Phil Malone

160 faculty from all 5 UC law schools signed this open letter detailing why the Trump demands to UCLA are unlawful, unconstitutional, and wrong: sites.google.com/view/uclawfa... Great to work with @fishkin.bsky.social @blakeprof.bsky.social @seanashiffrin.bsky.social on this statement.

Yep. Exactly right.

Yessssss!

What’s worse is how he pales in comparison to the last SG. Really he shouldn’t even be referred to as in the same category. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabe...

Brand new data:

Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).

These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.

Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.

Hehehe

Sigh . . . .

Nearly 8 in 10 Americans agree that spending by wealthy donors and corporations in our elections gives rise to corruption — including majorities of Republican and independent voters.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

We must overturn Citizens United.

Thank you to @economist.com for the chance to write this week about philanthropic freedoms -- the freedom of expression, the freedom to give, the freedom to invest.

These rights are enshrined in the First Amendment. They have been bedrock for more than 2 centuries. And they are now under attack.

Thank you for the wise and courageous words, John. So very important right now.

Let them eat nothing.

Uh huh.

Ya think?

If—and this is a huge "if"—it allows the unilateral presidential imposition of tariffs at all, IEEPA does so only in the context of an "unusual and extraordinary threat ... to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States."

Which of those is "Trump got his feelings hurt"?

So upsetting. But of course entirely predicable.

Yep.

Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

Will Lewis gets up every day asking: How can I get more suburban DC readers to cancel their subscriptions? It's called grindset and you wouldn't understand.

The Epstein Recess continues.

So much corruption. So brazen. And not a single Republican member of Congress cares, or willing to say they care. Shame on all of them.

Not even trying to hide or excuse the corruption. "He has the power, so get over it" is the White House position. 😡

Absolutely no limit to Trump's blatant, naked corruption and grift.

It turns out that a lot of mandatory statutory and regulatory language gets ignored when there is no one to hold the Executive accountable.

Pretty much nothing stops him from doing anything he wants. The lower courts have been our one guardian, but the Supreme Court has done its best to eliminate that check. Assuming we survive this regime, which is questionable, this must be a wakeup call that one person cannot have so much power, ever

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing

So this awful episode becomes more & more representative of the entire Trump regime: First, Trump baldly lies about something ("it won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it” & will "pay total respect to the existing building.” And then he destroys everything.

In tense meeting, Trump told Zelensky to concede land, meet Putin’s demands In an often fraught encounter, Trump told Zelensky to accept Putin’s terms to end the war, according to people familiar with the meeting.

So TACO is back, bigly. After his most recent tough-sounding talk about Putin & Ukraine, all it took was one phone call between Trump & Putin for Trump to abandon all that & chicken out yet again, acting as a mouthpiece for & repeating Putin's extreme demands for Ukrainian territory. What a puppet.

| Knight First Amendment Institute

Recent law grads — we're now hiring for legal fellows to begin in Fall 2025. Our First Amendment rights are under daily assault. I hope you'll consider applying to work with us at @knightcolumbia.org to push back.

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Kudos to James for standing up like this and saying he will not participate in anything Columbia does following the university's capitulation.

In light of Columbia's capitulation to the Trump regime's illegal and extortionate demands, I have resolved not to write for Columbia publications, speak at Columbia events, or perform other free labor for a university that has repudated its values.

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