@notoriousjcv.bsky.social
Recovering judicial law clerk. Visiting Assistant Professor & Murray Fellow, Univeristy of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
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Glad to see my job talk paper isn’t totally insane. Others coming around to the idea!
October 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Glad to see my job talk paper isn’t totally insane. Others coming around to the idea!
Semi website official, but I’m beyond thrilled to take the next step toward academia. I’ve officially started as a visiting assistant professor and Murray Fellow at the Univeristy of Maryland School of Law. I’ll hit the official “meat market” in August 2026.
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July 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Semi website official, but I’m beyond thrilled to take the next step toward academia. I’ve officially started as a visiting assistant professor and Murray Fellow at the Univeristy of Maryland School of Law. I’ll hit the official “meat market” in August 2026.
www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--res...
www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--res...
Been busy unpacking for a reason I’ll announce soon and haven’t had the chance to fully digest the SCOTUS decisions. But I’m now on board with @espinsegall.bsky.social in saying #notacourt
June 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Been busy unpacking for a reason I’ll announce soon and haven’t had the chance to fully digest the SCOTUS decisions. But I’m now on board with @espinsegall.bsky.social in saying #notacourt
I see we’ve reached the point in the timeline where the DOJ is suing every federal district court judge in Maryland. This is the the type of thing pro se plaintiffs would do when I was clerking.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I see we’ve reached the point in the timeline where the DOJ is suing every federal district court judge in Maryland. This is the the type of thing pro se plaintiffs would do when I was clerking.
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Excellent essay by Quinn here. Well worth a few minutes of your time if you’re curious about the 22nd Amendment.
Now available on SSRN: "State Enforcement of the Twenty-Second Amendment" (forthcoming in the UCLA Law Review Discourse). This brief piece argues that compliance with the Twenty-Second Amendment *DOES* present a justiciable question and that states *MUST* enforce it.
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May 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Excellent essay by Quinn here. Well worth a few minutes of your time if you’re curious about the 22nd Amendment.
Pleased to announce that my paper "The Protean Procurement Act" is now officially published at the
University of Pittsburgh Law Review. lawreview.law.pitt.edu/ojs/lawrevie...
Special thanks to @beaubaumann.bsky.social for his comments on an earlier draft.
University of Pittsburgh Law Review. lawreview.law.pitt.edu/ojs/lawrevie...
Special thanks to @beaubaumann.bsky.social for his comments on an earlier draft.
May 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Pleased to announce that my paper "The Protean Procurement Act" is now officially published at the
University of Pittsburgh Law Review. lawreview.law.pitt.edu/ojs/lawrevie...
Special thanks to @beaubaumann.bsky.social for his comments on an earlier draft.
University of Pittsburgh Law Review. lawreview.law.pitt.edu/ojs/lawrevie...
Special thanks to @beaubaumann.bsky.social for his comments on an earlier draft.
Same. The hypocrisy of this OPM statement is maddening. But makes perfect sense for this administration.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. www.opm.gov/news/opm-mar...
www.opm.gov
May 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Same. The hypocrisy of this OPM statement is maddening. But makes perfect sense for this administration.
So it looks like all the law firms who capitulated will now be defending ICE? (1) I’m not sure how that qualifies as pro bono work and (2) that’s what government attorneys are for. It’s not too late to grow a spine.
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Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1. Purpose and
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April 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
So it looks like all the law firms who capitulated will now be defending ICE? (1) I’m not sure how that qualifies as pro bono work and (2) that’s what government attorneys are for. It’s not too late to grow a spine.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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This is very sketchy. The amount and time of review needed to terminate a contract (for convenience or otherwise) is long. Multiple layers of review. If not followed this contracting officers warrant needs to be pulled. They should’ve pushed back anyway.
“Please disregard that communication in its entirety, which has no legal effect,” a DOJ official wrote in a letter sent on Friday, April 4.
In a recent court filing, lawyers for the government claimed that the April 3 termination letter “was sent in error.”
In a recent court filing, lawyers for the government claimed that the April 3 termination letter “was sent in error.”
April 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is very sketchy. The amount and time of review needed to terminate a contract (for convenience or otherwise) is long. Multiple layers of review. If not followed this contracting officers warrant needs to be pulled. They should’ve pushed back anyway.
@evanbernick.bsky.social work here
is well worth a read (as is his and @anthonymkreis.bsky.social and @paulgowder.bsky.social article on birthright citizenship).
is well worth a read (as is his and @anthonymkreis.bsky.social and @paulgowder.bsky.social article on birthright citizenship).
Alright, I'm putting all the critiques of Wurman in one big thread.
In short, I don't think the draft changes anything. In fact, it seems obvious to me that under his own framework, the anti-birthright EO is unconstitutional.
Here's the thread: 🧵
In short, I don't think the draft changes anything. In fact, it seems obvious to me that under his own framework, the anti-birthright EO is unconstitutional.
Here's the thread: 🧵
April 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@evanbernick.bsky.social work here
is well worth a read (as is his and @anthonymkreis.bsky.social and @paulgowder.bsky.social article on birthright citizenship).
is well worth a read (as is his and @anthonymkreis.bsky.social and @paulgowder.bsky.social article on birthright citizenship).
Against my better judgment opened the other site for a second. Only to see an unserious person masquerading as a legal scholar. Wurman cannot take the L and move on.
April 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Against my better judgment opened the other site for a second. Only to see an unserious person masquerading as a legal scholar. Wurman cannot take the L and move on.
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Attn #adlaw nerds: Join Us on May 8, 2025, for the ABA Administrative Law Scholarship Conference -- 30 papers to be workshopped, ~50 scholars presenting and commenting, and plenty of time to socialize. Complimentary registration details here: www.yalejreg.com/nc/join-us-o...
Join Us on May 8, 2025, for the ABA Administrative Law Scholarship Conference - Yale Journal on Regulation
On Thursday May 8, 2025, in Washington, DC, the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice is hosting a terrific scholarship conference that will feature paper presentations and comment...
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April 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Attn #adlaw nerds: Join Us on May 8, 2025, for the ABA Administrative Law Scholarship Conference -- 30 papers to be workshopped, ~50 scholars presenting and commenting, and plenty of time to socialize. Complimentary registration details here: www.yalejreg.com/nc/join-us-o...
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Even if the worst criminal in El Salvador fled to the US, they would be entitled to an extradition hearing before being sent back and the US would not send them directly to the gulag. What Trump has done is a heinous, unprecedented abuse of power.
April 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Even if the worst criminal in El Salvador fled to the US, they would be entitled to an extradition hearing before being sent back and the US would not send them directly to the gulag. What Trump has done is a heinous, unprecedented abuse of power.
Well said!
The fact that *more* law professors aren’t calling this garbage out in the way I see folks like @evanbernick.bsky.social, @anthonymkreis.bsky.social, @paulgowder.bsky.social do, or even in a more flip way, like I do, is incredibly disappointing but not surprising.
March 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Well said!
More of this please. Call out the hypocrisy when you see it.
An extremely arch concurrence by Judge Wilson calling out the conservative 11th Circuit judges who care more about "protecting" schoolchildren from their transgender peers than actually protecting them from being gunned down in a classroom. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
More of this please. Call out the hypocrisy when you see it.
This shade at Bill Pryor, yea the one that hired that racist law clerk, makes me like Judge Rosenbaum even more.
Full opinion here: media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
Full opinion here: media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
March 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This shade at Bill Pryor, yea the one that hired that racist law clerk, makes me like Judge Rosenbaum even more.
Full opinion here: media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
Full opinion here: media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
This is spot on. My scholarship focuses on the games judges (mostly far-right judges) play to arrive at conclusions that fit their ideology. There’s a difference between that and a judges who lie at confirmation hearings or always fail to report gifts/bribes.
February 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is spot on. My scholarship focuses on the games judges (mostly far-right judges) play to arrive at conclusions that fit their ideology. There’s a difference between that and a judges who lie at confirmation hearings or always fail to report gifts/bribes.
This feels like a trap…
February 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This feels like a trap…
Wonder if someone could make similar arguments against his wife who is also a judge (and was wildly unqualified when she was selected based on any “merit-based” standard).
Sounds like Trump’s DOJ wants some minimum standards for judicial conduct … basic requirements for how judges comport themselves to preserve the integrity of their office … enforceable rules against displays of bias and partisanship … you might even call it an ethics code. Quite a novel concept.
The Trump DOJ is big mad about their finest legal minds being humiliated in court
February 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Wonder if someone could make similar arguments against his wife who is also a judge (and was wildly unqualified when she was selected based on any “merit-based” standard).
Let’s just call this what it is, racism clothed in a lawsuit. Given that Target quickly bent the knee and caved to MAGA by abandoning DEI I won’t be shocked if it “contributes” to certain people and the case magically disappears.
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
Florida sues Target over LGBTQ Pride campaign that sparked consumer backlash, stock drop
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a class-action lawsuit against Target Corp. over a 2023 LGBTQ Pride campaign.
www.tallahassee.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Let’s just call this what it is, racism clothed in a lawsuit. Given that Target quickly bent the knee and caved to MAGA by abandoning DEI I won’t be shocked if it “contributes” to certain people and the case magically disappears.
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
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Like why is the Trump-led agency’s reading of the statute more authoritative than the Biden or Obama-led agency’s reading. Under LB only courts can make that determination.
February 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Like why is the Trump-led agency’s reading of the statute more authoritative than the Biden or Obama-led agency’s reading. Under LB only courts can make that determination.
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The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
February 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
So many things wrong with this (i.e., the racist reasons Musk and the GOP are targeting anything DEIA), but it generally takes a contracting officer to terminate a contract and doing so is unlikely to save much money due to settlement clauses in the FAR.
Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance
The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data abou...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
So many things wrong with this (i.e., the racist reasons Musk and the GOP are targeting anything DEIA), but it generally takes a contracting officer to terminate a contract and doing so is unlikely to save much money due to settlement clauses in the FAR.
“Elite” is doing a lot of work here especially considering the clerks the far right “justices” hire.
NEW: It's not just coders.
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks
Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.
www.propublica.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
“Elite” is doing a lot of work here especially considering the clerks the far right “justices” hire.
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Affirmatively stating that you are a racist is no longer a fireable offense. But supporting workplace diversity is.
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Affirmatively stating that you are a racist is no longer a fireable offense. But supporting workplace diversity is.