Vanessa Braganza

I'm thrilled to share that I'll be interning with the Constitutional Accountability Center in DC next summer. They take textualist and historicist approaches to progressive #SCOTUS cases as amici.

And they're still hiring! Law students hoping to do work that meets the moment, take note! #lawschool

One of many things to love about legal academics: their article titles aren't longer than the actual article.

Meanwhile, in the humanities:

#academia

"All clean and comfortable I sit down to write." — John Keats, born on this day in 1795 #AmWriting

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

As we grapple with how to resist the rise of authoritarianism, I'd like to offer this op-ed by my law professor and mentor, Kate Andrias, on the power of popular movements.

As she says, "Our Constitution is not dying. It is waiting...for us to claim it."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o... #democracy

This is an example of the lawless conduct made possible by the #SCOTUS stay in Noem v Perdomo, allowing ICE to racially profile individuals in deciding whether to conduct a stop. It facilitates the abuse of immigration enforcement as a means of unconstitutional racial discrimination and retaliation.

Analysis: The East Wing demolition speaks to Trump’s wrecking-ball presidency | CNN Politics Everyone says the same thing the first time they go inside the White House: It’s much smaller than they expected.

If I were ever President, I would demolish the Trump ballroom and rebuild the East Wing.

I would use the rebuilding process as an opportunity for educational public programming about the history of the White House and about building--and rebuilding--democracy.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/p... #potus

Sic.

Bill Belichick keeps losing at UNC. Is he becoming a tragic Shakespearean figure? - The Boston Globe Experts see echoes of King Lear, Julius Caesar, and other doomed heroes from the tragedies of William Shakespeare.

I spoke to the Boston Globe about which Shakespearean tragic hero is fallen NFL coach Bill Belichick's spirit animal. Hands up, Team Richard II! 👋👑

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/21/l...
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#shakespeare #nfl #nflnews #billbelichick #hollowcrown @bostonglobe.com @bethteitell.bsky.social

Supreme Court seems poised to further undercut the Voting Rights Act The court's conservative majority could invalidate the section of the Voting Rights Act aimed at ensuring minority voters are not shut out of the process of drawing new congressional district lines.

Supreme Court seems poised to further undercut the Voting Rights Act

npr.org/2025/10/15/n...

#SCOTUS #VRA

Wednesday mood.

Don't mind me over here calling the NYT ☎️

Omg do the news outlets know about this??? 😲

Itching to write something on Hedda Gabler--aka my favorite play--given the new movie...

Relatable content.

Good! It really is. :) Can't wait to tell you about it.

Happy birthday! 🎉🎊🎉🎊

I'm being a ham and building a bit of suspense, but I promise to reveal who she is when the piece comes out!

NB #chicago folks!

#bookhistory

a woman in a red dress is standing in a glass container ALT: a woman in a red dress is standing in a glass container

Me when the temperature drops to 60 in early October: (busts out overcoat and Christmas carols)

Also me when Mariah Carey comes on Spotify shuffle the same day: Okay, I might have overreacted a tad... 👀

Very excited to be teaming up once again with my editors at Smithsonian Magazine on a story about a brave young woman who broke a barrier for all women who became published writers. This one will be out next year!

@smithsonianmag.bsky.social #women #herstory

"Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!" — Gore Vidal, born on this day in 1925 #AmWriting

The summers have always been humid, but I remember when there was maybe one freak day in the 90s in an entire summer. We thought that was hot, it must be nuts now.

You're speaking my native language here.

Elon saying he’s going to reprogram his chatbot’s view of history is a perfect example of why these kinds of AI products aren’t the neutral “tools” people always defend them as. They’re little political projects reflecting the ideologies of their creators

Count me in!!

Interesting fact for everyone: the War Powers Resolution (1973) accordingly places limits on the President's ability to deploy troops without Congressional authorization.

Question for #law folks: any writing you recommend on how drone/other unmanned warfare limits the War Powers Resolution?

It bears pointing out that the power to declare war is vested solely and explicitly in Congress. (U.S. Const., art. 1, sec. 8, cl. 11) #law #constitution

Yesterday. The street where I live. #nyc

It's criminally underrated. I don't understand how it hasn't got a massive fan base.