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Jeanine Thweatt @jjthweatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Make sure to share this fun fact with all your most conservative yet hipster family members, and treasure their look of horror as they remember their last avocado toast experience

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Doing a little research yesterday, checked in to see how one of my recent articles is doing out there in the world, came across this in a paper uploaded to SSRN. What's up, my bros?

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

never too late to burn some sage to get rid of the bad vibes

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It's not a US hosted world cup without emergency docket litigation.

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Respect, England. Sheer grit and heart. Heroic defense. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Declaration of Independence! Take about 5 minutes today to read it and consider the grounds for revolution. It's a short document, a legal argument, grounded on the foundations of equality and natural rights. Then go turn the world upside down. www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

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Declaration of Independence: A Transcription

Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum). The spelling a...

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 01/07/2026

Water fountains disappeared from the Longleaf Trace in June as the board that governs it grew concerned about how homeless people were using its facilities. Runners and bikers who use the 44-mile trail fear the decision could have dire consequences in Mississippi's summer heat. buff.ly/pBXSvrI

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Longleaf Trace Removes Water Fountains Over Homelessness Fears, Infuriating Trail Users

The Longleaf Trace removed all water fountains in June over homelessness concerns, alarming trail users and health experts.

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

On this episode of Race Matters, we reflect on the meaning and purpose of the American experiment at its 250th anniversary, the difference between patriotism and nationalism, the gravity of its founding principles, even when the nation goes kicking and screaming. open.substack.com/pub/jrbprof/...

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Race Matters, ep. 97: America at 250

On this episode of Race Matters, Carson and I reflect on the meaning, purpose, vision, and justice in the American experiment at this 250th anniversary of independence.

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Jonathan Gienapp @jgienapp.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

One of the most incredible things I have ever worked on: Recently discovered documents, written by John Dickinson in 1775, that reveal his secret and previously unknown efforts to prevent the American Revolution. Now featured in the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...

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A Founder’s Previously Unknown Attempt to Avert the Revolutionary War

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

There’s a good chunk of elite legal thought in this country that’s the work of pickled brainworms soaked in racism and deluded by ignorant historical hallucinations.

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Reprint day from the Anglican Theological Review! Always fun to see the words in print!

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Ryan Ritter @ndtex.gamin4aven.org · 20/06/2026

It’s the greatest alliance of our time. 🇲🇽 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 🇰🇷

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Sweating, dancing, singing, hollering with all the folks and the Alabama Shakes in Tuscaloosa tonight. Absolute funky joy magic. So much love.

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 26/05/2026

I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. 1/4

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It's Pentecost Sunday, when the church received the Spirit, counselor and adocate. They had been hunkered down, confused, dismayed, when a new wind broke in and they got fired up. They spilled into the streets with good news unafraid, meeting people across barriers, a light in dark times.....

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

If you want to win the long-term political battle stop cosplaying as someone you’re not. Stop being ashamed of the things you are. Meet people where they’re at. Be honest. Don’t bs them or yourself.

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I had a chat about this recently in fact with @jrbprof.bsky.social and Edward Carson for their show, Race Matters. Real relationships and authenticity come from honesty and sincerity. Our national media doesn’t get this. I time stamped the convo for you (39:29) youtu.be/cM-4jYvbRRY?...

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Race Matters Episode 89: Democracy Matters with Alan Elrod, CEO of Pulaski Institution

YouTube video by PortMedia

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 23/05/2026

“On May 23, 1796, a newspaper ad was placed seeking the return of Ona ‘Oney’ Judge, an enslaved Black woman who had ‘absconded from the household of the President of the United States,” George Washington.”

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May 23, 1796 | George Washington Offers Reward for Capture of Enslaved Black Woman

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

A proper dream come true, Ernest & Hadley Booksellers has my novella, Haven, on the shelves. This mighty, little bookstore has become a holy place for us in Tuscaloosa. I'm grateful for their friendship. Buy all your books from Ernest & Hadley, and buy mine (signed!) here too! #amwriting

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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

O Lord, arise, help us;

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Writing outside on campus overlooking Santa Monica Bay is nice and all, but this ain't bad. It is, however, on the grounds of an old asylum, so we're never not Southern Gothic. #rtr

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The League of Women Voters of Greater Tuscaloosa kindly invited me to speak at their annual meeting tonight. It was very good to break bread with them. Here are my prepared notes for the talk: Dignity and Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jrbprof/...

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Dignity and Democracy

Keynote Address for annual meeting of the League of Women Voters of Greater Tuscaloosa

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John Carpenter’s Halloran @profhalloran.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It’s really that simple: The folks who want more expansive suffrage and to make access to the vote easier are the good guys. The folks who are disenfranchising people and making voting harder are the bad guys.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

We must understand the racist political rhetoric, the erasure and attacks on Black history, the reinstalling of Confederate names and monuments, all go hand-in-hand as the Court and Congress legitimize the taking of political rights and the end of multiracial democracy itself.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/04/2026

i can't help but think about 10 or 11 years ago when conservatives insisted that obama was uniquely anti-catholic because his administration thought that catholic-led orgs could just fill out a form if they didn't want to cover contraceptives in their health plans for employees.

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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

things which had grown old are being made new

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Godspeed, Artemis II! Go, Flight!

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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

There is a critical difference between holistic, authentic judgment enabled by embodied cognition, and AI's reductive simulation of the language patterns associated with such thought. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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The Non-Delegable Duty to Think: Judicial Legitimacy and the Limits of Generative AI

<p><span>From a normative perspective, the use of generative AI to automate the justification of judgments is problematic on several levels. A legal opinion is

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

A Very Positive Review of My Novella, Haven. A social media book-influencer reached out to pitch their platform to promote my novella, Haven. It's a pay-for-posts situation, and I'm not inclined to shell out for the payola. The email was a thoughtful and generous review of the book: #amwriting

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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 20/03/2026

ALSO, instead of consulting Adrian Vermeule and Montesquieu to understand the right way to think about a constitutional membership rule in a republic formed on the ashes of slavery, we should consult Frederick Douglass, who fought for that rule. FFS. teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

“As James Madison put it: ‘In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department. ... [T]he trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man.’”

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

On the road today with brilliant Alabama Law E-Clinic students for a client doing vital work on some Alabama holy ground.

The Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

That Truth Social post from Trump depicting the Obamas as apes is straight, undiluted, Jim Crow racist.

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Anton Sorkin and I continue our conversation on the Cross & Gavel podcast. We discuss Christian Realism, mass incarceration, moral imagination, and the dignity of all people, working from my article, Christian Realism and the Sins of Mass Incarceration. open.substack.com/pub/jrbprof/...

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The Cross and Gavel, ep. 208: The Sins of Mass Incarceration

Anton Sorkin and I continue our conversation on The Cross & Gavel podcast, discussing Christian Realism and mass incarceration, moral imagination, and the dignity of all people.

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
7um Jing
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35

There is also the photo of the boy from the viral stories included.

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Grateful to Anton Sorkin for welcoming me to the CLS podcast to discuss my article, A Sermon on the Law: The Jurisprudence of Law, the implications of love as the organizing principle for law & policy. substack.com/@jrbprof/not...

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Jeff Baker: Collected Works (@jrbprof)

I'm grateful to @Anton Sorkin for welcoming me to his podcast for the Christian Legal Society, a kind invitation to discuss my article, A Sermon on the Law: The Jurisprudence of Law, and wrestling the...

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Jeff Baker @jrbprof.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Join us for the annual symposium of the Fred D. Gray Institute for Human & Civil Rights, March 12-13, in Montgomery. We are confirming a strong array of panelists to join conversations about justice in voting rights, election law, and democracy. fredgrayinstitute.org/register-to-...

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