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Ira Robbins
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Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law. Author/Editor of Prisoners and the Law (Thomson/Reuters, 2024); Habeas Corpus Checklists (Thomson/Reuters, 2025). Doing my best to make some good trouble.

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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Nov 5
I'm delighted to share my just-published essay, "Still Here: Reflections After Fifty Years of Teaching Law". Comments welcome!
Still Here: Reflections After Fifty Years of Teaching Law - American University Law Review
75 Am. U. L. Rev. 1 (2025).
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Apr 24
Delighted to share my most recent contribution to the legal literature: "Criminal Abortion and Citizen's Arrest," published in the Social Justice Issue of the Utah Law Review. Comments welcome!

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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Jan 26
Trump's 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada will suspend the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, *which Trump negotiated in 2018*

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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Jan 20
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
Biden Issues Pre-Emptive Pardons to Guard Against Trump’s Reprisals
President Biden, hours before leaving office, used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted for reprisals by his successor, including Mark A. Milley, Anthony S. Fauci and Liz Cheney.
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Jan 10
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Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Avoid Sentencing
Donald J. Trump is scheduled to face a New York judge on Friday morning after being convicted of 34 felonies. His punishment will be largely symbolic.
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 28
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 19
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Live Updates: Dominique Pelicot and 50 Others Guilty in Rape Trial That Shook France
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 17
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Another Federal Judge Reverses Decision To Retire, Ruins Trump’s Plans To Fill His Seat
U.S. appeals court judge James Wynn, an Obama appointee, is the third judge to change his mind about retiring since Trump won reelection.
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 15
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 12
And in 1938, it was Adolf Hitler

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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 12
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Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
The president is also pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. The move follows a pardon for his son Hunter, who was prosecuted for gun and tax crimes.
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 4
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 4
BREAKING ...

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Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare CEO, Is Fatally Shot in Midtown Manhattan: Live Updates
The executive, Brian Thompson, was shot in the chest in what people briefed on the investigations said appeared to be a targeted attack.
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 4
Trump is considering naming Ron DeSantis to lead the Defense Department, as Hegseth's confirmation path seems to be crumbling.

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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 2
I don’t want to hear any complaints about the Hunter Biden pardon unless you also complained about the Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner pardons.

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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 2
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/1...
Officers seize bag with ‘Definitely not a bag full of drugs’ printed on it – and it was full of drugs, Police Bureau says
Mia Rochelle Baggenstos, 37, and Reginald Lamont Reynolds, 35, were arrested for delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of methamphetamine, unauthorized use of a vehicle and possession of a ...
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Dec 2
President Biden pardons son Hunter

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President Biden pardons son Hunter
President Biden pardons son, reversing a previous pledge and saying "it is clear that Hunter was treated differently" than others in the justice system.
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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Nov 28
75% of the time you will ever spend with your child is complete by the time they reach 12 years old 😟

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · Nov 28
Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago.

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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Nov 27
Two thirds of tomatoes come from Mexico. Eighty-five percent of imported lumber comes from Canada. Groceries and housing costs are about to skyrocket.

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Ira Robbins @irarobbins1.bsky.social · Nov 27
Thanks, David. You as well!