Will Smiley

Worse than that, he is touring the country giving FedSoc talks about how it might be ok for the president to defy a court order.

except he one dude over his left shoulder. He'll be CNO by Tuesday.

Reminds me of what Paul Wolfowitz said about everyone in the Bush admin having a different reason for wanting to invade Iraq, and WMD just being the one rationale they could all get behind.

Wanting that in the abstract is right. But wanting can’t make it happen. i don’t think there are many levers center-left parties/voters can pull to prevent their center-right opponents’ voters from abandoning them for the far right.

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Speaking of which, has anyone heard from the actual chief off staff? Is Susie Wiles ok?

This is a disturbing trend—the claim that law can ONLY work through post hoc torts, so the executive can do whatever it wants until then. It’s how Trump kills VZ fishermen, how Clemson illegally fired faculty, how the admin ends federal grants. It’s one step before “no law constrains the exec.”

The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine and the Compact for Excellence Members of the Trump administration love to say that federal funding is a privilege not a right and therefore something that can be granted or withheld based on changing administrative priorities.

The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.

blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...

“the government does not actually have the capacity in personnel or time to successfully negotiate a bespoke “deal” with every university in the country. It will not happen. And so all universities have to do now is do nothing—no accepting the compact, no counter-offers, nothing”

but somehow his shadow president authorities don't extend to defying court orders. Trump must've made that clear, and Miller hates it.

I find it funny that this guy is a big-deal right-wing influencer and yet google is literally like "who? are you sure that's the name?"

LOL an insurrection from a judge Trump appointed! Judge Simon is looking really wise for withdrawing right now.

Feels like Miller is really frustrated Trump still won't let him ignore court orders. Wonder who has Trump's ear arguing the other side.

also, responding to the protests led many trustees to realize they have far more power than they have ever used, and university governance can't really stand up to them. That's made collaboration easier.

none of this means student protests could stop ICE. But they could be playing a larger role.

that argument is way overdrawn, but I do think some trustees might feel a little more backbone right now if they'd built ties with the student activists on campus who could back them up. Instead there's a lot of distrust between trustees+admins and students+faculty.

more like the Varangian Guard, given Adams's favorite city.

oh hahaha this is even funnier

mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documen...

Former Mueller prosecutor predicts increased pursuit of unregistered foreign agents Departing FARA chief Brandon Van Grack predicted the Biden administration will continue the crackdown.

ah, remember when

www.politico.com/news/2021/02...

It was the 9th circuit that stayed Breyer’s ruling, not SCOTUS.

Trump would’ve gone to SCOTUS, and probably would’ve won, but he didn’t have to. So there’s no SCOTUS shadow docket “precedent.”

AFAIK they have not actually ruled on that case (yet?)

Opinion | Who Will Clemson Censor Next? We no longer know what speech will be tolerated or punished. The result: self-censoring and silence.

"The standard is not what was said, but whether it became the object of political outrage." "Faculty and staff must assume that any statement — even one squarely protected by the First Amendment —could lead to dismissal if it attracts the wrong attention."

www.chronicle.com/article/who-...

Even back in the first term—Trump v. Hawaii was fundamentally about a Court terrified that a president might not be able to break the law to save the country. Clear echoes of the post 9/11 “ticking nuclear bomb” torture fantasy scenarios.

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The spokesperson “declined to say whether agents had warrants to forcibly enter homes, saying that because Tren de Aragua has been labeled a terrorist organization "there are sensitivities on what we can provide without putting people at risk."”

WTF, no. That’s not how it works.

“Advanced Placement courses prepare students for college. What my new disruptive program presupposes is: what if they didn’t?”

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

Excellent resolution from UVA. Well done, @uvahumanities.bsky.social

Now, friends at Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Texas, etc need to step up.

Couldn’t they eliminate it only for CRs? Even “only for clean CRs”?

Yes, Dems could say that opens the door for legislation, but for now it still leaves Rs cover not to vote on extremist bills from Mike Lee.

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When we fight, WE WIN!

SCOTUS in 2026: we hold that it is up to the political branches to determine whether an individual is legally considered “deceased” within the meaning of 31 U.S.C. 5114…

Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.

These universities need to stop answering the administration's phone calls. Let them do what they're gonna do because they were gonna do it anyway. Lawyer up and get ready for the fight instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...