Jay Swanson
@jayswanson.bsky.social
Future of the Constitution Project at BCJ
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Evening - The Watch (after Millet) - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14559
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14559
January 10, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Evening - The Watch (after Millet) - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14559
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14559
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Chestnut Trees and Farmstead of Jas de Bouffin, 1876
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11865
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11865
December 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Chestnut Trees and Farmstead of Jas de Bouffin, 1876
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11865
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11865
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After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
April 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
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Such a good quote!
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Such a good quote!
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Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force.
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
(Pub. Nov. 2025 w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social)
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
(Pub. Nov. 2025 w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social)
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force.
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
(Pub. Nov. 2025 w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social)
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
(Pub. Nov. 2025 w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social)
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Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
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Today, this artist, Noval Noir, was painting a stunning portrait of Renee Good at the site of where she was killed
January 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Today, this artist, Noval Noir, was painting a stunning portrait of Renee Good at the site of where she was killed
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Really important for the left - and our donors - to understand the machinery they are building.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Really important for the left - and our donors - to understand the machinery they are building.
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📣 Attending #AALS this week?
Join @brennancenter.org and ACS tomorrow for a discussion on Democratic Reconstruction, feat. Kate Andrias, Joseph Fishkin, Risa Goluboff, @michelegoodwin.bsky.social, & @olatij.bsky.social! Reception to follow.
Join @brennancenter.org and ACS tomorrow for a discussion on Democratic Reconstruction, feat. Kate Andrias, Joseph Fishkin, Risa Goluboff, @michelegoodwin.bsky.social, & @olatij.bsky.social! Reception to follow.
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
📣 Attending #AALS this week?
Join @brennancenter.org and ACS tomorrow for a discussion on Democratic Reconstruction, feat. Kate Andrias, Joseph Fishkin, Risa Goluboff, @michelegoodwin.bsky.social, & @olatij.bsky.social! Reception to follow.
Join @brennancenter.org and ACS tomorrow for a discussion on Democratic Reconstruction, feat. Kate Andrias, Joseph Fishkin, Risa Goluboff, @michelegoodwin.bsky.social, & @olatij.bsky.social! Reception to follow.
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With the world's eyes on US oil interests, let's not forget who benefits: The richest of the rich. Our research shows: 50% of the record fossil fuel profits in 2022 went to the wealthiest 1% of US Americans, the bottom 50% only received 1%.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM
With the world's eyes on US oil interests, let's not forget who benefits: The richest of the rich. Our research shows: 50% of the record fossil fuel profits in 2022 went to the wealthiest 1% of US Americans, the bottom 50% only received 1%.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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“I want a progressive movement that is aggressively pro raising wages at the bottom and aggressively pro immigration. These are completely coherent goals.” Great piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
We Need to Get Off The Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM
“I want a progressive movement that is aggressively pro raising wages at the bottom and aggressively pro immigration. These are completely coherent goals.” Great piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
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This is an aggressive interpretation of the “church autonomy doctrine,” with weak grounding in First Amendment precedent. But the concept’s lack of internal limits is unsurprising, as @richschragger.bsky.social and I anticipated more than a decade ago in virginialawreview.org/articles/aga... /4
Against Religious Institutionalism - Virginia Law Review
The idea that religious institutions should play a central role in understanding the First Amendment has become increasingly prominent in recent years. Litigation over the application of civil rights ...
virginialawreview.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:04 AM
This is an aggressive interpretation of the “church autonomy doctrine,” with weak grounding in First Amendment precedent. But the concept’s lack of internal limits is unsurprising, as @richschragger.bsky.social and I anticipated more than a decade ago in virginialawreview.org/articles/aga... /4
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Jacob Lawrence, One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis, 1940-41
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134647
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134647
January 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Jacob Lawrence, One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis, 1940-41
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134647
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134647
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Colourful Ensemble
https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22859
https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22859
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Colourful Ensemble
https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22859
https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22859
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Several circles
https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22669
https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22669
January 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Several circles
https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22669
https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22669
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At least we don’t live in a world of staggering class disparity in which a tech magnate attempts to quash left-wing sentiment using sexualized artificial intelligence!
How 2026 was depicted in the sci-fi classic 'Metropolis' (1927)
January 2, 2026 at 11:57 AM
At least we don’t live in a world of staggering class disparity in which a tech magnate attempts to quash left-wing sentiment using sexualized artificial intelligence!
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Especially notable is that while some pundits may frame his speech as focusing on "kitchen sink" topics (free buses, etc.), his broader point was to redefine freedom (or reengage with the New Deal definition), and the role of government to ensure it.
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Especially notable is that while some pundits may frame his speech as focusing on "kitchen sink" topics (free buses, etc.), his broader point was to redefine freedom (or reengage with the New Deal definition), and the role of government to ensure it.
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Fernando Botero, The Presidential Family, 1967
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136084
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136084
January 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Fernando Botero, The Presidential Family, 1967
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136084
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136084
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Bill Woodrow, Arsenic, 1994
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1121696
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1121696
December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Bill Woodrow, Arsenic, 1994
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1121696
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1121696
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Jacob Lawrence, Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous, 1940-41
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134644
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134644
December 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Jacob Lawrence, Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous, 1940-41
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134644
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134644
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There's nothing under PULP FICTION, no serious undercurrents. And I didn't find any of the important "statements" I had read about in the reviews, but it's got a crazy good humor. Tarantino has a flair for pop dialogue, and a flair for casting. He used wonderful people. (1994)
December 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There's nothing under PULP FICTION, no serious undercurrents. And I didn't find any of the important "statements" I had read about in the reviews, but it's got a crazy good humor. Tarantino has a flair for pop dialogue, and a flair for casting. He used wonderful people. (1994)
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It's funny: when the Trump administration gets truly desperate, when they are flailing to meet their promises to lower prices, they just announce a bunch of old Lina Khan initiatives.
The keyword there is "announce." They're parroting economic justice concepts without the follow-through.
From me:
The keyword there is "announce." They're parroting economic justice concepts without the follow-through.
From me:
When in Doubt, Pretend to Be Lina Khan - The American Prospect
The Trump administration’s plans to lower prices are just Biden-era retreads. Unfortunately, they’re just plans, with no expected follow-through.
prospect.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's funny: when the Trump administration gets truly desperate, when they are flailing to meet their promises to lower prices, they just announce a bunch of old Lina Khan initiatives.
The keyword there is "announce." They're parroting economic justice concepts without the follow-through.
From me:
The keyword there is "announce." They're parroting economic justice concepts without the follow-through.
From me:
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social Nathan, I’ve really been pleased with your book recs; I’ve never been much for fantasy but the Chalion books and the Dinios Kol books have been all timers. Would you care to share other recs at some point?
December 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social Nathan, I’ve really been pleased with your book recs; I’ve never been much for fantasy but the Chalion books and the Dinios Kol books have been all timers. Would you care to share other recs at some point?