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Quinn Yeargain

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1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State. Contributor to The Downballot. I teach, write, and post about state constitutional law, institutional development, and criminal law. I write (infrequently) at guaranteedrepublics.substack.com.

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Mackenzie Zales from the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School" asking "Who the fuck are you?"

Mackenzie Zales from the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School" asking "Who the fuck are you?"

Lexis and Westlaw, sites I use every day, the first time that I try to use them each day:

07.10.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ten years and five months apart

06.10.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2658    πŸ” 867    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 33

go away

06.10.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I truly think they mean a draft article! it’s a scourge in CFPs, and one of my hobby horses is persuading law reviews to not do that

06.10.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Scholastica: Call for Papers: Liberty University Law Review Health Law Symposium Call for Papers: Liberty University Law Review Health Law Symposium

i'll nominate every article published for this symposium:

06.10.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

exactly why I have a strict "no devil's advocacy" policy in my classes!!

05.10.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what I find dumb is that the underlying lesson taught (clarify what people mean when they say things, engage when the definition of something is contested, etc.) is entirely defensible, but many people internalized it as "move the goalposts and win :)"

signed,
someone who did high school debate

05.10.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so confusedddddd because I thought that the whole fucking point of originalismmmmmmm was to surface Founding Era statutes and then use them to express what we understood the Founders to meannnnnnnn but how he's saying that's not relevanttttttttttt

05.10.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

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05.10.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*Donald Trump says he is about to put 10 Marines in my home*

Wurman: Have you considered tort law?

05.10.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 962    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 10
screenshot of location here: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5738077,-85.4667196,3a,90y,312.03h,81.29t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZQblOHkdShRns99PmkZsEw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D8.708835790291232%26panoid%3DZQblOHkdShRns99PmkZsEw%26yaw%3D312.03106427593156!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

screenshot of location here: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5738077,-85.4667196,3a,90y,312.03h,81.29t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZQblOHkdShRns99PmkZsEw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D8.708835790291232%26panoid%3DZQblOHkdShRns99PmkZsEw%26yaw%3D312.03106427593156!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

testimony of George Howell in preliminary examination:
. . . us. We had moving radar. Tripped the radar at seventy-one miles an hour. At this time I turned aromd, went after the vehicle. The vehicle I believed to be the same one that tripped the radar made a left turn headed west on Mullin Road. After it (5) turned west on Mullin Road approximately a hundred and fifty feet, something ; like that, a short ways down the road, the front end of the car went into the north ditch. The car ended up broadside in the road. The car was facing north with the front end of the car in the ditch.

testimony of George Howell in preliminary examination: . . . us. We had moving radar. Tripped the radar at seventy-one miles an hour. At this time I turned aromd, went after the vehicle. The vehicle I believed to be the same one that tripped the radar made a left turn headed west on Mullin Road. After it (5) turned west on Mullin Road approximately a hundred and fifty feet, something ; like that, a short ways down the road, the front end of the car went into the north ditch. The car ended up broadside in the road. The car was facing north with the front end of the car in the ditch.

I'm teaching Michigan v. Long soon, and wanted to show the location where the vehicle search took place. based on the testimony of one of the officers, this is my very best guess as to the ditch into which Long drove his car, linked below on Google Street View:
tinyurl.com/3j4u8m4a

05.10.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Do I Do If I Don’t Like a Book at the Library? A handy step-by-step guide.

We wrote this handy step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to ban a book.

05.10.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

I don't know how he even *thinks* that his bespoke theory of judicial power on display here squares with the lawsuits that he has personally filed against cities for not removing homeless encampments.

05.10.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This isn't how judicial power works. Courts can't "enjoin" or "restrain" the President from launching a nuclear strike on Congress. If a private party is injured by the nuclear strike, that party can bring a lawsuit. The legality and constitutionality of the action will be adjudicated. And compensat

05.10.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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We don’t have to carry water for dictators. Just my thought.

05.10.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1284    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 58
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I have no fucking idea what Ilan is even talking about here, or even whether he's tracking the litigation. The issue is whether POTUS complied with a statutory delegation of power under 10 USC 12406, to nationalize the fed guard. His lawyers aren't even arguing commander in chief power.

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05.10.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 599    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 2

my god, free breakfast and lunches for schoolchildren without means-testing? what will those awful Democrats do next?

05.10.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"they're terrorists so we can't tell you if we got a warrant because that would put the public at risk" is just pure Bush era security theater nonsense

05.10.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

imagine devoting your life to this. being a professional outrage farmer. trying to get all your online friends mad at build a bear.

04.10.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 357    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re questions that could be asked of any number of the adults in my life: Did you actually get my nose? Are you pretending? How do I get it back? Was this whole thing just a game? Analysis.

04.10.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I don't think so, but I'm not sure. one of them was dated in September, the others were in October.

04.10.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I discovered today that HeinOnline has started adding AI summaries to some of the law review articles it hosts and just like

why

03.10.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

you know me, though; I'll agree with you on whatever!

03.10.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

03.10.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10098    πŸ” 1644    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 78

"is there a historical example of these kinds of signs" is just a galaxy brain stupid question to ask

03.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

yep -- that's my concern here, too.

03.10.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"idea easy! doing hard!" is, like, no shit dude

03.10.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the fact that he thought this was a take worth sharing is just . . . embarrassing

03.10.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

DEMOCRATS: How can we make Russ Vought infamous? He's a fairly obscure bureaucrat unless you live in the beltway. People can't even pronounce his name right.

TRUMP: Check out this epic bacon meme about my supervillain friend Russ Vought spelled V-O-U-G-H-T

03.10.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 842    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 20

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