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James Sample

@jamessample.bsky.social
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Law professor. Montanan in NYC. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAu…

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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A quick written explainer along with my comments on MS Now more or less as the story was breaking. jamessample.substack.com/p/banned-for...
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My quick turnaround analysis both on Substack and on MS Now - more or less as the story broke. Grateful if you’d share. jamessample.substack.com/p/banned-for...
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Justice Alito’s mail-in-ballots dissent vs. Justice Alito’s [purported] judicial philosophies.
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Missouri mess; a Virginia analogy; the unconstitutional, impracticable USPS ballot scheme; plus SCOTUS as Supreme enabler … all in [a very sped up] 1:24
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
$10 million of Medicaid settlement funds from a pharmaceutical services company was supposed to go to Floridians… alas.
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
With the incomparable Erwin Chemerinsky: “One of the most important lessons from the just completed Supreme Court term is just how far the most conservative justices are willing to go in … allowing unchecked executive power.” Please share! tinyurl.com/y8wyujfk
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Jamelle,We’ve met a couple times, and I greatly respect & admire your work — with which, additionally, I almost always agree. On this one, fwiw, I do think your characterizations of the ruling are off. Here’s my take. Happy to engage. open.substack.com/pub/jamessam...
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The Supreme Court of the U.S. - not the Supreme Court of Virginia - is the reason the state of democracy’s race to the bottom is as dire as it is.
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
4 days. 3 branches. 1 brutal week for democracy. jamessample.substack.com/p/four-days-...
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
No. Not an opinion; not a debate; just a clear fact. No.
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James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
A snippet reacting live to Governor Hochul’s speech. This clip focuses on Hochul’s dramatic characterization of a “grave threat from Washington.”
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