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James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 4h

The governor is correct that Trump's behavior is clearly authoritarian, and we all, including members of the press, should feel comfortable saying so.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 15h

Dungeon Crawler Carl books ranked (from best):

Dungeon Crawler Carl (#1)
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (#3)
The Gate of the Feral Gods (#4)
This Inevitable Ruin (#7)
The Butchers Masquerade (#5)
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (#6)
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (#2)

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Sharon Brett @sharonbrett.bsky.social · 5d

Call for Papers for 15th Annual Fed Courts Junior Scholars conference is now up: law.ku.edu/junior-facul.... Lots of advanced notice, hope you will consider submitting!

Will work on distributing this to various listservs and blogs, but please share if you are able.

15th Annual Junior Faculty Federal Courts Workshop

April 24, 2026| KU School of Law

law.ku.edu

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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 5d

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Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 8d

My God

Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · 8d

AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ahead of the case caption, a handwritten note: "Trump has pardons and tanks . . . . what do you have?" Judge Young's reply: "Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous,
Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States –- you and me --
have our magnificent Constitution.
Here’s how that works out in a
specific case –- "

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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 8d

I have one perhaps foolish question, which is whether the proposition that aliens have the same free speech rights as citizens can be squared with the Supreme Court’s (dubious) summary affirmance in Bluman v FEC.

Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · 8d

AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 8d

Sat down with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social to talk start of a new SCOTUS term, end of an unprecedented summer on the shadow docket, & 20 years of Chief Justice John Roberts

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

Opinion | ‘Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court

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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 8d

On calling balls and strikes:

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 8d

Final thought: sometimes you just don’t have the power to stop a bad thing from happening. But beliefs about law can be powerful, and to that end, I considered it worth fighting this. If this goes the wrong way, it would be on par with Dred Scott. But Dred Scott happened.

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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 8d

A start-of-term exchange on the Supreme Court between me, @kateshaw.bsky.social and @stevevladeck.bsky.social

(I was hoping for “one of the great Chief Justices in history” as the title.)

Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

Opinion | ‘Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court

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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 8d

Bombshell! - Caleb Nelson, one of the most respected originalist scholars in the country, comes out against the unitary executive interpretation of Article II democracyproject.org/posts/must-a...

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Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 9d

Just posted a new essay with @williambaude.bsky.social and Sam Bray -

"Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis" (forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review).

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis

<p><span>In a crisis of authority, where it is unclear whether executive officials will comply with judicial decisions, the courts may seem to have limited reme

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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 9d

New paper, with @marinklevy.bsky.social and Sam Bray: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 10d

Sorry, Mike!!

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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 10d

I was delighted to be a guest on Mark Seidman's and Mark Tushnet's podcast -- Supreme Betrayal -- and hope they get credit for wanting to talk to somebody with such radically different views of the law. supreme-betrayal-how-the-supreme-court-and-constitutional.simplecast.com/episodes/a-c...