Reposted by Boston University School of LawRobert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Looking forward to this!roberthjackson.org25 Years of Asking Questions: Who Belongs in America?From Ellis Island to today’s debates over immigration and citizenship, questions of inclusion and exclusion have long shaped the nation’s identity. Inspired by Korematsu v. United States... 022
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026 #BULawProf @hartzog.bsky.social notes, “Tech companies have an incredible ability to push these tools out faster than society can meaningfully acclimate to the threat. By the time society catches up, there’s already a degree of normalization.” Read more: www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/23/1...technologyreview.comSmart glasses are already causing havoc in IndiaAnd the chances of a crackdown are slim, as the authorities spy opportunities for surveillance. 000
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJessica Silbey @jessicasilbey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026 With @hartzog.bsky.social a short version of "How AI Destroys Institutions" www.accountableaiforum.com/p/this-is-ho...accountableaiforum.comThis is How AI Destroys InstitutionsWoodrow Hartzog and Jessica Silbey 085
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026President of the #ACLU & @nyulaw.bsky.social Professor Deborah Archer discussed Archer's book Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality at #BULaw on Monday. @aclu.org @ngoziokidegbe.bsky.social 000
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026#BULawProf @hartzog.bsky.social notes privacy protections "...were mainly built in a world that assumed a certain amount of friction in the ability of govts. to collect info. about people...because there were these practical barriers to following everyone around.” ➡️ www.wired.com/story/clearv...wired.comClearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life OnlineInquiryIQ, a previously unreported prototype, tested a model from xAI, maker of Grok, to surface associates, social accounts, and other information about people identified through Clearview. 030
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#BULawProf Shira Diner explains the challenges of asking jurors to consider an insanity defense, “There’s something in human nature that makes people want to assign blame... [punishment] can make people feel, not better, but feel more at peace with the horrors...” ➡️ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...nytimes.comA Sympathetic Defendant and Well-Crafted Strategy Dominated Clancy TrialThe defense lawyer for Lindsay Clancy showed empathy for his client in showcasing her mental health problems. That may have made all the difference. 010
Reposted by Boston University School of LawBoston University Alumni Association @bualumni.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Over the past year, we've heard from Terriers from Boston to Singapore. Now we want to hear from you. The 2026 BU Alumni Survey asks what you want to see from your Alumni Association, and your answers help shape what we build next ❤️🐾 Take the survey ➡️ spr.ly/63328B1ANE2 001
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic is hiring! Interested in combining tech law, policy, teaching, and practice? Have experience in media, privacy, IP, or related areas? Come join our team of 6 in a unique clinic representing BU & MIT student innovators! jobs.silkroad.com/BU/Faculty/j...jobs.silkroad.comVisiting Lecturer & Clinical Instructor, Boston University School of Law - Boston, Massachusetts - Boston UniversityFind a career with Boston University 025
Reposted by Boston University School of LawRobert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 26/08/2026“The Bianco case marks one of the most direct confrontations between the doctrine and a state supreme court — on a question, voting rights, that the movement has explicitly targeted since 2020.” 043
Reposted by Boston University School of LawRobert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 26/08/2026“Robert Tsai…who has studied the movement, has written that in practice, constitutional sheriffs occupy the edges of anti-government conservatism, using the doctrine to promote gun rights and property rights and resist public health and federal land-use requirements.”techtimes.comCalifornia Justices Signal Constitutional Sheriff Bianco Lacked Right to Seize 650,000 BallotsConstitutional sheriff movement tested in court: California justices grilled Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco on August 24, 2026, openly skeptical his seizure of 650,000 ballots was legal, as the ... 285
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#BULawProf Woodrow Hartzog and Jessica Silbey's research points out that the process of reading and writing, "the doing of the work," is what matters. Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/27/o...bostonglobe.comGrade inflation isn’t really a problem - The Boston GlobeAre too many students getting A’s? That question wrongly assumes that a college education can be quantified. 141
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026#BULAWProf Woodrow Hartzog argues that Meta glasses encourage more privacy transgressions, "If you make a really harmful — but to a certain group of people desirable — practice easier to do, they're going to do a lot more of it." ➡️ www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...techradar.comForget Wetherspoons — patchwork bans won't fix the Meta glasses' privacy crisis, so what comes next?Could the UK actually ban Meta AI 'pervert glasses' for good? 041
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026#BULawProf Emmylou Manwill ('20) notes, “...now we’re in a reality where the local immigrant community trust has really eroded, and now people are very suspect of anybody who’s working with federal officers.” Read more: www.pressherald.com/2026/08/19/h...pressherald.comHow Maine police are adjusting to new law that limits contact with immigration agenciesMaine police chiefs and sheriffs say their departments are complying with the new law, but some have concerns about its restrictions. 000
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026#BULawProf Woodrow Hartzog explains that Flock cameras create "a surveillance super-structure that provides a level of monitoring — and therefore a level of oppression and a risk for abuse — that we just haven't seen before." Read more: spr.ly/63324B15X1Mspr.lyA Privacy Expert on the Outrage Over Flock Cameras"Surveillance only goes in one direction without meaningful legal intervention, and that's 'more.'" 000
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Our graduates give us so many reasons to be proud. Here’s one more: BU Law ranks #11 in the nation for salary-to-debt ratio among graduates entering private-sector careers. We’re proud of all our graduates and their continued success. ➡️ www.usnews.com/education/be...usnews.com 000
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/20262/ @stjohnslaw.bsky.social Prof. Taifha Alexander on how to wield accreditation, insurance pools & private-public partnerships can safeguard CRT & Democracy in higher ed. creative timely look at how to flip rightwing siege of our regulators and institutions. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 131
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/20263/ where my tax folks!? @islandtaxprof.bsky.social & @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social prof. Dana Brakman Reiser unlock a troubling dynamic. Private uni’s non-profit status makes them *more* susceptible to authoritarian pressure. With ideas for how we might escape this mess. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 141
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/20264/ Endowment time! @athenais.bsky.social dropping knowledge about those massive “rainy day” endowments elite unis keep growing. SHOCKER: the folks running endowments often don't care about the uni's educational mission. & @charlieeaton.bsky.social sighting. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 131
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/20265/ Timothy Kaufman-Osborn builds on "The Autocratic Academy" with a call *for* the corporate university. Absolute must read for anyone searching for alt to a university governance structure that renders us all subjects of unaccountable boards who value $$$ over democracy. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 141
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/20266 / @brsoucek.bsky.social is on vanguard of today’s academic freedom debates. He hits the beef that divides FIRE/Chicago and the AAUP on academic freedom, neutrality, DEI and boycotts. A must read for any student of today’s campus speech controversies. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 131
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/20267/ legal historian Nina Farnia on general strikes as a necessary tool for human liberation. Brilliantly weaves Du Bois & Douglas on the “general strike that would end the Civil War” to Trinidad & Tobago and Iran, and then present day New York’s anti-strike laws. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 141
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/20268/ my contribution w @isaackamola.bsky.social on how university & democratic leaders paved their own demise by fueling the Heritage Foundation’s gleeful effort to weaponize antisemitism against higher education writ large. It was all too obvious from the jump. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 161
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/20269/ the brilliant @carlissc.bsky.social on internal contradictions of US universities by look at faculty hiring: a performance inclusion that preserves institutional whiteness, elite networks, and gatekeeping norms. Perfect antidote for this week’s “woke 1” nonsense. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 131
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/202610/ Former Law School Dean Chip Carter urges us to go on the offensive: sue our institutions when they do Trump’s bidding. It's a call to change the cost-benefit calculus, which all too often rationalizes bad behavior that aids the regime and harms our communities. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 131
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/202611 / Wondering how universities escape racial capitalism? Jared Loggins & Andrew Douglas enter w candid convo abt Black Study and the possibility of the Black University. Read it alongside @imixwhatilike.bsky.social as he breaks it down in his popular podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... 141
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/202612 / What’s tax-exempt status got to do with it? Randle Pollard explains why team Trump wants to leverage tax exemptions to coerce obedience. (hint: law ain't on their side.) New chapter in the right’s attempt to flip integration from legal imperative to illegal motive. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 131
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/202614 / Mike Banerjee is back w hallmark sharp & innovative analysis. invites universities to lean into their corporate personhood & use Citizen United and other Supreme Court caselaw the left routinely (rightly) decry. best read when paired with the above 12 pieces. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 041
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/202613 / Invoking Gloria Anzaldua, Khaled BeIydoun & Sheldon Evans take the convo global. Today's Christian Nationalist assault on higher ed evokes Nazi Germany -- revealing how poised we are to destroy the reputation and capacity of America’s higher ed enterprise. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 131
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 13/08/20261/ here to blurb all 13 essays from @bulaw.bsky.social “The University & Democracy” special issue. Incisive, sharp, provocative analysis abt why universities keep cowering & colluding w segregationists & authoritarians. @aaup.org #CLC #SNDHE long 🧵w highlights from each. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... 12214
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026#BULawProf & Director of the AI Program Tim Duncan speaks on "Thinking Critically in the Age of AI" tomorrow, 8/13 at 11:30am ET. Register ➡️ spr.ly/63329B1OBh7 000
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026#BULawProf @sshermanstokes.bsky.social notes immigrants continue to experience trauma, “...we really can’t quantify at this point the devastating impact that immigration detention is having on entire families & communities.” ➡️ www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... En español: elplaneta.com/2026/08/10/l...wgbh.orgSilent detention: Mental health impact of ICE arrests on families reaches crisis pointImmigrant families are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis due to detention, and the barriers to getting help are both structural and cultural. 010
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Our graduates give us so many reasons to be proud. Here’s one more: BU Law ranks #11 in the nation for salary-to-debt ratio among graduates entering private-sector careers. We’re proud of all our graduates and their continued success. Learn more: www.usnews.com/education/be...usnews.com 000
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026#BULawProf @michaelrulrich.bsky.social discusses the current state of public health, including the overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule, outbreaks (measles & cyclospora), & the impact of federal funding cuts. Listen: legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/law... @legaltalknet.bsky.sociallegaltalknetwork.comRFK Jr. and Public Health: Vaccine Policy, Outbreaks, and Funding Cuts - Legal Talk NetworkSince the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), public health has been surrounded by controversy. Discover insightful episodes on Legal Talk Ne... 010
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 06/08/20261/3 #BULawProf Shira Diner was at the @massgovernor.bsky.social signing of the PROTECT Act, expanding protections against warrantless immigration arrests at courthouses, schools, & healthcare facilities in MA. Diner & BU Law students helped inform the bill through data collection & research. 100
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026(1/2) #BULawProf Shira Diner writes a response to the MA Inspector General report on indigent defense in the state. She notes that the report omits a key variable of the issue: charging decisions by the prosecutors. (ctd.) Read more: spr.ly/63322B1BPCqspr.lyIG report ignored the critical role of over-prosecution in straining the indigent defense systemMassachusetts cannot ignore the realities of how over-prosecution and overcharging are part of the reason for the price tag on indigent defense. 000
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026#BULawProf @jedshug.bsky.social provides his insights on SCOTUS' decisions in Slaughter & Cook for @upenn.edu @theregreview.bsky.social: www.theregreview.org/2026/07/30/s...theregreview.orgThe Fate of Independent Adjudication and the Civil Service? | The Regulatory ReviewSlaughter and Cook rely on historical inaccuracies while raising new questions about agency independence. 010
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 05/08/20261/2 #BULawProf Nicole Huberfeld says the hearings "play into a larger picture, which is that the field of public health has been devalued significantly by leadership..." ➡️spr.ly/63320BEhPzispr.lyAfter Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public healthThe accusations against Dr. Anthony Fauci, once the nation's leading infectious disease expert, have some experts worrying that these events may further erode public health staffing in the U.S. 000
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 04/08/20261/3 #BULawProf @madisoncondon.bsky.social proposes a National Climate Service that can bridge the gap between the science and economic agencies. Read more: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications... Part of the @rooseveltinstitute.org's future governing agenda for climate policy. @toddntucker.com 122
Reposted by Boston University School of LawRoosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 30/07/2026Climate policy isn't going away because Washington stopped talking about it. Americans are already paying the price through fires, floods, heat, and rising costs. Our new collection asks a different question: what should the next agenda for climate look like post-DOGE and the rollback of the IRA? 🧵rooseveltinstitute.orgBuilding Up in 2029: How to Make Green Statecraft DurableExplore 17 essays on durable US climate and industrial policy after Inflation Reduction Act rollbacks, covering governance, planning, finance, and production. 28946
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026#BULawProf and CARB-X Executive Director Kevin Outterson will be testifying before the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care today at 10am for the “Building a Resilient Health Care Future with Biotechnology” hearing. Watch here: spr.ly/63327BECdOl spr.lyBuilding a Resilient Health Care Future with Biotechnology | The United States Senate Committee on FinanceBuilding a Resilient Health Care Future with Biotechnology 000
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026#BULawProf Susan Akram will be in hearings at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights today at 9am EST. She will be discussing repression of speech and assembly in the US: spr.ly/63329BE7Oh3 spr.lyIACHR ::196 Period of Sessions :: Schedule of Public HearingsThe IACHR is a principal and autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS) whose mission is to promote and protect human rights in the American hemisphere. It is composed of seven independent members who serve in a personal capacity. Created by the OAS in 1959, the Commission has its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Together with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ("e;the Court" or "the I/A Court H.R."), installed in 1979, the Commission is one of the institutions within the inter-American system for the protection of human rights ("IAHRS"). 000
Reposted by Boston University School of LawChristopher Robertson @profcrobertson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026New in NEJM: DOJ's theory makes a doctor who prescribes off-label a drug "distributor." HHS claims power to exclude you from Medicare over a treatment decision. This doesn't stop at gender-affirming care — it reaches every off-label prescription. @benjaminabarsky.bsky.social doi.org/10.1056/NEJM...doi.orgMedical Standards by Federal Fiat | NEJMThe Trump administration’s legal theories about gender-affirming care, if accepted, could shift the equilibrium of medical decision making in the United States in important ways. 288
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 30/07/2026My commentary on Slaughter & Cook in @upenn.edu Regulatory Review: "The Fate of Independent Adjudication and the Civil Service?" www.theregreview.org/2026/07/30/s... 032
Reposted by Boston University School of LawMadison Condon @madisoncondon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026you might guess what my wish list is: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications... 1121
Reposted by Boston University School of LawMadison Condon @madisoncondon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The Roosevelt Institute asked a bunch of climate wonks to put our heads together to talk about what a national Democratic platform should look like. 2029 is really not that far away and there's a lot of work to do. 319862
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 31/07/2026#BULawProf Rory Van Loo & Nikita Aggarwal (Miami Law)'s research "found that the first result on the largest marketplace’s search page is on average 29% more expensive than the best available match. That best match, meanwhile, sits 17 positions down the page." ➡️ spr.ly/63328BEo5Zmspr.lySmall Sellers Are Leaving Legacy Marketplaces. Here’s Where They’re Going Instead - RETHINK RetailOnline marketplaces set out to democratize retail. Their original premise was straightforward: any seller, regardless of size, could reach a national customer base without building the infrastructure from scratch. For years, that promise held. But as Amazon and other large marketplaces have matured, the economics have shifted. Fee structures have grown more complex. Advertising has 000
Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026#BULawProf @jedshug.bsky.social discusses the recent SCOTUS cases on executive power with Michael Ramsey (University of San Diego Law) and Thomas Donnelly (@constitutionctr.bsky.social). Listen: constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/...constitutioncenter.orgDoes Article II of the Constitution Grant the President Power to Fire Anyone in the Executive Branch?Podcast for Does Article II of the Constitution Grant the President Power to Fire Anyone in the Executive Branch? from the National Constitution Center 063
Reposted by Boston University School of LawJed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence Explaining Roberts’s and unitary theorists’ serious misuses of historical sources - which Ilan Wurman dodged in our podcast: open.substack.com/pub/jedshuge...open.substack.comDaily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No EvidenceNeither Roberts nor unitary theorists could cite one Founding-era source who agreed with their conclusion, but zero evidence won't stop pseudo-originalists. Control-F Around and Find Out! 0128