Jerry Edwards

I'm not even being sarcastic when I say this could be LESS dumb than most originalism out there.

Arguably the model is trained on GW's actual speeches, writings, etc., and sorta contained to what he's said in those?

That ... that might--100% sincere--be more accurate than what Thomas does daily.

I'm giving my midterm on Friday. *shudders at thought of grading*

I am troubled by how discussions of transgender lives appear in the Opinion pages of The New York Times. Too often, the people most directly affected by the policies and cultural debates under discussion, transgender women themselves, are absent from the bylines. In their place, readers frequently encounter essays by commentators who position trans people primarily as a subject of controversy or panic. Opinion sections are meant to broaden understanding and illuminate complex issues. Yet when trans people appear as the topic rather than the authors, the result can feel less like debate and more like condemnation. Imagine covering labor policy while rarely publishing essays by workers. The perspective gap would be obvious. There is no shortage of trans women who are thoughtful journalists, scholars, and essayists capable of contributing deeply reported, reflective writing about their own lives. Publishing more of their voices would not narrow the conversation; it would enrich it. Readers turn to The New York Times not only for rigorous journalism but for intellectual seriousness and moral imagination. Ensuring that trans women are present as authors, rather than primarily as subjects of debate, would be a meaningful step toward meeting that standard.

It will amount to nothing, but just wrote a letter to the NYT.

Yeah, I don't get it. Beto ran a great campaign in 2018, is good people, and has continued to do the necessary work in Texas even after he stopped trying to run for office.

The abstract of the article, setting out the general findings.

The strongest arguments against qualified immunity reform are that lawsuit costs would skyrocket and officer retention would plummet. Alex Reinert, Jim Pfander, and I studied qualified immunity reforms in Colorado and New Mexico and can report: the sky is not falling. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Adams was the President who signed the Sedition Act into law, but Hamilton supported criminalizing speech (including sedition charges) under Washington and complained about the Sedition Act not being enforced vigorously enough after its passage.

Well, not his fondness for seditious libel.

Sir, I speak on behalf of my clients, Lemonade & Rainbow Brite, when I say that they object to the characterization that it was not quite dinner time. Lemonade & Rainbow Brite have never been consulted on when dinner time is & believe that dinner time is whenever they feel hungry in the evening.

God parted the Red Sea to allow Moses to escape an interview with Chotiner.

I did it in my own classes. Tired of listening to myself drone on and on.

I think “There are no merits” is on the Trump DOJ letterhead

I don't know, Megan. I think your professor was making an interesting point in his lecture. 🙃

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred Gov DeSantis from designating CAIR as a terrorist organization and punish those who associate with the group.

“Once again, Florida chooses political posturing over the First Amendment,” Judge Walker writes.

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This is Button. His family decided he was ready to be left home alone for the first time today. As it turns out, freedom can be a little awkward. 12/10 (TT: beginningwithbutton)

Very important thread. He is not talking like this by accident; it reads like a lawyered response. Unfortunately, the legal theory is that he gets to decide when and how the US gets to use military force and no one can second-guess him.

WHOA. Camp East Montana in El Paso opened in August and quickly became the deadliest ICE facility, with infamously terrible conditions.

Now ICE is closing it, just as they plan to open up a detention camp nearly three times larger in a converted warehouse just outside El Paso.

For the evening crew, below are my tentative predictions for Hemani—a loss for the government on these facts but perhaps a broader win for legislative power to regulate to secure public safety in the future
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I'll settle for a succulent Chinese meal.

If only the libertarians in New Hampshire had thought of placating their large number of bears with a St. Patty's Day parade. Would have solved a lot of problems.

Good morning! Yes, this is he

If you are straight out of law school, Ali & Lockwood is currently accepting fellowship applications, I think, for 2026 to 2027 fellowship program

WLG Is Hiring! | Washington Litigation Group The Washington Litigation Group is looking to hire an associate to join our team at this critical moment for our nation.  The associate will work on all aspects of the firm’s civil and criminal practi...

An exceptional civil rights job, comparably decent pay, for junior attorneys.

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A bit over halfway through, Argo thinking to himself as he pants heavily, "Ya know, I really underestimated the distance to the hoomans when I started my gallop."

As a person who doesn't know much about LPE, it makes me want to learn more about it.

a pack of kittens closes in a a large dog standing on a chair

David Attenborough [whispering]:

“As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”

a white orb covered in black speckles and spots rests on a dark sofa cushion. the left side is a dalmatian’s face, tucked in toward her haunches with her thin tail wrapped up to hug her face. she is looking at the camera with one sleepy brown eye.

This is Koyuki. Please do not disturb her. She's in ice cream scoop mode right now. Needs to focus. 12/10 (IG: fuji_bull)

The dumbest people continue to try and destroy their states' higher education systems.

Oklahoma legislature advances bill that would remove tenure at OU, public universities The Oklahoma legislature advanced a bill Tuesday that would remove the possibility of tenure for OU faculty, limit contract agreements to five years and require each state institute for higher

Oklahoma Legislature demonstrates its hostility to education and academic freedom.

www.oudaily.com/news/oklahom...

Tennessee Wants to Let Schools Ban Immigrant Kids, Threatening to “End Public Education as We Know It” A Tennessee bill would take the right to education away from undocumented children. The Heritage Foundation is pushing it in other states.

Tennessee Wants to Let Schools Ban Immigrant Kids, Threatening to “End Public Education as We Know It” 
theintercept.com/2026/03/04/t...

Somebody in your class is snitching to Trump, Guha. They're responsible for you losing your saffron. 😉