Zachary Wolfe
@profzwolfe.bsky.social
Professor, attorney, and author. I teach writing to undergraduates at George Washington University. https://profzwolfe.com.
About 10 days left to enter the lottery to attend upcoming #scotus arguments, including on 2nd Amendment, takings, and appeal rights. #law blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2026/...
January 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
About 10 days left to enter the lottery to attend upcoming #scotus arguments, including on 2nd Amendment, takings, and appeal rights. #law blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2026/...
The #trans student-athlete cases are getting most of the attention, followed closely by the one about the #Fed, but in January #SCOTUS will hear other important cases concerning state suits against oil companies and concealed weapons on private property. blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2026/...
January 2026 arguments
January 2025 SCOTUS case summaries.
blogs.gwu.edu
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The #trans student-athlete cases are getting most of the attention, followed closely by the one about the #Fed, but in January #SCOTUS will hear other important cases concerning state suits against oil companies and concealed weapons on private property. blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2026/...
Thoughtful article with some jury instructions and other details I was looking for. mastodon.social/@lawfare/115...
Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie–Or Hero?
The trial ended in an acquittal. But the proceedings felt like a strange sort of performance art—highly amusing and highly menacing at the same time.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Thoughtful article with some jury instructions and other details I was looking for. mastodon.social/@lawfare/115...
My segment on #hatecrimes #law starts at 27:55. Thanks for having me, #lawandDisorder! Pleasure to have the chance to connect this area of research to #teaching and #highered.
@heidsky.bsky.social on Bluesky
#LawandDisorder this week: Andrea Vásquez discusses the Immigrant Solidarity Group of PSC, CUNY's faculty + staff union, shows up weekly in court #ICEOutofNY. Prof Zachary Wolfe, ed. of Hate Crimes Law, unpacks how laws are being used and misused during polarized times @profzwolfe.bsky.social
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October 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
My segment on #hatecrimes #law starts at 27:55. Thanks for having me, #lawandDisorder! Pleasure to have the chance to connect this area of research to #teaching and #highered.
Thoughtful perspective here, worth thinking about along with J Sotomayor’s dissent. I’m also thinking about how those 6 railed against colleges even barely considering race as a factor in admissions, but they’re fine with race-conscious seizures. #law
Original post: newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/1151...
Original post: newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/1151...
September 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thoughtful perspective here, worth thinking about along with J Sotomayor’s dissent. I’m also thinking about how those 6 railed against colleges even barely considering race as a factor in admissions, but they’re fine with race-conscious seizures. #law
Original post: newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/1151...
Original post: newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/1151...
Reposted by Zachary Wolfe
TODAY — National Emergency Call
The Supreme Court’s decision paves the way for racial profiling, false arrests, and unchecked violence against immigrants.
⏰ 4 PM PDT, join @ndlon.bsky.social for a national call to organize, strategize, and mobilize.
We must protect our communities. Register here:
The Supreme Court’s decision paves the way for racial profiling, false arrests, and unchecked violence against immigrants.
⏰ 4 PM PDT, join @ndlon.bsky.social for a national call to organize, strategize, and mobilize.
We must protect our communities. Register here:
National Emergency Call: The Supreme Court's Approval of Racial Profiling · National Day Laborer Organizing Network
The Supreme Court has lifted a lower court order that had temporarily halted the Trump Administration’s terrorizing raids in Los Angeles. The decision paves the way for racial profiling, false arrests...
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September 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
TODAY — National Emergency Call
The Supreme Court’s decision paves the way for racial profiling, false arrests, and unchecked violence against immigrants.
⏰ 4 PM PDT, join @ndlon.bsky.social for a national call to organize, strategize, and mobilize.
We must protect our communities. Register here:
The Supreme Court’s decision paves the way for racial profiling, false arrests, and unchecked violence against immigrants.
⏰ 4 PM PDT, join @ndlon.bsky.social for a national call to organize, strategize, and mobilize.
We must protect our communities. Register here:
Rally at Malcolm X Park (DC) right now.
September 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Rally at Malcolm X Park (DC) right now.
Disgusted as I am with #scotus, still here are my previews of upcoming cases, highlighting ones I think are important and reasonably accessible to non-lawyers (as well). Some very significant cases coming on First Monday and in this first block of October cases. #law blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2025/...
August 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Disgusted as I am with #scotus, still here are my previews of upcoming cases, highlighting ones I think are important and reasonably accessible to non-lawyers (as well). Some very significant cases coming on First Monday and in this first block of October cases. #law blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2025/...
Reposted by Zachary Wolfe
Trump admin’s federal troops and police are targeting Black and Brown residents, immigrants, youth, and unhoused neighbors in DC. On Sept 6, we march against the militarization of our city. #WeAreAllDC More at weareallDC.com #50501movement
August 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Trump admin’s federal troops and police are targeting Black and Brown residents, immigrants, youth, and unhoused neighbors in DC. On Sept 6, we march against the militarization of our city. #WeAreAllDC More at weareallDC.com #50501movement
Reposted by Zachary Wolfe
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
I made a collection of resources, personal observations, and notes about legal concepts I’ve seen misunderstood, thinking of my #students starting classes & coming (back) to #washingtonDC but maybe helpful to anyone here and/or working to #FreeDC. #dc #law blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2025/...
August 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I made a collection of resources, personal observations, and notes about legal concepts I’ve seen misunderstood, thinking of my #students starting classes & coming (back) to #washingtonDC but maybe helpful to anyone here and/or working to #FreeDC. #dc #law blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2025/...
For everyone in #WashingtonDC and all fighting #tyranny.
August 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
For everyone in #WashingtonDC and all fighting #tyranny.
#SCOTUS has released the Oct and Nov argument calendars and is doing the lottery for public seating again. Quick post about cases and entering the lottery; more to come soon. blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2025/...
October 2025 term – lottery opens
Yesterday afternoon, the Court released the argument calendar for the first two months of the October 2025 term. (This seems later in the summer than usual but I haven’t checked my memory on that.) Am...
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August 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#SCOTUS has released the Oct and Nov argument calendars and is doing the lottery for public seating again. Quick post about cases and entering the lottery; more to come soon. blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2025/...
I support what 50501 says on this thread, & add that I live in #DC without a car so walk or take public transit everywhere. This is a beautiful and safe city. DC could do better on some public safety issues, but militarization/ federalization is not the way.
@50501dc.bsky.social on Bluesky
This morning, President Trump declared a “public safety emergency” in Washington, DC and deployed the National Guard onto our streets. This is NOT safety. It is an unconstitutional power grab that threatens the rights of DC residents.
@50501movement.bsky.social
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August 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I support what 50501 says on this thread, & add that I live in #DC without a car so walk or take public transit everywhere. This is a beautiful and safe city. DC could do better on some public safety issues, but militarization/ federalization is not the way.
Reposted by Zachary Wolfe
Congress has given the President the power to take control of the D.C. local police for up to 30 days "for federal purposes," and to deploy the (tiny) D.C. National Guard.
As today's "One First" explains, that's the full extent of what the President can do to "federalize" D.C. without new statutes:
As today's "One First" explains, that's the full extent of what the President can do to "federalize" D.C. without new statutes:
172. "Federalizing" D.C.
Like any federal enclave, the federal government has plenary power over the District of Columbia. But Congress has delegated most of that power to local officials; it would take new laws to undo that.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Congress has given the President the power to take control of the D.C. local police for up to 30 days "for federal purposes," and to deploy the (tiny) D.C. National Guard.
As today's "One First" explains, that's the full extent of what the President can do to "federalize" D.C. without new statutes:
As today's "One First" explains, that's the full extent of what the President can do to "federalize" D.C. without new statutes:
July 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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@stevevladeck.bsky.social on dissenters, and whether, as he puts it the law is the solution or the problem. This is what I have been trying to name: The tendency of lawyers to lawyer every piece of lawlessness. Steve says it better
164. Justice Kagan's D.V.D. Concurrence
Thursday's denouement in the third-country removals case was not surprising. But the split between Justice Kagan and Justices Sotomayor and Jackson highlights a deeper (and July 4-appropriate) debate.
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July 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
@stevevladeck.bsky.social on dissenters, and whether, as he puts it the law is the solution or the problem. This is what I have been trying to name: The tendency of lawyers to lawyer every piece of lawlessness. Steve says it better
Just out of the #scotus courtroom. Horrible. Especially the school curriculum case. Universal injunctions decision is symbolically bad & wrong, but can be lawyered around. Public schools are screwed and will soon spend their funding on litigation should they dare to expose kids to new ideas. #law
June 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A few photos I took ten years ago today after hearing the #scotus #obergefell decision announcement. I also wrote up the experience on liberationnews.org/marriage-equ...
June 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A few photos I took ten years ago today after hearing the #scotus #obergefell decision announcement. I also wrote up the experience on liberationnews.org/marriage-equ...
Happy June 26 - anniversary of Stonewall and several pro-gay #scotus decisions (sodomy laws & 2 marriage rights cases). And they’ve avoided 6/26 for anti-gay-rights decisions in recent years. The #lgbtq school curricula case is still outstanding, so we’ll see what happens after 10:00…. #law
June 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#Trump ’s “power” grab under a claim of rebellion against “authority” has me thinking about those two words. #law #ICE #immigration blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2025/...
June 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#Trump ’s “power” grab under a claim of rebellion against “authority” has me thinking about those two words. #law #ICE #immigration blogs.gwu.edu/zwolfe/2025/...
Attorney and Marine vet with message to servicemembers. www.instagram.com/reel/DKsx0dh... #law
June 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Attorney and Marine vet with message to servicemembers. www.instagram.com/reel/DKsx0dh... #law