Bridget Dooling
@bridgetdooling.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Law, The Ohio State University. How firm thy friendship. Admin law, Legislation & Regulation. Former OMB/OIRA GWRegStudies GWLaw.🐝keeper. My views only.
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Judge Menendez enjoins federal agents from retaliating against protestors, using pepper spray against peaceful protesters, arresting peaceful protesters, and stopping vehicles without suspicion of obstruction.
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Order on Motion for TRO – #85 in Tincher v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:25-cv-04669) – CourtListener.com
ORDER granting in part and denying in part 16 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. (Written Opinion) Signed by Judge Katherine M. Menendez on 1/16/2026. (Entered: 01/16/2026)
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January 17, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Judge Menendez enjoins federal agents from retaliating against protestors, using pepper spray against peaceful protesters, arresting peaceful protesters, and stopping vehicles without suspicion of obstruction.
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I’ve been thinking about what the Powell/Trump standoff means for the cases pending at the Court on agency independence. Powell has been skillful and brave in the face of the administration’s attempts to intimidate The Fed into lowering interest rates. His video was astonishing and powerful. 1/?
I’ve been thinking about what the Powell/Trump standoff means for the cases pending at the Court on agency independence. Powell has been skillful and brave in the face of the administration’s attempts to intimidate The Fed into lowering interest rates. His video was astonishing and powerful. 1/?
January 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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I’ve been thinking about what the Powell/Trump standoff means for the cases pending at the Court on agency independence. Powell has been skillful and brave in the face of the administration’s attempts to intimidate The Fed into lowering interest rates. His video was astonishing and powerful. 1/?
I’ve been thinking about what the Powell/Trump standoff means for the cases pending at the Court on agency independence. Powell has been skillful and brave in the face of the administration’s attempts to intimidate The Fed into lowering interest rates. His video was astonishing and powerful. 1/?
Always read @lizagoitein.bsky.social on emergency powers!
President Trump is once again threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act, this time in Minneapolis. That would be a flagrant and particularly dangerous abuse of the Act—one that would threaten the rule of law and public safety alike. 1/13
January 16, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Always read @lizagoitein.bsky.social on emergency powers!
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I’ve been thinking about what the Powell/Trump standoff means for the cases pending at the Court on agency independence. Powell has been skillful and brave in the face of the administration’s attempts to intimidate The Fed into lowering interest rates. His video was astonishing and powerful. 1/?
I’ve been thinking about what the Powell/Trump standoff means for the cases pending at the Court on agency independence. Powell has been skillful and brave in the face of the administration’s attempts to intimidate The Fed into lowering interest rates. His video was astonishing and powerful. 1/?
January 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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I’ve been thinking about what the Powell/Trump standoff means for the cases pending at the Court on agency independence. Powell has been skillful and brave in the face of the administration’s attempts to intimidate The Fed into lowering interest rates. His video was astonishing and powerful. 1/?
I’ve been thinking about what the Powell/Trump standoff means for the cases pending at the Court on agency independence. Powell has been skillful and brave in the face of the administration’s attempts to intimidate The Fed into lowering interest rates. His video was astonishing and powerful. 1/?
I’m gonna be thinking about “I’m not a pacifist” and what that sometimes entails for a long time. What a life.
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
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January 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I’m gonna be thinking about “I’m not a pacifist” and what that sometimes entails for a long time. What a life.
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NEW: Important update to this story 👇 — the Trump administration has backed down and is rescinding its $2 billion in cuts to grants that support work on substance abuse. My colleague @citizencohn.bsky.social wrote an update that appears at the top of the article now...
NEW: Last night, the Trump administration made huge DOGE-like cuts to the grants from the federal agency that works on substance abuse and mental health issues. (Mind you, this is an agency for which the administration already cut the staff in half last year.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...
Trump Takes Another Blowtorch to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service
Potentially $2b was just cut from a key HHS agency with bipartisan support.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:03 AM
NEW: Important update to this story 👇 — the Trump administration has backed down and is rescinding its $2 billion in cuts to grants that support work on substance abuse. My colleague @citizencohn.bsky.social wrote an update that appears at the top of the article now...
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Remarkable final act by outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy: 350,000 New Jerseyans with criminal convictions can now serve on juries. In an egalitarian society, justice demands the full participation of folks who’ve paid their debt. boltsmag.org/new-jersey-g...
In a Final Act, New Jersey Governor Opens Jury Service to Thousands with Convictions - Bolts
On Sunday, coming up on his last full week in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy stood at the lectern of the New Hope Baptist Church in East Orange to... Read More
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January 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Remarkable final act by outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy: 350,000 New Jerseyans with criminal convictions can now serve on juries. In an egalitarian society, justice demands the full participation of folks who’ve paid their debt. boltsmag.org/new-jersey-g...
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Hannah Natanson covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most high-profile and sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Hannah Natanson covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most high-profile and sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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DOJ just published a redacted version of the OLC memo justifying the Administration’s campaign/attacks in Venezuela and capture of Maduro:
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January 13, 2026 at 9:50 PM
DOJ just published a redacted version of the OLC memo justifying the Administration’s campaign/attacks in Venezuela and capture of Maduro:
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Call for Papers for the annual Duke/Wyoming Firearms Law Works-in-Progress Conference! This fun conference has grown mightily over the years. If your work intersects with guns (or nongun weapons!) at all, you should submit!
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January 13, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Call for Papers for the annual Duke/Wyoming Firearms Law Works-in-Progress Conference! This fun conference has grown mightily over the years. If your work intersects with guns (or nongun weapons!) at all, you should submit!
firearmslaw.duke.edu/2026/01/of-i...
firearmslaw.duke.edu/2026/01/of-i...
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Kind of crappy that “emerging market” is so heavily coded but this is the height of an econ diss.
Breaking news: Every former Federal Reserve chief attacked the Department of Justice’s probe into US central bank head Jay Powell, accusing the Trump administration of behaving like an emerging market. ft.trib.al/aJHxEQx
January 13, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Kind of crappy that “emerging market” is so heavily coded but this is the height of an econ diss.
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Breaking news: Every former Federal Reserve chief attacked the Department of Justice’s probe into US central bank head Jay Powell, accusing the Trump administration of behaving like an emerging market. ft.trib.al/aJHxEQx
January 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Breaking news: Every former Federal Reserve chief attacked the Department of Justice’s probe into US central bank head Jay Powell, accusing the Trump administration of behaving like an emerging market. ft.trib.al/aJHxEQx
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Having been around many ICE/CBP career people in my life, this speaks very accurately to me.
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Having been around many ICE/CBP career people in my life, this speaks very accurately to me.
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I have a new post over at @donmoyn.bsky.social's blog discussing the legal authority the president has over the civil service and why the other branches need to do more to prevent the destruction of the administrative state.
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How Much Power Does the President Actually Have Over the Civil Service?
More than you think, which is why other branches need to step up
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January 12, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I have a new post over at @donmoyn.bsky.social's blog discussing the legal authority the president has over the civil service and why the other branches need to do more to prevent the destruction of the administrative state.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-much-p...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-much-p...
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2 things worth highlighting:
1) Powell doesn't want to be remembered as another Arthur Burns, who caved to presidential pressure on interest rates and contributed to 1970s stagflation
2) Powell thinks lawmakers have his back, and will stand up to Trump on Fed independence.
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1) Powell doesn't want to be remembered as another Arthur Burns, who caved to presidential pressure on interest rates and contributed to 1970s stagflation
2) Powell thinks lawmakers have his back, and will stand up to Trump on Fed independence.
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Nine days after the 2024 presidential election, I interviewed Chair Powell at a public event in Dallas. I asked him what happened the last time the Fed was not seen as credibly independent. Here's part of his response
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January 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
2 things worth highlighting:
1) Powell doesn't want to be remembered as another Arthur Burns, who caved to presidential pressure on interest rates and contributed to 1970s stagflation
2) Powell thinks lawmakers have his back, and will stand up to Trump on Fed independence.
bsky.app/profile/cram...
1) Powell doesn't want to be remembered as another Arthur Burns, who caved to presidential pressure on interest rates and contributed to 1970s stagflation
2) Powell thinks lawmakers have his back, and will stand up to Trump on Fed independence.
bsky.app/profile/cram...
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“Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment related to his June congressional testimony on ongoing renovations of the Fed’s headquarters”
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January 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM
“Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment related to his June congressional testimony on ongoing renovations of the Fed’s headquarters”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Headed home from AALS.
I’ve been feeling whiplash from the scary, sad, enraging news and my absolute delight to be surrounded by my professional community.
But the latter fortifies me to confront the former. And so I’m grateful.
I’ve been feeling whiplash from the scary, sad, enraging news and my absolute delight to be surrounded by my professional community.
But the latter fortifies me to confront the former. And so I’m grateful.
January 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Headed home from AALS.
I’ve been feeling whiplash from the scary, sad, enraging news and my absolute delight to be surrounded by my professional community.
But the latter fortifies me to confront the former. And so I’m grateful.
I’ve been feeling whiplash from the scary, sad, enraging news and my absolute delight to be surrounded by my professional community.
But the latter fortifies me to confront the former. And so I’m grateful.
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it's really funny how when I am not writing something I not only assume I will never write again, but I assume it has been months since I last wrote something, despite it having been less than a day
January 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
it's really funny how when I am not writing something I not only assume I will never write again, but I assume it has been months since I last wrote something, despite it having been less than a day
You know an essay is cookin' when you find yourself researching wolves and why they howl.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
You know an essay is cookin' when you find yourself researching wolves and why they howl.
@scottgottliebmd.bsky.social with a gut-punch.
This is a policy choice. As Dr. Gottlieb recently put the issue on CNBC: if we substantially reduce vaccination rates, "we're going to have to build new pediatric hospitals." www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8CJ...
Shifting many pediatric vaccines into the category of shared clinical decision-making means in many red states governors and legislators will be pressured to strip them from school-entry requirements. Vaccination rates could fall sharply with stark regional differences in protection against disease
January 5, 2026 at 10:05 PM
@scottgottliebmd.bsky.social with a gut-punch.
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I will leave to others with expertise to discuss the legality of the raid on Venezuela and whether Maduro can claim any immunity. But one area where I am qualified to speak is whether Mr. Maduro and Flores can claim that the manner in which they were brought before the court makes a difference. 1/8
January 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I will leave to others with expertise to discuss the legality of the raid on Venezuela and whether Maduro can claim any immunity. But one area where I am qualified to speak is whether Mr. Maduro and Flores can claim that the manner in which they were brought before the court makes a difference. 1/8
Headed to AALS.
Airport restaurant is blasting “She’s My Cherry Pie” but the vibe in the rest of the airport is “library.”
Airport restaurant is blasting “She’s My Cherry Pie” but the vibe in the rest of the airport is “library.”
January 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Headed to AALS.
Airport restaurant is blasting “She’s My Cherry Pie” but the vibe in the rest of the airport is “library.”
Airport restaurant is blasting “She’s My Cherry Pie” but the vibe in the rest of the airport is “library.”
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DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
One time as a little kid I got a “needs improvement” on using scissors and tbh I think they were on to something.
If you have spent any time working in academia you will have observed lots of very smart people who don't make it in the profession for one reason or another. A PhD program is moderately good at revealing who will do well. The pre-tenure stage is better. SATs are close to useless.
January 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
One time as a little kid I got a “needs improvement” on using scissors and tbh I think they were on to something.
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oh my going theory for a while has been that every llm inevitably becomes a synecdoche for the entire company because the process of training them inevitably leeches the personality of the stakeholders into it
January 2, 2026 at 6:15 AM
oh my going theory for a while has been that every llm inevitably becomes a synecdoche for the entire company because the process of training them inevitably leeches the personality of the stakeholders into it