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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · Nov 26
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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 3h
Over 60% of nonelderly #Americans rely on employer #healthbenefits, but many employers neglect their ERISA fiduciary duties, potentially fueling higher costs, limited access, & legal risks.

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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 22h
Professor @jillhasday.bsky.social, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor in Law, appeared on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast to discuss her book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality.
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Faculty in the News: Prof. Jill Hasday; New Books Network logo
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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 1d
Professor @danielschwarcz.bsky.social was quoted by @cnn.com Business about how the government shutdown could adversely affect the housing market with slower mortgage approvals, stalled rural home loans, and a freeze on new flood insurance policies.
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Faculty in the News: “The shutdown affects the ability of the NFIP to actually renew an insurance policy or issue a new policy, but it doesn’t undermine the validity or enforceability of an insurance policy that’s already been issued.” - Prof. Dan Schwarcz; CNN Business logo
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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 1d
Professor @jillhasday.bsky.social, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor in Law, was interviewed on @mprnews.org about presidential powers and President Trump’s authority to deploy troops domestically.
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Faculty in the News: “The classic statute that presidents have relied on when using federal troops, which includes federalized National Guards, is something called the Insurrection Act. The Insurrection Act authorizes the president to deploy federal troops to quell domestic violence, insurrections, and rebellions against U.S. authority.” -Prof. Jill Hasday; MPR News logo
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Sam J. Merchant @sammerchant.bsky.social · 2d
I analyze the Sean "Diddy" Combs federal sentencing proceeding.
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Explained: Sean “Diddy” Combs Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison – Crimprof Blog
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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, they are. "Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations..." 31 USC 1341. It's not even close.

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Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay
A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.
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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 1d
Want to know more about whether Trump has legal authority to deploy troops domestically? I spoke with @MPRnews.

www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Legal expert: Using Federal troops domestically isn't unprecedented, but it comes with risk
President Donald Trump has deployed troops to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and threatened other Democratically-led cities over what he calls "out-of-control” crime.
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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 1d
Minnesota Law’s Class of 2025 has a lot to celebrate — an incredible 97% of first-time test takers passed the Minnesota bar exam, the highest bar passage rate in the state this year!

Congratulations, Class of 2025 — we’re so proud of you!
Mondale Hall with maroon circle graphic showing 97% Bar passage Rate: MN July 2025 First-Time Takers
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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 1d
Eugene Borgida, Morse-Alumni Distinguished Prof of Psychology and affiliated Law School faculty, and co-author Prof. William Robiner, Dept of Medicine, have co-authored a new article, "Judges at Risk: A Review of Homicides of U.S. Judges," in Behavioral Sciences & the Law (10/25). z.umn.edu/arky
L- Professor Eugene Borgida; R- Professor William Robiner
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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 2d
@jillhasday.bsky.social was interviewed by ABC News about Hegseth's speech to military leadership last week, where he announced the implementation of ‘gender-neutral’ fitness standards for the military with men and women req to meet the same minimum physical performance benchmarks. z.umn.edu/arj5
Faculty in the News: "It seems like his expectation is that once they enforce more 'rigorous standards,' more women will be pushed out." - Prof. Jill Hasday; ABC News logo
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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 2d
Wondering how the Trump Administration’s antifeminism fits within the long history of women’s struggles for equality? I spoke with @NewBooksNetwork about my book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality. #WeTheMen

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We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality
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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 4d
Judge Tunheim ruled the state’s case against Fleet Farm can move to trial. The GVP Clinic has been supporting the AG on this case since its inception and we look forward to preparing for trial. www.fox9.com/news/fleet-f...
Fleet Farm gun lawsuit moves forward after judge denies company’s efforts to dismiss
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 5d
On Lawfare Daily, @mollyereynolds.bsky.social spoke to @nicholasbednar.bsky.social and Sam Berger about how the Trump administration is using this government shutdown to pursue RIFs and how to think about the shutdown in the broader context of the Trump administration’s exercise of executive power.
Lawfare Daily: The Law of the Shutdown
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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 5d
Prof. Ana Pottratz Acosta was interviewed by @wcconews.bsky.social about federal officials targeting immigration fraud over a 10-day period in the Twin Cities area. USCIS officials examined 1,000 local cases and found alleged fraud and noncompliance in 275 cases. z.umn.edu/ard9
Faculty in the News: “If you look at the actual numbers, 42 cases out of 900 or 1,000, that's less than 5%. And four cases out of 1,000, that’s like half a percent, so it’s a very small number and they’re completely blowing it out of proportion." - Prof. Ana Acosta Pottratz; WCCO logo
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 5d
Many thanks to CA6 Judge Amul Thapar for taking the time to talk with different groups of @umnlawschool.bsky.social students & faculty today, & to our student Federalist Society chapter for taking the lead on hosting him.
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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 5d
@rwpusa.bsky.social was quoted by @theguardian.com about possible violations of the Hatch Act, which limits the political activities of government employees. Some agencies reportedly sent emails to employees on Tues. faulting Democrats for a potential government shutdown at midnight.
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Faculty in the News: “I’ve never seen anything like it. It suggests there’s a concerted lobbying effort across the government using federal email and website systems — which are funded with taxpayer dollars.” - Prof. Richard Painter; The Guardian logo
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 8d
Unless the Senate acts, the government will shut down midnight on Wednesday.

@nicholasbednar.bsky.social evaluates OMB Director Russ Vought's plan to use this shutdown as a springboard for permanent federal workforce cuts.
Reductions in Force During Shutdowns
The Trump administration plans to use the pending shutdown as justification for additional RIFs.
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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 6d
Prof. Sam Merchant was quoted by @nytimes.com about the length of sentence that rapper Sean Combs will receive at a hearing this Friday, saying that while guidelines often act as an “anchor” in sentencing, judges have significant leeway when deciding a defendant’s ultimate punishment.
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Faculty in the News: “The judge can consider any information about the defendant or the crime when they’re considering an appropriate sentence to impose on the offender.” - Prof. Sam merchant; NYT logo
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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 6d
Ana Pottratz Acosta, visiting assistant professor and director of the the Immigration & Human Rights Clinic of the James H. Binger Center for New Americans, was interviewed on @mprnews.org about the DOJ suing MN, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Hennepin Cty. regarding sanctuary policies.
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Faculty in the News; Prof. Ana Pottratz Acosta; MPR News logo
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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 7d
New @scalinglaws.bsky.social rapid response episode with @kevintfrazier.bsky.social on California’s SB 53, the AI safety law that Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law yesterday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGYL...
Scaling Laws, Rapid Response: California Governor Newsom Signs SB-53
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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 7d
@umnlawschool.bsky.social is privileged to have one of the coolest library collections, including many of Clarence Darrow's papers. Librarian Ryan Greenwood just put together this digital exhibit to commemorate 100 years since the Scopes Trial.

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Evolution on the Stand: Revisiting the Scopes Trial at 100 | Law Library | Digital Special Collections
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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 8d
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social ’16 was quoted by @washingtonpost.com about Trump’s attempt to stop fired federal workers’ appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board by arguing that the independent, quasi-judicial agency must follow DOJ guidance in how workers’ complaints are decided.
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Faculty in the News: “The Trump administration’s efforts to assert control over the interpretations of the MSPB is alarming because the MSPB needs some degree of independence from the executive branch to fairly adjudicate the claims brought by federal employees.” - Prof. Nick Bednar ’16; Washington Post logo
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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 8d
Over at @lawfaremedia.org, I discuss the OMB latest memo on RIFs:

"OMB’s memo amounts to a threat that agencies will simply continue the actions they have pursued for the past nine months. Why this would provide the Trump administration with meaningful leverage in negotiations is unclear."
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 8d
Unless the Senate acts, the government will shut down midnight on Wednesday.

@nicholasbednar.bsky.social evaluates OMB Director Russ Vought's plan to use this shutdown as a springboard for permanent federal workforce cuts.
Reductions in Force During Shutdowns
The Trump administration plans to use the pending shutdown as justification for additional RIFs.
www.lawfaremedia.org
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 12d
On Sept. 15, President Trump signed an executive order certifying the TikTok deal with ByteDance, its Chinese parent company. @klonick.bsky.social and @AlanRozenshtein.com take a closer look at the deal and consider whether it satisfies the requirements of the TikTok ban.
A TikTok ‘Deal’?
We may never know if the administration-brokered TikTok sale complies with the law, or at what cost it was secured.
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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 9d
I am excited to be hosting @energylawprof.bsky.social today at the @umnlawschool.bsky.social Public Law Workshop. He will be speaking about his paper, “Analog Regulation.” I am looking forward to the conversation!
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