Richard Heppner 🤷🏼♂️
@rlheppner.bsky.social
Law Prof at Duquesne Kline Law (Civ Pro, Fed Courts) • Former Appellate Attorney • English PhD (Modernism) • Posts too infrequently to have a brand. • Overeducated, overtired, underwhelmed. • see also id. @ 🐘, 🧵 • he/him
When I was in grad school, I saw a book (remember those?) that said I shared a birthday with “Sade.” But that was the name of the band, and I briefly thought it meant I had the same birthday as the Marquis.
Wishing the legendary, Sade Adu, a very Happy 67th Birthday today! ❤️🎂🎉
January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
When I was in grad school, I saw a book (remember those?) that said I shared a birthday with “Sade.” But that was the name of the band, and I briefly thought it meant I had the same birthday as the Marquis.
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BREAKING: An appeals court overturned a lower court ruling that had barred the Trump administration from detaining our client, Mahmoud Khalil.
This ruling doesn't go into effect immediately, and we will use every legal avenue possible to keep him free.
This ruling doesn't go into effect immediately, and we will use every legal avenue possible to keep him free.
January 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
BREAKING: An appeals court overturned a lower court ruling that had barred the Trump administration from detaining our client, Mahmoud Khalil.
This ruling doesn't go into effect immediately, and we will use every legal avenue possible to keep him free.
This ruling doesn't go into effect immediately, and we will use every legal avenue possible to keep him free.
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Suski was 1 of 17 law profs who filed an amicus brief (which is very modest and fact-specific in its arguments) in the recently argued SCOTUS case about transgender athletes in K-12 sports. Her firing is a direct, unconstitutional attack on free speech, academic freedom, and a pluralistic society.
The University of Arkansas's law school just withdrew the appointment of its new dean six days after hiring her because conservative politicians complained that she filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of transgender students
Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started - Arkansas Times
Culture warriors claim the scalp of Emily Suski, the would-be law school dean whose legal opinion on transgender athletes seems to have offended Arkansas officials.
arktimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Suski was 1 of 17 law profs who filed an amicus brief (which is very modest and fact-specific in its arguments) in the recently argued SCOTUS case about transgender athletes in K-12 sports. Her firing is a direct, unconstitutional attack on free speech, academic freedom, and a pluralistic society.
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One of my hopes/wishes for 2026 is the end of the AI scam.
what a shocking turn of events
who could’ve seen this coming
who could’ve seen this coming
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
One of my hopes/wishes for 2026 is the end of the AI scam.
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An important realization I just had: the following is true both chronologically and vibe-ly:
Boomers : Doonesbury ::
Gen Xers : Bloom County ::
Millenials : Calvin & Hobbes
Boomers : Doonesbury ::
Gen Xers : Bloom County ::
Millenials : Calvin & Hobbes
things im learning from this tweet:
- everyone on this site was a really annoying kid
- really annoying kids today love newspaper comics too
- there was apparently a generation that preceded millennials, but they've all died out and little is known about them
- everyone on this site was a really annoying kid
- really annoying kids today love newspaper comics too
- there was apparently a generation that preceded millennials, but they've all died out and little is known about them
why did so many millennials read so many newspaper comics? easily 60 percent of my reading diet in elementary/middle school was collected editions of calvin and hobbes, farside, dilbert, peanuts, doonesbury (!), foxtrot (?!?) and i know im not alone. historically unique phenomenon
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
An important realization I just had: the following is true both chronologically and vibe-ly:
Boomers : Doonesbury ::
Gen Xers : Bloom County ::
Millenials : Calvin & Hobbes
Boomers : Doonesbury ::
Gen Xers : Bloom County ::
Millenials : Calvin & Hobbes
An important realization I just had: the following is true both chronologically and vibe-ly:
Boomers : Doonesbury ::
Gen Xers : Bloom County ::
Millenials : Calvin & Hobbes
Boomers : Doonesbury ::
Gen Xers : Bloom County ::
Millenials : Calvin & Hobbes
things im learning from this tweet:
- everyone on this site was a really annoying kid
- really annoying kids today love newspaper comics too
- there was apparently a generation that preceded millennials, but they've all died out and little is known about them
- everyone on this site was a really annoying kid
- really annoying kids today love newspaper comics too
- there was apparently a generation that preceded millennials, but they've all died out and little is known about them
why did so many millennials read so many newspaper comics? easily 60 percent of my reading diet in elementary/middle school was collected editions of calvin and hobbes, farside, dilbert, peanuts, doonesbury (!), foxtrot (?!?) and i know im not alone. historically unique phenomenon
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
An important realization I just had: the following is true both chronologically and vibe-ly:
Boomers : Doonesbury ::
Gen Xers : Bloom County ::
Millenials : Calvin & Hobbes
Boomers : Doonesbury ::
Gen Xers : Bloom County ::
Millenials : Calvin & Hobbes
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The yawning canyon between the bravery of ordinary people trying to protect their neighbors and exercising their First Amendment rights versus the cowardice, silence, and capitulation by elites is something to behold.
January 12, 2026 at 11:38 AM
The yawning canyon between the bravery of ordinary people trying to protect their neighbors and exercising their First Amendment rights versus the cowardice, silence, and capitulation by elites is something to behold.
Just curious: for impeachment and conviction, do the Representatives and Senators have to agree on the same impeachable offense(s), or could some impeach/convict because of one thing, and some because of another? Because it seems like there's a real smorgasbord of options available.
January 12, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Just curious: for impeachment and conviction, do the Representatives and Senators have to agree on the same impeachable offense(s), or could some impeach/convict because of one thing, and some because of another? Because it seems like there's a real smorgasbord of options available.
“The president also complained that the person’s horrified screams had made it difficult for him to watch the video of the killing on television.”
Trump repeats baseless claim that Renee Good was part of ‘leftwing network’ of paid agitators
President’s assertion that only a paid agitator would scream at ICE agents contradicted by hundreds of video records
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
“The president also complained that the person’s horrified screams had made it difficult for him to watch the video of the killing on television.”
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NYT: Trump's appointees to the court of appeals vote for the Trump admin 92% of the time (113 for 12 against)-a much more lopsided split than judges appointed by other Republican Presidents (68% for 32% against) or Democratic Presidents (27% for 73% against).
(& he's doing wildly illegal things)
(& he's doing wildly illegal things)
January 11, 2026 at 1:08 PM
NYT: Trump's appointees to the court of appeals vote for the Trump admin 92% of the time (113 for 12 against)-a much more lopsided split than judges appointed by other Republican Presidents (68% for 32% against) or Democratic Presidents (27% for 73% against).
(& he's doing wildly illegal things)
(& he's doing wildly illegal things)
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Slightly diminish a band:
The Regional
The Regional
Slightly diminish a band:
They Might Be Pretty Tall
They Might Be Pretty Tall
Slightly diminish a band
Concerning Straits
Concerning Straits
January 10, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Slightly diminish a band:
The Regional
The Regional
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You love to see it.
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
You love to see it.
Lotta comments pointing out the stupid hypocrisy of this. But to be clear, what he means isn’t “colonialism is bad.” It’s “colonialism is good, and we should do more of it by landing our boats there now.”
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Lotta comments pointing out the stupid hypocrisy of this. But to be clear, what he means isn’t “colonialism is bad.” It’s “colonialism is good, and we should do more of it by landing our boats there now.”
He’s no Madeline Albright.
Closer view of Trump's pin of himself that he was wearing today
(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty)
(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty)
January 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
He’s no Madeline Albright.
You love to see it.
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
You love to see it.
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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One thing you learn as a lawyer is that it’s a lot harder to rebut a batshit argument than it is to make one. Correcting shit is harder than spewing it. Anyway, I keep thinking of that whenever the Trump administration does or announces some new crazy-ass thing.
January 4, 2026 at 11:54 PM
One thing you learn as a lawyer is that it’s a lot harder to rebut a batshit argument than it is to make one. Correcting shit is harder than spewing it. Anyway, I keep thinking of that whenever the Trump administration does or announces some new crazy-ass thing.
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Farces are supposed to be funny.
finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Farces are supposed to be funny.
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Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
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Never mind.
BREAKING: U.S. President Donald Trump says Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro has been captured after US conducted a "large scale strike" on the country.
At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela's Caracas
At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard around 2 a.m. local time Saturday in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.
bit.ly
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Never mind.
AI bots apologize ALL THE TIME, for their countless errors. An AI bot apologizing is so commonplace, it’s like a dog-bites-dog-food story.
January 3, 2026 at 12:55 AM
AI bots apologize ALL THE TIME, for their countless errors. An AI bot apologizing is so commonplace, it’s like a dog-bites-dog-food story.
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