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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · 16h

P•LAW is now accepting applications for visiting law fellows for the academic year 2026-27. This full-time visiting program is open to legal scholars engaged in research and writing on contemporary issues in law and public policy. @debpearlstein.bsky.social plaw.law.princeton.edu/faculty/cran...

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · 2d

P•LAW director Deborah Pearlstein appeared this morning on CNN's The Situation Room for the start of the Supreme Court term, discussing what's coming down the line for the justices.
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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you to Professor John Fabian Witt for his talk on the forthcoming book, “The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America” at this afternoon’s Frontiers of Law lunch event.
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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · 7d

We're very much looking forward to welcoming Yale law professor John Witt to discuss his forthcoming book, “The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America,” at our Frontiers of Law colloquium today.
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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · 7d

Read the full piece at the link 🔗: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · 9d

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · 12d

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · 14d

Read the full piece here: www.cfr.org/expert-brief...

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · 22d

Join Us for a Preview of the 2025-2026 Supreme Court Term with leading journalists and scholars!

Please RSVP at the link 🔗: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · 22d

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · 29d

Princeton SPIA and P•LAW will welcome Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, to Princeton on September 10. In a conversation with P•LAW director Deborah Pearlstein, Justice Jackson will discuss her memoir, Lovely One.

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · Sep 2

Princeton Law & Public Policy Program Crane Fellow Kate Shaw talks to NYT’s Ezra Klein about the Supreme Court’s treatment of the President’s claims to broad power. @kateshaw.bsky.social @nytimes.com

Listen here 🎧: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · Aug 27

Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · Aug 6

P*Law Director @debpearlstein.bsky.social was quoted in a New York Times article entitled: “The Supreme Court Has Finally Found a President It Likes”, read the full piece at the link 🔗: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/o...

Opinion | The Supreme Court Has Finally Found a President It Likes

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · Aug 5

How can Congress reclaim its diminished powers—and put our constitutional system back in balance? P•LAW affiliated scholar and former Congressman Mickey Edwards led a bipartisan group of former legislators…

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Princeton SPIA Drives Bipartisan Effort to Inspire Congress to Reclaim Its Mandated Powers | Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

From Harry Truman sending armed forces to Korea without a congressional declaration of war to Donald Trump diverting congressionally appropriated military funding to construct barricades along the sou...

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · Jul 2

P*Law Director Deborah Pearlstein speaks with Wolf Blitzer of CNN - The Situation Room reporting on the Supreme Court decisions as they came down.

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · Jun 24

P*Law Director @debpearlstein.bsky.social will be speaking at this year’s SHAFR conference, discussing the legality of the President’s decision to fire all members of the committee to oversee the preservation of historical record of US foreign relations activities.

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · Jun 18

We’re now on LinkedIn! Follow us for P•LAW news and updates from our affiliated faculty and from around Princeton. We’d love to connect with you and hear what you’re working on.

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · Jun 3

Read the latest article about the P*LAW Problem-Solving Workshops at the link below 🔗:

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How P•LAW Workshops Tackle Democracy’s Toughest Questions | Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

In the years following 9/11, Deborah Pearlstein learned a lasting lesson on how to make progress in divisive moments.

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · Jun 2

Welcome to our 2025-26 Crane Fellows!

Details at the link 🔗: plaw.law.princeton.edu/news/2025/p%...

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · May 23

Congratulations to our students in the P*Law Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Class of 2025! ⚖️🎓

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · May 21

P*Law Director, @debpearlstein.bsky.social writes latest paper titled, “THE IMPACT OF MOVEMENT “ORIGINALISM” ON AMERICAN LEGAL POLARIZATION”.

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THE IMPACT OF MOVEMENT "ORIGINALISM" ON AMERICAN LEGAL POLARIZATION

Originalism was championed by early leaders of the conservative legal movement for the purpose of advancing a substantive political agenda, including the reject

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Princeton PLAW @plawpu.bsky.social · May 8

P*LAW Fellow Ned Foley’s latest on his substack channel Common Ground Democracy, read the full piece here: edwardbfoley.substack.com/p/when-parti...

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When Partisan Primaries Produce Unrepresentative Extremists...

...isn't the obvious remedy to eliminate partisan primaries?

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