Dru Stevenson
@drustevenson.bsky.social
Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law - Houston. Academic research now focuses on firearms regulation. I won't follow accounts or reply to their posts if I can't tell who they are IRL. #Housky #lawsky #gvp #gvr
She's had plenty of warnings, the judge should refer her for disciplinary proceedings now, and also hold her in contempt.
January 20, 2026 at 8:19 PM
She's had plenty of warnings, the judge should refer her for disciplinary proceedings now, and also hold her in contempt.
The fact that these people think they should not have to ask first tells me a lot about them. I shouldn't have to wonder about the power dynamics when I open the door just to find out if someone is a door-to-door salesman or is a new neighbor. A heavily armed salesman?
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The fact that these people think they should not have to ask first tells me a lot about them. I shouldn't have to wonder about the power dynamics when I open the door just to find out if someone is a door-to-door salesman or is a new neighbor. A heavily armed salesman?
Today's case could mean that we have to accost every contractor and deliveryman individually to inform them we do not want them to come armed into our home. I think they should have to ask first if we mind if they enter even though they are carrying a firearm.
January 20, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Today's case could mean that we have to accost every contractor and deliveryman individually to inform them we do not want them to come armed into our home. I think they should have to ask first if we mind if they enter even though they are carrying a firearm.
If a have a big dog that barks when the doorbell rings, and the pesky armed salesman or pizza delivery guy is terrified of dogs, what happens now? Do they get to brandish their gun because a goldendoodle is barking really loud right inside the door, and they feel scared?
January 20, 2026 at 7:55 PM
If a have a big dog that barks when the doorbell rings, and the pesky armed salesman or pizza delivery guy is terrified of dogs, what happens now? Do they get to brandish their gun because a goldendoodle is barking really loud right inside the door, and they feel scared?
Places the burden on the unarmed homeowner to demand that an armed man (or group of armed men) at their front door leave the property and come back unarmed.
Seems like the gun guys just feel entitled to dominate every interpersonal encounter they have, even at *someone else's* front door.
Seems like the gun guys just feel entitled to dominate every interpersonal encounter they have, even at *someone else's* front door.
January 20, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Places the burden on the unarmed homeowner to demand that an armed man (or group of armed men) at their front door leave the property and come back unarmed.
Seems like the gun guys just feel entitled to dominate every interpersonal encounter they have, even at *someone else's* front door.
Seems like the gun guys just feel entitled to dominate every interpersonal encounter they have, even at *someone else's* front door.
It's like Nixon trying to replicate JFK's "walk on the beach" tv and. So cool when JFK did it, so cringe when Nixon tried a copycat ad.
January 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM
It's like Nixon trying to replicate JFK's "walk on the beach" tv and. So cool when JFK did it, so cringe when Nixon tried a copycat ad.
Courts have authority to disqualify an attorney from a case, over the client's objection. Conflicts of interest rules are usually enforced through disqualification motions rather than state bar disciplinary actions.
January 19, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Courts have authority to disqualify an attorney from a case, over the client's objection. Conflicts of interest rules are usually enforced through disqualification motions rather than state bar disciplinary actions.
The real value is spite. The economic losses are the Spite Premium we pay for the little thrill leaders get from inflicting setbacks on a foe or rival, even if it costs us as much as it costs them
January 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The real value is spite. The economic losses are the Spite Premium we pay for the little thrill leaders get from inflicting setbacks on a foe or rival, even if it costs us as much as it costs them
That's great except for LinkedIn
January 18, 2026 at 4:16 AM
That's great except for LinkedIn
The halcyon days of 1998!
January 18, 2026 at 4:11 AM
The halcyon days of 1998!
I have come to realize that somehow both statements meant the same thing to them all along.
January 18, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I have come to realize that somehow both statements meant the same thing to them all along.
It's even worse in print somehow
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 AM
It's even worse in print somehow
In theology classes, we used to call that "antinomianism." The only rule is to assert that you are above the law in all cases.
January 18, 2026 at 2:09 AM
In theology classes, we used to call that "antinomianism." The only rule is to assert that you are above the law in all cases.
Did Hannah Arendt have a chapter about this phenomenon?
January 17, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Did Hannah Arendt have a chapter about this phenomenon?
When I started teaching the old-timers cautioned me not to read them for that very reason. I said if there were serious pervasive problems, someone from the administration was going to talk to me anyway
January 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM
When I started teaching the old-timers cautioned me not to read them for that very reason. I said if there were serious pervasive problems, someone from the administration was going to talk to me anyway