Mark Lemley
@marklemley.bsky.social
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William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game law
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charlielevenson.bsky.social
They're lawless and without shame.

Most frightening, they behave as if they never expect to be out of power again.
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House Republicans just AGAIN refused to swear in an elected member of Congress, a blatantly illegal act. They adjourned Congress again without recognizing her, all to avoid having to release the Epstein files
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mcarrier.bsky.social
In a piece just published in the Notre Dame Law Review, @marklemley.bsky.social & I argue that courts are confused about how to apply the rule of reason and explain the importance of a four-step test that includes balancing of costs and benefits. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Rule or Reason? The Role of Balancing in Antitrust Law
Antitrust law has two basic ways of analyzing conduct alleged to be anticompetitive. Some conduct is viewed as so inherently pernicious that it is deemed i
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revoradish.bsky.social
Feels increasingly like a slow motion coup—slow because if it were going faster, the media might report it as a coup. Instead we’re “bucking norms” and “overturning long-standing rules.”
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blue2k.bsky.social
We have constitutional rights to a representative democracy. When #republicans fail to swear in duly elected members, they violate the rights of all Americans
marklemley.bsky.social
House Republicans just AGAIN refused to swear in an elected member of Congress, a blatantly illegal act. They adjourned Congress again without recognizing her, all to avoid having to release the Epstein files
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whatlawfoxsays.bsky.social
Johnson is going to attempt to preside over a rump congress of 180 members in January 2026 while dems attempt to get SCOTUS to give a shit.
marklemley.bsky.social
House Republicans just AGAIN refused to swear in an elected member of Congress, a blatantly illegal act. They adjourned Congress again without recognizing her, all to avoid having to release the Epstein files
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dtsjr.bsky.social
The answer is 1992 (spoiler).

Zoom in to see gas in California under $2/gal and a sign for a pay phone inside.
Goose chase meme with WHAT YEAR WAS THIS PHOTO TAKEN? in the top panel and 
WHAT FUCKING YEAR WAS THIS PHOTO TAKEN, CNN?! in the bottom panel
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brendanamartin.bsky.social
YES!!! 🧵of excerpts.

“Like the founders, we should create a limited, invitation-only body – an embryonic constitutional convention – that the anti-Trump blue states exclusively set up for themselves, limit to themselves, and control.”…\1
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mscottboone.bsky.social
The ability to rely on what others have done is going to be a victim of genAI.

I think we’ll see this in the copyright realm with freelance content creation. Acquiring art directors have relied on freelancers to not submit infringing art. What happens when the ability to rely on that goes away?
jtlg.bsky.social
“Maybe another sector AI is disrupting is the ability to "rely" on overcaffeinated and drugged up twenty-somethings to kill themselves on consulting assignments to squeeze a few more dollars out of the bottom line.”
marklemley.bsky.social
House Republicans just AGAIN refused to swear in an elected member of Congress, a blatantly illegal act. They adjourned Congress again without recognizing her, all to avoid having to release the Epstein files
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Trump's Truth Social posts might doom his invasion of Chicago just like they did in Portland.

From a just-filed lawsuit.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
4. In one example that received significant news coverage, on September 6, 2025,
Trump posted on social media an image of the Chicago skyline in flames, stating “Chicago about
to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,” including a depiction of himself in the image
of the fictitious warmonger character Lt. Col. Kilgore from the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, titling
the post “Chipocalypse Now.”
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bencollins.bsky.social
Is the irony of the president’s friend buying something called “the free press” and immediately installing a government truth compliance officer lost on everybody?
nytimes.com
Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D
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cathygellis.bsky.social
Perhaps more importantly: court declares that it was ALREADY blocked...
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28loki.bsky.social
Military leaders must refuse to implement Trump's illegal orders.
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esqueer.net
In the last 2 weeks MAGA aligned people have done 2 attempted mass shootings of a gay bar and pride center in Arizona and Texas, murdered 2 teenage girls for mocking Charlie Kirk, and torched a judge's home.

Meanwhile, the government mobilized the military to go after the left.
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petermshane.bsky.social
I thought the Epstein files would not be a big deal until Trump decided he’d start a civil war rather than release them.
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tomcartwright.bsky.social
✈️👀 Eswatini third country removal - again
iceflightmonitor.bsky.social
The small jet landed in Eswatini after fuel stops in Puerto Rico, Senegal, and Angola—likely the second removal flight to Eswatini carrying third-country nationals, after the first in July. Individuals on board were shackled for over 26 hours.
marklemley.bsky.social
Court blocks Trump's effort to avoid prior injunction by sending out of state National Guard to invade Portland