Eric Muller
@elmunc.bsky.social
Fading lawprof. Scholar of WWII Japanese American incarceration. Quasi-intermediate bassist. Squeeze, XTC, Fountains of Wayne. Lover of small dogs--yes, all of them.
You can take the lawprof outta Wyoming, but you can't take Wyoming outta the lawprof.
OPINION: Long before the recent abortion decision, lawmakers defined health care as more than just treatment designed to sustain life, writes law professor Eric Muller.
What the Wyoming Supreme Court didn’t invent about ‘health care’ - WyoFile
Long before the recent abortion decision, lawmakers defined health care as more than just treatment designed to sustain life, writes law professor Eric Muller.
wyofile.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:31 AM
You can take the lawprof outta Wyoming, but you can't take Wyoming outta the lawprof.
Works better in the original:
𝕳𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖀𝕾 𝕭𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖑, 𝕴 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖘𝖆𝖞 𝖚𝖓𝖊𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖛𝖔𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖓
𝕳𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖀𝕾 𝕭𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖑, 𝕴 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖘𝖆𝖞 𝖚𝖓𝖊𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖛𝖔𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖓
Bovino: "Here in the US Border Patrol, I will say unequivocally that we are experts in dealing with children"
January 23, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Works better in the original:
𝕳𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖀𝕾 𝕭𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖑, 𝕴 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖘𝖆𝖞 𝖚𝖓𝖊𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖛𝖔𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖓
𝕳𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖀𝕾 𝕭𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖑, 𝕴 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖘𝖆𝖞 𝖚𝖓𝖊𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖛𝖔𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖓
Reposted by Eric Muller
If you're looking for more reasons to detest the #Greenland move, consider this: 90% of inhabitants are indigenous.
A repeat of the 1867 Alaska Purchase, a transaction between U.S. & Russia that ignored native (Tlingit, Inupiat, Yupik) sovereignty entirely.
We're redoing the 19th century, folks.
A repeat of the 1867 Alaska Purchase, a transaction between U.S. & Russia that ignored native (Tlingit, Inupiat, Yupik) sovereignty entirely.
We're redoing the 19th century, folks.
January 21, 2026 at 3:56 AM
If you're looking for more reasons to detest the #Greenland move, consider this: 90% of inhabitants are indigenous.
A repeat of the 1867 Alaska Purchase, a transaction between U.S. & Russia that ignored native (Tlingit, Inupiat, Yupik) sovereignty entirely.
We're redoing the 19th century, folks.
A repeat of the 1867 Alaska Purchase, a transaction between U.S. & Russia that ignored native (Tlingit, Inupiat, Yupik) sovereignty entirely.
We're redoing the 19th century, folks.
If you're looking for more reasons to detest the #Greenland move, consider this: 90% of inhabitants are indigenous.
A repeat of the 1867 Alaska Purchase, a transaction between U.S. & Russia that ignored native (Tlingit, Inupiat, Yupik) sovereignty entirely.
We're redoing the 19th century, folks.
A repeat of the 1867 Alaska Purchase, a transaction between U.S. & Russia that ignored native (Tlingit, Inupiat, Yupik) sovereignty entirely.
We're redoing the 19th century, folks.
January 21, 2026 at 3:56 AM
If you're looking for more reasons to detest the #Greenland move, consider this: 90% of inhabitants are indigenous.
A repeat of the 1867 Alaska Purchase, a transaction between U.S. & Russia that ignored native (Tlingit, Inupiat, Yupik) sovereignty entirely.
We're redoing the 19th century, folks.
A repeat of the 1867 Alaska Purchase, a transaction between U.S. & Russia that ignored native (Tlingit, Inupiat, Yupik) sovereignty entirely.
We're redoing the 19th century, folks.
This "height of irony" is what Alito and company rely on to conclude that rights to (for example) privacy and bodily autonomy don't exist: X was forbidden in the past, so this shows there's no right to X.
Isn't that the height of irony?
#lawsky #guns #SecondAmendment
Isn't that the height of irony?
#lawsky #guns #SecondAmendment
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 PM
This "height of irony" is what Alito and company rely on to conclude that rights to (for example) privacy and bodily autonomy don't exist: X was forbidden in the past, so this shows there's no right to X.
Isn't that the height of irony?
#lawsky #guns #SecondAmendment
Isn't that the height of irony?
#lawsky #guns #SecondAmendment
Reposted by Eric Muller
I've just posted a draft essay called "Tradition Without Text?" (forthcoming in Duke Law Journal Online). It critiques Dobbs for using crude positive-law proxies to identify "historical understandings of ordered liberty."
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=609...
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=609...
Tradition Without Text?
<p><span>It is no secret that the <i>Dobbs </i>framework dooms virtually all liberty claims brought under the ambit of due process. Yet for all their devotion t
papers.ssrn.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I've just posted a draft essay called "Tradition Without Text?" (forthcoming in Duke Law Journal Online). It critiques Dobbs for using crude positive-law proxies to identify "historical understandings of ordered liberty."
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=609...
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=609...
"Reign of Blows" by XTC, 1984.
January 17, 2026 at 2:19 PM
"Reign of Blows" by XTC, 1984.
I can recall a time when I would've gotten a screen saying the National Archives' website was down and thought, "huh, guess it's just a technical glitch," and moved on.
#acacemicsky #skystorians
#acacemicsky #skystorians
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I can recall a time when I would've gotten a screen saying the National Archives' website was down and thought, "huh, guess it's just a technical glitch," and moved on.
#acacemicsky #skystorians
#acacemicsky #skystorians
January 15, 2026 at 12:53 PM
January 15, 2026 at 1:20 AM
So the administration's demanding lists of Jews. What's the big deal?
January 15, 2026 at 12:58 AM
So the administration's demanding lists of Jews. What's the big deal?
Hey White House, I fixed it for you.
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Hey White House, I fixed it for you.
If there's ever a contest for "Eulogy as Self-Promotion," this one from Robert George will be my entry.
TL;DR -- "Bob Weir died. Did you know I'm an amazing banjo player?"
TL;DR -- "Bob Weir died. Did you know I'm an amazing banjo player?"
January 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
If there's ever a contest for "Eulogy as Self-Promotion," this one from Robert George will be my entry.
TL;DR -- "Bob Weir died. Did you know I'm an amazing banjo player?"
TL;DR -- "Bob Weir died. Did you know I'm an amazing banjo player?"
Book recommendation: "The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told" by Keith Richotte, Jr.
This is a wonderful and *highly* entertaining account of the development of Indian law.
I learned a lot!!!
#indianlaw #law #constitution @skystorians @lawsky
This is a wonderful and *highly* entertaining account of the development of Indian law.
I learned a lot!!!
#indianlaw #law #constitution @skystorians @lawsky
January 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Book recommendation: "The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told" by Keith Richotte, Jr.
This is a wonderful and *highly* entertaining account of the development of Indian law.
I learned a lot!!!
#indianlaw #law #constitution @skystorians @lawsky
This is a wonderful and *highly* entertaining account of the development of Indian law.
I learned a lot!!!
#indianlaw #law #constitution @skystorians @lawsky
People saying this Venezuela action will facilitate the application of the Alien Enemies Act to Venezuelans in the USA have it exactly backwards.
January 4, 2026 at 11:53 PM
People saying this Venezuela action will facilitate the application of the Alien Enemies Act to Venezuelans in the USA have it exactly backwards.
With the #Maduro regime now toppled, shouldn't the Venezuelans held under the Alien Enemies Act be entitled to immediate release?
A legal predicate for invoking that law was that the Tren de Aragua gang was an arm of the Maduro government.
If that was ever true, it surely can't be now.
#lawsky
A legal predicate for invoking that law was that the Tren de Aragua gang was an arm of the Maduro government.
If that was ever true, it surely can't be now.
#lawsky
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Eric Muller
It is almost like the FIFA prize had no real meaning.
January 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
It is almost like the FIFA prize had no real meaning.
Reposted by Eric Muller
January 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
January 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Reposted by Eric Muller
In his year-end report yesterday, Chief Justice Roberts referred to "the overruling of Plessy [v. Ferguson] in Brown v. Board of Education."
*Didn't happen.*
In Brown, the Court announced that henceforth "in the field of public education the [Plessy] doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place."
*Didn't happen.*
In Brown, the Court announced that henceforth "in the field of public education the [Plessy] doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place."
January 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM
In his year-end report yesterday, Chief Justice Roberts referred to "the overruling of Plessy [v. Ferguson] in Brown v. Board of Education."
*Didn't happen.*
In Brown, the Court announced that henceforth "in the field of public education the [Plessy] doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place."
*Didn't happen.*
In Brown, the Court announced that henceforth "in the field of public education the [Plessy] doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place."
