Sam Schmitt

We Won Our Tariff Case! The US Court of International Trade just issued a unanimous ruling in the case against Trump's "liberation day" tariffs filed by Liberty Justice Center

My initial comments on today's big ruling in our case against Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, with key excerpts from the decision: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Now available open access at JSTOR as a chapter (rather than having to download the pdf of the whole book)

Jacob T. Levy, Academic Freedom as Freedom of Complex Association, in Nandini Ramanujam & Frédéric Mégret, eds., Academic Freedom in a Plural World, CEU Press

www.jstor.org/stable/10.78...

Gotta say I've been here a few days and Bsky isn't beating the accusations

I know there are more important things going on but please turn the volume down on your devices or wear headphones.

The problem is no longer limited to boomers.

Pitch for a reality TV show: we just document how hard it already is to become a citizen and people think, gee, maybe this should be easier?

The Fearless Flyers V The Fearless Flyers · Album · 2025 · 8 songs

New Fearless Flyers album is outstanding

open.spotify.com/album/5DDDL6...

I know that we’ve had a month worth of further constitutional crises but Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still in custody in El Salvador and that central crisis is a continuing fact.

I am back on here with a freshly minted PhD and a postdoc at Brown.

Top Fives Playlist · Sam Schmitt · 135 items · 1 saves

Here's something cool: I solicited Spotify Wrapped playlists from a bunch of friends and then compiled their top 5 songs into a playlist. Great way to mix up your listening. Enjoy!

open.spotify.com/playlist/7F9...

The Christmas Music Compendium If you want music without commentary, scroll down. Jacob Collier demonstrates how to show off and make something beautiful at the same time. (I mean, who gets nominated for a Grammy for arranging T…

Are you in a Christmas music rut? Look no further because this giant nerd listened to a ton and made a list of 50 great albums and created playlists for your convenience. Enjoy
thegoodsofsamslife.wordpress.com/2019/12/01/t...

(the other place hates links, so this didn't do any numbers.)

A philosopher walks in the bathroom

Switching between here and Twitter, this place has a less feral vibe and I don't know if I like it.

I also don't know if I am broken inside because I can't tell if I prefer here or the feral place

Apparently so many academics are leaving Twitter that it is better to post here?

When you have to crush it but you also have doubts and you want to dance.
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Excellent new (instrumental) Andrew Bird album for a dreary October day.
open.spotify.com/album/1ap3xR...

Every time I check in here, half the posts are criticizing Elon.

Honestly, it isn't terrible.

Observers: Hanania is pretty racist.
All too many people: Oh, no, he's an enlightened centrist?
Old Hanania material: I'm REALLY REALLY racist.
ATMP: either a) crickets chirping or b) ah well nevertheless or c) the wokesters made me ally with him.

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Keychron K6

Getting a PhD is pretty awesome in ways I didn't expect, but cool AF epigraphs were definitely on my to-do list. Academics: What are your favorite epigraphs in your own work?
Mine (so far): juxtaposition of Voltaire's Royal Exchange and Luke Comb's Back 40 Back.

So far the strongest genre of post here is the critique of other networks. We have to move on eventually, right?

I'm starting to think BS is better than Twitter.

Aaaand Saturday morning back at the writing desk. This chapter WILL be finished before I go on vacation in a week.

I am both glad and mildly concerned about the relatively fine-grained filtering mechanisms on here.

Glad because filtering/moderation is one of the crucial services SocMed has to offer.

Concerned because mucking it up has terrible consequences. (note: not doing it all has terrible consequences!)

Glad to be here. I'm a PhD candidate in political theory at UNC-Chapel Hill working at the intersection of religion and market-oriented liberalism.

I also post long threads about the virtues of Taylor Swift's music on occasion.

So, you know, I give the people what they want.