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The Theory, Born at Harvard, That Could Remake Right-Wing Jurisprudence | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson Over the past five years, common good constitutionalism has taken tenuous root in elite legal academia. It’s now beginning to find its way into courtrooms. But scholars remain divided on its…

From Magazine: Common good constitutionalism has taken root in elite legal academia and is finding its way into courtrooms. But scholars remain divided on its potential to reshape the legal landscape.

Sophie Gao and Jocelyn E. Shek report.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

South Africa is always featured somehow 😭

Five children in Gaza among those killed by Israeli strike while fetching water Latest attack comes as Israel’s military urges people to leave Gaza City with 60,000 more reservists to be called up At least nine people, including five children, have been killed in an Israeli strike while fetching water in al-Mawasi, an area of southern Gaza which Israel has designated as a safe zone, health officials said. A doctor from al-Nasser hospital shared a picture of the children’s bodies in the hospital, as well as a picture of water jugs left in a pool of blood at the site of the attack on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Five children in Gaza among those killed by Israeli strike while fetching water

Part of the problem for Thomas Chatterton Williams is that he styles himself as an American cultural critic despite having lived in France since Obama's first term.

He has no connection to contemporary American culture outside of Online. He is simply Ian Miles Cheong with better PR.

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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Jamelle you’re too talented to have to deal with this. You were right to say what you said, you shouldn’t have deleted those posts.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭 sorry I’d have to leave the profession

Mocks "self-proclaimed experts" then writes own dissertation on gender dysphoria into U.S. Reports.

Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.

😂😂😂 honestly we might actually need one

Hope more SAns move here eventually.

Hiiiii! Miss you over at the other place.

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HIS DAD IS MAHMOOD MAMDANI!!!!

Vermeule and Verres The “common good constitutionalism” motte-and-bailey revisited, and why due process matters to the moderns as well as the ancients

doubleaspect.blog/2025/03/24/v...

Mandatory mediation raises concerns about the rule of law It has been introduced to deal with the huge backlog of civil trials, but could mean thousands of litigants are denied the right to be heard by a court in a fair public hearing.

New article from me about the Gauteng High Court's attempt to make mediation mandatory.

2. The Afrikaner Broederbond: the secret society that shaped Elon Musk Hell to Pay · Episode

New @helltopaypod.bsky.social out:

I'm talking about the Christian Taliban that ruled apartheid South Africa and created Elon.

open.spotify.com/episode/3tzq...

Looking for readings on methods in legal history. Any recs? #lawsky

The specific quote from General John DeWitt, justifying Japanese internment: “The very fact that no sabotage has taken place to date is a disturbing and confirming indication that such action will be taken.”

Opinion | Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional (Gift Article) Where all this goes is still up to us.

if you just scan the headline — or if you’re just uncurious — you’ll think this is a “trump bad” piece but if you read it you’ll find that it is my attempt to explain what makes something “anti-constitutional” and why that is distinct from an “unconstitutional” act.

Inshallah it all crashes and burns.

On Trump and the invention of white victims in South Africa Occasionally a display of racist violence is so brutal and grotesque that it forces South Africans to time travel.

On Trump and the invention of white victims in South Africa
open.substack.com/pub/sisonkem...

30 Charts That Show How Everything Changed in March 2020 It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.

what an incredible piece of data visualisation and journalism:

30 Charts That Show How Everything Changed in March 2020 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Good piece!

Whoring as always