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The case of temporary visitors was more complicated at common law. The parents, if lawfully present, were under the temporary protection of the sovereign. That is why one judge in a famous case, Lynch v. Clarke, held in 1844 that a child born of temporary sojourners was a citizen. But the rule was contested because of increasing international travel and the resulting dual allegiances. Joseph Story suggested that an exception for temporary visitors would be a “reasonable qualification” to the rule. Henry St. George Tucker in his treatise stated flatly that temporary visitors fell outside the common-law

I'm afraid I can't just sit here and say nothing when another law professor gives false testimony to Congress about the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Ilan Wurman has given false testimony to Congress, being fully on notice of the falsity. I do not think this is fairly debatable. 1.

It’s a 17-point improvement on the margin. That’s not spin; it’s an accurate statement.

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

Minnesota’s chief justice declines, again, to restrict immigration enforcement at courthouses State Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson said the Judicial Branch restricting how federal law enforcement operates could be perceived as taking a stand on a political issue.

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

Colorado Democrats blast Gov. Jared Polis as he again hints at intervening in Tina Peters’ prison sentence Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has again signaled that he thinks Tina Peters’ prison sentence was too harsh as he considers granting some form of clemency — though not a full pardon, his off…

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 😬