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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 3d

Back at it for another (long) short-course season! 🏊‍♂️🥱

#thelifeofaswimmom 🫶
#sendcoffee ☕️

Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 4d

It was an honor to be with other OT13 Supreme Court clerks to support our friend Sparkle Sooknanan at her investiture as a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The country is better off because of Sparkle's service.

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Sharon Brett @sharonbrett.bsky.social · 5d

Call for Papers for 15th Annual Fed Courts Junior Scholars conference is now up: law.ku.edu/junior-facul.... Lots of advanced notice, hope you will consider submitting!

Will work on distributing this to various listservs and blogs, but please share if you are able.

15th Annual Junior Faculty Federal Courts Workshop

April 24, 2026| KU School of Law

law.ku.edu

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 5d

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Join Harvard Law Review & @tamu.bsky.social's Center on the Structural Constitution in person or online Oct. 10 for the symposium "Judicial Review in Jeopardy?" Featuring Justice Breyer, Chief Judge Sutton & panels of leading constitutional scholars. Register 👇
harvardlawreview.org/judicial-rev...

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, Dan!

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Dan Walters @profdanwalters.bsky.social · 5d

Our Center on the Structural Constitution, led by @crockeroncourts.bsky.social and Neil Siegel, has organized an amazing symposium with the Harvard Law Review on the politics and law of judicial review. And the best news is that you can attend online!

harvardlawreview.org/judicial-rev...

Judicial Review in Jeopardy? Symposium - Harvard Law Review

The Harvard Law Review is proud to host, in collaboration with the Center on the Structural Constitution at Texas A&M University School of Law,...

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 9d

Check out this new paper by @williambaude.bsky.social, Sam Bray & @marinklevy.bsky.social ⬇️, prepared for Harvard Law Review's upcoming symposium with the @tamu.bsky.social Center on the Structural Constitution ⚖️
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 9d

New paper, with @marinklevy.bsky.social and Sam Bray: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 9d

Check out this new paper by @williambaude.bsky.social, Sam Bray & @marinklevy.bsky.social ⬇️, prepared for Harvard Law Review's upcoming symposium with the @tamu.bsky.social Center on the Structural Constitution ⚖️
bsky.app/profile/croc...

Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 9d

Just posted a new essay with @williambaude.bsky.social and Sam Bray -

"Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis" (forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review).

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis

<p><span>In a crisis of authority, where it is unclear whether executive officials will comply with judicial decisions, the courts may seem to have limited reme

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 13d

On the 🚂 from RVA ➡️ DC for the @tamu.bsky.social Center on the Structural Constitution's 1st annual scholarly conference, Fundamentals & Frontiers of Federalism. Excited to learn from an awesome group of constitutional scholars. Thanks to Georgetown Center for the Constitution for co-hosting!

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 18d

Erik Siebert, like Danielle Sassoon, is an excellent lawyer I know and respect--and now a former U.S. Attorney, after pursuing justice without fear or favor. He's a former police officer who has dedicated his life to public service. What a sad situation. (Gift link in next post.)

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 18d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

U.S. Attorney Investigating Two Trump Foes Resigns After President Seeks to Oust Him

www.nytimes.com

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 18d

Erik Siebert, like Danielle Sassoon, is an excellent lawyer I know and respect--and now a former U.S. Attorney, after pursuing justice without fear or favor. He's a former police officer who has dedicated his life to public service. What a sad situation. (Gift link in next post.)

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Alan Chen @profalankchen.bsky.social · 28d

FYI, @tulanelaw.bsky.social is currently hiring for a position as Director of their First Amendment Clinic. law.tulane.edu/first-amendm...

First Amendment Clinic

Tulane University Law School News

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · 28d

Hi again! 👋 Now excited to be publishing this article with Wash. U. L. Rev. in 2026. Still getting a draft ready for SSRN but happy to email it if you'd like to provide early feedback!

Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hi! 👋 I'm excited to have a new draft article--"Ex Parte Young Redux"--that analyzes Young doctrine after CASA. I argue that in limited circumstances like the challenge to Texas's then-unconstitutional S.B. 8 abortion ban, people should be able to sue (gasp) states themselves ⬇️

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Jake Mazeitis @jakemazeitis.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hey Bluesky! Little late to the joining game, but excited to be here. I'm an appellate attorney with an interest in legal scholarship, and my writing focuses on state supreme courts, state constitutions, and judicial selection.

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hi! 👋 I'm excited to have a new draft article--"Ex Parte Young Redux"--that analyzes Young doctrine after CASA. I argue that in limited circumstances like the challenge to Texas's then-unconstitutional S.B. 8 abortion ban, people should be able to sue (gasp) states themselves ⬇️

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · Aug 19

In honor of the first day of class for the semester 👩‍🏫

Professor wearing a t-shirt that says "READ. THE. SYLLABUS."

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · Aug 14

The draft isn't up on SSRN yet, but if you're interested in providing feedback on an early version, let me know!

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hi! 👋 I'm excited to have a new draft article--"Ex Parte Young Redux"--that analyzes Young doctrine after CASA. I argue that in limited circumstances like the challenge to Texas's then-unconstitutional S.B. 8 abortion ban, people should be able to sue (gasp) states themselves ⬇️

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Katherine Mims Crocker @crockeroncourts.bsky.social · Aug 2

Happy Saturday from my very good boy Sterling 👋🐶

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Aaron Bruhl @aaronbruhl.bsky.social · Jul 15

Has an American judge ever been held in contempt of a legislature?

Yes, and in this thread I’ll give a short version of the story of Judge Platt Potter, held in contempt of the NY Assembly in 1870. The story is a bit zany, as Potter went to unusual lengths to publicize his side of it.

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Jul 24

📢 We are hiring! Come join us at the University of Houston.

- 3 entry-level tenure-track faculty members in crim; employment and labor law; and torts;

- a clinical assistant/associate professor to teach lawyering skills and strategies;

- a full/associate professor in health law.

Qs? Reach out!

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Stanford Law Review @stanlrev.bsky.social · Jul 23

SLR Online Special Symposium Essays are now available on our website! We have 8 Essays about executive actions, constitutional boundaries, and the rule of law in Trump II. www.stanfordlawreview.org/online/

Stanford Law Review Online | Stanford Law Review

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Richard M Re @richardre.bsky.social · Jul 23

Last fall, the editors of the Harvard Law Review invited me to write the Foreword for this year's Supreme Court issue.

My working draft is below, and comments are most welcome.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Foreword: To A Conservative Warren Court

Ideological conflict has masked an underlying continuity in the American legal system. In recent years, the Supreme Court -- while obviously subject to fierce c

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