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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 6h

Trump v. US is in a league of its own, but Nebraska v. Biden was a harbinger in its hackishness.

Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 7h

The anti-Israel protests were the last straw for some powerful Columbia alums, and they used the Trump administration's threats to remake the university. They did not care about the precedent they were setting or higher ed as a whole. They also deluded themselves about future grant funding.

Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 7h

It's clearer by the day that Columbia making a deal with Trump in July was a catastrophe for higher education as a whole. It gave terrible people a bottomless appetite for extortion. The other eight universities must follow MIT's lead.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 23h

If the country survives Trumpism, it will be partly due to the administration running out of competent lawyers.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 23h

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23h

“The National Guard’s mostly quiet walks through Washington, D.C., are expected to cost a little more than $200 million…”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

www.theatlantic.com

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 23h

Re-upping since Kavanaugh Stop continues to catch on.

Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

Has a judge ever resigned in shame because of an egregious and widely mocked opinion?

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Kavanaugh stop

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

You love to see @akalhan.bsky.social having successfully coined a new phrase.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Temple University Beasley School of Law @templelaw.bsky.social · 1d

We share the obituary of Professor Emeritus Henry J. “Hank” Richardson, III, known as “The Father of Black Traditions of International Law."

A pioneering scholar, advocate, mentor, and friend.

https://www.mcguire-services.com/obituary/Henry-Richardson

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 1d

I almost can't believe @nytimes.com ran this, @mbkplus.bsky.social. Even if one is sympathetic to Rowan's talk of crisis--conveniently timed with anti-Israel protests--the compact is completely unworkable. For more thoughts re: Rowan and private equity, check out episode 8 of the podcast.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, the 9th Circuit decision barely analyzed the statutory language, even though the administration circumvented Newsom entirely.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 1d

Good for MIT! The Trump administration's politicization of the grant process has harmed science. Cc: @mbkplus.bsky.social.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

That's what I thought, too, but I am seeing claims that the indictment relates to a different Norfolk property?

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

Highly recommended. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Next Up: Letitia James

It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.

www.lawfaremedia.org

Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

Shutdown Schumer is an entirely different politician.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 2d

This is what tyranny looks like. President Trump is using the Justice Department as his personal attack dog, targeting Attorney General Tish James for the ‘crime’ of prosecuting him for fraud—and winning.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

Slate and the Boston Globe have written about it. See also www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t....

Urban Dictionary: Kavanaugh stop

Kavanaugh stop: A brief interaction with a law enforcement officer that may involve physical assault, indefinite detention without charges and being...

www.urbandictionary.com

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

Has a judge ever resigned in shame because of an egregious and widely mocked opinion?

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Kavanaugh stop

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 2d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 2d

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 2d

“You’re going to be priced out of health insurance but EVERYONE GO BUY MY WATCH”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

What standard of review is "the government lost but might have evidence it did not present?"

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 2d

Judge Nelson says the determination is "not all driven by what we see on the streets," suggests that there is behind-the-scenes information that we don't have.

Chaffin: on this record, there was not evidence that sporadic violence was a rebellion to justify federalizing the NG.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

We live in a surreality where courts are assessing whether the military is needed to put down an alleged rebellion while the President is on television, boasting about the effect on crime rates.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 2d

I will be live-posting Oregon v. Trump, which will be heard before the 9th Cir. shortly.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 2d

The family has been gathering for a wedding this weekend, so mostly I'm cooking a lot and playing host until Sunday.

I am going to try and make time to listen to this oral argument tomorrow in the National Guard to Portland case.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 3d

It's been interesting to see the varied responses from universities that have been offered the compact with the Trump administration. Nobody has outright rejected or accepted it, and most statements have been somewhat inscrutable / ambiguous. We got into this a bit in our latest episode (link below)

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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