Jerry Edwards

Thank you. Hated them too. I never enjoyed the tedious discovery fights in litigation, including at depositions.

Opinion | New Jersey's ban on 'shaken baby syndrome' claims in court points up a larger problem in the legal system John Pfaff: The state Supreme Court ruling underscores how thin empirical support is for much of the forensic evidence used in criminal cases.

I have a new piece up at @msnownews.bsky.social, on the recent NJ supreme court case banning shaking baby syndrome evidence, using it to discuss both the generally shoddy nature of all forensic evidence but also the legal profession's on-going refusal to confront our current data-driven world.

As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.

Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.

"Hey, what is that thing?"
"I don't know. It looks like a bear."
"No, I am doggo, fren!"
"YOU ARE NOT!" *Takes off running*
"Come back, fren!" *Chases*

But I need to correct, Bob. Bob, it's now Quack Associate Dean. Please show proper respect for the title. Thank you.

Don't you love fan mail during the holidays? So uplifting!

I am quite confident that to the sadistic sadists who are our current senior federal officials, this is a hoped-for feature, the exact opposite of a bug.

ADX is inhuman and inhumane. As the article notes, even former wardens call it “worse than death.”

What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?

Sucks that Bari Weiss has to give Jewish controlled media such a bad rep.

Probably my fault lol. Thankfully, I rarely see his inane takes because I'm no longer on Twitter, but when one gets posted over here, I struggle to control my "point out this man is a fool" impulse. 😂

Like most people, I think that we should acknowledge the good & bad in our history. Unlike Noah, I do not believe we need to create fictions to ease our conscience about the wrongs we've done. Or maybe Noah is just historically illiterate. I reiterate that I'm baffled anybody pays Noah for his takes

The answer to Noah smiths first question is of course that everything the United States did against slavery was the result of a radical faction, which had spent the precious 20 years being attacked and killed, managing to seize federal power and win a war

I have not forgotten my traumatic middle school years. Them kids were vicious.

Oh, Megan, no. Sixth graders are mean.

This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.

After a decade of research and hundreds of billions of dollars spent, the genesis mission will still only talk about white genocide in South Africa.

White Power Beginning in the colonial era and growing through the American Revolution and the Southern plantation system, slaveholders’ violent police regime continued...

The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30

uncpress.org/978146969484...

Y'all, we got a preview of this book at the @richardscenter.bsky.social and it is going to be *AMAZING*!! @gauthamrao.bsky.social is such a brilliant thinker & writer.

Not beating the “America invades countries to grab their oil” allegations

"Turn that back on. I was watching that."

Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.

Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old

He's a terrible pro-Trump tech bro. Somewhere on the spectrum of awfulness between Ackman and Musk.

Updated with comment from Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project:

How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.

The judge noted that ICE repeatedly shot pepper balls at protesters & clergy at close range; tear-gassed expectant mothers, children, & babies; and pointed guns at people exercising their First Amendment rights--conduct that she concluded “shocks the conscience.”

ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

One might think this is exactly the kind of thing the separation of powers and the Speech or Debate Clause were designed to prevent. It’s positively Charles I type behavior.

BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Wrote this jot about Grace Watkins's great article Piety Police, highly recommended for anyone interested in the history of universities or policing

They truly believe this! Like when they arrest a noncitizen who committed a crime years ago and has been out of prison for a decade, they put out a press release claiming they saved the public from a serious threat, even if the person has been law-abiding for years and is a random ex-con doing well.

I know people are going to revel in the schadenfreude here, but this is really just an admission—given how close the House is split—that they’re just mad it didn’t work. Fewer than a dozen House GOPers could change America tomorrow. That they’re not proves this is just about losing, not principles.

Interesting piece, Eric! I wasn't aware of this history. Hope you're doing well and that you and the family have a happy Thanksgiving!