Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026cc: @johninfranca.bsky.social @michaelcpollack.bsky.social @sarahschindler13.bsky.social @maureenebrady.com @nicolesummers.bsky.social @ezrarosser.bsky.social 100
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Not sure who else will appreciate this, so for the property law nerds out there… I somewhat randomly stumbled upon Leicester Sq. last night. Happy to report it appears to remain uncovered with any buildings and available as a pleasure ground #tulk 140
Reposted by Brandon WeissAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A 3,750 year-old contract for the sale of a house recorded on a clay tablet, still in its original clay envelope! Museo di Antichità, Turin 📷 by me #Archaeology 21687147
Reposted by Brandon WeissPearl Jam @pearljam.com · 30/01/2026The Ten Club is closed Friday, January 30 as we stand with the people of Minnesota to protest the actions of ICE and murders of Alex Pretti, Renee Good, Sliverio Villegas González, and Keith Porter Jr. For more information on how to participate in the National Shutdown, visit: nationalshutdown.org 630476
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 15/01/2026But I guess if the longer term agenda is disregard for agency authority (regardless of who is in power) and perhaps eventually overturning ICP at the Supreme Court, this makes sense… or pure lawlessness and a planned outright disregard for SCOTUS at some point 010
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Thanks for the shrewd analysis @tsilverstein.bsky.social. Not entirely clear to me that their agenda is better served by doing this given ICP rather than just issuing a new rule that functionally kills disparate impact. They’d prefer the random court’s interpretation of ICP than their own rule? 110
Reposted by Brandon WeissMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Thanks, New Yorker 207215356663
Reposted by Brandon WeissThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/09/2025The Trump administration is limiting enforcement of fair housing laws, dismissing them as ideologically driven and DEI in disguise, according to interviews and internal documents reviewed by The New York Times.nyti.msTrump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing LawsInterviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and D.E.I. in disguise. 35149105
Reposted by Brandon WeissTara Raghuveer @taraghuveer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025In the last six weeks, the Tenant Union Federation launched seven (7) majority tenant unions, across five (5) states, representing 1000 units of housing owned by Capital Realty Group, a New York-based corporate landlord. The first portfolio organizing of its kind... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comTenants Seek to Unionize One Private Equity Firm's Entire Housing PortfolioBy organizing renters across Capital Realty Group’s affordable housing complexes, the Tenant Union Federation hopes to bring sectoral bargaining to negotiations with large landlords. 211449
Reposted by Brandon WeissThe Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Pritzker: "Everybody should be saying that ABC should reverse their decision." 21445161187
Reposted by Brandon WeissChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18/09/2025It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents. But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now. 58999863178
Reposted by Brandon WeissStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Just just did this. The kids will miss Bluey but it had to be done. 129615
Reposted by Brandon WeissGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 25/08/2025I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today. Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American. There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention. 27285672292
Reposted by Brandon WeissRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Reminder that Trump unleashing federal troops across D.C. isn't meant to address any actual concerns about crime. It's a show of force. It’s important to see this and L.A. as trial runs for a possible military occupation elsewhere in the United States.theguardian.comDC residents question troops’ focus on low-crime areas amid Trump takeoverMany federal agents have been seen standing around in tourist areas, with few spotted addressing violent crime 951786648
Reposted by Brandon WeissNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 14/08/2025“We have committed our professional lives to learning and free inquiry, working together with students to advance truth for the collective benefit of society. Unlike our distant governing boards, we will not give up so easily — no matter what kind of deals are signed in our name.”bostonglobe.comHarvard faculty won’t cave to Trump demands - The Boston GlobeUnlike our distant governing boards, we will not give up easily — no matter what kind of deals are signed in our name. 216750
Reposted by Brandon WeissKathleen Rubenstein @kbrnyc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I have resigned as Executive Director of the Skadden Foundation. This moment in history calls on us to provide more and better support for public interest lawyers. I look forward to finding other ways to contribute to their vital work. 1660081
Reposted by Brandon WeissACLU @aclu.org · 10/05/2025Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro 537310055559
Reposted by Brandon WeissBec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Lifetime honor to receive American University’s highest award, Scholar/Teacher of the Year, at the National Press Club this evening. So very grateful @auwcl.bsky.social 7281
Reposted by Brandon WeissAndrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 26/04/2025It was the original tool to prevent tyranny. No EO or politicized federal prosecution can get a conviction unless 12 ordinary citizens agree. Maybe more people will read Why Jury Duty Matters as a reminder. 16015
Reposted by Brandon WeissJessica A. Shoemaker @jessicashoemaker.bsky.social · 09/04/2025As markets churn and world orders reset, @jamesftierney.bsky.social and I have a new piece forthcoming in Yale Law Journal that couldn't be more timely. "Trading Acres" traces the risks of farmland financialization and analyzes the role of law in this ongoing rural land grab. 🧵 79828
Reposted by Brandon WeissProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Harvard sued the Trump admin today 💪🏽🥳💯 www.harvard.edu/research-fun... 321087215
Reposted by Brandon WeissLaurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Was the major questions doctrine meant to be a one-way ratchet, good for striking down Democratic presidential action but dormant during Republican presidencies? Let’s hope Roberts avoids that further black mark on the legitimacy of an already embattled court. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Will This Conservative Legal Doctrine Undo Trump’s First Months in Office?What goes around, comes around. And it is not likely to be good for the White House. 27616139
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Feels like momentum is building toward coming together and speaking up… here’s a letter members of our faculty put out this week 030
Reposted by Brandon WeissBen Ross @benross.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.” 11016604611332
Reposted by Brandon WeissBrian Galle @bdgesq.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I guess I'm gonna have to do a big explainer on the Bob Jones case (which will control how the Harvard tax exemption revocation will go in the lower courts) at some point on here, but for now you can't go wrong with this nice introduction to the issues by Joe. 26615
Reposted by Brandon WeissSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14/04/2025If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful. 12585405813729
Reposted by Brandon WeissBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit. 15568915018161
Reposted by Brandon WeissNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I hope other university alliances start pooling resources and engaging in the kinds of collective action Rutgers is proposing here for the Big Ten. senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol... 151220353
Reposted by Brandon WeissBlake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Wishing everyone here a happy Transgender Day of Visibility! Trans rights remain at the frontier of American civil rights law and we can’t give up the fight for freedom, equality, and inclusion. 0113
Reposted by Brandon WeissTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...snyder.substack.comTwenty Lessons, read by John LithgowKey selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing 26691484383
Reposted by Brandon WeissMarin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 30/03/2025“Lawyers and big firms: For God’s sake, stand up for the legal profession, and for the Constitution. Defend the oath you took when you became officers of the court. If we stand together and fight, we will win.” - John W. Keker, Robert A. Van Nest and Elliot R. Petersnytimes.comOpinion | For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump (Gift Article)If law firms won’t defend the rule of law, who will? 19895245
Reposted by Brandon WeissDan Farbman @danfarbman.bsky.social · 24/03/2025But the formula for resisting these bullies is not mysterious or complex. Collective solidarity in defense of each other (even at the risk of loss/harm) will work. I see this letter as weak advocacy in this direction. That doesn’t make it good, but it’s better than it could have been. 4 121
Reposted by Brandon WeissDan Farbman @danfarbman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025This is a great reminder that all of us who are embedded in institutions have power to act within those institutions—to open space, resist, build power. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comA Commons in the Master's HouseAlmost everyone who reads these words is an institutional insider in some form. Those of us who aspire toward transformation, liberation, and resistance from ou 0226
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 13/03/2025“The federal government is stating ‘we are not making integration a priority,’” said Brandon Weiss, a law professor at American University…cnn.comTrump administration backs off mandate addressing housing segregation and discrimination | CNN BusinessIn 2021, Boston began requiring real estate developers to consider how their projects could hurt residents historically discriminated against in housing and take steps to reduce those impacts. 076
Reposted by Brandon WeissRep. Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025I signed a letter asking for Mahmoud Khalil’s immediate release. We will not let this administration trample our constitutional rights and silence voices they don’t like. Free Mahmoud Khalil. 874374695
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 26/02/2025“Going forward, the agency will accept a locality’s self-certification that it is affirmatively furthering fair housing in accordance with the 1968 Fair Housing Act.”subscriber.politicopro.comPOLITICO Pro: Trump scraps Biden-era fair housing ruleTrump had weaponized an earlier version of the rule during the 2020 campaign, declaring that Democrats wanted to “abolish the suburbs.” 030
Reposted by Brandon WeissRep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 26/02/2025Even the people working at DOGE say it is a lawless nightmare for America. In fact, they know it better than anyone. Thanks to these true public servants who won’t stand for such a dangerous betrayal of the American people.npr.org21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public servicesTwenty-one members of the United States DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government. 594184425235
Reposted by Brandon WeissDanielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · 17/02/20251/ Musk and crew have no legal authorization to access (a disclosure to them) Treasury Department tax return systems. Period. No routine use; no written request from law enforcement head for a specific record; no nothing. This is the kind of indiscriminate, unauthorized access that Sen. Goldwater 6377106
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 08/01/2025“‘It all leads to power imbalances between landlords and tenants,’ Weiss said.” 000
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 08/01/2025“For Weiss, however, the allegations against RealPage are part of troubling trends in the rental market, including the unprecedented accumulation of rental units by opaque management companies and highly localized housing laws that struggle to protect tenants.” 110
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 08/01/2025“‘Nationally, it’s kind of a perfect storm for tenants right now,’ said Brandon Weiss, a professor and senior associate dean at American University’s Washington College of Law. . . .” 100
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 08/01/2025“Nationwide, the named companies manage at least 12 percent of all multifamily housing units, a Post analysis found, often concentrated in areas that have seen recent building booms. Of units built since 2020, more than 70 percent are managed by alleged clients of RealPage’s rent-setting software.” 100
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Excellent reporting by the Washington Post today in a top story on the potential scale of alleged rent-setting collusion by some of the nation’s largest landlords wapo.st/4fWtN6Uwapo.stLandlords are accused of colluding to raise rents. See where.Millions of rents across the country may now be set using one company’s algorithmic software, according to a federal lawsuit and a Washington Post analysis. 193
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 06/12/2024While events since Oct. have made the "Next Generation" part feel a bit more salient, the project of envisioning and laying the groundwork for an improved federal housing policy remains a worthwhile one. A summary of the proceedings was just published here: www.huduser.gov/portal/pdred... (2/2)huduser.govIn Search of the Next Generation of Housing Policy | HUD USERLock 010
Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I had the pleasure of being invited to HUD headquarters in Oct. as one of 25 housing scholars from around the U.S. to talk about the "Next Generation of Housing Policy." The two-day convening was a wonderful opportunity to engage w/ scholars and the incredibly dedicated public servants at HUD. (1/2) 110