Lawprofblawg
@lawprofblawg.bsky.social
Law Prof. Economist.
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Twitter: @lawprofblawg
I do not speak for my employer. RT are not endorsements. Duh.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3339527
Mastodon: @[email protected].
Twitter: @lawprofblawg
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“Disciplining union members for protected, concerted activity reveals just how far Columbia University leadership has fallen, prioritizing political submission to the Trump agenda over fair treatment & rights of their own employees.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Columbia sends disciplinary letters to at least 20 SWC-UAW members for October picket, union says
After an Oct. 17 Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers <a href="https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/10/26/public-safety-asks-swc-uaw-to-move-picket-off-campus-despite-rules-exemption...
www.columbiaspectator.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“Disciplining union members for protected, concerted activity reveals just how far Columbia University leadership has fallen, prioritizing political submission to the Trump agenda over fair treatment & rights of their own employees.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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There's a short little documentary on the Super Bowl Shuffle on MAX and it's fantastic.
The clip of the New England Patriots' sad response video is worth the price of admission alone.
The clip of the New England Patriots' sad response video is worth the price of admission alone.
The Shuffle | Official Trailer | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
There's a short little documentary on the Super Bowl Shuffle on MAX and it's fantastic.
The clip of the New England Patriots' sad response video is worth the price of admission alone.
The clip of the New England Patriots' sad response video is worth the price of admission alone.
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I'm quoted in this story. A company names its CTO in a press release. Then he's indicted for illegally exporting Nvidia chips China. Now it claims he was never CTO.
Tech firm’s new CTO gets indicted; company then claims he was never CTO
Corvex named Brian Raymond as CTO days before indictment for illegal chip exports.
arstechnica.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm quoted in this story. A company names its CTO in a press release. Then he's indicted for illegally exporting Nvidia chips China. Now it claims he was never CTO.
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Whether it is from citations, top-tier placements, or arguing in court in front of like-minded justices, there is value and reward in taking positions that will make people's lives worse off.
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
The Lawyer Who Killed Roe Is About to Get a Promotion
Erin Hawley has devoted her career to rolling back the civil rights of vulnerable Americans. Now she is poised to become a circuit court judge.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Whether it is from citations, top-tier placements, or arguing in court in front of like-minded justices, there is value and reward in taking positions that will make people's lives worse off.
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Who should pay the extra energy costs associated with the wave of electricity and water hogging data centers?
Whether you believe it is the utility in terms of lower profits or budget-strapped ordinary people, the answer is clearly not the data centers.
#Satire
Whether you believe it is the utility in terms of lower profits or budget-strapped ordinary people, the answer is clearly not the data centers.
#Satire
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Who should pay the extra energy costs associated with the wave of electricity and water hogging data centers?
Whether you believe it is the utility in terms of lower profits or budget-strapped ordinary people, the answer is clearly not the data centers.
#Satire
Whether you believe it is the utility in terms of lower profits or budget-strapped ordinary people, the answer is clearly not the data centers.
#Satire
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Residential ratepayer advocates are on the front lines of the utility affordability crisis, going up against some of the most powerful monopoly corporations in the country. I'm thankful for these unsung heroes this Thanksgiving. (1/2)
www.eenews.net/articles/dat...
www.eenews.net/articles/dat...
Data center boom raises stakes for consumer advocates
Operating on shoestring budgets, state offices and nonprofits representing residential customers face escalating utility spending.
www.eenews.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Residential ratepayer advocates are on the front lines of the utility affordability crisis, going up against some of the most powerful monopoly corporations in the country. I'm thankful for these unsung heroes this Thanksgiving. (1/2)
www.eenews.net/articles/dat...
www.eenews.net/articles/dat...
I feel attacked.
Man Has Never Given Single Definitive Yes To Any Invitation He's Ever Received https://theonion.com/man-has-never-given-single-definitive-yes-to-any-invita-1819575360/
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I feel attacked.
Follow @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social for the election law takes, stay for the much-need optimism about humanity.
Road trip!
I just called one of those “how’s my driving” phone numbers. Told them that their driver seemed to be doing a good job.
I just called one of those “how’s my driving” phone numbers. Told them that their driver seemed to be doing a good job.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Follow @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social for the election law takes, stay for the much-need optimism about humanity.
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A fun video explaining post mortem semen retrieval.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A fun video explaining post mortem semen retrieval.
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Trash pandas are getting cuter snoots?
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
www.scientificamerican.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Trash pandas are getting cuter snoots?
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The AAUP chapter at the University of Houston has sent the following letter to their administration concerning the wave of censorship unleashed on instructors for spring courses
The AAUP chapter at the University of Houston has sent the following letter to their administration concerning the wave of censorship unleashed on instructors for spring courses
AAUP @ Univ. of Houston Opposes Campus Censorship
CONTACT: Daniel Morales, JD, President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter at the University of Houston, [email protected]
aaup-texas.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
aaup-texas.org/blog/f/aaup-...
The AAUP chapter at the University of Houston has sent the following letter to their administration concerning the wave of censorship unleashed on instructors for spring courses
The AAUP chapter at the University of Houston has sent the following letter to their administration concerning the wave of censorship unleashed on instructors for spring courses
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The AAUP chapter at Texas A&M University-College Station issued the following letter to their administration to reinstate Melissa McCoul
aaup-texas.org/blog/f/aaup-...
aaup-texas.org/blog/f/aaup-...
AAUP @ Texas A&M: Reinstate Prof. Melissa McCoul
CONTACT: Leonard Bright, PhD, President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter at Texas A&M University-College Station, [email protected]
aaup-texas.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The AAUP chapter at Texas A&M University-College Station issued the following letter to their administration to reinstate Melissa McCoul
aaup-texas.org/blog/f/aaup-...
aaup-texas.org/blog/f/aaup-...
Remember, there's no relation between industrial concentration and the decline of democracy.
#Satire
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
#Satire
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Remember, there's no relation between industrial concentration and the decline of democracy.
#Satire
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
#Satire
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
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“It’s quite rare for the state to announce that it has a racial objective behind a redistricting plan,” he said. “In fact, announcing that the objective of a redistricting plan is to reallocate political power on the basis of race is exactly what a state is not supposed to do.”
UH Law Prof: Supreme Court Should Toss '25 Redistricting Maps - Houston Press
A University of Houston law professor says Republican politicians clearly initially presented their call for redistricting on racial grounds.
www.houstonpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“It’s quite rare for the state to announce that it has a racial objective behind a redistricting plan,” he said. “In fact, announcing that the objective of a redistricting plan is to reallocate political power on the basis of race is exactly what a state is not supposed to do.”
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Another person put in charge of an agency who doesn’t believe in the agency’s mission… continuing the dismantling of the protections that previously benefited us all
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Another person put in charge of an agency who doesn’t believe in the agency’s mission… continuing the dismantling of the protections that previously benefited us all
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
I said do you speak-a my language
And he just smiled and refused me a vegemite sandwich
And he said
You're incarcerated in a land down under....
apnews.com/article/aust...
And he just smiled and refused me a vegemite sandwich
And he said
You're incarcerated in a land down under....
apnews.com/article/aust...
Australian prisoner sues for his 'human right' to eat Vegemite
A prisoner in Australia is challenging a state's ban on Vegemite in prisons, claiming that denying him the polarizing yeast spread violates his human rights.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I said do you speak-a my language
And he just smiled and refused me a vegemite sandwich
And he said
You're incarcerated in a land down under....
apnews.com/article/aust...
And he just smiled and refused me a vegemite sandwich
And he said
You're incarcerated in a land down under....
apnews.com/article/aust...
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my.....
apnews.com/article/aust...
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my.....
apnews.com/article/aust...
WWI soldiers' messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later
Messages in a bottle written by two World War I soldiers have been discovered on Australia's coast. The Brown family found the bottle on Oct. 9 at Wharton Beach in Western Australia.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my.....
apnews.com/article/aust...
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my.....
apnews.com/article/aust...
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Big Moderate is like "OMG bluesky is such an echo chamber and breeding ground for naive leftist agenda"
MEANWHILE the reality is that bluesky is like 98% people being like "maybe wannabe soldiers gassing people walking their dogs in pajamas is fucked up"
MEANWHILE the reality is that bluesky is like 98% people being like "maybe wannabe soldiers gassing people walking their dogs in pajamas is fucked up"
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Big Moderate is like "OMG bluesky is such an echo chamber and breeding ground for naive leftist agenda"
MEANWHILE the reality is that bluesky is like 98% people being like "maybe wannabe soldiers gassing people walking their dogs in pajamas is fucked up"
MEANWHILE the reality is that bluesky is like 98% people being like "maybe wannabe soldiers gassing people walking their dogs in pajamas is fucked up"
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Make America healthy again amirite?
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Make America healthy again amirite?
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There are a lot of dumb trademark suits in the world. But this is just . . . nuts. Buc-ees thinks the image on the left infringes the one on the right
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
Buc-ees suing ‘Nut Huggers’ underwear company over cartoon squirrel trademark infringement - Dexerto
Buc-ees is suing Oklahoma brand Nut Huggers over a cartoon squirrel logo the chain claims is trademark infringement.
www.dexerto.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
There are a lot of dumb trademark suits in the world. But this is just . . . nuts. Buc-ees thinks the image on the left infringes the one on the right
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
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A story of many people choosing to harm the public for money. & shows why industry lobbyists should not be regulators.
Absolutely enraging.
Absolutely enraging.
PFAS have been linked to several kinds of cancer, birth defects, damage to the liver and immune system, and other health problems. The EPA plans to relax rules requiring companies to report PFAS products and weaken drinking water standards for the chemicals.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/22/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/22/n...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food - The Boston Globe
The agency approved two new pesticides that will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli, and potatoes.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
A story of many people choosing to harm the public for money. & shows why industry lobbyists should not be regulators.
Absolutely enraging.
Absolutely enraging.