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Meera Deo

@meeradeo.bsky.social
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author | law prof | LSSSE Director | empirical scholar | DEI expert | plant-based foodie | mama | BA UCBerkeley | JD UMich | PhD (Soc) UCLA

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Meera Deo @meeradeo.bsky.social · 6h
This video showed up in my feed right after an excerpt about the Maine hecklers. The resistance is getting spicy!
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
no one should use this thing but I just cannot stress enough that you have to stay away from it if you’re a practicing attorney
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Meera Deo @meeradeo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This was a tremendous opportunity for me early in my career. The Center is all about interdisciplinary, intellectual, productive engagement. There are weekly speakers and plenty of opportunities for coffee, lunch, and walks with scholars through the lovely Berkeley campus.
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Meera Deo @meeradeo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Having been a named party in a case with huge national implications, I am so grateful to these scientists 🙏 Signed, intervening-defendant in Grutter while a law student at Michigan and now a lawyer-sociologist studying systemic inequities ❤️
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026
Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
___, (slip op., at 9) (internal quotation marks omitted).
As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest
in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en-
hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better
detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side
of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef-
fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec-
tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not
enough to convince me to deny the application.
First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 13/09/2026
This will be bad for: - the students - the research progress - the universities - the towns the universities are in - the companies hiring students - the states the universities are in - the national economy - national security - the country - the world
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Meera Deo @meeradeo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
SFFA does not signal the end of DEI, even if federal directives pretend otherwise.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 07/09/2026
Absolutely amazing.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This would have destroyed me as a kid. Reading was EVERYTHING. And not children’s books. Even at a young age.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As many large firms succumb to greed and fear, scrappy groups of lawyers are taking Trump’s lawlessness and winning. They deserve our thanks. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’
Advocacy groups expand legal challenges and condemn president’s ‘self-serving attempts to take over midterms’
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I’m a Dartmouth professor. Pres. Beilock implies in this piece that she speaks for us as a college. She does not. I don’t permit AI in my classroom. Not because it stole my work; because as I wrote in @chronicle.com, most of my students hate it—and feel betrayed by the college—even more than I do.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Why has Trump been attacking unions and workers’ rights? He wants working people to feel helpless and divided. Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power. Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Children can't learn when they're hungry. Said me, a retired teacher.
npr.org
As millions of kids lose SNAP food benefits, free school meals are also at risk
Food stamps have a direct link to other critical resources, such as free breakfast and lunch at school. Now, experts say they're starting to see that link break.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is insane. When I was in first grade my parents let me walk 3 blocks to school in the mornings, and home after it was over. The independence that I got as a child helped me so much in my life. No parent should face charges for something like this, let alone be convicted!
In June, when Parkinson was preparing for the bar—and also happened to be eight months pregnant with her fifth child—she and her then-youngest, Sam, went for a bike ride, as they often do. They stopped for her son's favorite activity: collecting goose feathers from the path near their community pond. When they got home, he asked if he could walk back and get some more.

Parkinson said yes. It's a short walk, along a sidewalk separated from the street by 10 feet of grass. Sam would have to cross two streets with crosswalks, which she'd seen him do safely hundreds of times—including six times that morning, she says. Off he went while she made lunch.

A passerby saw Sam and alerted security. One of the community's security guards escorted the boy back and gave Parkinson an earful. Pretty soon there were three cop cars, just as many cops, a security vehicle, and two Child Protective Services (CPS) workers at Parkinson's door.

CPS ended up investigating her for abuse and neglect.

The cops, meanwhile, charged her with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. CPS found the allegations substantiated and placed Parkinson on the state's child abuse and neglect registry. She will remain there for seven years.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March
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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Exactly. The regs are here: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-18127.pdf Note the dramatic extension of Bob Jones, purposefully vague on what is “discrimination”, and purports to apply to remedial programs too (ie that correct past and ongoing discrimination).
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Indian American here. In case you missed it, by this simple ceremony of Rakhi, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made himself the brother and protector of all the people of New York City. How much do I love this guy!
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Meera Deo @meeradeo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm reading 15 full-length law review articles rn as Chair of the AALS Scholarly Papers competition. Learning a lot about elections, crim, bankruptcy, int'l law, etc. Also learning that apparently, most scholars still include in their Intro some version of, "This Article fills this gap by...."
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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hat tip to the League of Women Voters, who have successfully sued Trump to block his efforts to use US Postal Service to manipulate state voting rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Meera Deo @meeradeo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
U.S. Brain Drain 😩 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...
nytimes.com
Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities
A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You can’t win if you don’t fight. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Ross Johnson @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“This ruling…needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty into the upcoming midterm elections. It also lets another shoe drop in the Kafkaesque nightmare that our precedents have been steadily creating for certain plaintiffs who seek to bring election-related challenges" www.huffpost.com/entry/justic...
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'Serious Legal Error': Justice Jackson Eviscerates Supreme Court Decision In Scathing Dissent
She argued that the conservative majority’s ruling on Trump’s mail-in voting order only served to fuel uncertainty ahead of the elections.
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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I have no doubt that some researches will find, and have already found, beneficial uses for AI. But this does not require a university-wide restructure nor a university-wide demand that each faculty member individually reinvent their courses to “train students for Ai” (whatever the heck that means)
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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoometz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Rachel Reid, who wrote the popular “Heated Rivalry” novel, has donated $300k to Annapolis Valley Regional Library, “one of the most significant private gifts” in their history. “I credit my local library for being a huge part of the reason I’m a published author today,” Reid said #Halifax #HaliSky
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‘Heated Rivalry’ author donates $300,000 to Nova Scotia libraries
Several Nova Scotia libraries that faced possible closures this summer are getting a major cash boost from one of the province’s most famous authors.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/08/2026
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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“Colorado recently joined California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York in requiring public colleges and universities to provide abortion medication to students on campus or arrange to make it available to them through an off-campus provider.”
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More College Students Will Have Access to Abortion Medication – Rewire News Group
Five states now require schools to offer pills on campus or make it available through an off-campus provider.
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Sarah Lawsky @sarahlawsky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Entry level law school hiring: number of FAR forms in first distribution over time. prawfsblawg.com/number-of-fa...
Graph showing FAR forms in first distribution over time. 2009: 637; 2010: 662; 2011: 592; 2012: 588; 2013: 592; 2014: 492; 2015: 410; 2016: 382; 2017: 403; 2018: 344; 2019: 334; 2020: 297; 2021: 328; 2022: 272; 2023: 348; 2024: 352; 2025: 406; 2026: 380.
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Yale Stewart @yalestewart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The official Mister Rogers YouTube channel has been posting full episodes recently, and believe me when I tell you that watching one is a great way to take a break from the general state of things. www.youtube.com/@MisterRoger...
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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Welcome to the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube channel! For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers created a relationship with millions of children, each of whom felt like they were visiting ...
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Weighing Fauci's legacy - and finding so much to be grateful for and no serious basis for condemnation. An evidence-filled article that should be read by all. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
Why MAGA Is So Obsessed With Fauci
In the aftermath of pandemics, people either try to forget them or find others to blame for them.
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Meera Deo @meeradeo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Recognizing Dean Conway. I see you! dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/news/faculty...
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Faculty Resolution in Recognition of Danielle M. Conway - Penn State Dickinson Law
WHEREAS Danielle M. Conway served as Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law from 2019-2026, leading the law school through groun
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/07/2026
yeah because they're just shooting fishermen.
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scienceartnews.bsky.social @scienceartnews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The Rule of Law Teaching Project w/videos by constitutional law professors from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, NYU & more, RuleofLaw101.org. @leahlitman.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @jmchacon.bsky.social @richardre.bsky.social Trailer here: youtu.be/ILpR3UMlwOM?... Via @anatapoff.bsky.social
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Rule of Law 101
The Rule of Law Teaching Project
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 14/07/2026
I just signed legislation permanently extending California's nation-leading Farm-to-School Program. With more than 3.5 billion free school meals served since 2021, healthy, locally grown meals are here to stay!
Governor Newsom signs legislation permanently funding California’s nation-leading Farm to School Program.Governor Newsom signs legislation permanently funding California’s nation-leading Farm to School Program.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
What a tremendous interview with former FTC Commissioner Becca Slaughter and the Yale Daily News. President McInnis and the trustees come off very, very poorly. An administration that will live in infamy. yaledailynews.com/articles/alu...
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u... an ominous trend: graduate admissions are down 15 percent from last year, on top of an 11 percent decrease from the previous year we are destroying our seed corn
nytimes.com
Research Universities Are Admitting Fewer Ph.D.s, a Bad Sign for Science
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Kat Macfarlane @katmacfarlane.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I've posted a draft of "Debating Accommodations," which argues for a legally accurate accommodation discussion & studies widely shared pieces arguing that there are too many. It addresses Accommodation Nation, ADHD malingering studies, bar passage rates, and more! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
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Debating Accommodations
The reasonable accommodations provided to postsecondary students with disabilities are the subject of significant debate, both in the popular press and in acade
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Meera Deo @meeradeo.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Why does he have to taint everything?? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Top Scorer’s Suspension. He Is Now Eligible to Play.
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Historian of Reconstruction here, I am so honored that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson cited #theriseandfallofthesecondamericanrepublic in her brilliant concurrence on the Trump v Barbara birthright citizenship case. this should have been an unanimous 9-0 decision but thank God for small mercies!
Justice Jackson’s concurrence
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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender women participating in female sports. The vote is 6-3
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Tomorrow at SCOTUS is gonna be like: a. Trans athletes get screwed b. Another campaign finance law is gutted c. Birthright citizenship is upheld ... and we're all supposed to focus on (c) and forget about all the atrocious decisions that preceded it. Let's not, please!
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David Noll @david.noll.org · 28/06/2026
No one is under an obligation to sign this nonsense. Probably goes without saying, but talk to a lawyer if one is presented to you. You can find your local ACLU affiliate at aclu.org/affiliates.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Compare Alito's description of Trump's racist statements (on the left) to Justice Kagan's anthology of Trump's racist statements (on the right). These are passages from this morning's opinions in Mullin v. Doe.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The final SCOTUS opinion today is Mullin v. Doe. Alito has the 6-3 opinion, holding that the temporary protected status statute bars court review of non-constitutional claims and the Haiti plaintiffs are unlikely to succeed in their equal protection claim. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Meera Deo @meeradeo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Students with disabilities need *more* support, not less, as is clear from our latest LSSSE Annual Report @thelssse.bsky.social lssse.indiana.edu/what-we-do/r...
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