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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Is it just me or are people getting a little too giddy about November. Something about counting chickens and pride goething before something else?

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Friends/students,colleagues: @mariaponomarenko.bsky.social #JohnGoldberg, and I have a new edition out of Open Book: Succeeding on Law School Exams. We've added new exercises but kept its unique approach: connecting the dots between classes, exams, and the practice of law. 1/

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Open Book: Succeeding on Law School Exams from Day One (Academic Success Series)

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

An admirable position far too in short supply these days.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Yay to @jeannefromer.bsky.social and @marklemley.bsky.social - state supreme courts should race in to stop the firm hiring foolishness.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Well then Claude can kiss my tuchas goodbye

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The menschlichkeit on display here is accurate, admirable, and the essence of humility.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Slightly increase a band Tumbling Stones

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

But why are we on here to argue at all?

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

So, any bets on how Chatrie is coming out after that mish mash of an argument this morning?

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Alito asking interesting question: what theory of Pet is most debilitating to 4th A as we know it. Govt lists a lot of them.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Govt here is begging for court to say need warrant for steps two and three. Court may go there.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Gov: shutting off govt access to important info.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Kav really very pro these warrants. He and Alito seem in that place most. But not seeing much belief this was a general warrant. We agree

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Gorsuch very focused on statutes. That is our position! Gorsuch also asking if can resolve on no warrant for steps teo and three

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

#Chatrie We should be able to use apps without becoming targets of surveillance. Warrants are one thing. Unwarranted collection of app data is problematic. @policingproject.bsky.social brief argues legislation needed here

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Here. Let me help. “I’m not a crook.”

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I’m not sure folks quite got the allusion. Um, look for other presidents today saying what they are not.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Crumbled Italian sausage and green olives

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Must read @adamliptak.bsky.social @jodikantor.bsky.social on birth of SCOTUS modern shadow docket. Though the real birth at some level was insistence that with a broken Congress, presidents must work around it. We have seen where that takes us. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This is a super interesting and important take. Concerns about a standing army bar the way we are funding the military.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This is remarkable - only a 10 day extension on the Section 702 surveillance program. Maybe, finally, some change is in sight. One need not undo all of 702; there is consensus on its value. It needs to eliminate warrantless spying on U.S. persons. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

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House Votes to Extend Expiring Law on Warrantless Surveillance for 10 Days

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Great. But T-R was doing this with our personal date long before ICE and where is the concern about that? The ICE relationship is deeply troubling but so is T-R marketing in everyone's personal data.

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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This is how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Los Angeles last night. 🔥🔥 Footage from @margaret_nagle on Threads.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I'm sorry. This may be reality but given only passing familiarity with the Constitution, and passing historical knowledge, this is just insane. Have we learned nothing? Hello: earth to Congress! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...

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Trump Faces a Decision on Whether to Start a Ground War in Iran

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I keep wondering if anyone remembers the Marine barracks in Beirut. American troops now being recklessly thrust into harm’s way.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I got confused for a moment and thought this was part of the @anthonymkreis.bsky.social pizza thread

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The extension of the 702 surveillance program is getting too little attention at a time when we should all be focused on giving the Executive Branch access to personal data and communications. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

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‘Warrants or bust’: House hard-liners deliver ultimatum ahead of spy powers vote

A long-brewing confrontation over Section 702 surveillance authorities comes to a head next week.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

This is exactly right, difficult, and necessary. I have read one con theory paper after another about how in the face of congressional stasis we need workarounds. Well, you got them! How do you like them? The job has always been forcing Congress to fix itself and act like a legislative body.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Honestly, i can't really get my head around being at war with Iran and relaxing sanctions on Iranian oil. I can't understand it as anything other than a breathtaking failure of thinking through this from the start.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

And they deserve it. All our institutions have failed except lower courts and the people of the twin cities (and their like across this country) braving the storm with whistles in hand. Good on you. This was the right awardee

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

And they gave FDR hell for calling the Supremes a "horse and buggy court."

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Oh so now we believe in vaccines?? Oz Offers Forceful Call for Vaccination as Measles Becomes More Dire www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...

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Oz Offers Forceful Call for Vaccination as Measles Becomes More Dire

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

@brandondelpozo.bsky.social and I have this today in the Atlantic about the deep tension between widespread carrying of guns and police sense of safety. Requires great training, transparency, and accountability - none of which feds have at the moment. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

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America’s Most Fundamental Values Are at Risk

What’s happening in Minneapolis is potentially delegitimizing for law enforcement.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Grateful to @stevevladeck.bsky.social It is time for state and local prosecutors to start building cases against federal agents violating rights. And not just when people are killed. Also excessive force and destruction of property. The Constitution speaks to it all. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...

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Opinion | This Is the Best Legal Path for Justice in the Minneapolis Shootings

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

This is true. I have an article coming out on this in U Penn L Rev soon!

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The National Guard troops were going to free up DC police to have more capacity to fight crime, but now the police are going to patrol with the Guard to protect them? Maybe just remove the Guard - we are wasting resources and putting troops at risk for show. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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D.C. police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack

If enacted on a long-term basis, the change would significantly shift the way National Guard troops have worked with law enforcement in the District since their arrival.

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