Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof

@evanbernick.bsky.social

Associate Prof at Northern Illinois University College of Law. Constitutional law, criminal law, abolition, philosophy, hoops, video games, puppies (esp. Argo the Floof). Probably nicer than you’ve heard. He/him.

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Oh now he’s demanding cheese

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ALT: a giant wet rug in the vague shape of a Bernese Mountain Dog floofs happily and barks after a rainy walk

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You. Are. Soaked.

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48 minutes ago

seems like a management problem

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a large roll of paper towels is on the floor. many many chunks of paper large and small have been removed from the roll and are scattered around like chaos confetti

Hey guys something happened to the paper towel

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That said, I am highly confident that Coogler will eventually win best picture for something

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I really liked OBAA but the best defense of giving it best picture is still justice delayed for Magnolia

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this is why I will be pleasantly surprised if Sinners beats out OBAA

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My theory is the best movie/actor/actress of the year should win the Oscar that year. This is a normative theory, not a descriptive theory. Descriptively, ppl who deserved to win this year usually have to wait a minimum of 5 years before they win for something else-and that's just for white ppl.

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Having a hard time believing this ides of March story, you're telling me senators did something other than send out fundraising texts

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This absolutely does not mean that they won’t insinuate or allude to it, only that they are not shouldering the burden of proving that it actually happened. Which leaves us with Spontaneous Conspiracy To Make Car Go Slow

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They are no longer claiming that the defendants conspired to injure anyone or their property or even to threaten to do so

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So, absolutely nothing about the most explosive allegation remains. This was always bullshit.

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Pursuant to the Court's order, the government advised the defendants on March 12, 2026, that it intended to proceed only on the first clause of 18 U.S.C.
§ 372, namely, the force and intimidation prong, and to further eliminate the charge that the defendants conspired to threaten Agent A in preventing him from
discharging his duties. Specifically, the government provided notice to the defendants
that it intends to narrow its proof at trial regarding Count One to the charge that the
remaining defendants:
"Conspired with one another and others, known and unknown, to prevent by force and intimidation, Agent A, a United States law enforcement officer, from discharging the duties of his office."
The government therefore intends to present evidence at trial to prove
the violation of only the foregoing subsection of 18 U.S.C. § 372.

Not only did DOJ dismiss two of the defendants from the Broadview protesters criminal case this past week — storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... — on Friday they also scaled back their case against the remaining people, including Kat Abughazaleh. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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3 hours ago

How boring to answer questions from people who are merely information-smart

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Boy kavalier puts his feet up
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every single one of these dudes is the boy not-a-genius from Alien Earth

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And the award for Best Snacktor in a Leading Role goes to … 🏆

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(Glad you asked, there's maybe one "right" answer to any of the questions, I wanted to see them make arguments and they're definitely doing that)

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(It is at this point that Urizen decides to go "full Lincoln" without knowing precisely what that means)

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Among those conflicts: the Supreme Court holds the plan unconstitutional, so Urizen calls for Congress to expand the Court by 127 seats

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The year is 2060. After a largely uneventful first term, President Urizen has been reelected with a narrow electoral college margin and a significant popular majority. Urizen is pleased with his victory. But he understands that he has only four more years … as the Constitution currently stands. He proposes to solve this problem by creating 127 new states. Read that again. Yes, 127 new states. These new states will amend the Constitution to make it possible for Urizen to be elected to a third term. 
Urizen’s plan may seem ridiculous. But Urizen’s party holds a narrow majority in both the House and Senate, and they do not think it is ridiculous. Urizen’s plan was known to voters prior to the election, and he made it central to his reelection campaign. During his inaugural address, Urizen stated, “The people have spoken. To make our Union more perfect, I need to divide it. 127 times.”  
 Four constitutional conflicts arise from Urizen’s “127 Plan.” You can read about them below.

It's getting very hard to come up with truly outlandish con law hypos but I think I found one and put it on a midterm

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The second thing

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You can say that without saying false things about Nazi Germany and probably should say nothing it you‘re going to frame it like this

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(”The Jews” is just not a place where you want to be as a non-Jew, particularly when interacting with an outright antisemite)

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(I think she should delete anyway)

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Maybe she’s being sarcastic? I dunno. I… it seems bad.

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An enormous Bernese mountain dog derps from the top of a flight of stairs

he loom

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Yes, definitely. What she said is downstream of antisemitism.

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a elderly gray tabby cat looks satisfied while sitting on a woman’s lap. #caturday

pleased as punch

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