Daniel Fernandez
@dfernandez.bsky.social
Historian-in-training at the University of Chicago. "The pay is low. But consider: The work is steady."
I share your skepticism—particularly given everything happening right now. But the questions abolitionists raise about state power and accountability are extraordinarily useful for anyone thinking about modern democracy. It’s a shame that posts like the one you flag turn people away wholesale!
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I share your skepticism—particularly given everything happening right now. But the questions abolitionists raise about state power and accountability are extraordinarily useful for anyone thinking about modern democracy. It’s a shame that posts like the one you flag turn people away wholesale!
If you’ve not read it, I highly recommend this essay. Also, FWIW, I think abolitionism is better understood as an intellectual movement like progressivism.
It’s an ecumenical group with lots of internal disputes over policy and practice, not a monolith!
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
It’s an ecumenical group with lots of internal disputes over policy and practice, not a monolith!
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
The Dangerous Few: Taking Seriously Prison Abolition and Its Skeptics - Harvard Law Review
Prison abolition, in the span of just a few short years, has established a foothold in elite criminal legal discourse. But the basic question...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you’ve not read it, I highly recommend this essay. Also, FWIW, I think abolitionism is better understood as an intellectual movement like progressivism.
It’s an ecumenical group with lots of internal disputes over policy and practice, not a monolith!
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
It’s an ecumenical group with lots of internal disputes over policy and practice, not a monolith!
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
I think that a due process defense that relies on a liberty interest (Wolff v. McDonnell, etc.) would be as strong as an Eighth Amendment claim. But Weems v. United States is an interesting case to think about, especially with El Salvador’s prisons being so widely condemned
February 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I think that a due process defense that relies on a liberty interest (Wolff v. McDonnell, etc.) would be as strong as an Eighth Amendment claim. But Weems v. United States is an interesting case to think about, especially with El Salvador’s prisons being so widely condemned