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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I remember when you mentioned that to me earlier! I didn't care then, and I still don't. . . sorry for mentioning this.
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: SCOTUS gears up for the First Monday of October/new term by using the shadow shitshow docket as the torture docket! Plus, oil companies argue climate change is a problem too big to solve, so states can't try! + Kelly Lytle Hernández on her book RACIST BY DESIGN crooked.com/podcast/the-...
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Hello October!
Alt: Hello October!
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Jacob, here's the plan..."
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Twinning with @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social on @connectwithjacob.bsky.social on @msnowreports.bsky.social!
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Grant Hermes @granthermes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@profmmurray.bsky.social from @strictscrutiny.bsky.social on the show this week to talk about Sen. John Kennedy’s definitely very real not an act cartoon accent. Full episode at the links in the bio.
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lolol. Me neither.
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was referring to the Articles of Confederation government!
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It took him a while to get there, Steve... and he got there after the long conference, where they discuss where they are on various cases. Curious.
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Deirdre @deirdredeirdre.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yes! Ready. Set. Go! ❤️ #goodnews
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/09/2026
Great hit. Thanks to @profmmurray.bsky.social for asking about the AP reporting on detainees disappearing from the online locator.
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's def plastic. LOL.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Judge Kelly has scheduled a hearing in this case for 3:30. I guess we'll find out whether he thinks it's as straightforward as I told @profmmurray.bsky.social it is. www.ms.now/the-beat-wit...
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Kathy Fowler @kathyfowlertx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Melissa Murray (@profmmurray.bsky.social) at #TribFest26 in a discussion of the U.S. Constitution and her book, “The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader”: “…birthright citizenship. It’s the new abortion.”
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 28/09/2026
@profmmurray.bsky.social on Trump, Xi and free press: The president basically said, "I'll have what he's having."
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On @strictscrutiny.bsky.social, we noted that Alito hadn't recused in Suncor (he owns stock in 2 oil companies, & he flew on a PJ owned by someone w interests in one of the companies in the case). He's now recused. . . which likely means there are still 5 votes for Big Oil. tinyurl.com/2425sh73
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Justice Alito Recuses Himself Days Before Major Climate-Change Case (Gift Article)
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. had faced pressure to recuse himself from the climate case because he owns stock in oil companies.
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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My book is in good company at the Texas Tribune Festival! @imaniperry.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @davidpakman.bsky.social
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I bought it at a garage sale in Berkeley in the 2000s! It's one of my best finds!
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
About to sub in for @arimelber.bsky.social on @beatwithari.bsky.social on @msnowreports.bsky.social at 6 pm ET! Join us!
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This episode was unhinged in the best way possible.
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Leah & Melissa talk news: attacks on free press, Kennedy Center, & yes more on that Ka$h Senate testimony on bestiality. THEN Alex Wagner joins to discuss her fabulous new book THE STEAL: 4 Right-Wing Hard-Liners, 1 Republican Presidency, & the Raid on America's Courts crooked.com/podcast/trum...
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Jake Peralta: It's Time to Heist!
Alt: Jake Peralta: It's Time to Heist!
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A bonus episode on what went down with SCOTUS's decision to leave the Trump administration's Postal Service regulation slash election interference slash mass disenfranchisement blocked. For now. crooked.com/podcast/brea... @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social
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BREAKING: SCOTUS Blocks Trump's Mail-In Ballots BS | Crooked Media
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Roland Gerritsen van der Hoop @rgh1205.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This bigot is not “testing the boundaries of political speech” @wsj.com He is spouting racist drivel and you know it. You just will not say it, because it offends your tender senses (and perhaps some of your readers).
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"I saw Goody Proctor forging mail-in ballots with the Devil in the moonlight!"
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Melissa & Rashad Robinson discuss right-wingers using rigged rules & confusion to ward off democracy - and how Trump's IRS is trying to resegregate education. THEN Niko Bowie & Daphna Renan discuss SUPREMACY: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People crooked.com/podcast/how-...
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How Trump is Using the IRS to Resegregate America | Crooked Media
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Justice Kavanaugh, exhibiting real "pick me" energy, thinks maybe all of this is within the USPS's statutory authority (in other words, keep trying, fellas! The 2028 election cycle is coming up!)
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Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey: Pick Me, Choose Me
ALT: Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey: Pick Me, Choose Me
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adnan-rahman.bsky.social @adnan-rahman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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In Conversation: Melissa Murray and President Cristle Collins Judd
Constitutional law scholar and New York Times bestselling author Melissa Murray returns to Sarah Lawrence to discuss her new book, The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive
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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Do we all need to be constitutional scholars? Yes. We need to read it, understand, and debate it. youtu.be/zOsXuaVcDoI?...
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Melissa Murray | Full Episode 6.12.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS
YouTube video by Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS
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kfc86.bsky.social @kfc86.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@profmmurray.bsky.social I just started reading The U.S. Constitution. I’m already hooked by the line, “with the heat curdling their resentments.”
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This has to be fake. Right? Right?
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
TBF, it probably looked better in the original German.
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BeatriceKind @bvkind.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"This isn’t just about abortion and it’s not going to end with abortion. But if we are going to register any kind of objections, we need a functioning, healthy #Democracy. And that’s the first thing that they have disrupted." - Melissa Murray, J.D., constitutional scholar, professor
Color front-cover image of the 2026 guide entitled "The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader," authored by Professor Melissa Murray, J.D., constitutional scholar. Cover text reads as follows: "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. THE U.S. CONSTITUTION: A COMPREHENSIVE AND ANNOTATED GUIDE FOR THE MODERN READER. MELISSA MURRAY. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR."
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I hope you enjoy the read!
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Laurie B @lauriebidaho.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
@profmmurray.bsky.social tonight I started reading your book on the US Constitution. I’m 70yo, we weren’t taught very much then, as a teenager we were secluded in this kind of history. I’m grateful to have learned about you from Nicole Wallace and deadline White House. #thankyou
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just in time for the holiday, the Court, in a per curiam opinion on the shadow docket, allows political parties to access the same TV ad rates as candidates. Big win for the RNC, which also won another campaign finance case in June. Happy Labor Day, y'all! www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
John Roberts to the Shadow Docket:
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Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain: I Wish I Knew How To Quit You
ALT: Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain: I Wish I Knew How To Quit You
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Heather @hpiglet.myatproto.social · 03/09/2026
August all wrapped up. Overall a pretty good month I'd say. Man oh man does the magic system from Rust in the Root live rent free in my brain right now. Names of books in the alt text.
A photo showing the covers of @hpiglet's August 2026 Reads. From left to right they are: 
The US Constitution A comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader; Melissa Murray 
Queer as Folklore; Sacha Coward
Rust in the Root; Justina Ireland
The Butcher of the Forest; Premee Mohamed
Beautiful Darkness; Fabien Vehlmann illustrated by Kerascoët
Full Moon over Freedom; Angelina M Lopez
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
GET IN LOSER(S), WE'RE REFORMING THE SUPREME COURT! Our HOT SCOTUS REFORM SEPTEMBER bonus series (airing every Thursday!) kicks off with Jamelle Bouie @jamellebouie.net talking about Supreme Court expansion! crooked.com/podcast/we-n...
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Regina George: Get in Loser, Shopping!
ALT: Regina George: Get in Loser, Shopping!
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James Sims @simsjames.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“The Secretary of the Treasury is using the IRS to advance a pro-White Nationalist agenda. That is extraordinary.” —Wesleyan University President @msroth.bsky.social on @npr.org with @steveinskeep.bsky.social #highered
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Wesleyan University president on administration's efforts to revoke tax-exempt status
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Wesleyan University president Michael Roth about U.S. Treasury and IRS efforts to revoke tax-exempt status from private schools that help students based on race.
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my voice -75+ journey toward Democracy @mccuebillie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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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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AuldDragon @aulddragon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is a pretty good example of something @kateshaw.bsky.social and @jamellebouie.net talked about on the most recent episode of @strictscrutiny.bsky.social, on how SCOTUS is taking a ton of power for themselves. By entertaining these applications, they're making themselves the... (1/n)
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CONGRATS!
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
DO NOT MANIFEST.
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Stares in Allen v. Wright.
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DEF-G @scriban.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The dream of the segregation academy is alive and well.
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Joan Resnick Ehrlich @jremmc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A permission structure to practice segregation. Racism. White Christian Nationalism. Fascism. And the SCOTUS 6 will be fine with it. So much undoing we need to do. So much reforming we need to do. In so many areas.
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And while you're pondering the Administration's latest attempt to resegregate society, never forget that it has no trouble creating policies to aid wealthy, corporate interests. tinyurl.com/taf2yur3
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Trump Administration Wants Billion-Dollar Businesses to Qualify as ‘Small’ (Gift Article)
Higher revenue and employee limits for small businesses that get federal contracts and loans could disadvantage the smallest companies, their owners say.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
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