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Rebecca Tushnet is an American legal scholar. She serves as the Frank Stanton Professor of First Amendment Law at Harvard… more

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Unfortunately I might go with Associate Professor / Adjunct Professor / Full Professor / Assistant Professor
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 8h
Associate Professor / Full Professor / Assistant Professor
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Associate Professor / Full Professor / Assistant Professor
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Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
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most "undercover operations" don't begin with the person in charge saying "I am sending out spies to do some spying" afaik—unless the goal is actually to freak out lefties and has nothing to do w/any information-gathering.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 11h
Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations
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court allows false advertising claim based on manipulation of Amazon's "variation" system
court allows false advertising claim based on manipulation of Amazon's "variation" system
Corsair Gaming, Inc. v. Choice Electronics Inc., 2025 WL 2822691, No. 5:25-cv-00045-BLF (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2025) Corsair sued Choice for a...
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CNN: “Nashville’s air traffic approach control will go dark for five hours tonight due to short staffing—the second FAA facility in as many days to shut down over shortages.”
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BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row
Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.
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You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
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Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"
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Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ

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OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance
An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.
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WHITEHOUSE: What happened to the $50k in cash that the FBI paid to Tom Homan in a paper bag?

BONDI: The investigation of Mr Homan was subjected to a full review by the FBI. They found no credible evidence of any wrongdoing

W: That was not my Q

B: You're welcome to discuss this with Director Patel
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Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"
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Thanks to @slate.com for letting me explain (on publication day for Taylor's Version!) why "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" is the best thing ever (and connects up both to #MeToo and to John Keats): slate.com/culture/2025...
I’m a Poet. I Believe That This Song Is Taylor Swift’s Masterpiece. I’ll Explain Why.
There’s a reason my students always vote for this one when I ask for Taylor’s most Taylor-ish song.
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Publication day for Taylor's Version! I'm so happy for my baby and for all the work @hachetteus.bsky.social & @johnmurrays.bsky.social did to bring her out into the world. Consider an order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/steph...
Taylor’s Version
“With unfailing lucidity, empathy, and wit” (Greil Marcus), a preeminent Harvard professor and poetry expert explains the artistry—and the celebrity—...
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by Mark A. Lemley — Reposted by: Rebecca Tushnet, Mark A. Lemley

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House Republicans just AGAIN refused to swear in an elected member of Congress, a blatantly illegal act. They adjourned Congress again without recognizing her, all to avoid having to release the Epstein files
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IP litigator, Patent Prosecutor, Trademark Attorney
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by James Grimmelmann — Reposted by: Rebecca Tushnet

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Fourth factor, third factor, second factor, first factor.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 1d
Editor in chief, city editor, features editor
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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Some advertising you just can't buy
MAGA Congresswoman: Bad Bunnys super bowl halftime show a demonic sexual performance
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Senator Cruz Figure Out Who Was President From 2018 To 2020 Challenge; Impossible

I have a simple question for Senator Ted Cruz: Who was president in 2018? How about 2020? I ask because Cruz just released a “bombshell” report claiming that the Biden administration "converted" CISA into "the…
Senator Cruz Figure Out Who Was President From 2018 To 2020 Challenge; Impossible
I have a simple question for Senator Ted Cruz: Who was president in 2018? How about 2020? I ask because Cruz just released a “bombshell” report claiming that the Biden administration "converted" CISA into "the Thought Police." There's just one tiny problem with this narrative: Cruz's own report shows that everything he's mad about started under Donald Trump, under whose leadership CISA was created.
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Temu alleges that Shein sends hundreds of fraudulent DMCA takedown notices against it, including for photos to which it doesn't have rights.

In this opinion, the court allows Temu's DMCA misrepresentation claims to proceed.
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Whaleco v Shein opinion
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ACLS has released a statement regarding the White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”: bit.ly/3IviMig
We call for the immediate rejection of the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”...No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it. -ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
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But can the department get its act together to counternotice?
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by Eric Goldman — Reposted by: Rebecca Tushnet

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Yesterday, I testified before a New Zealand Parliament committee doing an inquiry into children's harms online.

My testimony criticizes efforts to impose age authentication mandates online

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Thirteen Objections to Mandatory Online Age Authentication
This is my testimony before the Education and Workforce Committee of the New Zealand Parliament regarding its "Inquiry into the harm young New Zealanders e
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court rejects affiliation confusion theory for lack of harm, declines to order tarps over P's goods
court rejects affiliation confusion theory for lack of harm, declines to order tarps over P's goods
Survitec Survival Prods., Inc. v. Fire Protection Service, Inc., 2025 WL 2782332, No. H-21-312 (S.D. Tex. Sept. 30, 2025) This case demons...
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Second Circuit reverses literal falsity finding based on dispute over meaning of "brand"
Second Circuit reverses literal falsity finding based on dispute over meaning of "brand"
Zesty Paws LLC v. Nutramax Laboratories, Inc., --- F.4th ----, No. 24-1810, 2025 WL 2810078 (2d Cir. Oct. 3, 2025) The court of appeals re...
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Got a tip recently about how Trump's tariffs are preventing libraries from sharing books, and causing their loaned books to get stuck or lost in other countries: www.404media.co/libraries-ca...
Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs
Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’
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“Ok the DMCA is good in this one specific use case”
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So now we have court filings in which cases are allegedly hallucinated by *check notes* LEXIS NEXIS, THE EFFING LARGEST, MOST USED LEGAL DATABASE BY LAWYERS, COURTS, AND LEGAL SCHOLARS.
Seems bad.
Lawyer Blames AI Tool for Inaccurate Citations in Court Filing | Jeff Bazinet posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Is this the first case in which a major provider has been blamed for AI-hallucinated cites? New York. Trial court. AI hallucination-containing filing. (But you knew that.) Attorney subscribes to...
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