Richard Kay

Russia can no longer be a defendant in ECHR cases for violations after September 2022. But apparently can find ways to be an "applicant!"

Need to move Kennedy Center to Branson, MO

Trump’s Test Threat Could Fuel Nuclear Tensions With China

So now you want to do MORE testing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day...
#stcrispinsday

Sirikit, Glamorous Queen of Thailand Who Wielded Power, Dies at 93

She "received the royal title Somdet Phra Nang Chao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat." Must have been tough to write her a check.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/w...

Live Updates: Trump Cuts Off Trade Talks With Canada

We are really moving into 25th Amendment territory.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

He never shoulda took out Willoughby.

White House and Government Agencies Join Bluesky, Then Attack Democrats

In case you thought you could relax here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

John Searle, Philosopher Who Wrestled With A.I., Dies at 93

It's hard to overstate Searle's influence on 20th century philosophy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...

And I thought I was a formalist!

U.K. Conservatives Yearn for Thatcher and Wonder About Their Future

”Ms. Badenoch proposed to abolish “stamp duty,” a tax Britons pay when they buy homes above a certain price." You'd think they'd have figured this out in 1765. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...

I also agree that for most states-party withdrawal isn't a politically viable option.

It's true that states may always delay and evade-- but they can do that with just satisfaction awards too. (Disclaimer-- I have not been following the Strasbourg judgments as carefully as I once did!)

We probably don't disagree on the law. But the Court has in exceptional cases, required a just satisfaction that that requires actions beyond paying money (Papamichalopoulos, 1995) and as a practical matter interim measures may be dispositive.

I agree. But in recent years the Court's creativity with remedial orders have sometime brought it very close to what we'd call injunctive relief.

YouTube video by EnChair(e) Michel Troper - J'ai fait très peu de droit à Sciences Po - En Chair(e)/Chapitre 1

A découvrir : Cette excellente série de témoignages d'universitaires juristes réalisée par « En Chair(e) » (@enchaire.bsky.social )

Passionnant & savoureux.

Au menu, François Ost, Evelyne Serverin, Paul Lagarde...

Et évidemment Michel Troper (qui a fini par faire du droit... par inadvertance !)

If I were Sam Kennedy this morning, I'd be asking baseball operations to explain how Cam Schlittler was available in the seventh round of the '22 Draft, was recommended by the area scout and wasn't selected.

He played his college games a mile and half from Fenway Park.

I used to tell students that .gov sites tended to be more trustworthy.
Now I just emphasize critical thinking.
Who wrote this? Why?
What are the biases?

Had 'em all the way.

Yoshida is the first Red Sox pinch-hitter *ever* to have a swing that turned a deficit into a lead in the postseason.

Opinion | I Sued Anthropic, and the Unthinkable Happened

This raises difficult questions about the necessary limits on copyright protection. For example my "natural intelligence" is largely a product of decades of "training" on copyrighted material. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

This Conquistador Changed History. Neglect Haunts His Tomb in Mexico

Still silent upon a peak in Darien.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...

Let's pray that the new year, 5786, will be peaceful, healthy, prosperous and sweet.

Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes

At least Nixon had the decency to try to cover things up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes

Who is leaking Trump's conversations with Blanche and Bondi?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX

Tom Leher: "In German and English I know how to count down...Und I'm learning Chinese says Werner von Braun."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Opinion | The Trump Administration’s Chilling Efforts to Punish Free Speech

I hope that as individual instances of suppression of speech find their way before courts, the judges will consider them in the context of the full-bore attack on disfavored expression being waged by this government.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/o...

These days

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.