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Kim Lane Scheppele is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Princeton School of Public… more

Kim L. Scheppele
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here's how to explain the shutdown to those who are puzzled -- great video!
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 17h
This is the BEST description of the shutdown.
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On direct pathway to a constitutional crisis. Intentionally and deliberately.

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MAGA calls for Trump to overrule judges on National Guard deployments
Trump's base has embraced the idea that court rulings should not constrain his powers as commander-in-chief.
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This is the BEST description of the shutdown.
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by Kim L. Scheppele

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i will miss the Santa look . . .
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 1d
Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right
Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe
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Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right
Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe
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Newsom says he’s on the verge of quitting the National Govs Association: “should not be difficult … regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states’ Natl Guard and deploying… over the objections of the home-state Governor,harms the interests of states”
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by David H. Kaye — Reposted by: Kim L. Scheppele

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this statement by the American Council of Learned Societies, one of the key orgs in higher ed, is exactly right.

reject the 'compact'. no ifs, no studies.

read and share and, for your opeds, steal.
I cannot post the entire alt text but it begins: On October 1, the White House proposed to nine leading American universities that they agree to a list of demands in exchange for receiving preferential access to research funding. The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” undermines the long-standing independence of American academia. It works against the best interests of colleges and universities and of every one of us who has benefited from the knowledge they produce. We call for its immediate rejection by all institutions of higher education.
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Flashing red light: a top federal prosecutor REJECTED pressure to indict NY AG Letitia James

Career DOJ lawyers aren’t giving to Trump’s revenge campaign

Now what will Bondi & Halligan do?

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Top prosecutor is rejecting Trump pressure to charge New York AG
A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.
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It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
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by Kim L. Scheppele — Reposted by: Laurent Pech

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Excellent analysis of what the US Supreme Court has done and might do. Are they providing the appearance of normal law in order to disguise the authoritarianism driving the executive branch? That's the logic of the dual state.
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Pema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social · 1d
“The reality is that the court is adjusting the law to make place for arbitrary power.”

To understand the Supreme Court's role in Trump's authoritarian project, I turned to the idea of a dual state: an authoritarian regime that keeps up a facade of normalcy

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
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The NYT's Michael Grynbaum reported that this is the note that Bari Weiss sent to CBS News staffers this morning (1/2)
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“The reality is that the court is adjusting the law to make place for arbitrary power.”

To understand the Supreme Court's role in Trump's authoritarian project, I turned to the idea of a dual state: an authoritarian regime that keeps up a facade of normalcy

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
www.motherjones.com
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Reposted by: Kim L. Scheppele, Brendan Nyhan

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I understand the impulse to highlight the acceptable things that can be found in the "compact" and imagine how those could be built on.

But those elements are a disguise. The gov't doesn't care about them. The *purpose* of the compact is unconstitutional federal control over higher education.
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's jurisprudence is... complicated! But with nearly half the court up for retention election next month, the money is still pouring in. More @statecourtreport.org: statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
Everything You Need to Know About Next Month’s High-Stakes Supreme Court Elections in Pennsylvania
Three justices will face an up or down vote in November, the outcome of which is likely to impact the midterms.
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by Kim L. Scheppele

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Once again, Anna Bower live-tweets hearings like no one else can!
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d
Ok, here we go.

The case is called and Judge Immergut explains the background. She says there were technical difficulties, which caused the delay.
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by Kim L. Scheppele

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and that was just after this:
Connections
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another lucky day:
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BREAKING: We just won in court — again.

A federal judge BLOCKED Donald Trump’s unlawful attempt to DEPLOY 300 OF OUR NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO PORTLAND.
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This is the home of Diane Goodstein, a federal judge who ruled against Trump last month.

Members of her family were still inside, but survived by jumping out windows.

Just yesterday Stephen Miller claimed left wing judges were terrorists & state power was needed to stop them.
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Ok, here we go.

The case is called and Judge Immergut explains the background. She says there were technical difficulties, which caused the delay.
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Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker
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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important thread with good local news sources on what is happening in Chicago . . .
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d
This is Chicago. Where a heavily armed agent of the federal government in a combat ready vehicle is pointing a long gun at peaceful protestors. This is CHICAGO, not Fallajuh.
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by Kim L. Scheppele — Reposted by: Stephen M. Walt, Brendan Nyhan, Laurent Pech , and 1 more

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A must-read for those who are concerned about the future of universities under Trump. Trump is replacing the rule of law with rule by deal, and guaranteeing nothing for universities except that they give up their constitutional freedoms to avoid political punishments.
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 3d
I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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by Kim L. Scheppele

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One of the world's truly inspirational people, Jane Goodall, has some last words for us all about making a difference and not losing hope.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 2d
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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It appears that the federal agents occupying Portland have people embedded with them charged with the task of producing stories presenting the government’s version of events. Ironically, this was the sort of work JD Vance did in Iraq before he decided he was against that war.
Done opb.org Federal officers were flanked by videographers, toting professional equipment and wearing high-visibility vests. They filmed from behind the lines of officers, capturing the show of force. At least two drones swept over the scenes.
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by Stephen I. Vladeck — Reposted by: Kim L. Scheppele, Robert C. Richards, Stephen I. Vladeck

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In light of Judge Immergut's ruling, there's a lot of noise today coming from the President's advisers and supporters about courts not having the power to provide prospective relief against domestic uses of the military.

Via "One First," me on the rather significant early precedent to the contrary:
181. Courts and Domestic Use of the Military
In response to adverse judicial rulings, the President's advisers and supporters are claiming courts lack the power to halt domestic use of the military. A critical early precedent is to the contrary.
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