We have to care about sidewalks because they are at the center of our most significant public debates: commerce, tech, tax, property, policing, homelessness, surveillance, free speech, socioeconomic equity, public health, climate resilience,….
Don’t believe me? Read the book!
Book Announcement!!!
Sidewalk Nation: The Life and Law of America’s Most Overlooked Resource is available for preorder and out June 2 with @harvardpress.bsky.social!
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Michael C. Pollack (@michaelcpollack.bsky.social) & Matthew Tokson (@mtokson.bsky.social) expose the flaws of property-centered Fourth Amendment law, showing how it can be manipulated, exclude digital privacy, and leave society’s most disadvantaged with the least protection.
I'm delighted that my paper with @mtokson.bsky.social, Decentering Property in Fourth Amendment Law, is now officially out in the @uchilrev.bsky.social! Many thanks to friends and colleagues for valuable feedback and to the editors at Chicago for their work!
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I’m so proud to call these folks my new colleagues!
Congrats to you and to Berkeley!
This was so much fun--an even more thought-provoking event than I thought it would be. We talked about prediction markets, betting, and young men, and debated the implication for our democracy. And the student engagement was tremendous. Many thanks to Michael Abramowicz and @jenlawless.bsky.social!
Among the Trump administration’s ongoing assaults on lawyers is its very real threat to take away critical legal services from vulnerable kids. My write-up for @slate.bsky.social is below.
We invite you to The Bro-Economy & the Bro-Democracy on Tuesday, March 8th at 12:45 PM in Room 512!
@cardozolaw.bsky.social’s Professor @michaelcpollack.bsky.social will host Michael Abramowicz (GW University Law School), Jennifer Lawless (University of Virginia), & Craig Holman (Public Citizen).
David's piece is a great exploration of how we can better fund sidewalk improvements and maintenance. I was delighted to speak with him about my research and forthcoming book on the subject, so check out the piece below for a preview (and some terrific analysis of his own too).
I'm excited to share my article, The Immigration Subpoena Power, which explores the way that ICE uses administrative subpoenas for civil immigration enforcement and the concerns that these practices raise. Many thanks to those who helped improve it (1/2)
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Yes please!
I'm delighted to share that @mtokson.bsky.social's and my new paper, Decentering Property in Fourth Amendment Law, is forthcoming in the University of Chicago Law Review!
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As I emerge from sabbatical, I'm looking forward to participating in a panel on the courts at this @tnr.bsky.social event next Wednesday! Livestream info here:
Some news: I’m writing a book!
And I'm honored to be working with the amazing folks at Harvard University Press to bring the life, law, and policy challenges of our nation's sidewalks to print.
Sidewalk Government: The Legal Future of America's Most Overlooked Resource, coming…eventually!
NYC Mayor Eric Adams' recently announced Get Sheds Down plan will bring sweeping changes to regulation of the scaffolding and construction sheds looming over sidewalks--but we cannot stop there.
More from me in Law360 this morning.
Thanks to @tommybennett.com for waving me in the front door here! Stay tuned for incessant ramblings about sidewalks.
