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Anna Roberts

@profaroberts.bsky.social
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Professor at Brooklyn Law School. Teaching and writing about Evidence, Criminal Procedure, and Criminal Law. www.brooklaw.edu/contact-us/roberts…

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We stencil flowers in our crosswalk at the top of our block every year during our block party and I love seeing people's smiles when they come upon them. Whimsy in public space is so important!
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AAUP @aaup.org · 25/09/2026
“What we need is everyone w/ a stake in higher education, students, parents, administrators, to go on the record & publicly say these proposed rules are going to be catastrophic for higher ed. They shouldn’t be implemented. Encourage your administration to make a public statement.” — Katie Rainwater
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Regulating Academic Freedom
A conversation with AAUP’s Katie Rainwater on proposed federal rules to restrict and redefine university research and teaching.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 22/07/2026
As the report concludes, "Resistance has been, and will be, most effective — indeed, it may only be effective — when faculty members mobilize and take independent action." Download the full report below. 7/7 👇
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Extorted Compliance: A Threat to Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance
Published July 2026.This report was prepared by a joint subcommittee of the Association’s Committee A on Academic Freedom andTenure and the Committee on College and University Governance and was appro...
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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
An untenured prof/administrator made a very measured criticism of Seattle U's provost on Instagram, and then the University "non-renewed" her employment & ended her contract 2 months early. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Seattle U Dismisses Professor Who Criticized Provost
Carmen Rivera said on Instagram she was “disturbed” by how the provost grabbed a Palestinian flag from the hands of a graduate. Two weeks later, her contract was terminated.
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Anna Roberts @profaroberts.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"Interrogating the Facts of the Case" is out! It explores what the interrogation-room origin of the "facts" of criminal opinions might mean for our pedagogical treatment of those cases. Fun to engage with Indiana Law Journal editors and multiple brilliant scholars. tinyurl.com/jrb7724k
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 31/03/2026
This is a verified GoFundMe for librarian Luanne James from the Rutherford County Library Alliance. gofund.me/f7704eb98 Read what happened to this hero: www.newschannel5.com/news/rutherf...
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Rutherford County Library Board fires director after she refuses to relocate 132 children's books
Dr. Lu-anne James called the board's order to move books with LGBTQ+ themes to the adult section an unlawful act of viewpoint discrimination.
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Anna Roberts @profaroberts.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Great profile of the extraordinary Quentin Lewis, featuring among other things the work of @krahall.bsky.social and her @cardozolaw.bsky.social students. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/n...
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Amanda Jack @ajjack.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In NY in 2024 we passed the Jury Of Our Peers Act to finally end the complete and lifetime ban of anyone with a felony conviction from being considered for jury service. Gov Hochul vetoed it. Sen Cleare and AM Gibbs are working to move it again. Join us www.juryofourpeers.org #JuryOfOurPeers
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JOOP NY
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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Professors @sonofdavid.bsky.social and @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social encourage scholars to look to bottom-up sources of knowledge for a richer understanding of the relationships between law, politics, economics, and the material world.
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Wilfredo Torres @wilfredotorres.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
For Liam.
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Colin Miller @evidenceprof.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Today's blog post: Eleventh Circuit Addresses the Admissibility of Rap Lyrics in Criminal Prosecutions: www.evidenceprofblog.com/2026/01/elev...
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Anna Roberts @profaroberts.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Great @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social team presenting Rethinking Justice program at #AALS2026 panel on Incorporated Lived Experiences with the Criminal Legal System in the Classroom. Nick Lindsey (2024 Student Fellow), Roz Smith (2022-25 partner), & Jocelyn Simonson. @evehanan.bsky.social moderating.
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Anna Roberts @profaroberts.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Lisa Fairfax accepting the Section on Race & Private Law's Patricia J. Williams Award. Observers include Deans Sophia Lee, @aonwuachi.bsky.social, & @rogerfairfax.bsky.social, and the eponymous Prof. Williams, who received (with Peggy Cooper Davis) the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Anna Roberts @profaroberts.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Another excellent panel at #AALS2026. "Property Rights and Racial Dispossession," featuring Jade Craig, @jackchin.bsky.social, Hayward Gordon, Danaya Wright, @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social's Aissatou Barry, and Mitch Crusto.
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Anna Roberts @profaroberts.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
John Stinneford concluding his remarks on the original meaning of the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause at an excellent panel on "Bounding the Modes of Punishment" at the AALS Annual Conference #AALS2026, with Profs Resnik, Armstrong, Sakoda, @aaronlittman.bsky.social & @hashtagblevin.bsky.social
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Renee Nicole @reneenicoleallen.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Year one folks…
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Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
And the full report: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds
GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...
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Anna Roberts @profaroberts.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Public comment opens today on a proposed FRE 609 reform! The main change would be the addition of “substantially” to the 609(a)(1)(B) balancing. In other words, it aims to make it harder to admit felony convictions against those testifying in their own defense at criminal trials tinyurl.com/2c6mazxd
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Proposed Amendments Published for Public Comment
On June 10, 2025, the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (Standing Committee) approved publication of proposed amendments to the following: Appellate Rule 15;Bankruptcy R...
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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
“Penn’s law school pauses scholarship honoring its first Black female graduate, plans to close equal opportunity office”
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Penn’s law school pauses scholarship honoring its first Black female graduate, plans to close equal opportunity office
The university also is pausing a scholarship program which honors its first Black female graduate, Sadie T.M. Alexander.
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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 14/07/2025
Timely paper from law prof Stratos Pahis: "This Is (NOT) an Emergency: On Trump's 'Reciprocal' Tariffs and the Judicial Decisions Declaring Them Illegal"
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This Is (NOT) an Emergency: On Trump's "Reciprocal" Tariffs and the Judicial Decisions Declaring Them Illegal
<p>On April 2, 2025, "Liberation Day," President Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose the highest US tariff
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Anna Roberts @profaroberts.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Tomorrow at #SEALS2025 I’ll present my forthcoming article “Interrogating the Facts of the Case,” which examines the risks of erasing the interrogation room from the criminal law classroom (& elsewhere). Come find me and co-participants at 8-10am, Magnolia C. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 24/06/2025
State supreme courts are a battlefield for pressing issues, from abortion rights to ballot access. But do you know how your court works? Our guide breaks down the structure and procedures of every single state’s highest court. boltsmag.org/whats-o...
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Your State-by-State Guide to Every State Supreme Court - Bolts
Bolts breaks down the structure, selection procedures, and functions of each state’s highest court.
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Yuvraj Joshi @yuvrajjoshi.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Law professor colleagues: We're hiring! 🗽 Brooklyn Law School is considering lateral hires in several areas, including constitutional law, civil procedure, criminal procedure, evidence, family law, and torts. If you're considering a move and have a special interest in joining us, please reach out!
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Such a great panel at Law & Society discussing pedagogy and chapters from the forthcoming book Critical Evidence! Thanks to organizer Anna Roberts and panelists Andrea Dennis, Daniel Harawa, Ngozi Okidegbe, and Rebecca Wexler, with a special shoutout to my co-editor Julia Simon-Kerr!
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