It's only my second cycle, but it is FAR worse than what I was expecting based on what senior folks have experienced.
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It's only my second cycle, but it is FAR worse than what I was expecting based on what senior folks have experienced.
Thinking about the Eleventh Circuit refusing to allow Mark Meadows to remove his prosecution to federal court for .... no particular reason whatsoever on this very day at this very time.
In my constitutional law class, we've been discussing why the courts use the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment to safeguard rights rather than the Privileges and Immunities Clause. My student Hannah Hamel made these helpful memes summarizing Justice Thomas's views on the issue:
Between bathroom laws, forms and affadavits that are impossible to accurately complete, laws targeting "aiding/abetting" transition, DOJ's domestic terror definitions, etc., there is a coordinated campaign to not just limit trans rights but to transform us into a criminal class.
I'm writing about the increasing efforts to criminalize being trans, and I cannot stop thinking about Justice Barrett insisting there's no history of de jure discrimination against us. This person did not change her driver license and was still criminalized because she is trans.
Now forthcoming in the Duquesne Law Review!
Congrats!
Remember when we had midterm elections twenty years ago and Donald Rumsfeld had to resign the next day?
Lee we will be greeted as liberators
Proud to announce the opening of the Emmet Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, Practice & Democracy. With @anthonymkreis.bsky.social, @andrewwillinger.bsky.social, and Neil Kinkopf, we’ll fight for the rule of law and democracy as Emmet has done for over 60 years.
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i'm so sorry for your suffering
quinn it is so bad
Never do I place more unfounded faith in my bladder than when I am scheduling individual student conferences. I mean WHY did I think I could do four hours back to back? Why do I always do this?!
I really experience the full kaleidoscope of human emotion when marking up drafts of student work.
I cut my mouse clicking finger pretty badly last week so now trying to type is a REAL adventure.
My essay on the Kavanaugh concurrence in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo is now live with the @nyulawreview.bsky.social online. Many thanks to the incredible editors who helped bring this piece to completion (rage-writing it in one week meant we did a lot of work on it post-acceptance!).
I love today's class. I'm introducing persuasive statements of facts, and we see how a person's perception of facts are based on framing and priming. And we do it through a classic piece of exceptional American cinema: the music video for Reba McEntire's The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia.
I took note of the reference to being unable to "rule out" noncriminal explanations. Typically not how probable cause determinations work!
I'm just a country law professor, but I didn't think it was the FBI's job to "rul[e] out non-criminal explanations for activities" when there's no evidence of criminality.
I for one am not excited about the confirmation hearings for Associate Justice nominee Kyle Duncan
This is extreme and horrifying.
One of the things I try to instill in my students is that "constitutional" and "unconstitutional" are not legal terms of art. It's OUR Constitution. We're empowered to have views on it, and to view government action or inaction as consistent with our country's norms, values, and traditions—or not.
It is a natural law of academia that when I have lots of things to work on, many students come to office hours. When I am caught up, they ghost me.
The cover of Justice Breyer's latest book: Reading the Constitution: Why I chose Pragmatism Not Textualism
Sunday at Stetson Law, we were honored by a visit from Justice Stephen Breyer. In a conversation with Dean Barros, Justice Breyer offered poignant advice on civility, persuasive advocacy, cultivating fulfillment, and shared values that make us American. He was also hilarious. Such a special event!
A reminder to law students who are interviewing for biglaw firms in the weeks ahead:
There are lots of firms out there you could work for. You should carefully consider which firms comport with your personal and professional values—and which ones don’t.
Catherine O'Hara is such a loss.
CORKY WE LOVE YOU WE WANT YOU TO LIVE
You're gonna show Winkie.
Herb Ertlinger's Fruit Wine
I use this clip in class every year to teach students to use case illustrations to show, rather than tell, the reader how the law applies.