Robert L. Tsai
@robertltsai.bsky.social
Author of DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE (@WWNorton.com), amzn.to/45LFzNg | Next: BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF COAL COUNTRY (NYU Press) | Prof & Harry Elwood Warren Scholar, Boston U | constitutional law & politics, legal history, democracy | https://linktr.ee/roberttsai
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Can Judicial Resistance Last?
Can Judicial Resistance Last?
The law can protect democracy—but only up to a certain point. After that, it’s up to the people. And there’s the challenge.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Can Judicial Resistance Last?
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If we hit $70k today and $35k was matched by our donor, we would get to 21% of our goal. Crowdfunding campaigns that crack 20% are highly likely to meet their goals. Please help us hit this important milestone gofund.me/638697766
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If we hit $70k today and $35k was matched by our donor, we would get to 21% of our goal. Crowdfunding campaigns that crack 20% are highly likely to meet their goals. Please help us hit this important milestone gofund.me/638697766
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Can Judicial Resistance Last?
Can Judicial Resistance Last?
The law can protect democracy—but only up to a certain point. After that, it’s up to the people. And there’s the challenge.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Can Judicial Resistance Last?
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I enjoyed speaking with Luke Pickrell about my book, AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN CONSTITUTIONS (Harvard Press). Have a listen to the podcast!
Robert Tsai on America's Forgotten Constitutions
The transcript of this episode can be accessed by clicking the transcript button below the title.
democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I enjoyed speaking with Luke Pickrell about my book, AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN CONSTITUTIONS (Harvard Press). Have a listen to the podcast!
Wonderful!
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Wonderful!
I enjoyed speaking with Luke Pickrell about my book, AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN CONSTITUTIONS (Harvard Press). Have a listen to the podcast!
Robert Tsai on America's Forgotten Constitutions
The transcript of this episode can be accessed by clicking the transcript button below the title.
democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I enjoyed speaking with Luke Pickrell about my book, AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN CONSTITUTIONS (Harvard Press). Have a listen to the podcast!
“judges”
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“judges”
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On the mean streets of Cambridge. 📸 Mark Ostow
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
On the mean streets of Cambridge. 📸 Mark Ostow
On the mean streets of Cambridge. 📸 Mark Ostow
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
On the mean streets of Cambridge. 📸 Mark Ostow
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The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30
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White Power
Beginning in the colonial era and growing through the American Revolution and the Southern plantation system, slaveholders’ violent police regime continued...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30
uncpress.org/978146969484...
uncpress.org/978146969484...
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Gordon Wood at AEI: “There has been some talk recently that we are not and should not be a credo nation, that beliefs in a creed are too permissive, too weak a basis for citizenship…. This a position that I reject as passionately as I can.”
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Gordon Wood at AEI: “There has been some talk recently that we are not and should not be a credo nation, that beliefs in a creed are too permissive, too weak a basis for citizenship…. This a position that I reject as passionately as I can.”
Gordon Wood at AEI: “There has been some talk recently that we are not and should not be a credo nation, that beliefs in a creed are too permissive, too weak a basis for citizenship…. This a position that I reject as passionately as I can.”
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Gordon Wood at AEI: “There has been some talk recently that we are not and should not be a credo nation, that beliefs in a creed are too permissive, too weak a basis for citizenship…. This a position that I reject as passionately as I can.”
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“They described being asked to drop cases for political reasons, to find evidence for flimsy investigations and to take positions in court they thought had no legitimate basis. They also talked about the work they and their colleagues were told to abandon”
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“They described being asked to drop cases for political reasons, to find evidence for flimsy investigations and to take positions in court they thought had no legitimate basis. They also talked about the work they and their colleagues were told to abandon”
“They described being asked to drop cases for political reasons, to find evidence for flimsy investigations and to take positions in court they thought had no legitimate basis. They also talked about the work they and their colleagues were told to abandon”
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“They described being asked to drop cases for political reasons, to find evidence for flimsy investigations and to take positions in court they thought had no legitimate basis. They also talked about the work they and their colleagues were told to abandon”
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“Writing across 80 pages of court filings, Judge Lin said that the government was ‘engaged in a concerted campaign to purge’ certain viewpoints from American universities”
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Writing across 80 pages of court filings, Judge Lin said that the government was ‘engaged in a concerted campaign to purge’ certain viewpoints from American universities”
“Writing across 80 pages of court filings, Judge Lin said that the government was ‘engaged in a concerted campaign to purge’ certain viewpoints from American universities”
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Writing across 80 pages of court filings, Judge Lin said that the government was ‘engaged in a concerted campaign to purge’ certain viewpoints from American universities”
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Really unnerving point from Nicole Hemmer, historian of the right: Trump's Epstein fiasco could drive MAGA to push him to go even fuller authoritarian, because the whole project is now in such serious doubt. She's so good on MAGA's future.
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Really unnerving point from Nicole Hemmer, historian of the right: Trump's Epstein fiasco could drive MAGA to push him to go even fuller authoritarian, because the whole project is now in such serious doubt. She's so good on MAGA's future.
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke at my law school alma mater wearing Jordans and the culture will never be the same www.bu.edu/law/record/a...
The Shapiro Lecture: In Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor | School of Law
www.bu.edu
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke at my law school alma mater wearing Jordans and the culture will never be the same www.bu.edu/law/record/a...