Nicholas Bagley
nbagley.bsky.social
Nicholas Bagley
@nbagley.bsky.social
University of Michigan Law Professor
What's more, I have a very high degree of confidence that the birthright citizenship order will never take effect. Maybe I'm wrong about that -- we will see -- but I think optimism here is in order.
June 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I'd call it a healthy corrective.
June 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Existential threat to the rule of law? Nah.
June 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Fourth: APA suits with universal vacatur.
June 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Third: associational standing.
June 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Second: class actions.
June 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
First: complete relief.
June 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What's more -- and this is really the key point of my piece -- there are all sorts of ways that the plaintiffs in these cases can get sweeping relief.
June 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The fight here is not (or shouldn't be!) about left versus right.

The fight is about the proper role of judges in our democratic system.
June 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I've been arguing for years, alongside my friend Sam Bray, that nationwide injunctions are pernicious.
June 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Excited to get my hands on a copy of my wonderful colleague
@leahlitman.bsky.social's book, LAWLESS, which takes the Supreme Court down a peg or three!

I'm including Bella in the background b/c she endorses it.
May 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I've got a new post about the discussion of the APA's rule of prejudicial error in FDA v. Wages & White Lion Investment!

t.co/e0LMocqjMY
April 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Excellent rundown of the legality -- or, rather, illegality -- of OMB's funding freeze from @davidasuper.bsky.social:
January 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Together with @zliscow.bsky.social and @niskanencenter.bsky.social, I'm organizing a conference on the Law of Abundance. Please submit an abstract (due Feb. 14) for possible selection -- and help us get the word out!
January 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM