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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 16h

Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.

Legal Theory Blog

Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

So, Tom Homan can straight accept a bag of $50K in cash from the FBI in a sting operation, have the investigation dismissed by this corrupt Justice Department, but all of Trump's critics somehow face indictments?

Cool, cool. Cool.

A desperate, weak Administration overplaying its hand.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

No surprise at all; the allegations put out by DHS in the immediate aftermath are hotly contradicted. There’s is reportedly a body cam video out there which hasn’t been made public yet.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 19h

A woman who was shot multiple times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents did not ram them with her car and had her weapon stored in her purse at the time of the incident, according to her lawyer, contradicting accounts by the Department of Homeland Security.

www.reuters.com/world/us/bod...

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 11h

There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 11h

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

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 11h

Sigh.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 12h

ICE reportedly kidnapped someone this morning a block from my kids’ old school, in Rogers Park in Chicago. There are usually people there selling tamales, tacos, drinks, fruit etc

You know, doing things that make a place a community

They hate the places & communities & people we love

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 12h

The Ninth Circuit ain't what it used to be. I would have hope, but not expectation.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 12h

She took senior status. She just turned 97 a couple weeks ago: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

Dorothy Wright Nelson - Wikipedia

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 12h

I prefer the Judge Nelson who served on the Ninth Circuit when I clerked there.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 13h

My God, every day this gets worse.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 16h

These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

"Majorities say trump has used his office improperly; fewer say he has improved government, U.S. standing" (graphs via Pew Research)

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 16h

I think the Supreme Court and its defenders try to deny this blatant bias toward Trump by highlighting distinctions between cases—oh, you don't understand, student loan forgiveness was illegal while impoundment is permissible because [reasons]. But the big picture tells an undeniably damning story.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 16h

When the Supreme Court struck down Biden's policies, it was tempting to think: "At least these limits on executive authority will bind Trump if he comes back into office." But no—the court's skepticism of executive power vanished on Jan. 20, 2025. This dynamic is obvious to anyone paying attention!

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 15h

An essential piece from a dream team of scholars!

Patti Zettler @pzettler.bsky.social · 15h

I have been off bluesky for a while - but this is a good reason to be back. Check out the latest from me, @reshmagar.bsky.social & @hollylynchez.bsky.social!

With thanks to the many folks whose work informed this piece, incl @rachelsachs.bsky.social , @sbagen.bsky.social @drjoshs.bsky.social...

Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · 1d

New from @pzettler.bsky.social @reshmagar.bsky.social + me in @jhppl.bsky.social.
We describe themes driving historic FDA reforms, explain how what's happening under Trump2 is different + call for principles to guide FDA reform and activity across administrations.
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 15h

I don't think scholars of authoritarianism are quiet. I think the problem is that our administrators aren't listening to them.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 16h

As someone who has been on the payroll of academic institutions for more than a quarter century, I feel this.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 17h

And maybe share yesterday's NYT piece by @himself.bsky.social along with it: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

www.nytimes.com

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 17h

I am really glad that @jeremymberg.bsky.social wrote this. Everybody who cares about science, and about knowledge generation and civil society generally, should read and share with their favorite administrator.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
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Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

Leaders are underestimating the risks of not fighting back

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

yeah, trump has made very clear that he doesn’t think black people deserve to be in jobs of influence! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 19h

Totally agree with @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social on this point.

open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

Portland Isn't Burning

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 20h

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

Acting Now to Protect the Future

We should not be curious about the Trump higher ed "compact."

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 20h

Thread.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21h

I couldn't find stories in other outlets about,
1) POTUS is clearly OUT OF HIS MIND & as he was babbling WH announced a "yearly" physical tomorrow 6 mos after last one
2) FUCKING PIZZAGUY WAS TREATED AS AN EXPERT
3) Trump, whose Wormtongue is talking suspending habeas corpus, though it was a person

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 20h

@espinsegall.bsky.social welcomes you to his club.

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