Kate Redburn

How NYC Became So Unequal Ever wonder why CUNY is no longer free? Confused why the subway fare keeps rising while service declines? Join LPE NYC on October 23 at 6:30pm for a conversation between Professors Gregory Louis and…

Excited about the first @lpenyc.bsky.social Night School event of the new academic year, now at @cuny.edu Law — with @masonbwilliams.bsky.social and Gregory Louis in conversation with @llchristyll.bsky.social!!

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Such a pleasure to join @imarajones.bsky.social on @translash.org to talk about the history of anti-queer and trans surveillance

Genevieve Lakier is who everyone should be reading on the risks of government jawboning in the Jimmy Kimmel case. @genevievelakier.bsky.social

So, no, this is not a tit for tat situation. Context and power matter a lot. Rounding everything up to “cancel culture”
or ”consequence culture” only advances one highly motivated perspective.

Recall that the closest analogue was allegations that the Biden admin was connected to social media moderation policy. Justice Barrett found no “concrete link.”

Part of the success of “cancel culture” as a meme is that it makes dissimilar activity look the same. Protesting a speaker is not the same as shunning sexual predators is not the same as the federal government silencing dissent.

Risk and Resistance Cambridge Core - American Studies - Risk and Resistance

I wrote a book that I hope helps people think about the relationship between law, science, social movements, &political economy.

It tells the story of how feminists transformed the response to AIDS to ensure better access to healthcare.

Avail for preorder!

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It can be hard to keep up with all the ways the feds are going after trans folks- really helpful analysis of concerning developments at FTC from @lookheron.bsky.social

There are two big legal issues when states try to fill gaps in fed health insurance regulations: (1) the insurance issue is more likely to require new state legislation than the pharmacy issue & (2) states can’t touch two of the biggest types of insurance - “self-insured” employer plans & Medicare

Several states are moving fast to remove barriers, but their power over insurance coverage is more limited than their power to permit pharmacists to give vaccines.…

Government’s demand for trans care info sought addresses, doctors’ notes, texts Legal experts said the Justice Department subpoenas related to medical care for transgender minors appear to be unprecedented.

Subpoenas made public this week show the government is demanding doctors turn over a wide range of sensitive, identifiable data about its trans patients — everything from social security numbers to Zoom records, notes, addresses, "everything written or recorded." Our story: wapo.st/4lAnkRy

When the Bronx Burned, Tenants Died and Landlords Got Rich

The astounding triumph Born in Flames by @benchansfield.bsky.social is out! The rare work of history that changes common sense - in this case the burning of the Bronx and other cities in the 70s - while also making revelatory moves for theory and historiography.
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Lambda Legal Condemns Trump Administration’s Illegal Exclusion of Gender-Affirming Care from Government Employee Health Benefits Policy violates constitutional protections and multiple federal anti-discrimination laws  Lambda Legal today condemned the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s announcement that it will exclude cover...

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The insurance companies are required to comply as a condition of participation.

I don’t understand the objection. This is reporting about a ban being implemented in federally managed plans.

Trump quietly bans federal health insurance from covering gender-affirming care The largest federal health insurance provider now bans coverage for gender-affirming care, but allows "faith-based counseling."

Under the radar, gender affirming care won’t be covered by major federal insurance programs. www.advocate.com/politics/fed...

Today is publication day and I can't wait for my pre-ordered copy to arrive. CONGRATULATIONS BENCH! Get your own copy today and read it with others.

Back to school! ✨📚 Excited to teach “Law and Inequality” again at @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social, joined by these wonderful scholars:

Alice Abrokwa
Matthew Patrick Shaw
Russell Robinson
@kredburn.bsky.social
@lauraportuondo.bsky.social
Maureen Edobor
Susan Sturm

Hi all, I am on the legal academic job market this year. My job talk paper focuses on pronatalism in tort law, and the complexity of claims seeking recourse for deprivation of abortion in light of Dobbs. Happy to send it upon request, feedback is always welcome!

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Torts teachers: the 2025 edition of the completely FREE Witt-Tani casebook is now up on the CALI website! Thanks again to @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social for adding me as a co-author a few editions back. I love this book & love hearing from those of you who use it! www.cali.org/books/torts-...

Education Dept. says it’ll pull funding from five Virginia districts over gender policies The Education Department investigated the schools’ transgender policies after a complaint was filed by a group founded by senior White House official Stephen Miller.

Very disheartening (& gratuitously cruel) that the federal government has gone all the way from (i) Title IX requires schools to allow transgender students access to restrooms (which is correct) to (ii) Title IX prohibits schools from doing so (which ain't).[1]
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Phyllis Schlafly

On this day in 1924, Phyllis Schlafly was born. She spearheaded efforts to block ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 70s and 80s, in part by denying the persistence of discrimination against women. Then she tried to get an important post in the Reagan admin & was passed over. #WeTheMen

Association of Law & Political Economy - Call for Papers: Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy (ALPE) Conference

We can’t wait to read your ideas! For more information and to submit, check out our website: lawandpoliticaleconomy.org

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📢 Heads up! The Association of Law & Political Economy is accepting submissions for our first-ever conference starting THIS Friday 🎉

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“The hand that torched the Bronx and scores of other cities,” Ansfield writes, “was that of a landlord impelled by the market and guided by the state.”

Dan Piepenbring on Born in Flames, by Bench Ansfield (@benchansfield.bsky.social).

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Law and History Review is pleased to announce publication of this year's first issue of The Docket, our digital imprint dedicated to bringing cutting-edge legal history to our readers--no paywall, no access restrictions.

Here's our table of contents for Volume 8, Issue 1-2 (2025)

This is forced conformity to the government's preference for the meaning of your body.

The agreement forces Brown to adopt definitions of sex which exclude trans people across the university: "all practices, policies, and procedures adopted and implemented by the University for any athletic opportunity, event, competition, category, program, or activity designated for women."