Exactly this. And if you care about academic freedom, you should really subscribe to this newsletter.
open.substack.com/pub/academic...

Agree with Nick that what has happened to the Washington Post in recent months is extremely concerning. His thread on the bad editorial about the shutdown is worth reading in full.

So now we have court filings in which cases are allegedly hallucinated by *check notes* LEXIS NEXIS, THE EFFING LARGEST, MOST USED LEGAL DATABASE BY LAWYERS, COURTS, AND LEGAL SCHOLARS.
Seems bad.

Father figure on repeat for the foreseable future. Wish it didn't resonate for me so much at this moment in my life but oh boy, does it ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiS2...

Read it during the first Trump Presidency as I was struggling to make sense of people close to me joining his administration. It is eerily relevant to our current moment.

G’mar Chatima Tovah.

Wishing a meaningful fast to all during Yom Kippur.

May this time of reflection be filled with peace, hope, and prayer.

אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ בַּטֵּל מֵעָלֵֽינוּ כָּל גְּזֵרוֹת קָשׁוֹת
אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ בַּטֵּל מַחְשְׁ֒בוֹת שׂוֹנְ֒אֵֽינוּ
אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ הָפֵר עֲצַת אוֹיְ֒בֵֽינוּ
אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כַּלֵּה כָּל צַר וּמַשְׂטִין מֵעָלֵֽינוּ
אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כַּלֵּה דֶּֽבֶר וְחֶֽרֶב וְרָעָב וּשְׁ֒בִי וּמַשְׁחִית וְעָוֹן וּשְׁ֒מַד מִבְּ֒נֵי בְרִיתֶֽךָ

Delighted to be @umichlaw.bsky.social today to present my paper with Amy Wildermuth, Harmonizing Delegation and Deference After Loper Bright, at the public law workshop. Many thanks to @jdmortenson.bsky.social & @profrrothschild.bsky.social for inviting me.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Me as a student: I wrote that prof 2 weeks ago and still haven’t heard back! Academia is so unprofessional.

Me as a professor: <opens inbox to 462 unread new messages>

🔥

Very moving tribute

In the midst of very dark days for those of who work on climate issues, I was so glad to have the opportunity to write these comments with the Center for Progressive Reform. Onwards, my friends.

Within the government, the war on science is over, and ignorance has won. Here, in Trump's own words, are the government's views of vaccine safety, autism, climate science, and energy technologies.
legal-planet.org/2025/09/23/i...

Nunziata was GOP chief nominations counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Played a key role in Roberts’s and Alito’s confirmations.

And now he’s speaking out against Trump’s assault on the rule of law more firmly than most Democrats.

Read this. Consider it a challenge to match his urgency.

Oof.

Very worthwhile thread.

My god this man is repulsive. Domestic violence is not a lesser crime, Mr. President: everytownresearch.org/report/guns-...

Co-sign. The piece is really good.

Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you . . .

History has its eyes on you.

That letter took so much courage. Heartbroken for these public servants.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

“If they overturn this, it would leave the public responsible for cleaning up, not the companies that knowingly polluted the land.” @traceywoodruff.bsky.social

No film gets historians right, but that's only because no audience wants to watch someone quietly work their way through a cardboard box of old papers, in total silence, for eight straight hours.