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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 24d

Congrats to our editorial board members Aziz Rana and Luke Herrine on being named 2025 Freedom Scholars 🥳🥳

Luke Herrine @lookheron.bsky.social · 24d

Insanely honored to be associated with these brilliant folks. Still not totally sure this is real.

A picture of the 2025 class of Freedom Scholars, named by the Marguerite Casey Foundation: Stacey Sutton, Dian Millon, Aziz Rana, and Luke Herrine

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Association of Law and Political Economy @a-lpe.bsky.social · Jul 16

CALL FOR PAPERS! 🪩🎉🎊🪩🎉🎊🪩🎉🎊 It's out and full of information. Check it out! Get in touch with questions!
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org

Association of Law & Political Economy

Call for Papers: Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy (ALPE) Conference

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James Brandt @jamesbrandt.bsky.social · Jul 7

"By excluding agencies’ execution of presidential immigration from the constraints of administrative law, the Court has created more leeway for an aggrandized Executive—notably, one that is transgressing lawful limits to immigration enforcement."

LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · Jul 7

Today, Bijal Shah explains how the Supreme Court, during Trump's first term, deployed the Administrative Procedure Act to restrain the President’s illegal immigration actions.

This time, however, the Court has shown little appetite for such review, fueling the consolidation of presidential power.

Abandoning Administrative Law During a Presidential Immigration Crisis

While the Administrative Procedure Act can constrain the worst abuses of the Trump administration's immigration regime, the Supreme Court has shown little appetite for such administrative review.

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K. Sabeel Rahman @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social · Jun 29

The fight building and dismantling state capacity is a fight over democratic freedom and equality.

My latest paper on the kind of state emerging from this moment - and a vision for freedom and governance that should shape an alternative progressive state to come

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

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · Jun 13

Save the Date: the inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy conference will be taking place *February 5-7, 2026* at the University of Richmond School of Law. And keep an eye out for the CFP this later this summer!

Association of Law and Political Economy Conference - School of Law - University of Richmond

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Amy Kapczynski @akapczynski.bsky.social · Jun 7

Friends - important update on the new LPE Association conference! Moved to Feb 5-7, which will give us all a little more time to plan. Get those paper and panel ideas going, friends, and see you in Richmond!

Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · Jun 6

LPE friends - CONFERENCE UPDATE!! ⏰☎️ Planning is still underway for the first annual LPE conference, launching a new LPE Association, but we're pushing the dates to FEBRUARY 5-7, 2026. We'll be putting out a CFP by August with information about how and what to submit. Until then, save the new date!

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Amy Kapczynski @akapczynski.bsky.social · Feb 18

LPE friends, big announcement! 🔥🔥 This Sept, the first annual LPE conference, launching a new LPE Association! Been working hard on this, with an amazing crowd of LPE fac and groups - more here: law.richmond.edu/faculty/Inau....

Inaugural Law and Political Economy Association Conference - School of Law - University of Richmond

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Luke Norris @lukenorris.bsky.social · Feb 18

Save the date for the inaugural Law and Political Economy Association conference on September 11-13, 2025 at the University of Richmond School of Law!

Inaugural Law and Political Economy Association Conference - School of Law - University of Richmond

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jan 12

Thread: A while back I asked people how we should think about DOGE as something other than a government commission, since I think we need a better nomenclature and reference points. This offers some good insights.

Pavithra Suryanarayan @pavisuri.bsky.social · Jan 12

best comparative cases for these are historical: the case of colonial india after first franchise extension where elites sought to weaken capacity in the name of fairness and better governance, and the US south after reconstruction. In both cases they had “backlash coalitions” against taxation

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Dec 10

Excited and honored to be taking the helm at Roosevelt Institute. Our economy should work for the many, not just the few. The Roosevelt community has been instrumental in the fight for shared prosperity, and I can't wait to jump back in in this new capacity. Let's get to work!

Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Dec 10

We are thrilled to welcome @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social as Roosevelt’s next president and CEO. 🎉

Her accomplished leadership in organizing, law & government service make her the right leader to champion Roosevelt’s vision of a better economy & democracy. rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...

Quote graphic with an excerpt from Elizabeth Wilkins being named the next President and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute.

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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Dec 10

We are thrilled to welcome @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social as Roosevelt’s next president and CEO. 🎉

Her accomplished leadership in organizing, law & government service make her the right leader to champion Roosevelt’s vision of a better economy & democracy. rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...

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Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock.bsky.social · Nov 17

I had to break the LPE starter pack into 2 EQUAL parts because we exceeded 150, so they are:
go.bsky.app/P2sMKhK
go.bsky.app/8N2nnSx

The Law & Political Economy Starter Pack is now in 2 parts

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K. Sabeel Rahman @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social · Sep 19

Very grateful to be a part of the Marguerite Casey Foundation’s Freedom Scholars court. Thrilled to be in community with such an inspiring group of scholars, thinkers, and activists!

www.caseygrants.org/2024-freedom...

K. Sabeel Rahman, JD | Freedom Scholar | Marguerite Casey Foundation

Marguerite Casey Foundation named K. Sabeel Rahman, JD among the 2024 Freedom Scholars advancing racial and economic justice.

www.caseygrants.org

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · Jul 23

Today, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social explains how the Supreme Court's recent administrative law decisions represent a fundamental shift in political and economic power, and sets out an alternative vision for the future of the administrative state.

lpeproject.org/blog/after-c...

After Chevron: Political Economy and the Future of the Administrative State

The Supreme Court’s recent administrative law decisions represent a fundamental shift in both political and economic power. In response, we must not settle for simply restoring the status quo ante.

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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Jun 7

ICYMI❗

✅ NEW report ▶️ @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social an explores building, dismantling & reimagining the state for an inclusive democracy.
✅ NEW research ▶️ How free #publicbanking options can provide vital financial access.

The weekly #RooseveltRundown ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/2024/06/06/h...

How Do We Build the Government We Need? - Roosevelt Institute

In this week's Roosevelt Rundown: Building, Dismantling, and Reimagining the State, The Exploitative Business of Bank Fees, New Webinar: Black Perspectives on Tax Reform, and What We're Reading.

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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Jun 6

NEW 📄 We deserve a state with the capacity to empower, protect, and respond—not exclude, dominate, and extract.

@ksabeelrahman.bsky.social argues that achieving a just, inclusive democracy and economy requires actively building and reimagining state capacity: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · Feb 13

Great write-up of great @ispsyale.bsky.social event on democratizing the U.S. administrative state with
@awhf.bsky.social, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social and Cristina Rodriguez.

isps.yale.edu/news/blog/20...

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Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · Jan 26

Psyched to be moderating the next installment in the @lpenyc.bsky.social New School night school event on February 8!!

event.newschool.edu/lawandpoliti...

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · Jan 25

This is going to be a great (in-person) event! Each of the amazing panelists will make available a work-in-progress on revitalizing the administrative state. @awhf.bsky.social; @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social; @ispsyale.bsky.social; @cape-team.bsky.social

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The LPE Project @lpeproject.bsky.social · Jan 17

The LPE Project is delighted to announce that we are teaming up with @peoplesparity.bsky.social to offer an open course/reading group (for EVERYONE not just law students/profs) on one of the most urgent political questions of our time: WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COURTS?!

lpeproject.org/events/open-...

Open Course: What To Do About the Courts

The Law and Political Economy Project and the People's Parity Project are teaming up to offer an open course/reading group on the urgent question of what to do about the courts in our current…

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · Jan 5

"While investing public dollars into economic transformation is no doubt a major step forward, those dollars ought also to go into creating specifically public institutions of governance."

—K. Sabeel Rahman on the debates about how to implement Biden's industrial policy program:

Saving Bidenomics - Boston Review

Biden’s industrial policy program promises a massive shift from decades of neoliberal orthodoxy. Can it deliver inclusive gains in time?

www.bostonreview.net

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Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social · Nov 13

It has been the greatest honor of my career to write a Foreword for the Harv Law Rev. I am grateful to be able to tell this story and tell it from the heart in such a prominent forum. As always, I dream of a day when words can change minds and hearts—and worlds: harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/u...

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K. Sabeel Rahman @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social · Nov 11

Yup here it is!

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Oct 21

In response to President Biden's Environmental Justice Executive Order, a new White House Request for Information is out to inform development of a government-wide Environmental Justice Science, Data, and Research Plan. Share input by December 12 www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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K. Sabeel Rahman @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social · Oct 3

Great piece!!

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