"With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces 'colorblindness for all' by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life."

Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent: https://t.co/kgzo6iofkS

Big opinion is independent state legislature -- the Court rejects the independent state legislature idea & says state constitutions can protect voting rights & state courts can enforce those provisions. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1271_3f14.pdf

This paper looks excellent: expanding Medicaid coverage reduces reincarceration, primarily thru financial support, maybe also med treatment.

And, unlike policing and prisons, it reduces crime AND makes life better.

9 in 10 Americans think the Supreme Court should have a formal ethics code, bipartisan majority supports term limits https://twitter.com/AGTheodoridis/status/1671987990799822850?s=20

There's a GoFundMe to help Barry Jones restart his life after having served almost 30 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Last year #SCOTUS would have allowed AZ to execute him (& prevented the fed courts from remedying his conviction) https://www.gofundme.com/f/barry-jones-release-fund

sam alito is a living, breathing dril tweet

Is anyone else in NY wierdly and irrationally mad at Canada these past couple days?

In the 80s my mom moved to Manhattan with no lease, no money & only 1 outfit that included a bright red pair of pants. She moved into a shared room at the YMCA which I didn’t even know was a thing. I try to remember to bring that energy with me to law school 👭🏻

Introducing Mantis to my new social media addiction today in honor of my plans to see Guardians of the Galaxy 3, featuring her namesake, Mantis I, the celestial hybrid empath

Hi all - I’m a law student looking for anyone who wants to talk about generative AI instead of tort law… clearly a product of the hard fork podcast