Fascinating takings clause petition granted today by the Supreme Court. No amicus briefs, no relists, counsel without any SCOTUS arguments to date, interesting issue. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

So exhausting..

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Promises made, promises delivered! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Really enjoying this free speech presidency.

Today in the @jewishinsider.com: A person who blamed "Jewish dollars" for funding "Marxist culture" and decried Jewish control of Hollywood, nonprofits, and the media, to be remembered as bulwark against antisemitism.

As grim as this story may be, there's still much to be inspired by.

Look no further than this attorney for the children, who rushed to the airport to stop the planes. She stood near the tarmac, warning any officials she saw that they’d be complicit in violating a court order if the planes took off.

Gorgeous post-sunset walk yesterday in Iowa City. On Iowa River, with UIowa’s Hancher Auditorium in the background. #SundaySunset

Law school faculty entrance and parking lot evening wildlife thread. A single night's photos.

We begin with one of our regular visitors

o noe the tiny dinosaurs are going to eat the car!

Mood.

After the Age of Dinosaurs is open this week! Here’s a 🧵 about our weird, trippy show about the weird, trippy recovery period after the end-Cretaceous extinction.

My thoughts on important new @pewresearch.org report on "How States and Cities Decimated Americans' Lowest-Cost Housing Option": reason.com/volokh/2025/...

I guess everybody['s political career] dies. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

"Plaintiff must address whether the constant filing of lawsuits to protect Grumpy Cat exceeds the value of the Grumpy Cat trademark itself, and thus whether it is a prudent use of societal resources." 👀

74 years ago today, Iowa (mostly) united to fight racism against a Native veteran. I wrote about it here www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinio...

More retirement news: Conservative Wisconsin justice Rebecca Bradley will NOT seek reelection next spring.

Liberals (as you all know now) have a 4-3 majority on this high-stakes supreme court. This is their shot to go up 5-2, in April.

I am dismayed that Prof. Lash is casting our deletion of previous criticisms as withdrawing them bc we decided they were wrong. That is not the case & it is deceptive to say so.

Beautiful!

I think this is the first time I’ve heard a federal judge say “Huzzah!” during a hearing

I like it. I’m pro-“huzzah!”

If anyone wants cool-funny-political shirts, my BIL made this awesome store for his designs. His actual day job is as a musician (@gangstagrass.bsky.social) & he only gets a few dollars from these but I wanted to share bc they're really nice shirts. advanced-entropy-labs.dashery.com/products/756...

COMING UP: Judge Charles Breyer is set to preside over a bench trial in Newsom v. Trump

The suit, brought by Governor Gavin Newsom, challenges Trump’s use of federal military forces to enforce immigration in California.

I plan to live-post for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along ⬇️🧵

3/ "A member of the public, appreciating that the Maxwell grand jury materials do not contribute anything to public knowledge, might conclude that the Government’s motion for their unsealing was aimed not at 'transparency' but at diversion—aimed not at full disclosure but at the illusion of such."

This week on Amicus: A fascinating conversation about the meaning of the Constitution as understood by Native nations in 1789—and whether squeezing their perspectives into an “originalist” framework risks legitimizing the government-led atrocities that followed. slate.com/podcasts/ami...