iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 24/09/2026

How any of you teach something besides local government is beyond me

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 29/08/2026

The annual teaching nightmare is here - and this time, it’s that this guy from Toy Story was in my Property class but we had run out of seats

0140

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 24/08/2026

Claude's perspective on my maternity leave (which was much more of a leave than my first one): "There was no real leave. I want to be careful before I put that in a document, though."

000

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 12/08/2026

Today in local government self-conception

170

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 09/08/2026

New fronts in NIMBYism (from my former town of Arlington MA): people using AI to render upzonings!! Naturally this one depicts (a) a building that would violate multiple other legal provisions (b) on the day of the winter solstice (c) in snow “because the shadow will prevent the ice from melting”

152

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 07/08/2026

Extreme parenting fail last night: Me: goodnight C! 4yo, out of nowhere: mom, what happened to the dinosaurs Me (knowing he’s heard this before in preschool): remember, the meteor came and they went away? 4yo: They got dead? (Sobs) I MISS THEM

5926

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 30/07/2026

I know everyone’s all down on articles and blah because of AI, but in the last week I have been reading like 5 really amazing pieces that have been or will be submitted this cycle. Slop can’t crowd out the incredibly cool work out there, if we do our job of reading/uplifting it!

0235

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 27/07/2026

Out: notable endorsements In: wife-forward campaigns Never change, RI

171

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 23/07/2026

The various jobs I have taken with two kids four and under = not for the faint of heart. Autoreply is getting dangerously close to “I’m crying and will respond to you when I can see”

040

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 10/07/2026

Dear Outlook: I never want to "snooze" an email to have it arrive at 3 in the morning.

020

Reposted by Molly Brady

M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I think this an underrated YIMBY angle: absent a lot more (revenue-generating) infill development, there's about to be a tidal wave of suburban bankruptcies and/or significant service scalebacks in the coming decades.

2139763

Reposted by Molly Brady

MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Out 7/7: An essay collection on the challenges, risks, and opportunities of this historic moment in American law and governance. Featuring essays by more than 50 Harvard Law School faculty members, including Stephen Breyer, Jill Lepore, & Annette Gordon-Reed. mitpress.mit.edu/978026206043...

13016

Reposted by Molly Brady

peppermint @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

[entrepreneurishly] here at the richest university you can imagine we've charted a brave new vision: what if we got rid of books

0289

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 03/06/2026

If one of you could throw me a cite to break the curse, I'd appreciate it

030

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 02/06/2026

Help me crowdsource: best blog posts/articles/videoed-advice on developing and writing books? Not sure I'm actually doing that, but I feel like I have a good sense of the article development process by now + the luxury of some reading time this summer, so hoping to learn from the best (you).

210

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 29/05/2026

*University governance debate roils* Meanwhile me on graduation day, in my administrative job:

140

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 12/05/2026

Time to retire, really can’t go up from here

180

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 09/04/2026

Such a delight to work with @stanlrev.bsky.social on this—come for the poaching poem, stay for the property arguments.

071

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 07/04/2026

My favorite CoPilot story is when CoPilot told me it could help me solve a problem if I forwarded a bunch of emails to it at CoPilot@harvard.edu. So I did, then it told me it couldn’t see them. On further inquiry, it confessed it did not have an email address.

19327

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 30/03/2026

When did you know your research idea was in trouble

150

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 26/03/2026

Thanks Jake! The silver lining of learning about the 2nd amendment against my will = all the great people doing work over that way

0122

Reposted by Molly Brady

State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 19/03/2026

The Montana Supreme Court just upheld laws meant to address the state’s housing crisis, after homeowners sued to block the legislation. @hls.harvard.edu's @maureenebrady.com wrote about the case.

statecourtreport.org

Montana’s Housing Crisis Fix Survives Constitutional Challenge

Homeowners favoring single-family residences sued to block legislation meant to increase housing supply and bring down home prices.

044

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 01/03/2026

Was this made specifically for me? Can the rest of you see this or is this the end

050

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 09/02/2026

Hotel NIMBY lady is back, this time with facts—from a study of TripAdvisor reviews in Atlanta and New Orleans, superb comps for my MA suburb. Up next, I’ll be studying the rise of vampire-human relationships using Goodreads

280

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 04/02/2026

I’d really like to meet the legend responsible for putting together the Harvard Gazette subject lines every morning

2160

Reposted by Molly Brady

State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 29/01/2026

NEW: Kelo may be settled, but courts continue to grapple w/ limits on eminent domain. Drawing on debates from 19th century state conventions, @maureenebrady.com shows how necessity historically structured private-use takings, offering a framework for thinking about public use today & going forward.

statecourtreport.org

The Path Not Taken in Federal Takings Law

Debates from 19th century state conventions explain why some constitutions allow takings for "private use."

054

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 29/01/2026

Caught in the snowday/first day of teaching backlog: Thanks to @statecourtreport.org at @brennancenter.org for this chance to discuss some of my research on the "private-use" takings provisions in state constitutions, statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...;

statecourtreport.org

The Path Not Taken in Federal Takings Law

Debates from 19th century state conventions explain why some constitutions allow takings for "private use."

153

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 22/01/2026

My 4yo fell and split his head open at school. He asked for a popsicle, and the principal said “but your bump’s on the back of your head, popsicles are for bumps in your mouth.” He told her, “but my bones go all the way to the front.” He enjoyed the popsicle and I’m very worried about my future

0110

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 20/01/2026

"Unenclosed land" is not PROPERTY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC how do you people listen to supreme court arguments I'm going on mute

3153

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 20/01/2026

I don't listen to a lot of arguments but...uh...the petitioners in Wolford just fell into like 368 problematic traps

150

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 20/01/2026

My teaching scaries dream of the semester has arrived: I showed up and @lessig.bsky.social (their con law teacher) had actually just done the exact same class, down to Pierson v. Post. I feigned a coughing attack to cover my panic

3120

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 19/01/2026

In 2016, I wrote this mission statement at a seminar for new faculty at UVA. As true today as it was then! (And still on my bulletin board.)

0100

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 19/01/2026

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear a big gun rights case - Wolford v. Lopez. I've posted some thoughts. Given the property dynamics here, I'm not sure balancing can be avoided in reconciling the serious level-of-generality problems the history poses. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Property v. Guns: The Level-of-Generality Problem in Wolford

Wolford v. Lopez presents the Supreme Court with a novel question: may states require property owners to affirmatively consent before armed persons enter private property that is held open to the public? Hawaii enacted such a default rule after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen instructed courts to assess modern gun regulations by analogy to historical restrictions that are “relevantly similar” in “how and why” they burden the right to armed self-defense. In Wolford, the parties have turned to colonial-era hunting statutes limiting armed entry onto private land, but they disagree fundamentally about what those laws represent.

This Essay shows how Wolford crystallizes the level-of-generality problem embedded in Bruen’s historical framework. Outcomes often turn on the frame courts choose for “the relevant tradition”: defined too narrowly, no analogue fits; defined too broadly, almost anything does. Wolford poses that problem on both “why” and “how.” On “why,” the parties and lower courts dispute whether Founding-era hunting laws targeted “poaching” alone or broader concerns about armed trespass. On “how,” they dispute whether bans tied to “enclosed” or “improved” land map onto the modern category of “private property open to the public.”

Reexamining the record through property history clarifies what the hunting laws can—and cannot—do in the analogical analysis. Even an “anti-poaching” frame does not resolve whether the laws addressed theft of game or a broader bundle of concerns including trespass, property damage, and violence associated with armed strangers. And “enclosure” and “improvement” functioned as publicly legible property signals—proxies for claim and notice—rather than precursors to contemporary zoning-era distinctions between residential and commercial space. The Essay closes by arguing that ... courts should be transparent about the level-of-generality choices ...

13412

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 09/01/2026

My four-year-old said “6-7” to me. I asked him what it meant and he said “it comes after 1 2 3 4 5.”

090

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 22/12/2025

In the New Haven Land Records ca. 2016 there was a man who would come in every morning, put up pictures of his family and a sports car like it was his office, and then pack it all up at the end.

0190

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 22/12/2025

CFP: Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory, Volume V. We're seeking contributions in contract, property, tort, fiduciary, equity, unjust enrichment, and remedies law. Submissions are 12,000 words, and you get a trip to Cape Town! Deadline August 1, 2026! philevents.org/event/show/1...

philevents.org

Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory, Volume V

Oxford University Press is pleased to announce a call for papers for Volume V of Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory, edited by Paul Miller (Notre Dame) and John Oberdiek (Rutgers). Oxford Studi...

056

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 21/12/2025

Mom’s Arrest for Taking Crayons (2025). Marker on paper.

0170

Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 16/12/2025

Are you a fan of Cambridge history? Lego enthusiast? Flemish architect? CrimEd filled with regret? Now available for order in limited quantities - to help keep this building going another 100+ years. malampy.harvardlampoon.com/150th-store/...