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Ruth Anne Robbins

@rarobbins.bsky.social

Law Prof @Rutgers #LegalStorytelling, #LegalWriting document design | NJ legislative & policy clinic | Gardening and making jam in my off hours | πŸŒ’πŸŒ•πŸŒ˜ | #SouthJersey | Google Scholar https://go.rutgers.edu/2b1v80wz

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Roses are red
Violets are blue
We failed as a country
To punish Trump's coup

14.02.2026 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

05.02.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 32286    πŸ” 13860    πŸ’¬ 589    πŸ“Œ 1595

If a judge is extremely justifiably verbally eviscerating me in open court, I’m not interrupting to explain oh hey point of order but only 14 of my cases were hallucinations not 15, your honor.

Take that beating and genuflect in pathetic humble apology and beg that your license isn’t ripped.

05.02.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Loving this.

26.01.2026 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….

Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those

25.01.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 47836    πŸ” 13708    πŸ’¬ 940    πŸ“Œ 861

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

24.01.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 24115    πŸ” 6246    πŸ’¬ 291    πŸ“Œ 291

Expletive expletive expletive.

23.01.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

22.01.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 15419    πŸ” 5848    πŸ’¬ 167    πŸ“Œ 239

Now this is what a newspaper front page should cover.

23.01.2026 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tbf, this is because the plan is literally the dumbest and most counterproductive bit of idiocy the United States has ever contemplated

(I'm not saying the worst thing; the dumbest)

19.01.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

More β€œdon’t look away.”

17.01.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t look away. This is what we’ve become.

17.01.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

15.01.2026 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5008    πŸ” 2138    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 292

Diminish a band

100 Maniacs

11.01.2026 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perfect juxtaposition

08.01.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anthony, gently, I’d like to remind that β€œclinical” and β€œtenure track” are not exclusionary categories. I’m a tenured professor teaching in a clinic. I do see your point but I believe there’s room for nuance.

04.01.2026 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hot take.
Grading LW memos ~ Wrapping holiday gifts. Same sore muscles, same sameness, same curve on the final submissions. #LegalWriting

23.12.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tagging @rkgwork.bsky.social on this one to make sure she’s aware.

20.12.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not for the first time, the signature block for Self-Proclaimed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan spelled it β€œVirgina.”

19.12.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2064    πŸ” 448    πŸ’¬ 166    πŸ“Œ 136
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

16.11.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 59623    πŸ” 36460    πŸ’¬ 1307    πŸ“Œ 2908
List of emails all with same subject line.

List of emails all with same subject line.

Here’s my inbox.

31.10.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same.

31.10.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yup me too. I’m not even GSE. Just related to a recent grad.

31.10.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I have this too. My Gmail registers it sent to me by Penn (or someone purporting to be Penn) but also by several individuals.

31.10.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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group of men and women in business suits standing and smiling in front of large red R banner

#NewJersey Legislature staff members met with #RutgersLaw students earlier this week to share opportunities for students to work on legislative issues. These include externships and the Legislative & Policy Advocacy Clinic - spearheaded by Professor @rarobbins.bsky.social
#lawsky #realworldimpact

30.10.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Appalling

20.10.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Why Frog Costumes F*ck With Trump's Head w/ Indivisible
YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast Why Frog Costumes F*ck With Trump's Head w/ Indivisible

This is today

youtu.be/rG9kgoNVxJI

18.10.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 765    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 5

Exactly what @leecarpenter.bsky.social and I just discussed an hour ago!

17.10.2025 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was the convo at Rutgers and 1Ls are telling us they are getting some bad advice. A dean asked me to ask on the LWI listserv but this convo is basically telling me what I assumed

17.10.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I cannot stomach what this country has become. The viciousness and hate now visited on the dogs of people living here (in this case: the people are citizens).

12.10.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0