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My symposium article on Chevron's death and the tax system has been published:
"Tax Regulations After Loper Bright," 2024 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1083 (2025) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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His in-laws looked at the election ticket and said if Vance studied harder, he would be running for President.
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The sticker cost of Vanderbilt is $84,412.
There is something quite delicious about a bunch of privileged college students instructing the officer about the right way to be Black.
NEW: Protestors occupying the chancellor's office at Vanderbilt try to shame a black police officer:
"You are black in America, and you're NOT standing with the marginalized people of the world. What does that make you?!"
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These judges are unwittingly going to expand executive power beyond their wildest dreams.
JUST IN: Judge Amy Berman Jackson becomes the 5th judge *today* to block an aspect of Trump's early-term orders, this time the firing of ethics watchdog Hampton Dellinger. And night isn't over. yet ...
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Somewhat honest question: Do the murder advocates really think that “nationalized healthcare” means unlimited services, treatments, visits, operations, drugs etc?
Do they not know that NHS etc must routinely ration & deny healthcare?
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Devastating point made by the Solicitor General in the Special Counsel (Dellinger) case:
"No one [ever] imagined that the President might need to obtain the advice and consent of a federal district court." reason.com/wp-content/upload…
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Eliminating the LSAT to address inequity is like destroying a thermometer to address a fever.
Getting rid of the LSAT is incredibly regressive. The main beneficiaries will be academically weaker wealthy students who can afford to pad their resumes, go to private schools with more grade inflation, and pay for admissions coaches. reuters.com/legal/legalindus…
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I remember when this fella was a useful legal commentator, whose curmudgeonry transcended any easy political category
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Jomboy Media
I just got this text from a relative who has literally never ever asked me a question about a court case
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does no one stop and read what they are typing anymore?
Further evidence that the elite universities cannot be reformed from within:
thecrimson.com/article/2024/…
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I asked Google Gemini who hurt society more -- Adolf Hitler, or @christopherrufo.
Gemini won't answer definitively, but notes that "Rufo's actions may have a longer-lasting impact, as they could lead to increased division and hatred in society."
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Numerous media celebrities, including this former New York Times reporter, have lectured us endlessly about “civility” and whatnot.
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I recall when the New York Times sent a field reporter to investigate an ice cube that Brett Kavanaugh threw at someone a few decades ago.
(I wish I were making this up.)
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“We had a really difficult professor," Biden recalled. "He called on me to discuss a case, you know, in your first torts class. And I had never read the case, and I stood up and I spoke for 10 minutes. The whole class stood up, started clapping." freebeacon.com/biden-adminis…
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Tomorrow, a federal judge will probably order the White House to refill the office coffee pot every 30 minutes rather than every 45.
BREAKING: A judge orders the CDC, FDA and HHS to restore webpages that were deleted to comply with a Trump executive order. cbsn.ws/3QcJCM8
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The weird thing is that if you change the discussion from "crime" to "gun violence," the media will do an immediate 180 and talk about how out of control it is.
Citing a nonexistent crime crisis, Trump plans to take over the Washington DC police and put troops in the streets of the nation's capital. Contrary to his claims, violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. @katierogers @campbellnyt @ChrisCameronNYT nytimes.com/live/2025/08/11/…
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"A court has barred the elected President from controlling an entire department of the Executive Branch and has turned over that department to a person who answers to no one and for whom no one voted." 🔥🔥🔥
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Can someone explain to me why corporations obviously pass tariff costs onto consumers but pay for corporate tax increases themselves?
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so is chevron good or bad
No, we're concerned first that the executive branch is seizing Constitutionally enumerated powers from the legislative branch, and secondarily that the power will be used in substantively bad ways theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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Getting through one whole *day* used be an achievement.
And now I’ve watched, without booze, the sun complete one whole *orbit* around the earth.
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Sullivan & Cromwell To Ramp-Up Vetting Of New Hires Amid Wave Of Pro-Palestinian Protests; firm will "review resumes for participation in pro-terrorist groups and other similar activities” taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_…
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Jon Stewart absolutely nails the Hunter pardon and why it eviscerates so many “rule of law!!!” claims.
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I love how all the “norms!” stuff just ended up being pure partisan theatrics.
I mean, I knew that at the time, but it’s funny to watch this realization forced upon resistance folks etc.
#BREAKING: Biden White House considers preemptive pardons for those who may be 'targeted' by Trump - POLITICO
Names mentioned include Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney and Adam Schiff.
Biden aides are "deeply concerned" about current/former officials who may face investigations and indictments from Trump's DOJ - especially after Kash Patel was selected for FBI director.
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The media hit pieces on Justice Thomas have become absolutely hilarious. I'm sorry for saying earlier that they were garbage and that I would not pay attention to them.
I definitely will -- for comic relief. nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/cl…
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I’ve watched the video a dozen times and I have no idea what your politics are, and I don’t care to know. What I do care about is that you brought me and others so much joy & amusement. Thank you!
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This is hilarious … first, the media slammed Trump for potentially abandoning the ABC debate, because he already “agreed” to it … but now that KH is complaining about the debate, the rules are suddenly up for grabs …
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It's still unclear to me why universities have become a fierce target for Palestine protests. The divestment claims seem rather specious. And universities are powerless to affect the war.
There seems to be nothing beyond "universities are where many protestors live." Am I wrong?
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Judges need to stop doing this.
NEW: Judge CHUTKAN is now weighing in on Trump's mass dismissal of Jan. 6 cases, saying it "cannot whitewash the blood, feces, and terror that the mob left in its wake."
politico.com/news/2025/01/22…
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Two days used to be nearly impossible. Now, on June 3, 2024, it’s two years.
For too long, I refused to accept help because I was “highly functioning.” Of course, I wasn’t. Please reach out if you’re in the same trap.
DMs open to anyone in need.
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Dear god, the geniuses at the NYT updated the article but they are still profoundly wrong.
How hard is it to understand that the unitary EXECUTIVE theory is a theory about the EXECUTIVE branch?
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the media is urgently pounding the “constitutional crisis” button, entirely unaware that their own hysteria broke it years ago
>> @kaitlancollins: "We are three weeks into the second Trump presidency, three weeks, and tonight, there are warnings that the U.S. is dangerously close to a constitutional crisis."
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famous last words nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/pres…
Justice Merchan reports the jury has a second note.
"We, the jury, request to rehear the jury's instructions."
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Just a friendly reminder … The First Amendment doesn’t exist to protect speech everyone already likes.
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Someone afraid of “raw dogging air,” and who thinks US healthcare is so bad that it justifies widespread murder, is about to visit India …. lololololol
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I don’t get this … if A agrees to go on a date with B, then has A “agreed” to go on a date with anyone who shows up at the date location?
Kamala Harris is planning to use the previously agreed upon ABC debate time — even if Donald Trump doesn’t show up w/ @betsy_klein
cnn.com/2024/08/03/politics/…
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Now I'm re-reading the immunity opinion. I think this might be the most concerning line -- an official act can be one that is "not obviously connected" to constitutional or statutory authority. 1/
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Twitter experts, even with law degrees, think this was a Second Amendment case.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Does the history & tradition of our country really suggest the Founding Fathers meant for the 2nd Amendment to arm Americans with guns that fire 400 to 800 rounds per minute?
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Gorsuch calls out how regulators swarmed and killed Peanut … crowd goes wild with applause. #FedSoc2024
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Does anyone think that the next Dem president should be stuck with a bunch of MAGA appointees?
It’s the President’s job to execute the law. Let him decide his team.
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. The president just illegally fired me. This is corruption plain and simple. My full statement:
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This was actually a sad instance of media censorship, rather than “comedy.”
Doctors at Mt. Sinai had in fact developed a prototype device that would do what Trump suggested, but YouTube etc removed all the info about the device when media pundits called the idea dangerous.
Everyone remembers inject bleach, but for my money, in terms of pure comedy, the winner of that press conference is brainstorming about how to shine UV light into your orifices to kill the covid virus.
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So now murder is justified because health insurance companies don’t cover things they’re not obligated to?
And doesn’t this come under life insurance rubric, not health insurance?
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Last time I took BART, the only other person on my train car was a homeless dude pleasuring himself. Doubt he paid his fare.
Until we actually enforce rules on public transit, I say build more roads & cars.
From Oakland to San Francisco for $12.65 in 35 minutes. And less than 3 minutes of waiting. Try transit!!
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After reading this NYT story, I’m disappointed Ms. Alito didn’t hang the flag for way longer.
(Picture of neighbor protesting outside Alito’s house, below.) nytimes.com/2024/05/28/us/ju…
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I forced myself to read Sotomayor's #immunity dissent. It is unprofessional, unhinged, and counterproductive.
It reminds me of some late-era Scalia opinions, where his unchecked anger clouded whatever contribution he might have otherwise made to an important legal debate.
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This worries me about the state of history scholarship today.
What @POTUS did last Sunday was humanly magnificent and morally extraordinary. And it was also spectacularly strategic. Years from now historians will be searching for words to describe the Biden benediction.
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I’ll be curious whether the sympathy for Jan 6 officers extends to the officers being dragged around and assaulted by the “mostly peaceful” left-wing protestors
Breaking: pro-Palestinian protestors have started attacking capital police.
Watch as they throw an officer to the ground and begin swarming the other officers.
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My theory for why Kamala gets demolished ... please tell me which points in this analysis are wrong
1. Every 4 years, highly accomplished people come out of the woodwork to run for Prez.
2. Those people almost always have "dominated the room" in their fields. They are beloved governors, fearsome CEOs, energetic mayors, etc.
3. When on the national stage, most of them suddenly appear strange, awkward, or fake to an overwhelming number of Americans.
4. It's extremely, extremely rare for a politician to be liked on a national scale.
5. Love them or hate them, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump all had the special presence, on a national level. Kerry, McCain, HRC also did, though much less consistently.
6. KH seems like someone in #3. Impressive resume. But awkward debate performances, barely won in CA in 2010, disastrous interviews on border, etc.
7. I'd like KH's chances more in 2020, where campaigning was done on Zoom and we were all more worried about COVID. The absence of political rizz wasn't as big a deal (cf. Biden).
8. So, I think KH will get a boost like many newcomers. But then she'll be like Pawlenty or DeSantis or whomever else once "seemed like" they'd win nationally.
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If I were a university general counsel I might not want my admissions officers to immediately tweet their hot takes and workarounds…
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I’m literally shaking.
These ethical violations require that we add five seats to SCOTUS in 2025.
What is a speaking cameo on Broadway worth? What would that go for in a charity auction? How much will @FixTheCourt value such an appearance at in its upcoming report?
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Not sure why you’re laughing … I met someone in a hipster coffee shop who went to law school with Biden and confirmed the story
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It’s unclear to me whether factory workers in Ohio will view the candidates in the same way that New Yorker staff writers do.
Kamala is a strong candidate on a purely symbolic basis (i.e. the main way people vote): black Calif prosecutor v racist NY criminal, young v old, future v past, hot stylish woman versus creepy sexual predator who gets angry/disoriented when faced by hot stylish women...
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okay this sounds like capitulation.
If campus leadership lets protesters interfere with the university’s educational mission — the whole reason these institutions exist — they are doing something wrong.
Protestors at Columbia are saying all classes at the university will have a virtual option beginning tomorrow.
They’re claiming it as a victory, but it’s because Jewish students feel unsafe and requested it.
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I think the only thing that can stop the nomination trainwreck may be a lawprof open letter.
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Gorsuch: “My clerks have told me that an aspect of the Peanut story may involve a website that is just for fans … but Peanut was not involved in those activities.”
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The pardon isn’t just for the gun or tax charges. It’s for absolutely anything Hunter could’ve conceivably done for 10 years, including uncharged or even unknown actions.
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I'll never forget when Bill Clinton blew his top at red sweater guy, for daring to ask his wife a tough question
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We’re so lucky that we have federal judges who will express their personal outrage about things.
It’s not like judges need to minimize concerns about impartiality. And it’s not like there are a million other places/persons to condemn the pardons.
“No ‘process of national reconciliation’ can begin when poor losers, whose preferred candidate loses an election, are glorified for disrupting a constitutionally mandated proceeding in Congress and doing so with impunity,” Judge Beryl Howell wrote on Wednesday. “No ‘national injustice’ occurred here, just as no outcome-determinative election fraud occurred in the 2020 presidential election. That merely raises the dangerous specter of future lawless conduct by other poor losers and undermines the rule of law,” Howell added.
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it's kinda amusing how passionately the "no human is illegal" and "ban the box" crowd have embraced "convicted felon"
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Gorsuch: “Raise your glass for Peanut the Squirrel, and ask yourself: Can we do better?”
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this sort of language in judicial opinions is so irritating (from Judge Van Dyke, CA9) cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datasto…
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Did Jill Biden violate the constitution when she advised Joe?
CHUTKAN, however, suggests she's seriously considering whether Musk's role altogether is a constitutional violation. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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It is sort of amazing how the Hunter pardon has sent various smug progressives into a sort of death spiral, as they abandon any pretense of decency or concern for our institutions.
Trump Derangement Syndrome has been replaced by Pardon Derangement Syndrome.
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You’d only know it was being bombed if you were in the immediate vicinity or if you were watching the news.
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I feel bad for spreading fake news but folks asked for the link:
nytimes.com/2025/01/15/busin…
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Movements towards elimination of the LSAT … towards elimination of in-person classes … towards elimination of bar exam …
Soon enough, you’ll get your law degree from the back of a cereal box
Law students may now take up to half their classes online. The arm of the American Bar Association that accredits law schools voted to increase its limit on distance education courses from one-third of a student’s total credits to half reut.rs/44YoUFX @Karen_Sloan1
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It is a bit difficult to predict who will win in a power struggle between Colombia and the United States of America.
There was a moment earlier today when a lot of Trump people were claiming victory over Colombia. Trump even posted a "FAFO" memo on truth social.
Very shortly after, Colombia imposed reciprocal 50% tariffs on the US and Petro said the time of being a close US trade ally is over.
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In 15 years of teaching, I’ve learned that academics honestly believe they are the key to solving virtually any social problem.
Columbia AAUP just now:
“Columbia faculty have spent the day offering our help to defuse the situation on Columbia's campus and have been rebuffed or ignored. We have been locked out of our campus and have demanded to be allowed back in, and have been rebuffed or ignored.”
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I'm utterly disgusted that a court would consider the precedential effects of its decision.
The script-flipping here is a remarkable: rather than focus on the severity and precedent of what’s before them - whether Trump should be prosecuted for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election - they appear focused on the potential for a future president to be frivolously prosecuted. There appears to be little concern among the conservative justices for the substance and significance of the January 6 case.
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“the police are brutalizing us,” she screamed, as she voluntarily barreled herself into a line of cops nitter.app/maggieglass08/status/1…
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