Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I was raised conservative & joined the College Republicans in undergrad. There’s been a shift since, but sometimes I wonder abt whether I could still position myself to go after that $1 million award for heterodox opinions. Alas, I don’t think the kind I have is the kind the award is oriented to. 360
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wowww he doesn’t even call it The Trump Strait…sheeesh smdh 110
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026THATS *MORE THAN* HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS IN ONE YEAR. I’m sorry but everything is Monopoly money now. That’s just how it is - I don’t make the rules. 291
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is a fun flight update to get. It’s fine that my connection leaves before I get to the connecting airport, right?? 280
Reposted by Jake CharlesBrianne Gorod @briannegorod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you're a law student who wants to spend your summer working in the public interest & is interested in appellate advocacy, apply to join the @myconstitution.bsky.social team this summer! www.theusconstitution.org/legal-intern... 1/2theusconstitution.orgLegal Internship Summer 2027 | Constitutional Accountability CenterAbout CAC Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is a nonprofit law firm and think tank dedicated to fulfilling the inherently progressive promise of the Constitution’s text, history, and values. ... 196
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The cat apparently thought these shoes just might fit her 1101
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wait, is it the same DOJ making laughable arguments in defense of Trump that said just says ago it will not even defend duly enacted federal gun laws that many lower courts have upheld as constitutionally permissible? @mikesacks.bsky.social 150
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’m not exaggerating when I say that the second proposal here is a raw violation of VanDyke’s oath to uphold the Constitution. The 10th Amendment & federalism be damned if one state has a gun law that others don’t. The full dissent is worse & VanDyke writes alone again bc no one joins tantrums. 2167
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Unreasonably excited for my most recent book haul—spanning quite a decent time span! 2100
Reposted by Jake CharlesMichael Smith @msmith750.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My essay, "The Absence of Original Meaning in Second Amendment Cases," is forthcoming in the Quinnipiac Law Review! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... I argue that the Court's Second Amendment cases from 2022 to last term indicate an increasing unwillingness to engage in historical, textual meaning. 13710
Reposted by Jake CharlesMike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Trump’s DOJ says it will not enforce the federal law barring gun sales to 18-20 year olds because it violates the 2nd Amendment. SCOTUS has so far declined every opportunity to resolve the circuit split. www.justice.gov/olc/media/14... 43120
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NEW: I have a more staid, in-depth look at the Second Amendment assault weapon case the Supreme Court will hear in December in this piece over at the Society for the Rule of Law Institute. 📝 chkbal.substack.com/p/the-suprem...chkbal.substack.comThe Supreme Court’s Coming Assault Weapon Stress TestThe justices will grapple with the brittleness of Bruen’s past-bound test in the face of vast change 394
Reposted by Jake CharlesLSM @slukemorgan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm going to write about this (soon) but in the context of a practically unamendable constitution it is logically incoherent to treat decisions about constitutional rights coverage in particular as in any way "democratic" 252
Reposted by Jake CharlesJake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Gift link to my @slate.com piece criticizing the assault weapon challengers' invocations of democracy. One response to the argument I make is that the Constn is the expression of We The People & so arguing to strike these laws isn't anti-democratic. Two points in reply 🧵 slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comWe Found the Most Galling Argument of the Upcoming Supreme Court Term (Gift Article)This fall, the Supreme Court will entertain a Second Amendment challenge to the prohibition of assault weapons in Viramontes v. Cook County. 177
Reposted by Jake CharlesNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Here's a gift link to our piece today in Slateslate.comJohn Roberts’ New Role Model Demonstrates Everything Wrong With the Supreme Court (Gift Article)If the court is curling up anywhere, it is at the feet of a presidency increasingly unchecked by law. 0136
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Gift link to my @slate.com piece criticizing the assault weapon challengers' invocations of democracy. One response to the argument I make is that the Constn is the expression of We The People & so arguing to strike these laws isn't anti-democratic. Two points in reply 🧵 slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comWe Found the Most Galling Argument of the Upcoming Supreme Court Term (Gift Article)This fall, the Supreme Court will entertain a Second Amendment challenge to the prohibition of assault weapons in Viramontes v. Cook County. 177
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New from me in @slate.com: the challengers who want to invalidate assault weapons ban cloak themselves in the language of democracy, but their goal is to undermine the people's right to govern, not preserve or protect it. 👇 slate.trib.al/qePXfCAslate.trib.alWe Found the Most Galling Argument of the Upcoming Supreme Court TermThis fall, the Supreme Court will entertain a Second Amendment challenge to the prohibition of assault weapons in Viramontes v. Cook County. 275
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Am I the only one who gets embarrassed to be so enthusiastically congratulated on *standing up* after sitting for an excessively long time?? I mean, heck, I’ll take the praise where I can get it, but it still feels like a few rungs below a participation trophy. 160
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NEW: Incoming impact of Wolford--federal court concludes several Delaware ghost gun regulations violate the Second Amendment. I'm grateful for the cite here, but I'm not sure the court's view on manufacturing makes much sense. 🧵 www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/fi... 184
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Since the govt decided to charge a firearms crime, wonder if we will get the chance to see the historical tradition that supports this law against Second Amendment challenge, a law which SCOTUS precedent suggests must be presumed to be unconstitutional? 013
Reposted by Jake CharlesJoel Johnson @joeljohnson13.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Vanderbilt Law Review will be publishing my latest, “Legality Canons.” It argues for a new way to understand many of the so-called substantive canons that the Supreme Court now employs. 🔗 👇🏻 2199
Reposted by Jake CharlesJamal 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
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Had a great time chatting with @alextyoung.bsky.social for the Guns Unpacked podcast about all things Second Amendment. This summer sure gave us a lot to talk about! 🎙️ rss.com/podcasts/gun... 041
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Watching Father of the Bride II with the kids & it’s kinda offensive how old they portray people in their mid-40s. 050
Reposted by Jake CharlesJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Very interesting looking new piece from Joseph Blocher and David Pozen! balkin.blogspot.com/2026/09/cons...balkin.blogspot.comBalkinization: Constitutional Law and “Common Sense” Gun and Drug RegulationA group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics 1115
Reposted by Jake CharlesTommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 08/09/2026I'm happy to announce a new resource for Supreme Court watchers: supremecourt.report. Read on for more 🧵supremecourt.reportSupreme Court ReportEvery case the Supreme Court is asked to hear, what it asks, and the odds it is granted — rebuilt three times a day from the Court's own docket. 27431
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This analogy is so instructive bc it highlights that repeating stuff like this from enough places of power actually *does* change Law. 162
Reposted by Jake CharlesNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The Jeffersonians also increased the number of justices for partisan reasons! (After a lame duck Congress decreased the number to prevent them from appointing anyone.) People can make up “history and tradition” all they want, incanting the phrase doesn’t make it on their side 21078
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Listen I’m not an expert but I just don’t see why athletes wouldn’t qualify as securities under the ‘34 Act. The SEC should rethink this decision. 040
Reposted by Jake CharlesOren Tamir @orentaoren.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🌵CfP for the best constitutional law conference of the year is now officially out! Please circulate widely and consider joining us in lovely Tucson On March 12-13, 2027. More details about how to apply/register here: myemail.constantcontact.com/National-Con... 065
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This fall the Supreme Court will hear a case on whether the 2nd Amendment permits states & localities to ban assault weapons, like the AR-15. You'll hear a lot about how "only" 11 states have such bans. But their combined population is more than 115 million, subjecting 1 in 3 Americans to such laws. 3125
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Feels like we need to get someone on requiring rigorous cost-benefit analyses before kids’ extracurriculars can hold “mandatory parent meetings.” 0100
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Call me old-fashioned, but I don't think lawyers should say false things in a brief, even if they are quoting a Supreme Court justice saying them. This (left) is from the Viramontes petr's brief & it's been debunked so many times it's nauseating. Here (right) is from J. Blocher's most recent piece. 1298
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Exciting news on the fall submission cycle: rejections are still coming through. Remember, if you are in line to receive a rejection, stay in line! 2120
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Boy am I glad Bruen’s test limits judicial discretion…. These vague yet load-bearing descriptions, open to an interpretive breadth limited only by the eye of the beholder, seem like not much more than than cursory conclusions designed to fit the case. 2103
Reposted by Jake CharlesMike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026CA3 rejects 2nd Amendment challenge to the federal ban on machine gun possession. Trump judge writes unanimous panel opinion for Obama and Biden judges. www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/242... 1157
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026WOLFORD OVERRULED RAHIMI AND REINSTATED BRUEN 042
Reposted by Jake CharlesQuinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I'm very happy to announce that I'm hosting the THIRD Annual Democracy and Public Law Works-in-Progress Conference at Michigan State from April 2–3, 2027. The registration portal is below, where there's additional information about the schedule and timing. msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 24019
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I’m not joking that if the next potus does this the formalists on the Court will absolutely with a straight face—& in a condescending manner—argue that Trump clearly has standing in that case bc of his close tie to the ballroom, making him injured more authentically than the Trust today. 081
Reposted by Jake CharlesDuke Center for Firearms Law @dukefirearmslaw.bsky.social · 31/08/20265 new Cert petitions filed this week, including one that asks the Court to recognize a self-defense exception to 922(g)(1). Plus, 43 cases listed for the Court's first OT26 conference on 9/28--34 of which are felon-in-possession challenges. firearmslaw.duke.edu/2026/08/scot...firearmslaw.duke.eduSCOTUS Gun Watch 8/31/2026 | Duke Center for Firearms LawThe Court received 5 new cert petitions on firearms law issues in the last week. They are: 1 challenge to 922(g)(1) (felons), 1 to 922(g)(3) (drug users & addicts), 1 regarding interstate reciprocity ... 011
Reposted by Jake CharlesJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 31/08/2026And since, in the posture of this decision, the Court must assume his action to be ultra vires, the dissent’s description is clearly more appropriate. 22311
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026If Trump had done it, this Court woulda been like, "In April 1952, the federal government seized the nation's steel mills." 0276
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Something remarkably telling in how the majority (left) and dissent (right) ascribe the actor undertaking the demolition project. Much easier to ignore illegality if you imagine the conduct as that of the whole fed govt. The president doesnt even show up as an agent at all in the majority's opinion. 733898
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This is one heck of a "cf." -- apparently the majority reads CASA to stand for the inability of courts to enjoin coordinate branches! Dem presidents would get a kick out of this. 073
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 29/08/2026P3: "the decision whether a type of arm is too dangerous for ordinary Americans to possess is one that the people are entitled to make, not one that courts are empowered to make for them." Uh..the people did decide by making law; the complaint here is that cts didnt OVERRULE that democratic choice 2114
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Banger post from @kevinschascheck.bsky.social up at @dukefirearmslaw.bsky.social. Does a great job demonstrating how Wolford enacts a shift in Second Amendment methodology that makes it harder for policymakers to defend gun laws. firearmslaw.duke.edu/2026/08/wolf...firearmslaw.duke.eduWolford and Methodological Choice | Duke Center for Firearms LawThe Supreme Court is often accused of adjudicating cases with political ends in mind. The Court’s broader methodological moves, however, are equally concerning. Those moves were on display in the Supr... 195
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Okay I have noob question about British monarchy for historians or those up on these things (I bet @anthonymkreis.bsky.social will laugh at this): why is George I the start of the Hanoverian line when his great grandad is James I? Why wouldn’t that make him a continuation of the Stuart house? 130
Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Trying to find the genesis for language in North Carolina's outlawry statute & came across something interesting here, I think. 2121