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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

AALS Legislation & Law of the Political Process Section Award Nominations: 1. Scholarly Achievement Award 2. Emerging Scholar Award Stop scrolling and nominate someone, darnit!

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My contribution to the Christoph Engel festschrift (completed last year/embargoed until now) 1/ Some think surveys of laypeople reveal ordinary meaning for statutory interpretation — but surveys are expensive. Could LLMs replace surveys? That's what I investigate. 🧵 www.inlibra.com/en/document/...

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Law, Behavior, and Decision – Recht, Verhalten und Entscheidung: Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Christoph Engel

Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Christoph Engel

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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

My contribution to the Solan symposium is "Pragmatics and Textualism," a deep dive into the role of context in the interpretation of statutes. Link: bit.ly/PragmaticsAn...

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

-The Broad Church of Modern Textualism (Steitz, Tobia, Slocum). Issue 2: brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/jlp/vol33/is... -Pragmatics and Textualism (Solum) Big thanks to all of the participants, Larry's family, and @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social

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Journal of Law and Policy | Vol 33 | Iss 2

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Issue 1: brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/jlp/vol33/is... -Intro (me) -Pet Fish Canon (Eskridge) -The Enduring Relevance of Congress Despite the Court's Shift to Ordinary Reader Statutory Interpretation (Gluck & Robbins) -Grammar & Syntax Arguments on the Roberts Court (Krishnakumar)...

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Journal of Law and Policy | Vol 33 | Iss 1

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Beloved colleague Larry Solan died two years ago today Thankfully we were able to hold a symposium in his honor a few months before Check out amazing contributions from: -B. Eskridge -A. Gluck & L. Robbins -A. Krishnakumar -N. Steitz, B. Slocum, @kevintobia.bsky.social - @lsolum.bsky.social Link

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

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Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Heading to @georgetownlaw.bsky.social for a symposium on legal interpretation and data. I'll be presenting some preliminary empirical results for an early-stage paper, "Is Originalism Common Sense?" Attend virtually! Program and info here: solid-symposium.github.io/2025/#program

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

"Should we ask which Four Seasons they meant, or just go ahead and book Four Seasons Total Landscaping?"

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Grateful to @dtdeacon.bsky.social for the generous review of my new article at Yale J. of Reg.'s "Notice & Comment" blog. "'Standard Textualism' should be of great interest to the administrative law crowd in addition to the legal theory generalist." Indeed! www.yalejreg.com/nc/ad-law-re...

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

"Standard Textualism" (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....) got the coveted "Download it while it's hot!" --AND Download of the Week!-- on @lsolum.bsky.social's Legal Theory Blog! Difficult and kind of embarrassing trying to convey to family and friends how excited this made me...

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

...w/ @richardre.bsky.social, @katieeyer.bsky.social, @kevintobia.bsky.social, Tara Grove, Brian Slocum, least recently at @georgetownlaw.bsky.social's Legislation Roundtable, where @ryandoerfler.bsky.social gave insightful comments at a very early stage. Lots of add'l help in between. Take a look!

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I support the main claim w/ a simple 2-part arg, then demonstrate w/ a more systematic review of all divided SCOTUS cases in the 2020-2023 Terms. I've had many fruitful conversations about it, most recently at AALS panel on "Methodological Realignments in Statutory Interp."...

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

New draft article! “Standard Textualism” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Main claim: Faithful adherence to modern textualism would produce far more standard-like (as opposed to rule-like) law than people have realized. Important implications for textualists AND critics of textualism!

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I'll say more about "Standard Textualism" on here some day soon, but for now I'm busy being tickled...

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

...law than modern textualists and their critics have realized. Katie Eyer's paper: "Textualism as an Equity Practice" Richard Re: "Legal Realignment" Tara Grove: "The Power to Impose Method" 'Slobia': "Pragmatic Textualism"

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

*Tickled* be presenting at today's 2:40 AALS panel, “Methodological Realignments in Statutory Interpretation?” With Katie Eyer, Tara Grove, Richard Re, Brian Slocum & Kevin Tobia! My paper, "Standard Textualism," argues that adherence to modern textualism would produce much more standard-like...

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

On my way to AALS! Today I’ll moderate the “New Voices in Legislation” panel at 2:40 Exciting work by: —Jon Choi & Nina Mendelson on canons —Beau Baumann on legislative constitutionalism —Sam Simon on coalitional congressional constitutionalism —Joel Johnson on MQD and lenity Join us!

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I feel you! (And certainly didn’t mean any sass.) I recently made the mistake of showing mine an AI song generator and now, ten snippets of bespoke pop punk songs about superheroes later, it’s… remarkably hard to convince him that anybody should try to make up songs from scratch

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

No guitarist has ever done this without buying one or more additional pedals within the year.

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John Linarelli @profjohnlinarelli.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm editor of the Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Theory & Philosophy. We're in need of contributors on: (1) Raz, Joseph; (2) Critical Race Theory & Law; (3) Discourse Theory & Law; (4) Empirical Legal Studies; & (5) Law & Risk. If you're interested, let me know via email. #academicsky

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Roseanna Sommers @rosesomm.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Kate Weisburd and I have a new empirical paper out in the Northwestern University Law Review! We ask: what do ordinary Americans believe about how Miranda rights are invoked? t.co/fjpjlJ4vUY 1/4

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Excited to comment on Ed Cheng's work at this symposium at Columbia Law next Fri., Nov. 8! Speakers incl. E. Beerdsen, V. Hans, M. Grossman, D. Faigman, S. Diamond Comments by me, J. Rakoff, A. Sood, D. Richman, R. Wexler, D. Madigan Register w/ QR code below!

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

Call for Papers - AALS Section on Legislation & Law of the Political Process "Emerging Scholars" Panel Deadline Sept. 6, more info below, email me w/ questions! Emerge! Retweet! Thank you :)

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

Brooklyn Law School is hiring! Lateral and entry-level candidates in Civ Pro, Con Law, and Corporate Law, among other areas. Please feel free to DM or email me with any questions. Full announcement below.

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

Two essential news items today: 1. I now have tenure at Brooklyn Law! 2. I'm now hiring chair at Brooklyn Law! Too many people to thank here rn, but suffice it to say I'm very thankful and excited. Being a (tenured!) law prof remains my dream job, even if I lack full immunity.

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Kate Levine @klevine02.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

I’m proud of this coauthored paper, “Redistributing Justice,” with Ben Levin. It’s forthcoming in Columbia Law Review. Up on SSRN now. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Redistributing Justice

This Article surfaces an obstacle to decarceration hiding in plain sight: progressives’ continued support for the carceral system. Despite increasingly prevale

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

New draft! Evidence Law's Blind Spots (forthcoming @IowaLawReview)--check it out if you’re interested in… evidence law OR prior convictions OR race OR law & psych OR ban-the-box and other disclosure rules OR... just check it out here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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