related, sometimes retirement-related, sometimes general, always boring).
Breakfast burrito enthusiast.
Regulatory theorist (sometimes health-related, sometimes retirement-related, sometimes general, always boring).
Pinned
The Coming Health Insurance Transition
For decades, the dominant form of private health insurance in the United States—by far—has been employment-based group health insurance. Somewhere in the range
ssrn.com
Thread about new paper: ssrn.com/abstract=516...
1—I think ERISA-governed group insurance (by far the most common form of health ins. in the US) is going to mostly go away. Just like pensions were slowly replaced by retirement accounts, ERISA ins. will be slowly replaced by individual insurance.
1—I think ERISA-governed group insurance (by far the most common form of health ins. in the US) is going to mostly go away. Just like pensions were slowly replaced by retirement accounts, ERISA ins. will be slowly replaced by individual insurance.
Yes, and it will be guarded by Jedi
Elon Musk told employees at xAI, his artificial intelligence company, on Tuesday that the company needed a factory on the moon to build A.I. satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space.
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yes, and it will be guarded by Jedi
reposting this on general principle
February 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
reposting this on general principle
this is honestly unbelievable
JFC
JFC
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
this is honestly unbelievable
JFC
JFC
1-haha no
2- you gotta click through to see the outfit he’s wearing in the story photo, it will not disappoint
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/musk-vo...
2- you gotta click through to see the outfit he’s wearing in the story photo, it will not disappoint
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/musk-vo...
Musk vows to put data centers in space and run them on solar power but experts have their doubts
NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk vowed this week to upend another industry just as he did with cars and rockets — and once again he's taking on long odds.
ca.finance.yahoo.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 AM
1-haha no
2- you gotta click through to see the outfit he’s wearing in the story photo, it will not disappoint
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/musk-vo...
2- you gotta click through to see the outfit he’s wearing in the story photo, it will not disappoint
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/musk-vo...
Reposted by Brendan S. Maher
Trump to Harvard: 2 billion $
NYT: Harvard to pay 2B$
Harvard: no
Trump: 1B
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations intensify
Trump: 200 million
NYT: Harvard-Trump reach deal
Harvard: no
Trump: 0$
Harvard: ok
NYT: Harvard not paying! Trump loses.
Trump: How about 1B$
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations resume!
NYT: Harvard to pay 2B$
Harvard: no
Trump: 1B
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations intensify
Trump: 200 million
NYT: Harvard-Trump reach deal
Harvard: no
Trump: 0$
Harvard: ok
NYT: Harvard not paying! Trump loses.
Trump: How about 1B$
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations resume!
February 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Trump to Harvard: 2 billion $
NYT: Harvard to pay 2B$
Harvard: no
Trump: 1B
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations intensify
Trump: 200 million
NYT: Harvard-Trump reach deal
Harvard: no
Trump: 0$
Harvard: ok
NYT: Harvard not paying! Trump loses.
Trump: How about 1B$
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations resume!
NYT: Harvard to pay 2B$
Harvard: no
Trump: 1B
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations intensify
Trump: 200 million
NYT: Harvard-Trump reach deal
Harvard: no
Trump: 0$
Harvard: ok
NYT: Harvard not paying! Trump loses.
Trump: How about 1B$
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations resume!
BREAKING: Inter-citrus conflict explodes as Orange President arrests Lemon
(gets pelted with rotten tomatoes)
(gets pelted with rotten tomatoes)
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
BREAKING: Inter-citrus conflict explodes as Orange President arrests Lemon
(gets pelted with rotten tomatoes)
(gets pelted with rotten tomatoes)
today in Sniffing Glue News
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that the automaker is ending production of its Model S and X vehicles, and will use the factory in Fremont, California, to build Optimus humanoid robots. cnb.cx/4rp70Xq
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 AM
today in Sniffing Glue News
when the Empire did this with Princess Leia, it worked great
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 6:41 PM
when the Empire did this with Princess Leia, it worked great
remind me which side wears masks again
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 6:38 PM
remind me which side wears masks again
Would like to thank Trump for demonstrating that the Unitary Executive interpretation of the Constitution is just and wise and has no downsides at all, none
January 26, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Would like to thank Trump for demonstrating that the Unitary Executive interpretation of the Constitution is just and wise and has no downsides at all, none
They’re trying
to kill
all that is
pretty and good
and they just killed
Pretti and Good
to kill
all that is
pretty and good
and they just killed
Pretti and Good
January 24, 2026 at 10:28 PM
They’re trying
to kill
all that is
pretty and good
and they just killed
Pretti and Good
to kill
all that is
pretty and good
and they just killed
Pretti and Good
The Steelers have the best coaching history in NFL history. And then they hire Mike McCarthy.
a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying turrible
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying turrible
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:51 PM
The Steelers have the best coaching history in NFL history. And then they hire Mike McCarthy.
listen, if ICE can just break down doors whenever it wants, that means more people will have to buy new doors, and that means more JOBS for people in the door industry
so Aaron is against jobs, typical lib
so Aaron is against jobs, typical lib
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!
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!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 AM
listen, if ICE can just break down doors whenever it wants, that means more people will have to buy new doors, and that means more JOBS for people in the door industry
so Aaron is against jobs, typical lib
so Aaron is against jobs, typical lib
Josh Allen continues to be a Ridiculous Person. That is all.
January 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Josh Allen continues to be a Ridiculous Person. That is all.
That game was PREPOSTEROUS
January 5, 2026 at 4:38 AM
That game was PREPOSTEROUS
“Never in doubt,” says Mike Tomlin
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 AM
“Never in doubt,” says Mike Tomlin
obviously no one can fault the Cowboys for failing to defeat the unstoppable New York Giants
January 5, 2026 at 1:07 AM
obviously no one can fault the Cowboys for failing to defeat the unstoppable New York Giants
I am not sure how close AI super-intelligence is when my iPhone insists on *erroneously* correcting “you’re” to “your” on all of my texts
December 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I am not sure how close AI super-intelligence is when my iPhone insists on *erroneously* correcting “you’re” to “your” on all of my texts
I think the low-key funniest part of the LOTR films is when Saruman literally accuses of Gandalf of smoking too much weed
I’m not making this up
I’m not making this up
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I think the low-key funniest part of the LOTR films is when Saruman literally accuses of Gandalf of smoking too much weed
I’m not making this up
I’m not making this up
so you’re saying we’re facing a whale of a problem
Orcas have started targeting commercial ship control systems, like rudders, to disrupt or break them. Eyewitnesses feel unnerved by the precision of these attacks in how the orcas ignore peripherals and know exactly what to do. Well, duh. Sophisticated intelligence as good or better than our own.
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
so you’re saying we’re facing a whale of a problem
Sometimes the correct answer is the obvious one:
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sometimes the correct answer is the obvious one:
hot takes about dumb fads that will never take are one of my favorite things, thank you for asking
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
hot takes about dumb fads that will never take are one of my favorite things, thank you for asking