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Eric J. Segall is an American legal scholar and the Ashe Family Chair Professor of Law at Georgia State University… more

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Reposted by: Eric J. Segall, Brendan Nyhan

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My conclusion:
When Mr. Trump attacks democratic institutions, he does so in the manner of a car wreck — so flagrantly destructive as to command public attention. When the Supreme Court undermines our democracy, as it seems poised to do in Callais, it feels more like a slow poisoning: the attacks may be harder to notice, but they are just as deadly
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Reposted by: Eric J. Segall, Brendan Nyhan, Robert C. Richards

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My New One at MSNBC Opinion on How the Supreme Court Seems Poised to Kill Off What Remains of the Voting Rights Act While Few Pay Attention–With Implications for 2026 Redistricting www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @msnbc.com
How the Supreme Court could aid the GOP's redistricting games
If the court rules quickly enough in a key voting rights case, it could allow yet another round of partisan redistricting before the 2026 midterms.
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by Eric J. Segall

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Right idea, wrong messenger.
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Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social · 10h
Good democracyproject.org/posts/judici...
Judicial Supremacy and American Democracy
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
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by Samuel Moyn — Reposted by: Eric J. Segall

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Good democracyproject.org/posts/judici...
Judicial Supremacy and American Democracy
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
democracyproject.org
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by Eric J. Segall

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Gold?
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by Eric J. Segall

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What’s behind the President?
Really.
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Reposted by: Eric J. Segall

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It's Legal Eagle @espinsegall.bsky.social with @petedominick.bsky.social LIVE RIGHT NOW ON YOUTUBE
come join us!
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The Legal Eagle Eric Segall
YouTube video by Stand Up! With Pete
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by Eric J. Segall

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Yeah, that’s for Super PAC’s…..
But yes, we do miss AMK, which is saying something.

by Eric J. Segall

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Yeah, rule is ADF always gets standing. www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/10/law-...
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Reposted by: Eric J. Segall

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Man. Justice Alito is going to wind up voting (1) FOR gender-affirming care bans, because states get to regulate that medicine and (2) AGAINST conversion therapy bans, because states do not get to regulate that medicine. He will not experience cognitive dissonance.
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Reposted by: Eric J. Segall

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Must-Watch Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar Today: Nate Persily on Lessons from 2024 on the Risks to the 2026 Elections electionlawblog.org?p=152394
Must-Watch Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar Today: Nate Persily on Lessons from 2024 on the Risks to the 2026 Elections #ELB
You can register to watch here. Nate will be in person at UCLA and I’ll be moderating the event with a live audience.
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by Eric J. Segall

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“The main lesson from these cases, of course, is that the Court will bend over backwards to find jurisdiction when doing so aids religion and will bend over backwards to decline jurisdiction if doing so … also aids religion.”
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/10/law-...
Law Has Nothing to do With It: Jurisdiction and Religion in the Roberts Court
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar , a difficult case involving “conversion therapy.” Colorado, like...
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by Eric J. Segall

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Today’s Conversion Therapy Case shouldn’t even be heard by the Court. “Law Has Nothing to do With It: Jurisdiction and Religion in the Roberts Court.”
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/10/law-...
Law Has Nothing to do With It: Jurisdiction and Religion in the Roberts Court
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar , a difficult case involving “conversion therapy.” Colorado, like...
www.dorfonlaw.org
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by Michael C. Dorf — Reposted by: Eric J. Segall

Besides its merits arguments, Colorado defends its conversion therapy ban before SCOTUS by contesting the plaintiff's standing. On the blog, @espinsegall.bsky.social worries the argument will fall on deaf ears, given this Court's tendency to manipulate jurisdiction in cases involving religion.👇
Law Has Nothing to do With It: Jurisdiction and Religion in the Roberts Court
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar , a difficult case involving “conversion therapy.” Colorado, like...
www.dorfonlaw.org
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Reposted by: Eric J. Segall

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It’s @mauraquint.bsky.social day!!!!
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by Eric J. Segall

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I think we need a new strategy. Really famous people need to go to the White House, tell the President how great he his, and then explain that his top advisers are leading to the destruction of the United States, and unfair as it is, Trump will be blamed by history….
I’m totally serious.
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Reposted by: Eric J. Segall

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An exception so well-established it's all but in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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by Eric J. Segall

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I make this case tomorrow on Dorf on Law. It’s a ripeness question. There is no threat of prosecution much less a “direct and concrete one.” But the answer is cases brought by the ADF don’t have to meet the case or controversy requirement.
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by Michael C. Dorf — Reposted by: Eric J. Segall

Happy First Monday in October! On the blog, I preview tomorrow's SCOTUS oral argument on whether Colorado's conversion therapy ban infringes free speech. I explain why the ideological stakes are mixed by pointing to implications for hypothetical red-state bans on gender-affirming talk therapy.
Colorado's Conversion Therapy Ban Comes to SCOTUS Tomorrow: Are There Implications for Gender-Affirming Talk Therapy?
The Supreme Court officially begins its new Term today with two relatively small-ball cases. The real action begins tomorrow, when the Court...
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by Diane Ravitch — Reposted by: Eric J. Segall

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Justice Karen Immergut, a Trump appointee, ruled against Trump for the second time in two days. She ruled he cannot send troops to Portland. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland for second time
The ruling came in an emergency hearing Sunday night.
www.politico.com
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Reposted by: Eric J. Segall, Robert C. Richards

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Jane Riley for CA asks about the duration of the new TRO. Immergut replies that it would expire in 14 days [notwithstanding further order of the court]....

For DOJ, Hamilton asks court to rule on motion for stay.

Immergut: I'm denying motion for stay and administrative stay.
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Reposted by: Eric J. Segall, Tom Clark, Dan Immergluck

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Immergut: I'm handling this on expedited basis, but defendants haven't provided new info.

SHE RULES FROM THE BENCH: I grant the plaintiffs motion for a second TRO based on reasons stated in previous order...
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by Eric J. Segall

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The sh#t is flying tonight America.
But Gorsuch.
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by Eric J. Segall

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Yikes
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Reposted by: Eric J. Segall, Stacy D. VanDeveer

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NEW: Judge Immergut - a trump appointee - has called an emergency hearing tonight because the administration appears to have tried to circumvent her order by calling in the California guard after she blocked the Oregon guard deployment with a temporary restraining order yesterday. 1/
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Reposted by: Eric J. Segall, Gerald Friedman

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NEW: Gov. Pritzker says that President Trump is tonight ordering 400 Texas National Guard members to deploy to Illinois, Oregon, and other states. gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/s/267a0ec0-7...
Gov. Pritzker Statement on the Texas National Guard Being Deployed to Illinois OCTOBER 5, 2025 1ส. 261U181 Office of the Governor JB Pritzker FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sunday, October 5, 2025 CONTACT: Gov.Press@illinois.gov CHICAGO - Today, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement after the Illinois National Guard was informed that the Texas National Guard is preparing deployments to Illinois: "This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate. "We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops. "I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation. "The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness."
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by Eric J. Segall

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Not how I heard it. I mean he was doing both.
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by Eric J. Segall

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Watch Scalia pretend not to know who Richard Posner is: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMhGHrAM/
July 29, 2012, appearance on Fox's Fox News Sunday program, during which Associate Justice Antonin Scalia discusses President Obama's DREAM Act Deferred Action policy and his dissenting opinion in cas...
TikTok video by Firing Line
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by Eric J. Segall

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Con
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by Eric J. Segall

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I’m a lib.
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