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Deep dish pizza.🍕

In fact, as I explained here, Trump v. U.S. mangled the law of official immunity so badly you basically can't make sense of it with a "read what John Roberts said and spot the mistakes" mindset

eveningconstitutional.net/here-is-the-...

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

Blurry Where’s Waldo is just cruel.

We’ve really turned a corner into “war between the states” territory.

Thanks to all who followed our coverage of Comey’s arraignment.

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Suspend? Noem would take Habeas out to the gravel pit and shoot him.

The Moral Stupefaction of the American Public - Boston Review Trump’s actions are illegal, yes. Worse than that, they are wrong—precisely what the legality debate is meant to obscure.

You should totally read this Joseph Margulies piece in @bostonreview.bsky.social on the moral harms that arguments about legality can obscure: www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

Okay y’all, listening to Ken Burns being interviewed on @thebulwark.com has helped pull me out of my pessimistic doldrums. At least a bit. Democracy is messy and we don’t know how this story ends so let’s press on! (It really is a fantastic interview).

a man is getting his teeth examined by a dentist with gifgari.com written on the bottom of the screen Alt: a man is getting his teeth examined by a dentist with gifgari.com written on the bottom of the screen

“Is it safe?”

Something special arrived today!

Useless Etymology will head out into the larger world on October 7th, but in the meantime here’s a little unbox and a reflection on its reason for being.

The only effective opposition is through the language of morality and documented harm—not legal technicalities that can be swept away with a 6–3 vote.” The text is centered on a neutral background, with “morality” and “documented harm” slightly emphasized to underscore the moral and empirical contrast with “legal technicalities.”

As the Supreme Court term begins, keep this framework in mind: Autocratic Legalism.

Instead of “rule of law” (law constrains the power), we get “rule by law” (law as a weapon for power).

Authoritarians usually have to install allies. Trump started his second term with that step already complete.

Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen (and how to protect democracy in a divided world) - Teri Kanefield Hello, and welcome. I plan to take on some big questions, including: Why do some people spiral into extremism? Why does democracy seem perpetually on the brink? Why are we so divided? What can we do t...

I finished that thing I've been writing. It looks like I've taken on some big questions.

The conclusions are what I’ve been trying to say for several years, but I believe now I've explained it better and with more context.

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Did I miss the SCOTUS opinion where flag burning was declared a likely incitement to imminent lawless action?

NYT front page headline: "Harvard Finds Skipping Class Part of Culture."

Shocked, just shocked, by this important scoop on front page of today's NYT. /s/

Based on report that came out ... nine months ago

And behavior long predating that

("Skip a class? Perish the thought!!" Says anyone who ever worked on a college newspaper, which covers a lot of people in the media.)

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Suspend? Noem would take Habeas out to the gravel pit and shoot him.

Suspend? Noem would take Habeas out to the gravel pit and shoot him.

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

Suspend? Noem would take Habeas out to the gravel pit and shoot him.

Not thrilled with the term ‘Antifa’. Sounds sort of sneaky. Anti-Fascist has a much better roar to it.

They battle their own black hearts.

The Line It's back courtesy of the estimable Anna Bower

The latest edition of #DogShirtDaily hot off the press! www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/the-line

YouTube video by #DogShirtTV The Ghost of Ben Wittes

On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org appears as a backlit #ghost to discuss the #Comey arraignment, and we get an update on @digbie.bsky.social’s #blueberry soup ice cream saga.

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Opinion | No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants

The federal government does and should have the authority to deploy troops into our cities—even without local consent—*when the circumstances actually warrant it.*

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com, me on why the real issue in Portland, Chicago, and elsewhere is the missing / contrived factual predicate:

Tomorrow! Join us for Prof. @klonick.bsky.social's (St. John's University School of Law) talk:

"Ban Cookie Banners"

📅 Thu., Oct. 9, 2025
⏰ 12:00-1:30 PM
📍Baker Hall 405

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-short...

It’s become a norm and tradition for Trump cabinet officials to prepare attack oppo on congressional oversight committee members.

when you are worried that THIS supreme court will rule against you on invoking the insurrection act, a statute that famously gives enormous deference to the president ... maybe that's a sign that your military deployments are pretty baseless

Just a reminder that if you’ve ever had chicken pox, you can get shingles at any time, and it’s excruciatingly painful. I almost lost my eye. Get your shingles vaccine from your doctor if <50. Get it from a pharmacy if you are >50.