Alan Chen
@profalankchen.bsky.social
Thompson G. Marsh Law Alumni Prof, Denver Law; Research & write about free speech, qualified immunity, & ⚾; pro bono litigator; diehard Cleveland Guardians fan (he/him)
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Alan Chen
@profalankchen.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Justin Marceau & I are truly honored to have Martha Nussbaum's wonderful review of our book, Truth and Transparency: Undercover Investigations in the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge 2024), published in the Holiday Issue of @nybooks.com Link (though paywalled) www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Keeping a running list of baseball players who are speaking out (via social media or comments to reporters) against the ICE occupation of Minneapolis or related topics. So far we've got Bailey Ober (Twins pitcher) and Spencer Strider (Braves pitcher). Any others?
January 25, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Keeping a running list of baseball players who are speaking out (via social media or comments to reporters) against the ICE occupation of Minneapolis or related topics. So far we've got Bailey Ober (Twins pitcher) and Spencer Strider (Braves pitcher). Any others?
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The raid on the home of @washingtonpost.com’s @hannahnatanson.bsky.social is a reminder journalists need to be vigilant.
We can’t stop government overreach — but we can help you secure yourself digitally.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social share tips that can make a real difference for journalists.
We can’t stop government overreach — but we can help you secure yourself digitally.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social share tips that can make a real difference for journalists.
January 23, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The raid on the home of @washingtonpost.com’s @hannahnatanson.bsky.social is a reminder journalists need to be vigilant.
We can’t stop government overreach — but we can help you secure yourself digitally.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social share tips that can make a real difference for journalists.
We can’t stop government overreach — but we can help you secure yourself digitally.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social share tips that can make a real difference for journalists.
From a fan of the small market team on Lake Erie, this is a @dvr.bsky.social welfare check!! Williams and Sproat is a pretty good return, though!
January 22, 2026 at 3:17 AM
From a fan of the small market team on Lake Erie, this is a @dvr.bsky.social welfare check!! Williams and Sproat is a pretty good return, though!
Tucker getting 4/$240MM from LAD?!? Overpay? @enosarris.bsky.social @dvr.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Tucker getting 4/$240MM from LAD?!? Overpay? @enosarris.bsky.social @dvr.bsky.social
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NEW: MAYOR FREY: “They are already trying to spin this as an act of self defense. I’ve seen the video myself and I want to tell everybody directly; that is bullshit.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
NEW: MAYOR FREY: “They are already trying to spin this as an act of self defense. I’ve seen the video myself and I want to tell everybody directly; that is bullshit.”
For those attending AALS, I'll be moderating a panel on "Lawfare, Leverage, & Freedom of the Press" at 9:30 am Friday with some fantastic speakers - @randersenjones.bsky.social, Ashley Heilprin, @katiefallow.bsky.social, & @seth-stern.bsky.social. Looking forward to an excellent discussion!
January 8, 2026 at 12:36 AM
For those attending AALS, I'll be moderating a panel on "Lawfare, Leverage, & Freedom of the Press" at 9:30 am Friday with some fantastic speakers - @randersenjones.bsky.social, Ashley Heilprin, @katiefallow.bsky.social, & @seth-stern.bsky.social. Looking forward to an excellent discussion!
Guess Hegseth didn’t broadcast this one on Signal!
RUBIO: "It's just not the kind of mission that you can pre-notify because it endangers the mission."
TRUMP: "If I can add one thing to that. Congress has a tendency to leak. This would not be good."
TRUMP: "If I can add one thing to that. Congress has a tendency to leak. This would not be good."
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Guess Hegseth didn’t broadcast this one on Signal!
How soon until the new Trump Hotel Caracas is announced??
January 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
How soon until the new Trump Hotel Caracas is announced??
Pay no attention to your rapidly escalating health insurance premiums, and look at this shiny new object your President brought back from Venezuela for you!! 🙄
January 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Pay no attention to your rapidly escalating health insurance premiums, and look at this shiny new object your President brought back from Venezuela for you!! 🙄
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
In a shameless attempt to get @enosarris.bsky.social to come to Denver for a Rates & Barrels live meet up, I visited the Clyfford Still Museum today.
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In a shameless attempt to get @enosarris.bsky.social to come to Denver for a Rates & Barrels live meet up, I visited the Clyfford Still Museum today.
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Commentary: Colorado passed first-in-the-nation legislation requiring warning labels on gas stoves in June 2025. By opposing these labels in a lawsuit, the gas industry is weaponizing the First Amendment to undermine a commonsense regulation.
By @profalankchen.bsky.social @theconversation.com
By @profalankchen.bsky.social @theconversation.com
What are gas stove manufacturers trying to hide? Warning labels | Colorado Newsline
The gas industry is weaponizing the First Amendment to undermine a commonsense regulation that aims to keep residents safe and informed.
coloradonewsline.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Commentary: Colorado passed first-in-the-nation legislation requiring warning labels on gas stoves in June 2025. By opposing these labels in a lawsuit, the gas industry is weaponizing the First Amendment to undermine a commonsense regulation.
By @profalankchen.bsky.social @theconversation.com
By @profalankchen.bsky.social @theconversation.com
Great @adamliptak.bsky.social story about @martylederman.bsky.social’s amicus brief that @leahlitman.bsky.social posted about yesterday.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
December 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Great @adamliptak.bsky.social story about @martylederman.bsky.social’s amicus brief that @leahlitman.bsky.social posted about yesterday.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
Thank you, @akalhan.bsky.social!!
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Thank you, @akalhan.bsky.social!!
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NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Congratulations to @jdmortenson.bsky.social, my colleague Rebecca Aviel, and all the other newly elected members to the American Law Institute!! 👏👏👏
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Congratulations to @jdmortenson.bsky.social, my colleague Rebecca Aviel, and all the other newly elected members to the American Law Institute!! 👏👏👏
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Radical bearded cleric issues new fatwa -->
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Radical bearded cleric issues new fatwa -->
Just published this short article about the First Amendment compelled speech doctrine and government-mandated health warning labels on @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/what-are-gas...
theconversation.com/what-are-gas...
What are gas stove manufacturers trying to hide? Warning labels
The gas industry is opposed to labels that warn consumers of the potential harms of gas stoves.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just published this short article about the First Amendment compelled speech doctrine and government-mandated health warning labels on @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/what-are-gas...
theconversation.com/what-are-gas...
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💥 Hiring now! Will you join our team?
Disability Law United is now hiring for a staff attorney role. 🔗 Visit www.disabilitylawunited.org to learn more about the role and benefits.
#disabilityrights #civilrights #civilrightslaw #attorney #Disability #accessibility
Disability Law United is now hiring for a staff attorney role. 🔗 Visit www.disabilitylawunited.org to learn more about the role and benefits.
#disabilityrights #civilrights #civilrightslaw #attorney #Disability #accessibility
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
💥 Hiring now! Will you join our team?
Disability Law United is now hiring for a staff attorney role. 🔗 Visit www.disabilitylawunited.org to learn more about the role and benefits.
#disabilityrights #civilrights #civilrightslaw #attorney #Disability #accessibility
Disability Law United is now hiring for a staff attorney role. 🔗 Visit www.disabilitylawunited.org to learn more about the role and benefits.
#disabilityrights #civilrights #civilrightslaw #attorney #Disability #accessibility
Well, Jhonkensy, we'll always have this moment. "The ultimate present under the tree!!!" #Guardians
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BIG CHRISTMAS! Jhonkensy Noel TIES ALCS Game 3 with a 2-run homer in the 9th!!
YouTube video by MLB
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December 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Well, Jhonkensy, we'll always have this moment. "The ultimate present under the tree!!!" #Guardians
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8U-...
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Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Whenever I see a headline like this, I picture the person hired making copies and getting coffee for the rest of the front office personnel.
Dodgers To Hire Rocco Baldelli As Front Office Assistant
Rocco's modern life in Los Angeles. Click over to MLB Trade Rumors to read more.
www.mlbtraderumors.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Whenever I see a headline like this, I picture the person hired making copies and getting coffee for the rest of the front office personnel.
Great thread on reddit a couple of days ago marking the ten year mark since Denver's fabulous Tom's Home Cookin' closed, full of tributes & fond memories about Tom & @stevejankousky.bsky.social's wonderful restaurant. It was to fun to see how many people loved that place! @profsamkamin.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Great thread on reddit a couple of days ago marking the ten year mark since Denver's fabulous Tom's Home Cookin' closed, full of tributes & fond memories about Tom & @stevejankousky.bsky.social's wonderful restaurant. It was to fun to see how many people loved that place! @profsamkamin.bsky.social
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ProPublica is hiring and we have a slew of great job opportunities:
* Copy editor
* Texas reporter
* Senior editor, Business
* Senior editor, LRN
* YouTube senior producer
* YouTube producer (two-year)
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* Copy editor
* Texas reporter
* Senior editor, Business
* Senior editor, LRN
* YouTube senior producer
* YouTube producer (two-year)
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
ProPublica is hiring and we have a slew of great job opportunities:
* Copy editor
* Texas reporter
* Senior editor, Business
* Senior editor, LRN
* YouTube senior producer
* YouTube producer (two-year)
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica
* Copy editor
* Texas reporter
* Senior editor, Business
* Senior editor, LRN
* YouTube senior producer
* YouTube producer (two-year)
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica