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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 1h

“Justice Kennedy, Off the Bench but Still Rendering Opinions” (Including a New Revelation About Bush v. Gore) electionlawblog.org?p=152411

"Justice Kennedy, Off the Bench but Still Rendering Opinions" (Including a New Revelation About Bush v. Gore) #ELB

Adam Liptak interviews Justice Kennedy: As a justice, he leaned mostly right, siding with the court’s conservatives to strike down campaign finance laws, to gut the Voting Rights Act and to expand the...

electionlawblog.org

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 1d

We are getting to the point where "Colorado looked at me funny one time!" is going to justify standing for anyone.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 1d

People don't necessarily understand how hard it is to organize and commit to nonviolence. It doesn't just happen by everyone agreeing that it's a good idea.

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Women in Legislative Studies @winls.bsky.social · Sep 5

Janet Malzahn and Andrew B. Hall find that election-denying Republicans underperformed in the 2022 midterms in state-level races but not U.S. House races.

More here: www.cambridge.org/co...

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Election-Denying Republican Candidates Underperformed in the 2022 Midterms | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Election-Denying Republican Candidates Underperformed in the 2022 Midterms - Volume 119 Issue 3

www.cambridge.org

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 1d

I think it is reasonable to fear theater kids.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 1d

To be 100% clear, I oppose violent threats against judges, Justices, or magistrates. I have my bones to pick, and we can discuss threats of court-packing, court reorganization, jurisdictional changes, changes to resource allocations, etc. But not threats of physical attacks on public servants.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 2d

I guess we were on the same unhappy wavelength this morning.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 2d

I hope the FBI has the capacity to investigate this and that DOJ has competent people to charge and pursue convictions against those responsible.

Judge’s $1.5m home destroyed in huge fire as her family is rushed to hospital

Circuit court justice Diane Goodstein, who ruled against Trump administration last month, was out walking when mansion erupted into flames

www.the-independent.com

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 2d

As you read this puff piece about how brave and steadfast Amy Coney Barrett is, keep in mind that the house of South Carolina circuit court judge Diane Goodstein exploded over the weekend and some of her family members barely escaped with their lives. She had recently ruled against the admin.

As justices confront harassment, death threats and an assassination attempt, Barrett declares "I'm not afraid"

In an interview with CBS News, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said of the Supreme Court's emergency orders in the Trump cases, "This isn't the final decision."

www.cbsnews.com

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 4d

Omg

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 4d

A compelling read about a case with important historical resonance today!

The Sleepy Lagoon Case: It's Happening Again - University Press of Kansas

In 1968 President Lydon B. Johnson approved the establishment of a Mexican-American Heritage Week. Twenty years later President Ronald Reagan expanded the

kansaspress.ku.edu

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 4d

Housework is dangerous work. Currently recovering from a broken arm incurred from a fall while vacuuming cobwebs off a high ceiling. Were you assessed for concussion?

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 5d

There is a lot going on but I just want to shout out Albany's Bone & Joint. A very nice person over there handled all my FMLA paperwork for me very quickly and with great kindness.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 5d

I just took a quick scan through the merits docket for this term and hooboy.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 5d

If you reach out to me, I will help you with your pitch and look at a draft. Lollardfish at gmail.

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 5d

Here's the assignment folks. Write op-eds for your local papers and campus newspapers too. Just. Say. No. This is a classic authoritarian move and risks the future of higher education and science and innovation in the US. Speak out today. No time to lose. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 5d

Happy to see this short piece out. It engages with Tim Kaufman-Osborn's wonderful and timely book, The Autocratic Academy.

The Advantages of taking the Long View: American Political Development and Higher Education | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core

The Advantages of taking the Long View: American Political Development and Higher Education

www.cambridge.org

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 5d

We have a good thing going here, a precious thing. I hope we do not see its destruction.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 5d

My only ideological goal as a political scientist is that my students walk away understanding American democracy and its relationship to law, with all the good and bad that entails. I hope this knowledge moves some of them to put their own oars in to create the world they want, wherever they are.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 5d

And many institutions like mine are engines of opportunity. Students, many the first in their families to go to college, leave here with much bigger dreams and ambitions than those with which they entered. And they go on to do amazing, impactful things that make NY and the world better!

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 5d

One of our greatest unsung products that has consistently attracted eager international consumption is higher education. The investments that the federal government and states have made have paid off richly here and abroad.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 5d

Reminder that the United States has had, up until now, the best system of higher education in the world. It's not perfect, but it's pretty accessible for most if you consider the vast network of public institutions with in-state tuition, many of which have additional support for low-income students.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 5d

And it's not a one-time capitulation. If DOJ ever says you violated the vague and unconstitutional terms, they will take back ALL federal funds from that year and you have to return ALL private funding from donors who want their gifts back from that year. It's a never-ending protection racket.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6d

The Act of Capitulation that Trump is demanding that all colleges and universities are to sign surrenders authority over vast areas to Trump, as the Dear Leader. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 5d

Here I am the morning after Yom Kippur catching up on Bluesky and y'all already have me going. (Yes, it counts if it's true.)

Bart Simpson writing "I will not commit lashon hara."

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 5d

I was wondering the same thing all day.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 6d

Yikes! Glad you are still able to bike.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 7d

Shel Silverstein, Overdues:

What do I do?
What do I do?
This library book is 42
Years overdue.
I admit that it's mine
But I can't pay the fine---
Should I turn it in
Or hide it again?
What do I do?
What do I do?

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