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benjamin levin

@hashtagblevin.bsky.social
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prof at WashU Law. teaches criminal law & procedure. papers at ssrn.com/author=1660906. occasional thoughts at postcardsofthehanging.substack.com.

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benjamin levin @hashtagblevin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Towns and Counties Great stuff from @danfarbman.bsky.social bit.ly/43u6ld9
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Towns and Counties
Shameless Self Promotion
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benjamin levin @hashtagblevin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Thinking About the Government A call for papers for a @washulawreview.bsky.social symposium this fall bit.ly/4wj8tSc
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Thinking About the Government
A call for papers
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benjamin levin @hashtagblevin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Excited to be co-organizing this symposium with my former colleague Sharon Jacobs (@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social) & the terrific folks at @washulawreview.bsky.social. Send proposals, & please share the CFP!
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Dan Farbman @danfarbman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Always read @hashtagblevin.bsky.social. Especially on our very occasional joint newsletter. substack.com/@benjaminlev...
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Precrime, Thought Crime, or Just Normal Crime
Some brief reflections on the Comey indictment
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benjamin levin @hashtagblevin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Precrime, Thought Crime, or Just Normal Crime Some brief reflections on the Comey indictment: bit.ly/3RlAisZ
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Precrime, Thought Crime, or Just Normal Crime
Some brief reflections on the Comey indictment
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benjamin levin @hashtagblevin.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Long stretch of radio silence on our blog/newsletter, but the new post from @danfarbman.bsky.social is very much worth the wait. Emerson & the false promise of originalism. Give it a read. An Originalist Relation to the Universe open.substack.com/pub/postcard...
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An Originalist Relation to the Universe
An Emersonian Polemic
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benjamin levin @hashtagblevin.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Check out the latest from Dan on social movements, judges, and small "c" conservatism
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benjamin levin @hashtagblevin.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Legalized Racial Profiling: bit.ly/46Rabyv Flagging an important new op-ed by Daniel Harawa & Kate Weisburd on Noem vs. Vasquez Perdomo
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Legalized Racial Profiling
The increasing obsolescence of the Fourth Amendment
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Dan Farbman @danfarbman.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Today from me over at Postcards of the Hanging it's a callback to something I wrote a while ago that feels like it might have some utility amidst...everything we're experiencing right now. Radical pragmatism, etc. open.substack.com/pub/postcard...
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A Commons in the Master's House
Thoughts on radical pragmatism and the institutions we inhabit
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benjamin levin @hashtagblevin.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Criminal Law, What Is It Good For? bit.ly/47DWo0d
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Criminal Law, What Is It Good For?
Institutional purpose, incoherence, and injustice in U.S. criminal policy
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Dan Farbman @danfarbman.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
As I warned you yesterday, @hashtagblevin.bsky.social and I will occasionally be writing about stuff in a shared space. Read Ben's first post on crime, DC, and who is being kept safe from whom here. open.substack.com/pub/postcard...
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Crime in the City
"Public safety" in DC
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benjamin levin @hashtagblevin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Just posted "Crime in the City"--some thoughts on the DC police takeover, crime panics, and "public safety" bit.ly/4gj1fpF
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Crime in the City
"Public safety" in DC
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benjamin levin @hashtagblevin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Do you ever find yourself wondering what @danfarbman.bsky.social & I are thinking? If so, you're in luck. We have a new site. Check out the first post from Dan on crisis, pessimism, & possibility.
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