Kelly

[after quoting the majority opinion] “Score one for self-confidence; maybe not so high for self-reflection or -knowledge.”

Examples useful because “[w]hen choosing whether to send some class of questions mainly to a court, or mainly to an agency, abstract analysis can only go so far”

Truly, bc as I was reading I’m like…what kind of questions.

What is a “question of law”

Part of what makes her writing so great is that she writes in plain language. Her opinions are just more readable, including to people who never study law. I feel there’s some correlation between that and being a good tipper. Something about not having an inflated view of herself within society.

Does not surprise me at ALL.

Then she goes into actual examples of Chevron questions and as a law student THANK YOU ELENA for proving actual examples of what you mean!

This is significant if you’re old enough to know conservatives are always complaining about “judicial activism”

She’s hitting them HARD with their own argument

Oh my god???? “the majority disdains restraint and grasps for power”

“If opinions had titles, a good candidate for today’s would be Hubris Squared.” Loper Bright (Kagan, dissenting)

Get his ass Elena

Reading a Kagan dissent and once again I must say: best writer on the Court and it isn’t close!!!!!!!

(TLDR a guy actually tried to purchase a jet with Pepsi points and sued when Pepsi refused. He lost)

There are plenty of cases that come up in law school with that I remember but my classmates don’t. Like there’s a famous contracts case about the old Pepsi Points commercial that showed a guy buying a Lear jet with Pepsi Points and I remember that commercial. Another case is about Anna Nicole Smith

I know, about half of my profs have been younger than me lol. But this one is thankfully older

Do they even know Mead is a notebook company

Admin Law prof explaining US v. Mead: “have you guys ever heard of paper planners? Like a calendar for planning that isn’t on your phone?” and my 41-year-old ass sitting there with my school planner in front of me while half the class looks confused 👵🏼

Paul Newman probably in his 50s looking hot as hell

Aged like a fine wine, too. Goddamn

Me to Paul Newman’s family at the funeral: may his memory be a dressing

It’s making me kinda mad because it treats the “vaccines are dangerous” bullshit as a foregone conclusion

I wonder if the “cool basil” prototype is why everywhere I’ve lived has had a “Basil Thai” or a “Basil Kitchen” or a “Basil Canteen”

“Shield” is a choice

A children’s book titled “I want that nut!”

When the hormones have you in a chokehold

has any l*ndlord ever considered just simply not raising the rent every year

Can’t believe I’ve lived in Ithaca for over a year and I still haven’t been to Moosewood. I need to go!!!

We had a research class/law librarian substitute prof today and it was just at the very end like “watch out for privilege and confidentiality with AI” basically

This case literally just came up in PR today

Bodily autonomy ends where it affects other people! Their definition of bodily autonomy means an immunocompromised kid doesn’t get to go to school. Anti-vaxxers aren’t in a bubble, the entire reason there is debate is because they put entire communities at risk

Justice Breyer wrote my administrative law casebook and I love when he throws shade at the Court. “The Court asked, or at least purported to ask…”

Went to pick up my smoothie and had to stay in the bagel shop because Say It Ain’t So came on. No regrets

I wonder if there's a connection between the lack of any stupid rules of engagement and the US/Israeli missile strikes that killed eighty or ninety schoolchildren 36 hours ago.

One could say it 100% accords with what advocacy groups want - namely right wing groups who want trans people to stop existing

Oh I didn’t think it was, I guess I thought it was more about the meme generally going around but it sounds like you were talking about someone explicitly being snarky about it