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Jamie Abrams

@jrabrams.bsky.social
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Law prof grateful to be teaching and writing about torts, family law, LRW, repro rights, & legal ed. pedagogy. Hella proud author of “Inclusive Socratic Teaching” (UC Press). Refueled by my family Tap to reveal more here 🔞💋: t.me/+eShHVWUd1JYyZjQ9

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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 31/05/2026
“Folks are hearing and experiencing exactly what this report says is happening, which is that it’s women and people of color, particularly a lot of Black women, who are being pushed out of the federal workforce."
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Disappearing demographic data impacts efforts to track who make up laid-off federal workers
This story is part of a series – A region reshaped: Federal layoffs in Maryland a year later.
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Salon.com @salon.com · 16/05/2026
The FBI has investigated multiple women journalists who reported on the bureau's director.
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Patel promised to come after the media. So far, it's only been women
The FBI has investigated multiple women journalists who reported on the bureau's director
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Thank you Jessica Waters for your courage and voice on this important topic. www.ms.now/opinion/face...
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Opinion | I testified before Congress about safety. And then I became the target of antiabortion hatred.
Jessica Waters: The storm against me will blow over. The peril that doctors and patients must contend with daily will not if the FACE Act is repealed.
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American University Washington College of Law @auwcl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Prof. @jrabrams.bsky.social explores how pregnant people are explicitly and implicitly excluded from "birth injury" narratives in websites seeking potential clients and creating “representation deserts” that deepen healthcare access gaps post-Dobbs. More: tinyurl.com/Abrams-Care-Crisis
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Excited to share "Legal Representation Deserts Compound A Post-Dobbs Standard of Care Crisis." Thanks to NYU Rev. of Law & Social Change for amazing editorial support. (Permalinking like a boss!) Thanks to all who shaped and supported this article along the way! socialchangenyu.com/review/legal...
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Legal Representation Deserts Compound A Post-Dobbs Standard of Care Crisis | N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change
“Surveying the websites of plaintiff-side personal injury firms comprehensively reveals that pregnant people are functionally erased or obscured as putative plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases.
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Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Please share, in response to the DOJ indictment against the @splcenter.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=25dl...
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A Beacon of Hope in the Fight Against Hate and Extremism
YouTube video by Southern Poverty Law Center
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Children Thrive Action Network @letkidsthrive.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
A new proposed HUD rule would eliminate the right of mixed-status families to continue living together in HUD-assisted housing. If implemented, the proposed rule would have devastating consequences on the lives of children. Read our full statement below: childrenthriveaction.org/2026/04/over...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 11/04/2026
there is no politician so irreplaceable that we must overlook sexual misconduct because nobody else could possibly fill their shoes
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Periodic reminder: D.C. remains patrolled all over the city by armed members of the National Guard deployed to do so by President Trump.
Three National Guardsmen in Chinatown outside the metro.
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/p... Rep. Jamie Raskin is calling on the White House physician to conduct a cognitive test of Trump amid his heightened rhetoric about the US war with Iran. Trump’s public statements and outbursts are increasingly incoherent, volatile, profane, deranged, and threatening.
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Hard no. No tri”trump”hal arches out-shadowing our national cemetery with gaudy indulgence and excess. The cemetery already honors our heroes with dignity and respect that is sacred to their sacrifices. Just no. www.arlnow.com/2026/04/10/j...
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JUST IN: New renderings show 250-foot ‘triumphal arch’ proposed for Memorial Circle | ARLnow.com
The Trump administration has submitted detailed architectural plans for a proposed 250-foot triumphal arch at Memorial Circle, drawing strong pushback from Arlington's congressman. The 12-page filing, prepared by Harrison Design and submitted by the Department of the Interior, was posted today (Friday) to the website of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts ahead of the
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
CBS Evening News features letter by 100 Experts published at @justsecurity.org Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes link to letter: www.justsecurity.org/135423/profe...
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Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
10.5.3.2. DoD Law of War Manual: "Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited."
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Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is vile. No one needs a lawyer to tell them this is illegal. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment no matter your politics. The U.S. Congress, the American public, U.S. military, U.S. allies or former allies. We need each & every one of you to call him back from the brink.
President Trump on Truth Social threatening to destroy "a whole civilization"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/04/2026
Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. (Published Oct. 2023)
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We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/04/2026
The DOJ quietly closed 23,000+ criminal cases in the first six months of Trump’s second administration, abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to pursue immigration cases. 🔗 Full story: propub.li/4e5vZLL
Text on graphic reads: The Department of Justice has dropped 23,000 criminal cases while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term.

-Nearly 5,000: federal drug cases, including trafficking and money laundering
-Over 900: cases of federal program or procurement fraud
-More than 1,300: cases involving terrorism and national security
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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Your professors care about you, even if the administration does not. The sentiment yesterday at Boston University as community protested BU leaders who removed Pride Flags from faculty windows. Proud of my colleagues and students. @aaup.org #TerrierCourage www.bostonglobe.com/video/2026/0...
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BU students and faculty protest the removal of pride flags from offices across campus - The Boston Globe
Outside the BU president's office, students and faculty gather to protest against the university's policy to remove pride flags from outward facing windows.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
More great reporting from Wired unmasking some of the ICE/Border Patrol agents assaulting Americans www.wired.com/story/border...
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Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown
A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 02/04/2026
Breaking: We've sued the Trump administration over the mail voting executive order. It's illegal. Unworkable. And anti-democratic. It would block eligible voters from casting ballots. We're representing civic groups in this challenge, with other voting groups as co-counsel.
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Voting Rights Groups Challenge Executive Order on Mail-In Ballots as Illegal Interference in Elections
President Trump’s unlawful executive order would take control of mail-in ballots from the states and create an unvalidated, error-prone system that would risk disenfranchising eligible voters. The pre...
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Boy do I wish this NYT article was an April Fool’s Day joke. One quote says household voting makes sense because “Everybody seems more stressed out, angry, frustrated with one another, depressed.” Girrlll, we are angry, frustrated, and depressed *because* we’re still fighting against this nonsense.
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A Road Map for Restoring Abortion Access in the US - Women’s Media Center womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
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A Road Map for Restoring Abortion Access in the US - Women’s Media Center
Lessons from movements in other countries can help activists in the United States mobilize to expand access to reproductive rights and care.
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
No rules, protocols, expertise, or accountability, we are just doing law Bawitdaba-style now. Hegseth Reverses Helicopter Crew Suspension Over Kid Rock Flyby www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/u...
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Hegseth Reverses Helicopter Crew Suspension Over Kid Rock Flyby
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Marc Murphy @murphycartoons.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The @kygop Know-Nothings tell you this is about financial responsibility but they’re lying. This is about tearing down higher education: Teach the MAGA Way or get out. Sadly, the universities have already demonstrated their willingness to be complicit.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/03/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base days before Iran attacked the site and wounded Americans, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.
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Russia took satellite images of U.S. airbase in days before Iranian attack, Ukraine's Zelenskyy says
Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NBC News it would be a "mistake" if American-made missile interceptors bound for Ukraine were diverted to Gulf countries being attacked by Iran.
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Nathaniel Dorsey @natedorsey60l.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This sign makes top ten.
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Hope no protesters further triggered him with any chalk art, like when he lived within a neighborhood and had to actually encounter the community members he denigrates, deports, and degrades.
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The sun always shines extra bright on protest days, and that is some beautiful symbolism for democracy protection protests! Be the light in your town, village, community, city, family, workplace, organization, Main Street, and country!
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 28/03/2026
A group of women dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale," carrying signs with the names of people implicated in the Epstein Files, are crossing the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in Nashville as they march to city hall. Photo from @friedmanadam5.bsky.social.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/03/2026
Four female patients complained to the state medical commission about alleged sexual misconduct by Dr. Mark Mulholland from 2022 to 2024. The board waited until April 2025 to file a formal statement of charges. With @kuow.org
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An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing.
The first accusation against Dr. Mark Mulholland came in January 2022. Two more arrived in 2023 and a fourth in 2024 before the board took action against his license last year. Then even more patients...
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The beauty of cherry blossoms blooming in D.C. really puts on display the dissonance of a militarized capital city. Democracy needs to bloom brighter than these regressive tactics. Be the cherry blossoms 🌸 and shine your light tomorrow Bluesky. (Pic from WaPo FB Post).
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Spotted in NASHVILLE…
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This has “my son can no longer enjoy a Ribeye steak” energy flipping the victim and offender.
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Oudone Lothirath missed four out of five chemotherapy appointments while in ICE detention and received no medical care there. Now he will likely die in a matter of days. www.startribune.com/how-ice-deta...
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Detained by ICE, he missed multiple cancer treatments. Now he’s in hospice.
Some immigrants with chronic health problems were swept up by ICE in Minnesota, leading to missed medications and, for one man, missed chemotherapy sessions.
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
“Estranged” is a skewed word framing this story’s family law content. The son didn’t fall out of contact passively as estranged might imply. He alleges abandonment/neglect leading to abuse. Estranged suggests a path to a different legal outcome regarding support obligations (the article’s subject).
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AAUP @aaup.org · 26/03/2026
Kentucky House Bill 490 is yet another state bill that prioritizes profit over education & partisan interests over academic inquiry & student achievement. Kentucky lawmakers should reject it. Read AAUP President Todd Wolfson & AFT President Randi Weingarten's statement here:
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Kentucky Bill Threatens Quality College Education
Kentucky House Bill 490 poses a direct threat to students, faculty, high quality college education, and the prosperity of the people of Kentucky. It would allow political appointees on governing board...
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
They're looting the federal government
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/03/2026
NEW: During a conservative political conference, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose the president deploying federal agents to the polls. He is now the most prominent Trump official to voice support for ICE officers patrolling voting sites.
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Deputy attorney general endorses sending ICE agents to voting sites
“Why is there objection to sending ICE officers to polling places?”
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
A powerful and painful read.
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I always teach my Torts students that tort law’s power lies in the realization that just one jury in one geography can be the spark to law reform and societal changes that have structurally stalemated for years in legislative chambers. I think this verdict is such a sea change.
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Insightful study & report @amplifyga.bsky.social. "[E]xceptions [to abortion bans] instead added to an atmosphere of fear, confusion, and increasing complexity that frequently resulted in delays and denials of care." amplify-ga.org/denialofcare
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Delayed, Denied, DeficientHow Exceptions Fail to Ensure Critical Care Under Georgia's Abortion Law. Read the Full Report Download...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 24/03/2026
The lawsuit concerned allegations that Meta covered up its platforms’ impact on children's mental health and its knowledge of child exploitation online.
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Meta Must Pay $375 Million Over Allegedly Enabling Child Exploitation
The lawsuit concerned allegations that Meta covered up its platforms’ impact on children's mental health and its knowledge of child exploitation online.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 24/03/2026
We're asking the Alabama Supreme Court to stop the state from regulating birth centers as hospitals, which would make it effectively impossible for them to provide care to pregnant Alabamians.
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Birth centers appeal to Alabama Supreme Court in battle with Department of Public Health
A group of plaintiffs that include two Alabama birth centers Friday appealed a lower court’s ruling in January that birth centers are hospitals and subject to regulation by the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH).
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Lauren Reichelt @laurenreichelt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The Delta Corporate Headquarters phone number is +1 404-209-3434. Call them and tell them how you feel about Delta transporting a five year old to detention. #Boycottdelta
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Delta flew 5-year-old and his father to ICE detention in Texas, new video shows
A photo of federal agents detaining Liam Conejo Ramos in Minnesota outraged people across the nation last year
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Thanks for covering this. 📰🧊
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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids
A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
But we shouldn’t talk about the 25th Amendment?
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Jamie Abrams @jrabrams.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Not sure this article captures full depths of the issue. Hegseth is not just wrongly injecting a “divine PURPOSE,” he is bestowing *himself* with divine POWER. That’s not just wrong religious underpinnings, it’s seizing unrestrained, uncontrolled, unanswerable power. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
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Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
363 pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants were deported b/w Jan 2025 and Feb 16, DHS confirms. 16 miscarried in detention. 121 actively detained as of last month. These are the first numbers we have on how many pregnant, postpartum and nursing people have been detained under Trump.
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ICE has been deporting pregnant and postpartum immigrants. Now we know how many.
The numbers offer the most detailed look at how many pregnant, postpartum and nursing people have been caught up in the immigration enforcement surge, despite federal policy discouraging the practice.
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Laura Portuondo @lauraportuondo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Stuff like this is how you know abortion bans are about enforcing gender roles. The state constantly prioritizes other policy goals (here immigration policy) over protecting prenatal life. Prenatal life only becomes inviolable when the competing interest is women's liberation.
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