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Lee Kovarsky

@kovarsky.bsky.social
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Professor of Law, University of Texas. Habeas corpus, death penalty, some other law stuff, sentient space robots, kids who don't listen to me, and hot sauce. BIO: law.utexas.edu/faculty/lee-kovarsky

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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
AEDPA was 1996 just fyi
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
About 5 years ago I wrote about how Trump uses executions as a vice signal, and it feels pretty on-point today:
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
also if i looked like i got just got knicked in "to catch a predator" i might just sit this one out
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Veep: Nervous Laughter Reaction
ALT: Veep: Nervous Laughter Reaction
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ok but what if the AI could scream "put your fucking shoes on" over and over until compliance
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
guilty as charged, tho i just order the one the OEM tells me goes with our refrigerator!
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mine had a lot of notations about how I fetishize high end refrigerator filters
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Is this from October 7? What a fucking monster. On fucking 10/7.
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump v. United States - he's immune for any use of the pardon power. (But see fn 3, which nobody can understand.)
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think it's obvious he's saying that too, I am kind of annoyed by my leftist cohort pretending otherwise. There is so much real shit to object to.
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NB: he can in fact do that, legally
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you could pick one republican ti lose this cycle it would be Greg Abbott. No other kids would send an equivalent shockwave through the GOP, and no loss would relax the mad king grip on the party in the same way.
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I swear to fucking hell, I spend my entire capital punishment course pretending I'm justice scalia
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Read Keri. I don't think Americans realize how improvisational & sketchy these lethal injections are. Even for cocktails w/ some history of efficacy, the drugs are of uncertain compounding provenance or could be expired. & that's before we get to issues with effectively administering the drugs.
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Excuse Me But WTF Pug
ALT: Excuse Me But WTF Pug
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
no no, it's a great sign. i was just wondering if i understood it wrong!
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
kendyl i thought it was a runoff - is that wrong?
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
honestly that's a distant second in that category to no more fucking starbucks
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
indeed
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
yes, feel like that's gonna disappoint some folks
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
OMG you are a genius
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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
steve, with respect, i just don't see how you could possibly read that as as threat.
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