Andrew H. Smith
@ahsmith923.bsky.social
Assistant Prof, Educator, of Political Science at the U of Cincinnati. Studies judicial politics, service learning. Views, reposts, etc. my own. Go Vols!
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The Legal Accountability Project complaint, which has not been previously reported, states that it is based on conversations with multiple former law clerks. n.pr/4qoa99o
Federal appeals court judge is accused of bullying her clerks
The Legal Accountability Project complaint, which has not been previously reported, states that it is based on conversations with multiple former law clerks.
n.pr
December 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The Legal Accountability Project complaint, which has not been previously reported, states that it is based on conversations with multiple former law clerks. n.pr/4qoa99o
Yes, we should totally base our constitutional understanding of citizenship and who qualifies as a citizen by birth through...random newspaper editorials from the 1860s
Prof. Wurman is now tossing about bits of historical evidence for his mission to undermine the 14th Amendment. Far from useful, this tells us nothing.
To start, this unsigned newspaper blurb was published in 1862– years before the 14th Amendment.
To start, this unsigned newspaper blurb was published in 1862– years before the 14th Amendment.
December 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Yes, we should totally base our constitutional understanding of citizenship and who qualifies as a citizen by birth through...random newspaper editorials from the 1860s
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“Miss, do you agree with the sign?”
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
December 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Miss, do you agree with the sign?”
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
My family quotes Four Christmases almost as much as Christmas Vacation, and my personal tradition is to watch Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Bad movies can be fun in their own way.
Our picks for the worst Christmas movie ever
Bad movies can be fun in their own way.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
My family quotes Four Christmases almost as much as Christmas Vacation, and my personal tradition is to watch Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
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ICE will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump admin. to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications.
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
ICE will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump admin. to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications.
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BREAKING: Mississippi will hold special elections for state supreme court in 2026 because of our lawsuit to ensure that districts are drawn fairly to represent Black voters.
In a state where nearly 40% of its residents are Black, it is absolutely crucial that their voices are heard.
In a state where nearly 40% of its residents are Black, it is absolutely crucial that their voices are heard.
December 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
BREAKING: Mississippi will hold special elections for state supreme court in 2026 because of our lawsuit to ensure that districts are drawn fairly to represent Black voters.
In a state where nearly 40% of its residents are Black, it is absolutely crucial that their voices are heard.
In a state where nearly 40% of its residents are Black, it is absolutely crucial that their voices are heard.
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Brilliant from @adamserwer.bsky.social: the Roberts Court's attack on the Reconstruction Amendments are "consistent with the Antebellum Constitution’s narrow definition of who “We the People” are."
Here are some legal historians exploring the Antebellum Const.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Here are some legal historians exploring the Antebellum Const.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments are in trouble.
www.theatlantic.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Brilliant from @adamserwer.bsky.social: the Roberts Court's attack on the Reconstruction Amendments are "consistent with the Antebellum Constitution’s narrow definition of who “We the People” are."
Here are some legal historians exploring the Antebellum Const.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Here are some legal historians exploring the Antebellum Const.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
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Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
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Dr. Kirk Moore did not deny giving fake COVID-19 vaccine cards and throwing out vaccine doses. “All that stuff is true,” he told @sltrib.com and ProPublica.
He also repeatedly made the unfounded claim that the vaccines were “bioweapons.”
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social
He also repeatedly made the unfounded claim that the vaccines were “bioweapons.”
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that prot...
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Dr. Kirk Moore did not deny giving fake COVID-19 vaccine cards and throwing out vaccine doses. “All that stuff is true,” he told @sltrib.com and ProPublica.
He also repeatedly made the unfounded claim that the vaccines were “bioweapons.”
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social
He also repeatedly made the unfounded claim that the vaccines were “bioweapons.”
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social
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They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
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It's hard to fathom but we are now *here* on this path to fascism.
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It's hard to fathom but we are now *here* on this path to fascism.
This is one of the things I feared the most with a 2nd Trump term: that he'd refuse to hire anyone he thought would tell him no. He only wants people that - if he proposed doing lewd acts on live TV - would tell him how genius it is and how it'll get him a 3rd term
Obviously this is tacky, but the bigger issue is it‘s clear that Trump doesn’t have one person that says no to him about anything. That’s really bad for democracy, national security, and for any hope of economy bouncing back.
WH added text to the pictures hanging on the wall… to sum it up: it is deranged.
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is one of the things I feared the most with a 2nd Trump term: that he'd refuse to hire anyone he thought would tell him no. He only wants people that - if he proposed doing lewd acts on live TV - would tell him how genius it is and how it'll get him a 3rd term
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WH added text to the pictures hanging on the wall… to sum it up: it is deranged.
December 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
WH added text to the pictures hanging on the wall… to sum it up: it is deranged.
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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NEW: A review of more than 100 Alabama court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments than citizens, even when they have fewer prior convictions.
Defendants said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.
By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
Defendants said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.
By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
Immigrants in Alabama Can Face Harsher Sentences Than Citizens for the Same Crimes
A review of more than 100 court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments, even when they have fewer prior convictions. Defendants in these cases said they believe their citizenship status t...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: A review of more than 100 Alabama court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments than citizens, even when they have fewer prior convictions.
Defendants said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.
By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
Defendants said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.
By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
"Light at the end of the tunnel," "Mission Accomplished," etc.
“Everything” is not coming down in price. It’s almost all going up. The Golden Age isn't “right around the corner” any more than a healthcare plan is. Stop gaslighting the American people.
December 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"Light at the end of the tunnel," "Mission Accomplished," etc.
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UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE
The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.
thetriibe.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
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IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.
thebarbedwire.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
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Kavanaugh pretty much just said this out loud
The practical effect of overturning Humphrey’s will be that Republican presidents can stack the formerly independent agencies with their copartisans and SCOTUS will be cool with everything they do but when a Dem POTUS does the same Roberts et al will declare all those agencies’ actions unlawful.
In a memo John Roberts wrote just 4 yrs out of law school, he said the “time may be ripe to reconsider the existence” of independent agencies & bring them back into the executive branch. Now he’s poised to end what he has long called “a constitutional anomaly.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Kavanaugh pretty much just said this out loud
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FACT CHECK: Despite claims that ICE is only targeting violent criminals, a new report finds that less than 30% of people arrested in recent major ICE operations have been convicted of a crime.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
FACT CHECK: Despite claims that ICE is only targeting violent criminals, a new report finds that less than 30% of people arrested in recent major ICE operations have been convicted of a crime.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Two words: Nuremberg Trials. If we survive this, none of this "with malice toward none" or "truth and reconciliation" crap. Nuremberg and Tokyo should be the models.
The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Two words: Nuremberg Trials. If we survive this, none of this "with malice toward none" or "truth and reconciliation" crap. Nuremberg and Tokyo should be the models.
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NEW: In the five years since Texas created a $1.4 billion fund to guard against destructive flooding, at least 90 local governments turned down tens of millions of dollars in grants and loans.
That money went unused for years.
With @texastribune.org
That money went unused for years.
With @texastribune.org
Texas Lawmakers Criticized Kerr Leaders for Rejecting State Flood Money. Other Communities Did the Same.
Texas created a $1.4 billion fund to help pay for projects to guard against destructive flooding. But after learning that so many local communities turned down the money, two lawmakers who approved th...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: In the five years since Texas created a $1.4 billion fund to guard against destructive flooding, at least 90 local governments turned down tens of millions of dollars in grants and loans.
That money went unused for years.
With @texastribune.org
That money went unused for years.
With @texastribune.org
<laughs nervously>
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
<laughs nervously>