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Nicholas Wallace

@wallace.bsky.social

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Professor of Constitutional Law at Princeton Law School, specializing in the 18th Amendment. Former legal analyst for Crossfire.

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · Nov 26

folks please leave the comedy and “bits” on X, this site is for hard posting only. politics and complaining about customer service, that’s it

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 13h

For a while there every time a group of college students raised their voices they were accused of violating the first amendment via ol’ Hecklers veto. Thank god free speech is safe now

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 13h

Funny that you don’t hear the phrase “heckler’s veto” so much these days

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14h

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 21h

"Get paid to train your replacement!"

Outlier
Nick,

We think with your background in Law, you’re a great fit for Outlier AI—an AI freelance platform where law post-grads challenge the boundaries of AI and get paid while doing it.

You’ll be part of a team identifying edge cases that AI models can’t yet solve—helping shape how future models are trained and evaluated. The work is entirely remote, highly flexible (no minimum hours), and designed to challenge both the models—and you.

At Outlier AI (owned by Scale AI), we’re inviting brilliant minds like you to:

- Design challenging legal problems AI can't solve

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- Peer-review other experts’ work

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 23h

peter thiel (clutching chrome plated human skull) tell me oracle... does the world end in fire, or ice? the passionate flames of the activist thunberg, or the frozen doom yudkowski demands?

chatGPT: ✨ What a great question, Peter! ✨

Let's break that tough Q down 🕺, in your favorite epic style:

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magi processioner @magiprocessioner.bsky.social · 1d

FedSoc, the legal debate organization?

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 1d

shtop it

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 1d

Foreboding stuff from the lawyer arguing in favor of military occupation of Illinois

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Hamilton: “We can’t predict what might be necessary.”

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 1d

He appeared on a FedSoc panel in 2023 titled "Do States Enjoy a Special Solicitude?" One potentially fruitful exercise for a legal journalist would be to compare what he said about states rights then to what he's saying now in court.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICBs...

Do States Enjoy a Special Solicitude? [NLC 2023]

YouTube video by The Federalist Society

www.youtube.com

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

The DOJ attorney arguing in favor of military occupation of Illinois is a Stanford FedSoc guy. Go figure

fedsoc.org/bio/eric-ham...

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2d

DOJ lawyer Eric Hamilton is now up. He says Chicago is seeing a "brazen new form of hostility from rioters targeting federal law enforcement. They are not protesters. They are the violent resistance to duly enacted immigration laws."

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

Curious what happens to all the adjacent parking (which presumably was meant to serve the hospital). It doesn't seem to be part of the offering

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

"we may be lame losers, but we're also morally vacuous, AND we suck at writing!" a lot to get into one headline!

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

No criticism for this headline from the Chicago Tribune editorial board. It's a perfect headline, actually

Editorial: From The Free Press to CBS, Weiss’ principles are stellar journalistic ideals

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

Ian. this is a family-friendly account

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

Bill Belichick should coach a high school team next. His ability to connect with the younger generation would give him a huge edge

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 2d

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile PJM is coming up with new ways to allow big gas facilities to jump all the solar and storage in the queue

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

When I follow you I am saying that if you started a religious cult with you as the primary object of worship I would join it

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

The "follow" dichotomy I always struggle with is "I want to see every single thing you post" vs. "I want you to know that I like and respect you." My Following feed is so overstuffed as it is, but I hate the idea that people I don't follow back might think that I don't appreciate them!

Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 3d

The "follow" button confounds "I'm looking at your content" and "I endorse this content." We need two different ways to signal the difference between the two.

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly!

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

Coffee has water in it, is what I'm telling myself

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

Just realized I have not had a single drop of water today. Only coffee. I don't feel drier or anything, but maybe that's because my brain is slowly shutting down

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 3d

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 3d

And here's @southsideweekly.bsky.social

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 3d

Several of these outlets are very active on bluesky, strongly recommend following if you want to understand what's happening in Chicago
@unraveledpress.com
@thetriibe.com
@blockclubchi.bsky.social

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 3d

Damn right.

And the strong reporting hasn’t come only from legacy outlets such as the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune but also from newer independent media such as Block Club Chicago, the TRiiBE, Borderless, Unraveled, and South Side Weekly.

There is nothing like being there and seeing things with your own eyes, which is why local journalism is so important.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 3d

Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

newrepublic.com

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not body shaming but I’m also honest this Texas boy is gonna roll through Portillo’s once and switch allegiances

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 3d

Periodic reminder that violent crime in Chicago is way, way (way) down this year

A chart showing the homicides over time in Chicago. The orange line, representing 2025, is way below the gray lines representing the past 10 years.

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