my “I have no reports of mines in the Strait of Hormuz but Iran must remove them immediately” tshirt has people asking a lot of questions answered by the tshirt
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1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State. Contributor to The Downballot. I teach, write, and post about state constitutional law, institutional development, and criminal law. I write (infrequently) at guaranteedrepublics.substack.com.
my “I have no reports of mines in the Strait of Hormuz but Iran must remove them immediately” tshirt has people asking a lot of questions answered by the tshirt
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped a Trump+9 seat in the New Hampshire House, per reporter Kevin Landrigan.
Republicans outspent Dems by a considerable margin.
This is now the 10th special election flip for Ds in Trump's second term, versus zero for the GOP. sos.tn.gov/elections/20...
I would strongly support a national law requiring any company fielding more than [X number] of calls per day to set up a callback procedure rather than making people wait on hold
This is the ultimate sort of rules-based formalism that is just so embarrassing when people's lives are on the line.
By *not* intervening, the MN Supreme Court is also taking a political stance—one that says it's okay for ICE to seize people at courthouses.
any day now, I reckon
The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."
sick, grotesque response
tweet reading: [Dentist waiting room] Me: [chanting] teeth, teeth- Other patients: teeth, TEETH Secretary: [pounding her clipboard]: TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!
same energy as this:
if your strategic advisors were unable to determine that the President who repeatedly called affordability a "hoax" and a "conjob" was not going to focus on affordability, then your strategic advisors are not worth what they're being paid
it is! I believe it's on the second floor of the law school
Of course, I *should've* known about it because there's a book about the work and everything, and @profferguson.bsky.social wrote a chapter about the Jardines painting!
Florida v. Jardines, as painted by Xavier Cortada
When visiting FIU last week for a workshop (shoutout to @vanessamiller.bsky.social), I saw Xavier Cortada's "May It Please the Court" series of paintings of Florida-related U.S. Supreme Court cases, which I didn't know about. His depiction of Jardines is quite striking.
cortada.com/art2021/pain...
the SNL parody of Fox and Friends is now quite dated, but still holds up even with different hosts
Giving dissatisfied pro se litigants a grievance machine produces predictable results
Had to doublecheck the date on this
Seems like the Colorado House Speaker could (and should) preempt this with an impeachment threat. www.denverpost.com/2026/03/04/j...
So much online conservatism these days is just "I miss being a kid"
The asymmetry of the value placed on human life is so striking. Israel has a goal to recover 40-year-old remains; to do so, it invades a sovereign country, and the lives of 26 Lebanese are an afterthought. Their names not even worth printing in the New York Times.
I took great pleasure in spring of 2022 in playing the "how early can I go to bed and get up" game
NO SUCH THING
I'm proud to be running for the Georgia Court of Appeals. Let’s get to work.
I hope you know you're always welcome (nay, encouraged) to send your work to me!!
"How to Run a Law Review Symposium," forthcoming in the Duquesne Law Review, now on SSRN (and I didn't even have to pester them about it!)
Unfortunately, “Yo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic
"yeah I rigged my race, fuck you" is a fascinating message to go with
oh hmmm I don't think I recall that specific thing
I have no idea what that is 😬
nearly fully ChatGPT-written articles!
I've read some of these pieces, which some law reviews have published. They are indeed as bad as you describe.