Paul Gowder
@gowder.io
Prof @ Northwestern law, political theorist, cat parent. Black lives matter.
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All my books (rule of law, racial justice, platform governance) are downloadable in free open access pdf @ https://books.gowder.io
Profile, pubs, etc: https://gowder.io
All my books (rule of law, racial justice, platform governance) are downloadable in free open access pdf @ https://books.gowder.io
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Paul Gowder
@gowder.io
· Oct 14
Senator Hale, 1851, dropping truth bombs about the Fugitive Slave Act that apply just as well to Trump's efforts to send troops do "mass deportation" against the will of the people (Cong. Globe, 31st Congress, session 2, p. 598)
Seeing as police abolition is back in the news, I have to be shameless and share my rule of law/old fashioned lib argument for taking the idea seriously (and for recruiting all the anti-administrative-law libertarians to the team). Long law review article from a couple years ago gowder.io/iclu.pdf
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Seeing as police abolition is back in the news, I have to be shameless and share my rule of law/old fashioned lib argument for taking the idea seriously (and for recruiting all the anti-administrative-law libertarians to the team). Long law review article from a couple years ago gowder.io/iclu.pdf
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This is the context you have to keep in mind when you see these people hyperventilating about addressing this system. This is what they are demanding we preserve literally at any and every cost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is the context you have to keep in mind when you see these people hyperventilating about addressing this system. This is what they are demanding we preserve literally at any and every cost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Yah, you'd think that having gone to Yale law school he'd be able to understand a simple conditional. *if* the order is illegal, *then* you disobey it. Did he cheat on the LSAT?
JD is a slimy lying piece of shit because that's clearly NOT what these Dem veterans said. They said not to obey "illegal orders". It's very simple.
Also, JD is getting very sloppy with his language too. "them members"? Typo?
Also, JD is getting very sloppy with his language too. "them members"? Typo?
Exactly
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Yah, you'd think that having gone to Yale law school he'd be able to understand a simple conditional. *if* the order is illegal, *then* you disobey it. Did he cheat on the LSAT?
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If there's one thing the mainstream news media love to overlook, it's the impact of the mainstream news media. The petite Tea Party in all its elite-backed astroturfiness was hailed like a sacred comet; the historically huge No Kings was played down by the NY Times, among other publications.
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If there's one thing the mainstream news media love to overlook, it's the impact of the mainstream news media. The petite Tea Party in all its elite-backed astroturfiness was hailed like a sacred comet; the historically huge No Kings was played down by the NY Times, among other publications.
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> I learn a great deal by coming to things from the perspective of being a dumbass, a valuable intellectual framework of "I need to make sure I understand each bit and explain it as simply as possible."
A great framework.
A great framework.
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www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA
This piece has a generous 3000+ word introduction, because I want as many people to understand NVIDIA as possible. The (thousands of) words after the premium break get into arduous detail, but I’ve wr...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
> I learn a great deal by coming to things from the perspective of being a dumbass, a valuable intellectual framework of "I need to make sure I understand each bit and explain it as simply as possible."
A great framework.
A great framework.
Let's all enjoy a good laugh at Lindsey Halligan's expense today
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Let's all enjoy a good laugh at Lindsey Halligan's expense today
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Ahem. "You can pry the end dash—which AI risks ruining—out of my cold, dead hands."
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Ahem. "You can pry the end dash—which AI risks ruining—out of my cold, dead hands."
What if we put Lizza and Nuzzi and Sanford and especially Kennedy all on a rocket and sent them straight into the sun?
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What if we put Lizza and Nuzzi and Sanford and especially Kennedy all on a rocket and sent them straight into the sun?
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ryan lizza is asking you to decide if you’re normal sick or willing to pay for this shit sick
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
ryan lizza is asking you to decide if you’re normal sick or willing to pay for this shit sick
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Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 2nd!
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 2nd!
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seems to be throwing some shade at ICE.
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seems to be throwing some shade at ICE.
So does Mandami have a copy of the bits of the Epstein files that Bondi is frantically erasing as we speak or what?
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
So does Mandami have a copy of the bits of the Epstein files that Bondi is frantically erasing as we speak or what?
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It took them two more years before they clarified that muppets are not actually sentient beings capable of feeling the pain of a human hand and forearm being shoved up their buttholes as a forcible method to exert full control over the muppet-puppet the human puppeteer had elected to penetrate.
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
It took them two more years before they clarified that muppets are not actually sentient beings capable of feeling the pain of a human hand and forearm being shoved up their buttholes as a forcible method to exert full control over the muppet-puppet the human puppeteer had elected to penetrate.
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Chicago Pope!
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Chicago Pope!
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This was a fun conversation!
Professor @jillhasday.bsky.social appeared on the @lawyer 2 Lawyer 2 Lawyer Podcast on @legaltalknet.bsky.social to discuss her book, Intimate Lies and the Law.
z.umn.edu/awcy
z.umn.edu/awcy
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This was a fun conversation!
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Impeach him yesterday. Yes, you, GOP in Congress. He’s harming your kids too.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Impeach him yesterday. Yes, you, GOP in Congress. He’s harming your kids too.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Y’all, wasn’t there a syllabus making webapp out there somewhere that could take a list of start and end dates, and holidays etc., and list class days?
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Y’all, wasn’t there a syllabus making webapp out there somewhere that could take a list of start and end dates, and holidays etc., and list class days?
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The government is rounding up and imprisoning innocent people, at an ever increasing rate. Wish I would see a big newspaper report this big news.
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The government is rounding up and imprisoning innocent people, at an ever increasing rate. Wish I would see a big newspaper report this big news.
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Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
LOL saved by my total lack of interest in AI training
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
LOL saved by my total lack of interest in AI training
NOW WILL THE "DON'T COMPARE TRUMP TO NAZIS" PEOPLE PLEASE SHUT THE HELL UP?
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NOW WILL THE "DON'T COMPARE TRUMP TO NAZIS" PEOPLE PLEASE SHUT THE HELL UP?
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Some say the swastika is a symbol of hate. Others disagree. We'll have to leave it there.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Some say the swastika is a symbol of hate. Others disagree. We'll have to leave it there.
Apparently this is about telling soldiers to resist unlawful orders? See linked story. www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
FYI, it is a well-established legal principle that soldiers may (perhaps must) refuse unlawful orders. Couple cites in a subsequent post
FYI, it is a well-established legal principle that soldiers may (perhaps must) refuse unlawful orders. Couple cites in a subsequent post
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Apparently this is about telling soldiers to resist unlawful orders? See linked story. www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
FYI, it is a well-established legal principle that soldiers may (perhaps must) refuse unlawful orders. Couple cites in a subsequent post
FYI, it is a well-established legal principle that soldiers may (perhaps must) refuse unlawful orders. Couple cites in a subsequent post