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Jessie Hill

@bjessiehill.bsky.social
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Law prof in Cleveland. Constitutional law. I’m not standing still, I’m lying in wait.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More confirmation that the Trump Administration is staying underground with its anti-abortion plans until after the midterms. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Joe Dudek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Son of a gun.
Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy is placing the football and says "Don't worry; they wouldn't just silently overrule an entire doctrine on the shadow docket again."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Florida grand jury found Gov. Ron DeSantis's admin "misappropriated" a Medicaid settlement into Hope Florida Foundation — an org "championed" by 1st lady Casey DeSantis… $10 million for a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities…” thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#WheresMitch
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So instead of the acronym HOMES I guess now it’s…SHAME?
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Call it the MITCH Act. If a U.S. Senator can disappear from the job for months and still collect a full paycheck, working Americans shouldn’t have to choose between getting well, caring for family, and paying the bills. Paid leave for ALL. 🇺🇸 #USDemocracy #RisingBlue
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Terrific article about the govt's new "science policy" that shreds university basic research in favor of a tech bro approach to innovation. Little does the Trump admin realize that innovations from drugs to AI depend on basic research that the for-profit sector does not produce.
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Where is DOGE when you need it
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
@nytimes.com and other mainstream media need to stop being complicit in this ridiculousness
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Gosh you don’t see Pete Hegseth peacocking around much these days. I wonder what he’s been up to? 🤔
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
So Justice Alito, the author of Dobbs—which was all about letting states set their own abortion policy—is of the view that because some LA citizens are still getting abortion pills despite the state’s ban, LA should get to tell the *entire country* that they cannot get mifepristone through the mail?
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hungary was also the first former Soviet country to shake off communist rule in the late 1980s, leading the way for others. (Ironically, Orbán was a major figure in the resistance and transition to liberal democracy.)
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
My latest for @statecourtreport.org @brennancenter.org —this case has implications beyond gender-affirming care: statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
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Ohio Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Trans Rights Case
Transgender children and their parents are challenging the state’s ban on gender-affirming care.
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State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 31/03/2026
The OH high court heard oral arguments last week in a case that touches on two hot-button issues: parental rights and access to medical care for transgender children, writes @bjessiehill.bsky.social.
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Ohio Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Trans Rights Case
Transgender children and their parents are challenging the state’s ban on gender-affirming care.
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Was that the State of the Union or a Dateline episode?
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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Ohio's corrupt Statehouse wants to punish school districts that successfully proved in court that the current voucher program is illegal. Let that sink in.
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David Noll @david.noll.org · 12/01/2026
There is a time and place for everything, and the moment when a demented authoritarian strongman is attempting to take over one of the last remaining independent institutions in the U.S. is, frankly, not the moment for your aCtUaLlY CeNtRaL BaNk iNdEpEnDeNcE Is HiStoRicAllY cOnTeStEd take.
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
In my opinion there are several things that taste at least as good as, if not in fact better than, skinny feels
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Makes sense: how can Trump pardon Maduro if he doesn’t get convicted first?
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
How many books did you read in 2025?? Just kidding I don’t give a f*ck
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
No one is looking forward to closing the book on 2025 more than I am! Happy New Year!
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Ladies and gentlemen, the head of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
Harmeet K. Dhillon @HarmeetKDhillon
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"Conservative" influencers, if you think you are
"keeping the pressure on" or "winning" by spreading bullshit attacks on @realDonaldTrump's hand-picked cabinet, you are NOT. You are earning money to spread misinformation. You are hoes. Learn an honest profession!
8:09 PM • 12/28/25 • 249K Views
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/11/2025
Somewhere near downtown LA, no lies told — blue states keep MAGA country afloat. 🔥 “You just keep on using me until you use me up.”
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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UCLA Law Center on Repro Health, Law, & Policy @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Join us on 11/3 at 11:30 AM PT for our upcoming webinar, Realizing the Promise of State Reproductive Freedom Amendments, featuring lawyers on the frontlines of litigation and ballot campaigns with insights into these new constitutional guarantees. RSVP: bit.ly/CRHLPReproWe...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
You may be living in an absolutely racist country when 13-year-old Black boys are tried and sentenced as adults, but white dudes who *are* adults are called "kids" by JD Vance to shield them from culpability.
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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Great post from my colleague Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social. The same should be said about the preexisting Title VI demands. I don’t see any kind of “deal” that doesn’t fundamentally undermine the rule of law and academic freedom.
Universities' only proper response to this "compact"— and to May Mailman's dangerous invitation to negotiate further, by way of providing "feedback" on the initial draft—is to offer absolutely nothing. There is no revised version of this compact that retains its core enforcement mechanism that would be even remotely compatible with the independence of universities and their continuing vitality as venues for free speech and free inquiry.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
A sex-blind admissions policy at selective universities will not go the way that the Trump administration thinks it will.
Under the compact, a mix of nine public and private universities would receive favorable terms for government aid if they agreed to conditions like banning consideration of race or sex in hiring and admissions, capping international undergraduate enrollment, requiring that applicants pass admissions examinations and suppressing grade inflation. Universities with large endowments would be asked to waive tuition for students interested in the hard sciences.
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David Noll @david.noll.org · 28/09/2025
Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
Ms. Halligan, who took over on Monday after her predecessor quit rather than prosecute James B. Comey with what he believed was insufficient evidence, had a little trouble with the first two tasks. At one point, she entered the wrong courtroom. When she found the right one, she stood on the wrong side of the judge, then appeared confused about the paperwork she just had signed.
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American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio @acluohio.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The need for fair congressional districts is beyond overdue. Ohio elected officials must pass a bipartisan map that accurately represents their communities. Voters should choose their leaders, not the other way around. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...
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From ‘Do everything I can’ to ‘Yeah, I don’t know’: DeWine retreats on redistricting reform promise
Gov. Mike DeWine vowed last year to push through an Iowa-based redistricting reform measure. Now, he just hopes lawmakers will eventually look at the idea.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Same guy who lied that immigrants were eating pets. Actual statistics show he's lying here, too.
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
That is very on-brand.
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American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio @acluohio.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
"When politicians draw lines to benefit themselves, they rob voters of the ability to pick their lawmakers. That lack of fairness leads to bad legislation that doesn't serve voters and polarization that harms our entire democratic process," - our friend Jen Miller @LWVOhio.bsky.social
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Once more, with feeling: The President has no authority to federalize *anything* in D.C. without Congress, and all Congress has authorized is using the (tiny) D.C. National Guard and 30 days of use of the MPD "for federal purposes": www.stevevladeck.com/p/172-federa...
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172. "Federalizing" D.C.
Like any federal enclave, the federal government has plenary power over the District of Columbia. But Congress has delegated most of that power to local officials; it would take new laws to undo that.
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
WTAF is this headline
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ohdems.bsky.social @ohdems.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
So he definitely paid people to endorse him, right?
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Jessie Hill @bjessiehill.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Very helpful summary if you’re following: Here’s what DeWine vetoed from the budget ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/01/h...
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Here's what DeWine vetoed from the budget • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed the state's massive operating budget, including dozens of vetoes — axing provisions that would restrict books in libraries, take money away from public school savings,...
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
As someone who has been on the business end of nationwide injunctions that I thought were improper, I find the question of what rules we should adopt for them to be genuinely hard. But yesterday's decision deserves massive criticism, for at least two reasons. (Thread.)
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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Republicans think the American people will “get over” having their health care stripped away by Trump’s Big Ugly Bill. Losing your health care isn’t something you “get over.”
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Every one of these petty, ideologically driven visa denials is an assault on *our* freedom of association, our right to hear, and our ability to learn about the world around us. They are meant to make us stupider, more susceptible to manipulation, and less free. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...
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French Lawmaker Says He Was Denied Entry Into the United States
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Welp. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Very good piece by @professormutch.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/o...
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Opinion | A Brain-Dead Woman Is Being Kept on Machines to Gestate a Fetus. It Was Inevitable.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few: 1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Judge Ho would like you to know that the real victim in the Alien Enemies Act proceedings is ... Trump & other officials (perhaps Stephen Miller). And lower courts that have been reversed for not protecting people from extraordinary renditions. Not the men in CECOT. reason.com/wp-content/u...
James C. Ho, Circuit Judge, concurring:
Petitioners, identified as members of Tren de Aragua, a designated
foreign terrorist organization, should not be allowed to proceed in this
appeal.
Our April 18 order held that we lack jurisdiction to grant the relief
sought by Petitioners. See Order, A.A.R.P. v. Trump, No. 25-10534 (5th Cir.
Apr. 18, 2025); see also id. at 3 (Ramirez, J., concurring).
But last Friday, the Supreme Court reversed our unanimous decision,
over a vigorous dissent by Justice Alito, joined only by Justice Thomas. See
A.A.R.P. v. Trump, 605 U.S. _ (2025).
As an inferior court, we’re duty-bound to follow Supreme Court
rulings—whether we agree with them or not. We don’t have to like it. But
we have to do it. So I concur in our order today expediting our consideration
of this matter, as directed by the Supreme Court.
But I write to state my sincere concerns about how the district judge
as well as the President and other officials have been treated in this case. I
worry that the disrespect they have been shown will not inspire continued
respect for the judiciary, without which we cannot long function. See, e.g., In
re Westcott, 135 F.4th 243, 250–51 (5th Cir. 2025) (Ho, J., concurring).
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽
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