Liz Sepper
@lsepper.bsky.social
Law Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Fan of health law, religious liberty, and reproductive rights
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…anyway, wherever you’re spending Thanksgiving, I will always believe it’s the best day of the year. It can connect you to your roots while also setting you free from them. It can consist of a perfect spread or a pile of empty vodka bottles and pistachio shells and the world’s latest turkey
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November 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
…anyway, wherever you’re spending Thanksgiving, I will always believe it’s the best day of the year. It can connect you to your roots while also setting you free from them. It can consist of a perfect spread or a pile of empty vodka bottles and pistachio shells and the world’s latest turkey
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My Thanksgiving take is that this is our best, most American, most democratic, most welcoming, & gloriously secular holiday. I have gone to Filipino tgiving with whole roast pig, so many friendsgivings of random folks, restaurant buffets, & everything in between. The only rule is pie for breakfast
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
My Thanksgiving take is that this is our best, most American, most democratic, most welcoming, & gloriously secular holiday. I have gone to Filipino tgiving with whole roast pig, so many friendsgivings of random folks, restaurant buffets, & everything in between. The only rule is pie for breakfast
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November 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Dude some rows back when the scoreboard celebrated #3 Texas volleyball: "I don't care about volleyball!"
Fans*: "you're such a loser you're can't handle #3, but you'll settle for 17"
*Me, I'm the problem. it's me. Sometimes I wonder if football fans like Texas. I don't like what that dude told me
Fans*: "you're such a loser you're can't handle #3, but you'll settle for 17"
*Me, I'm the problem. it's me. Sometimes I wonder if football fans like Texas. I don't like what that dude told me
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Dude some rows back when the scoreboard celebrated #3 Texas volleyball: "I don't care about volleyball!"
Fans*: "you're such a loser you're can't handle #3, but you'll settle for 17"
*Me, I'm the problem. it's me. Sometimes I wonder if football fans like Texas. I don't like what that dude told me
Fans*: "you're such a loser you're can't handle #3, but you'll settle for 17"
*Me, I'm the problem. it's me. Sometimes I wonder if football fans like Texas. I don't like what that dude told me
This is just Catholicism, y'all. All the pomp and circumstance with extra pomp. It's our brand
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 4:09 AM
This is just Catholicism, y'all. All the pomp and circumstance with extra pomp. It's our brand
No greater testament to my time management skills than hitting delete on the invitation to my university's 1.5-hour "time management workshop."
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
No greater testament to my time management skills than hitting delete on the invitation to my university's 1.5-hour "time management workshop."
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Since postliberalism is having another moment where people seems to be confused about what it is, here are a few papers that might be helpful:
1. The intellectual energy comes from Catholic integralism — for an early critique, see digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol56/i...,
1. The intellectual energy comes from Catholic integralism — for an early critique, see digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol56/i...,
The Unreasonableness of Catholic Integralism
In this symposium contribution, we argue that Catholic integralism is unreasonable. Our conception of reasonableness is defined in terms of substantive moral and epistemic commitments to respecting t...
digital.sandiego.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Since postliberalism is having another moment where people seems to be confused about what it is, here are a few papers that might be helpful:
1. The intellectual energy comes from Catholic integralism — for an early critique, see digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol56/i...,
1. The intellectual energy comes from Catholic integralism — for an early critique, see digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol56/i...,
In the alternative universe in which we once lived or aspired to live, we described accountability as justice. And the legal profession swore dedication to that justice
I urge members of the legal profession to realize that prosecuting individuals who seek to overturn the constitutional order is not "retaliation" in any normatively significant sense.
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
In the alternative universe in which we once lived or aspired to live, we described accountability as justice. And the legal profession swore dedication to that justice
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We appreciate University Baptist Church!
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
We appreciate University Baptist Church!
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With all the talk about ACA costs being out of control, they are actually quite similar to and slightly less than employer (group) health costs.
The problem is health care costs, not the ACA.
The problem is health care costs, not the ACA.
How ACA Marketplace costs compare to employer-sponsored health insurance - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), insurers selling coverage to individuals would deny people with serious pre-existing conditions and high-risk occupations, exclude coverage for certain services...
www.healthsystemtracker.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
With all the talk about ACA costs being out of control, they are actually quite similar to and slightly less than employer (group) health costs.
The problem is health care costs, not the ACA.
The problem is health care costs, not the ACA.
I would watch this 12x and walk barefoot through glass before i would screen the revolution documentary.
Ken Burns's new 12 hour documentary, "Jorts" follows the history of this uniquely American clothing item.
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I would watch this 12x and walk barefoot through glass before i would screen the revolution documentary.
Back from my first American Soc'y for Legal History conference. So generative and stimulating! And best of all I got to meet the awesome @marydudziak.bsky.social @katemasur.bsky.social and @gauthamrao.bsky.social (who won a medal!) IRL
November 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Back from my first American Soc'y for Legal History conference. So generative and stimulating! And best of all I got to meet the awesome @marydudziak.bsky.social @katemasur.bsky.social and @gauthamrao.bsky.social (who won a medal!) IRL
Another reason why we need powerful women in academia. Women who fight these guys and, equally importantly, protect the next generation. Always, always make things better for them
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Another reason why we need powerful women in academia. Women who fight these guys and, equally importantly, protect the next generation. Always, always make things better for them
Everyone has terrible college football taste at this conference. UCLA? BAYLOR? FLORIDA? Important teams--Texas--are playing
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Everyone has terrible college football taste at this conference. UCLA? BAYLOR? FLORIDA? Important teams--Texas--are playing
Buddy the Elf arriving in New York is simultaneously a top 10 ode to the city and a top ten montage scene
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Buddy the Elf arriving in New York is simultaneously a top 10 ode to the city and a top ten montage scene
I'm a little jealous of your jolly rancher skies
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I'm a little jealous of your jolly rancher skies
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“The Living Third Amendment” by @gelbach.bsky.social & @lsepper.bsky.social
“In this paper we …”
(You might not have realized it Raffi but Liz and I are the foremost social media scholars on The Third)
“In this paper we …”
(You might not have realized it Raffi but Liz and I are the foremost social media scholars on The Third)
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“The Living Third Amendment” by @gelbach.bsky.social & @lsepper.bsky.social
“In this paper we …”
(You might not have realized it Raffi but Liz and I are the foremost social media scholars on The Third)
“In this paper we …”
(You might not have realized it Raffi but Liz and I are the foremost social media scholars on The Third)
This whole thread is just a retraumatization of us kids with no fun no processed food parents. I legit tried to make friends based on their lil debbie snacks
she’s right, they are the best junk food, just a perfect creation
Ms. Rachel 2028
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This whole thread is just a retraumatization of us kids with no fun no processed food parents. I legit tried to make friends based on their lil debbie snacks
Central Texas life is getting a sunburn before noon on November 8 🌞
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Central Texas life is getting a sunburn before noon on November 8 🌞
My family so far has one car. Kids' activities threaten this model. And so i am grateful all the time for parents willing to carpool--we take, you return--and my colleague/friends who chauffeur me to work dinners. I want to do more, so much more of this. We can all lift each other's loads
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
My family so far has one car. Kids' activities threaten this model. And so i am grateful all the time for parents willing to carpool--we take, you return--and my colleague/friends who chauffeur me to work dinners. I want to do more, so much more of this. We can all lift each other's loads
I have been listening to @fivefourpod.bsky.social archives. In 2020, @notalawyer.bsky.social made a stray comment that Alito was going to launch hunger games in 2025...
BREAKING: The Trump administration seeks an emergency pause to a court order demanding full November SNAP payments.
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I have been listening to @fivefourpod.bsky.social archives. In 2020, @notalawyer.bsky.social made a stray comment that Alito was going to launch hunger games in 2025...
Our regular BBQ place got its Michelin award again and now there is a long line. How dare y'all?
Guy Fieri tries Egyptian BBQ in Austin on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Does celebrity chef Guy Fieri spend all his time in Austin now? Probably not, but it's starting to feel that way on his iconic Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, which is showing off anoth...
austin.culturemap.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Our regular BBQ place got its Michelin award again and now there is a long line. How dare y'all?
The killjoys on the Fifth Circuit have upheld Texas's ban on drag shows--a ban clearly aimed at speech
Federal appeals court says Texas can enforce ban on 'sexually oriented' drag shows
A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas can enforce Senate Bill 12, which restricts "sexually oriented performances" in front of kids. The judges said drag shows aren't necessarily sexual, and th...
www.kut.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The killjoys on the Fifth Circuit have upheld Texas's ban on drag shows--a ban clearly aimed at speech
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Way to stick it to homeless people and underpaid first responders.
Shameful results in Austin tonight.
Shameful results in Austin tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Way to stick it to homeless people and underpaid first responders.
Shameful results in Austin tonight.
Shameful results in Austin tonight.