Robin Allan

Chief Justice Roberts should be defending the judiciary with this zeal. Leaving the work to a judge whose son was killed is a dereliction.

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

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Going to the right kind of parties

Squash

It was incredible to see yesterday. The W is so great but so ill served by bad officiating and administration.

Ethan hawke can be whoever I’m just glad to get another glimpse of Willie Jack!

Breaking: HHS, Commerce, Probably Other Agencies Send Entire Staff Email Blaming Democrats for Shutdown Please forgive the multiple editions in one day — occasionally I'll send breaking news out such as this. On Tuesday afternoon, employees at the Department for Health and Human Services and the Depart...

My guess is this was coordinated across the entire executive branch, like a Hands Across the Hatch Act Violation event or something

This part is driving me nuts as a legal writing prof — Westlaw and Lexis doing their damndest to hook 1Ls into reliance on AI bullshit when that’s the group that most needs to learn

Many episodes of this show

Why not just ask people for permission?

Oh what’s that? You don’t think enough people would consent? So you’re just going to steal their livelihoods to get rich and hope they never notice?

He DOES spell his name wrong!

can never forget that Fred Trump spent his later years totally gaga but surrounded by a gaggle of senility-denial-enablers who drove him to a make believe office where a make believe secretary had him sign make believe papers—which sounds cute til you see the sequel & the secretary is Stephen Miller

Totally agree that those roles are hard to shake from those actors. I saw Matthew Patrick Quinn as Hades (touring production in SF) and he was great—scary/sexy rather than scary/paternal. I saw szot with Kelli O’Hara in South Pacific years ago.

How was Paulo szot as hades?

The TOES! Renee, what a darling he is!

Instead of the next judicial education session, all the judges watch this tiktok instead.

The Good Place is always a satisfying rewatch.

We know a Murphy and a Baxter. 2 for 2!

We do it as a group — we’re up to 12 full-time LRW faculty now! But problem development is a big part of the task division (I didn’t come up with this year’s names for the LRW problem but have in the past).

Meghan McCain slams nepo babies over Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner's daughter's UN speech Meghan McCain slammed Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's daughter, Violet Affleck, over her UN speech: 'This is why people hate nepo babies,' the daughter of Sen. John McCain said.

Meghan McCain slammed Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's daughter, Violet Affleck, over her UN speech: 'This is why people hate nepo babies,' the daughter of Sen. John McCain said.

I have a student heading to one of those chambers next year — very excited for them!

I do all my names in advance (producing materials for 375 students across the 1L class) and then curse when there is student name overlap

Oh god come on!

UCLA’s funds reinstated after yesterday’s court order! Thanks to the brave researchers and their amazing counsel, including Dean Chemerinsky, who brought suit. This is just another turn in the ongoing fight, but a great result for now.

Me too! Always satisfying.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Immediately!

head of medical ethics at NYU Med: "The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science." whew lordt

Shook us awake in SF