Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 17/04/2025🌟TOMORROW!🌟 Register here to help us celebrate luminaries Patricia Williams and Mehrsa Baradaran: www.aals.org/sections/web... 020
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Martin O'Malley just mentioned state attorneys general filing state kidnapping charges. Just imagine the collective cheer in this country if state troopers pulled over, arrested and cuffed a van full of masked ICE fascists. 14383111411
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Every morning I pray for the US to ratify the Rome Statute so we can start throwing these demoniacs behind the bars they’ve built for others. 😤 120
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Building on the astute analyses by @karenattiah.bsky.social and @adamserwer.bsky.social in my debut post for the @lpeblog.bsky.social on the Trump Administration’s assault on Black federal workers today, which calls upon us to consider that peonage may be the point: lpeproject.org/blog/racial-...lpeproject.orgRacial Capitalism and the Assault on Federal WorkersBy purging African Americans from the federal workforce, the Trump administration does not merely aim to undermine racial integration; rather, it seeks to bring about the economic immiseration of… 3197
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowAllison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Never ever miss a chance to read @marissaesque.bsky.social and here’s a great one about racial capitalism in the present moment.lpeproject.orgRacial Capitalism and the Assault on Federal WorkersBy purging African Americans from the federal workforce, the Trump administration does not merely aim to undermine racial integration; rather, it seeks to bring about the economic immiseration of… 163
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowLPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Today, @marissaesque.bsky.social argues that Trump's assault on federal workers is part of a broader effort to demolish the the bargaining power of Black workers.lpeproject.orgRacial Capitalism and the Assault on Federal WorkersBy purging African Americans from the federal workforce, the Trump administration does not merely aim to undermine racial integration; rather, it seeks to bring about the economic immiseration of… 0158
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowLawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Great piece in @lpeblog.bsky.social by @marissaesque.bsky.social on racism behind the administration's attack on federal workers. "Federal government jobs have long been responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Black American middle class." Check it out! lpeproject.org/blog/racial-...lpeproject.orgRacial Capitalism and the Assault on Federal WorkersBy purging African Americans from the federal workforce, the Trump administration does not merely aim to undermine racial integration; rather, it seeks to bring about the economic immiseration of… 18329
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Kamala Harris and Barack Obama owe y’all NOTHING. 050
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Cuomo has 100% name id & a terrible disgraced corrupted brand. In the next few months you will necessarily see the current and non corrupted elected leaders spending their campaign money to raise their profile and win one of your five slots. Make sure you are listening and tell everyone you know. 111234
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The next part of my project on social murder is now forthcoming in the Maryland Law Review. Abstract and outline available on SSRN. Full draft coming later this Spring. 0126
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowDaniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 02/04/2025THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU. 281248405138
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 30/03/2025There is no ambiguity about this. You can be elected president twice. It is universally agreed upon. You cannot run a third time. 953137
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 30/03/2025No news organization should ever use the words "third term" without the word "unconstitutional" preceding it 266133023031
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Forthcoming, Volume 85 of the Washington and Lee Law Review 🙏🏾 010
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 26/03/2025I’m emotionally exhausted, y’all. The destruction is overwhelming and soul-sucking. 2151
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowJosh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 21/03/2025ACLU atty says that unless there's a review process, "anyone could be taken off the street." He adds that the plaintiffs see another question: whether the proclamation itself is reviewable by the courts; he says it is 4741108
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 21/03/2025*stares in contracts professor* Someone please sue for discharge of the loans, please! I wanna see something! 3243
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 21/03/2025I want to hear from Ted Wells (Paul, Weiss). Hard for me to believe that he’d be going for this, or even willing to tolerate it (but I’m prepared to be gravely disappointed). 220
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 21/03/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u... How can Paul, Weiss ever be trusted to properly represent its clients again?! This is horrifying, and a huge strategic mistake as well.nytimes.comLaw Firm Bends in Face of Trump DemandsPaul, Weiss — one of three law firms targeted by President Trump as part of his retribution campaign — said it resolved the conflict by agreeing to a range of commitments. 120
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowHolger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Deeply, deeply concerning. May I ask my American friends to consider making conferences hybrid as a rule. www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...lbc.co.ukDiplomatic row erupts after French researcher expelled from US for expressing 'a personal opinion' on TrumpA diplomatic row has erupted between France and the US after a French researcher was expelled from the country for expressing "a personal opinion" on Trump. 1117159
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Imagine if Kamala Harris was the POTUS right now and we could focus on being outraged about whether or not she’s sufficiently Black or some other mundane macro aggressive shit that’s none of our business while eating a 3-egg omelette, and respecting Canadian sovereignty. Just imagine! 2111
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 18/03/2025We can do better than this! Let’s get it down by 90%! 010
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Columbia and Johns Hopkins. Read another way, that’s Harlem/Wash Heights and Baltimore. I don’t believe that’s coincidental. 1145
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I think the Democratic Party has died, and I think we should bury it instead of letting the rotting corpse stink up the place. Working Families Party? Where you at? Your time is now. 040
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/03/2025There are many Democrats who don’t agree with some or many of AOC’s policy ideas. But what she gets and more conventional Democrats do not is that political fight can be catalyzing and transformative. You can change the shape of the playing board in ways … www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/p...cnn.comOcasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge | CNN PoliticsRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept th... 14461101003
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Schumer’s betrayal is proving as galvanizing/clarifying/unifying to the Democratic electorate as Trump’s betrayal is to our erstwhile foreign allies 524239
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowUAW @uaw.org · 14/03/2025In the latest assault on First Amendment rights, Columbia University has expelled and fired Grant Miner, President of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia student workers. The firing comes one day before contract negotiations were set to open with the University. 14999300
Reposted by Marissa Jackson SowThe LPE Project @lpeproject.bsky.social · 13/03/2025A Statement on Recent Events lpeproject.org/blog/stateme...lpeproject.orgStatement on Recent EventsThe online targeting and harassment of the LPE Project’s Deputy Director, Helyeh Doutaghi, is part of a broader environment of speech repression, particularly of anti-war and pro-Palestinian views. 05128
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Has anyone explained to the President that champagne cannot be made in the USA? I don’t think he knows. 030
Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · 13/03/2025We’re all being reminded that the Senate is, and was designed to be, an anti-democratic institution that tempers/stalls/undermines the work of the House of Representatives. 000