Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 12hNothing will ever justify state-administered murder. Nothing. 070
Reposted by Gautam HansRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12hThey made her wait all day to kill her, and now they’re torturing her. 20779177
Reposted by Gautam HansChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14hJustice Kavanaugh, please explain to me — and Christa Pike— how this is an “interim” decision? Justice Barrett, please explain to us how this is merely a “preliminary” ruling? 381292328
Reposted by Gautam HansSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15hOver dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS *grants* Tennessee's request to vacate the stay of execution the Sixth Circuit had entered in the case of Christa Pike, clearing the way for her execution: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...supremecourt.gov 3315265
Reposted by Gautam HansNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 18hI'm grateful to Radcliffe and the Schlesinger Library for ensuring that my mom's work will be accessible to her many students, past and futurehls.harvard.eduLani Guinier’s legacy, in her own words - Harvard Law SchoolSchlesinger Library collection offers scholars a closer look at Lani Guinier's work on voting rights, race, education, and equality. 419440
Reposted by Gautam HansSteven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Christa Pike’s attorneys say the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay of execution. News spreading now outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, where the execution is scheduled for 10am. 26723
Reposted by Gautam HansSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal). 951231510
Reposted by Gautam HansJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026If you’d asked me to parody how silly and broken legal journalism is, I genuinely don’t think I could have come up with “so the best-known ‘nonpartisan’ Supreme Court outlet is now run by an ex-Trump DOJ flack who had her longtime personal friend Brett Kavanaugh officiate her wedding”ballsandstrikes.orgThe Conservative Takeover of SCOTUSblog Is Just What the Supreme Court NeededSCOTUSblog used to cover the Supreme Court. Now, it cheers for it. 9666202
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sophia was my student last year; she’s incredible. The Sun has done excellent work on this difficult story. 0101
Reposted by Gautam HansJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc... 2253393831
Reposted by Gautam HansAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac... 4954051199
Reposted by Gautam Hansjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/09/2026really fascinating to see isgur conduct this interview as if conservative election mistrust has materialized out of nowhere or as if liberal claims of voter suppression are totally baseless. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...nytimes.comOpinion | How Worried Should We Be About the Midterm Elections?And how we learn to trust elections again. 501722228
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Office US over Office UK makes no sense. This is why democracy is bad! 120
Reposted by Gautam HansSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#BREAKING: In non-Missouri emergency docket news, #SCOTUS *grants* the Trump administration's request for a stay in the SAVE case, allowing DHS to have access to certain Social Security information. The three Democratic appointees dissent. 61854345
Reposted by Gautam HansBalls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 24/09/2026Nothing makes a White House official more upset than the possibility that law students might learn that racism existsballsandstrikes.orgHow the Trump White House Is Trying to Bring the Legal Profession to HeelThe administration's attacks on the American Bar Association's accreditation powers are part of a broader ideological project. 03613
Reposted by Gautam HansTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh. 322234586
Reposted by Gautam HansSafeguarding Democracy Project @sdpucla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Rick Hasen asks David Kaye, where are we relative to other countries regarding government favoritism / punishment of speech? At what point do we enter the realm of an illiberal democracy? Full webinar here www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfMA... @rickhasen.bsky.social @davidakaye.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu 153
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The desire to assimilate into whiteness, so prevalent in our community, doesn’t work. For some people we will always be “other” (which is why it makes no sense to vote for Trump, as one person quoted did — no one’s more focused on creating and demonizing out groups). www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comSouth Asians, a ‘Model Minority,’ Face Surging Racism in AmericaSocial media posts, including from the Department of Homeland Security and a Texas Republican candidate, have helped stir fear among people of South Asian heritage. 033
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’m going to be extremely annoyed by the top 20, especially because so many of the shows lower on the list are so mid. Which is the point of such lists! 100
Reposted by Gautam HansAnnemarie Bridy @annemariebridy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Spectacular restoration of a spectacular house. For Sale: A Midcentury Gem Restored by Benedikt Taschen www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/r...nytimes.comFor Sale: A Midcentury Gem Restored by Benedikt TaschenThe founder of Taschen Books is selling his meticulously restored Beverly Hills house, the Adelman Residence, for $25 million. 021
Reposted by Gautam HansGenevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The NYT has reprinted the gov brief in the press ban case and it is revealing. It makes clear that the admin's central arg for why Trump could kick CNN etc. out of the WH is that access to the WH is not a right but a privilege🧵 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comRead the White House Response to the Lawsuit From CNN, MS NOW and PoliticoThe Trump administration has defended its ban on the three media outlets in a court filing. 97241
Reposted by Gautam HansRiana @riana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NEW RESEARCH PAPER! With Cyndie Demeocq at U of Edinburgh, today I’m releasing a paper analyzing 71 federal criminal cases, filed around the US from 2022-2025, that somehow involve AI-generated or -morphed CSAM or child obscenity. Here's the SSRN link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comYes, It's Already Illegal: Federal Criminal Prosecutions for AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material, 2022-2025<div> Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is now capable of creating realistic-looking images and videos with just a text prompt. This capacity has been mi 48136
Reposted by Gautam HansAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill 25053901291
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Me for the WaPo on Trump’s anti-press campaign. Shameful, unsurprising behavior. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comWhite House media bans have been tried before. They rarely hold up in court.Trump’s ban on reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico could run afoul of the Constitution. 030
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I find these lists a little tiresome but since I’m sitting on a tarmac… www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 110
Reposted by Gautam HansSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Two updates: The plaintiffs have already filed for a TRO: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... And the case has been assigned to Judge Timothy Kelly—a Trump appointee, but the same one who ruled *for* Jim Acosta in the press pass revocation dispute during the first Trump administration.storage.courtlistener.comTemporary Restraining Order – #2 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.comMOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., Akayla Gardner, Cheyenne Haslett, Betsy Klein, MS NOW Cable, LLC, POLITICO LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Declara... 15481165
Reposted by Gautam HansDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If someone posted this about a Jewish Senator, it would be rightly condemned as anti-semitism. El-Sayed was born and raised in Michigan, but because he is Muslim he is perpetually foreign and under suspicion. 672771645
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Hats off to Nikole Hannah-Jones for her candor and thoughful reflections on her family’s experiences with one of our country’s most vexing problems. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 071
Reposted by Gautam HansKatie Fallow @katiefallow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is plainly unconstitutional. The White House press pass and facilities open to the press are public forums, as the DC Circuit has held, and the First Amendment bars the president from banning news orgs from that forum based on viewpoint. 1134
Reposted by Gautam HansNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Americans did not declare independence from a king only to submit to the supremacy of a different court. @daphnarenan.bsky.social and I are in today’s Globe. Gift link:bostonglobe.comThe Constitution belongs to ‘We the People,’ not nine justices - The Boston GlobeThe Supreme Court was never meant to have the last word on self-government. 829095
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A really wonderful remembrance from Victor Garber at "Godspell" — he's an excellent writer and this made me want to seek out the film. www.vulture.com/article/vict...vulture.comThe Role That Changed EverythingGetting cast as Jesus in Godspell, I recognized that my life would never be the same. 021
Reposted by Gautam HansAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I wrote about being Annie Dillard's student at Wesleyan in the spring of my last year in college for Elizabeth Benedict's Mentors and Monsters anthology, and The Morning News: themorningnews.org/annie-dillar...themorningnews.orgAnnie Dillard and the Writing Life - The Morning NewsWriters aren’t born, they’re made—from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage. 1629966
Reposted by Gautam HansDahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Great @rickhasen.bsky.socialslate.comThe Supreme Court’s Conservatives and Liberals Just Came to the Brink—and Finally Said “No”For the time being, let’s celebrate that the center of the court did hold, even as dangers remain ahead in both 2026 and 2028. 514441
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Story of my life: “Where are you *really* from?” (Answer: the Detroit suburbs) 030
Reposted by Gautam HansJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 14/09/2026In which my colleague Dave Pozen and I articulate the (uneasy) case for a constitutional convention. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comBack to Philadelphia? The Uneasy Case for a New Constitutional Convention<p><span>No country has ever had a written constitution in longer continuous operation than the United States. Such resilience is cause for commemoration. But f 48226
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 14/09/2026An insightful extended feature! As a Trek fan from the late TNG/early DS9-VOY days, I have been thinking mostly about DS9 these days (maybe b/c of the state of the world, and my job) & less about new Trek. I think ST does its best when it provides something singular (like DS9). More of that, please! 030
Reposted by Gautam HansKnight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 11/09/2026What has the forever war meant for free speech? This morning, @jameeljaffer.bsky.social & @azmatzahra.bsky.social appeared on @democracynow.org to discuss the legacy of 9/11, the war on terror, & our symposium, "The Forever War and the First Amendment.” Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q22...youtube.comForever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights at HomeYouTube video by Democracy Now! 053
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Some centrists need to look up the approval ratings for MLK in 1964. 181
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Me at first thinking “it’s wonderful that the children know it’s the 60th anniversary of Star Trek.” 🤓😬🫠 0162
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Another banger from @radleybalko.bsky.social. We will never get anywhere until we reckon with where we were, what we did, and who we harmed. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened.The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true. 050
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 10/09/2026No coincidence that Erwin Chemerinsky, one of the nation’s leading liberal constitutional lawyers, is the dean of Berkeley Law. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...nytimes.comTrump Administration Accuses Berkeley Law School of Racial DiscriminationThe Justice and Education Departments said the school had penalized white and Asian applicants, the latest in a series of investigations into admissions at elite universities. 16618
Reposted by Gautam HansRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Direct link to our SCOTUS amicus brief in the USPS mail ballot case: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26...supremecourt.gov 4328
Reposted by Gautam HansJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 09/09/2026Really rare to spot something like this in the wild, but The Wall Street Journal ran a "Supreme Court Expansion Is Secretly Unconstitutional Actually" column that directly refutes its thesis in the paragraph that immediately follows. Beautiful stuff. www.wsj.com/opinion/is-c... 652256453
Reposted by Gautam HansMichigan Law @umichlaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The American Constitution Society (@acslaw.bsky.social) has named Professor Leah Litman, ’10, as the winner of its 2026 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law. Congratulations, Professor @leahlitman.bsky.social! Read more: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/litman-...michigan.law.umich.eduLitman Wins ACS Cudahy Writing Competition | University of Michigan Law SchoolThe American Constitution Society (ACS) has named Professor Leah Litman, ’10, as the winner of its 2026 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law. 0689
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 08/09/2026In moments like this, one despairs at the thought that this country may never rid itself of Islamophobia. I still hope it may happen in my lifetime. 0154
Reposted by Gautam Hans🏳️🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026every time I read another racist saying Mamdani shouldn’t attend the 9/11 ceremony, I think about this story his mom, Mira Nair, told me about the racism he and his grandfather experienced in the weeks after the attacks. 120968