Richard Kay

@richardkay80.bsky.social

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Wallace Stevens Professor Emeritus, UConn Law. Constitutional Law; Comparative Law; Legal History. Boston resident, Red Sox, Celtics fan. (NOT the Daily Mail reporter.) https://law.uconn.edu/person/richard-s-kay

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Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyiz.bsky.social · 3h

While I was offline I reviewed Baroness Hale of Richmond's newest book. It's actually very good! I'm going soft. Free link here @ www.thetimes.com/article/6dd6...

Return of the Spider Woman: Lady Hale tours Britain’s courts

With the Law on Our Side is a pleasingly old-fashioned look at our legal system by the former president of the Supreme Court

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 4d

Until 1962 Georgia governors were elected by the "County Unit " system which was similar to the electoral college. The S Ct held it unconstitutional once the one-person one-vote interpretation of the 14th amendment had been put into place.

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to hearing how Trump pronounces Mamdani's name. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...

Trump and Mamdani Are Meeting for the First Time. Will They Play Nice?

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Reposted by Richard Kay, Daniel W. Drezner, Andrew Jacobs , and 2 more Richard Kay, Daniel W. Drezner, Andrew Jacobs, James Goodwin, Mark Rice

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

It is real:

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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 8d

Happy birthday to David Ortiz, who is 50.

Still can’t figure out why the Cardinals kept pitching to him in ‘13.

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 16d

Looks like very few things you can't bet on in the new online world

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 16d

Hard to figure, isn't it?

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 16d

Emmanuel Clase is charged with accepting $5000 for throwing a ball on his first pitch. Clase's 2025 base salary was $4.5 million.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/n...

2 Major League Baseball Pitchers Are Charged in Gambling Investigation

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 16d

A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’

Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides commemorate America’s founding, or undercut its founding principles?

www.nytimes.com

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 17d

A possible record breaker for falsehoods per paragraph. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

“AUTOPEN”Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History. Taking office as a result of the most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States, Biden oversaw a series of unprece...

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 17d

Oy vey.

A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’

Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides commemorate America’s founding, or undercut its founding principles?

www.nytimes.com

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 17d

This is QAnon stuff, very scary.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/us/politics/trump-conspiracy-probe-subpoenas.html

Trump Loyalists Push ‘Grand Conspiracy’ as New Subpoenas Land

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 20d

Not the most helpful data for Alberta separatists. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...

Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 20d

" I think a majority of the court will be very worried ...about giving a president basically unconstrained tariff authority to raise revenue that Congress as a practical matter cannot reverse." A useful and measured analysis of this important case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...

Opinion | Why It Will Be Hard for Five Justices to Bless Trump’s Tariffs

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 21d

Red Sox Decline Mutual Option With Liam Hendriks

An Aussie who's easy to root for. Click over to MLB Trade Rumors to read more.

www.mlbtraderumors.com

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 21d

His ARM is a lot younger than 37. www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/red-...

Red Sox Decline Mutual Option With Liam Hendriks

An Aussie who's easy to root for. Click over to MLB Trade Rumors to read more.

www.mlbtraderumors.com

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 21d

Also to be remembered for William of Orange landing at Torbay in 1688.

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 21d

She was fired over "PhArt” versus “PhAM?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...

Director of Philadelphia Art Museum Is Dismissed After Unpopular Rebranding

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 22d

A Baseball Hall of Fame without Roger Clemens or Barry Bonds (not to mention Pete Rose) is a joke.
(I also think Dewey should get in but that's a different kind of argument.)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/s...

Dwight Evans denied, but Roger Clemens is one of eight on Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Baseball Players Era ballot - The Boston Globe

The Hall announced Monday that Clemens, Barry Bonds, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield, and the late Fernando Valenzuela were on the ballot.

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Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · 23d

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 26d

Russia can no longer be a defendant in ECHR cases for violations after September 2022. But apparently can find ways to be an "applicant!"

Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 26d

Excellent investigation of Russian misuse of international investigatory & judicial machinery.

Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 26d

Proud to publish this piece from my former student, who writes that Russia's lawfare in the European Court of Human Rights is "transforming [it] into an unwitting accomplice in one of the most sophisticated disinformation operations of the modern era.”

americansunlight.substack.com/p/russias-la...

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 26d

Need to move Kennedy Center to Branson, MO

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 26d

Excellent investigation of Russian misuse of international investigatory & judicial machinery.

Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 26d

Russia’s Lawfare Playbook: How the Kremlin Weaponized Human Rights Courts to Launder Disinformation

When the Kremlin wants to legitimize a lie, it doesn’t just hold a press conference – it files a lawsuit.

americansunlight.substack.com

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 27d

So now you want to do MORE testing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

Trump’s Test Threat Could Fuel Nuclear Tensions With China

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Oct 25

Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day...
#stcrispinsday

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Oct 25

She "received the royal title Somdet Phra Nang Chao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat." Must have been tough to write her a check.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/w...