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Rachel Rothschild

@profrrothschild.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Law School michigan.law.umich.edu/faculty-and-… Author of Poisonous Skies: Acid Rain and the Globalization of Pollution (Chicago, 2019)

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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 52m
😊Thank you Justin!!!
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 1h
After listening to oral arguments in Suncor v. Boulder just now, I hope someone will give Justice Kavanaugh my @yalelawjournal.bsky.social Essay on the case. It provides a detailed history of Ouellette & the other precedents invoked in Suncor. These cases do not say what Justice Kavanaugh asserted.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 3h
Oral arguments starting in just a few moments! Link to listen here: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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Live Oral Argument Audio Live Oral Argument Audio
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Michigan Law @umichlaw.bsky.social · 5h
Michigan Law #MorningRead The Collision of State Climate Tort Suits with Federal Deregulation by Professor @profrrothschild.bsky.social in @yalelawjournal.bsky.social yalelawjournal.org/essay/the-co...
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The Collision of State Climate Tort Suits with Federal Deregulation | Yale Law Journal
For decades, state tort law has provided a mechanism for addressing environmental damage even if the cause is transboundary in nature. This Essay argues that...
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The Yale Law Journal @yalelawjournal.bsky.social · 22h
Tomorrow the Supreme Court hears Suncor v. Boulder County, on whether state climate tort suits are preempted by federal law. New in Forum: Rachel Rothschild on how those suits collide with federal deregulation. yalelawjournal.org/essay/the-co...
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The Collision of State Climate Tort Suits with Federal Deregulation | Yale Law Journal
For decades, state tort law has provided a mechanism for addressing environmental damage even if the cause is transboundary in nature. This Essay argues that...
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ahead of the first Supreme Court oral arguments for the 2026 term, I have published an Essay in @yalelawjournal.bsky.social on the blockbuster Suncor v. Boulder case, which could decide whether states are able to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate harms: yalelawjournal.org/essay/the-co...
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The Collision of State Climate Tort Suits with Federal Deregulation | Yale Law Journal
For decades, state tort law has provided a mechanism for addressing environmental damage even if the cause is transboundary in nature. This Essay argues that...
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026
Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis.
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Futurism @futurism.com · 01/10/2026
"The largest misallocation of capital in history."
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It's Looking Possible That Zuckerberg Is Accidentally Committing Corporate Suicide
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg is tripling down on hyperscale AI at a pivotal moment for the financial future of the tech industry.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in an enormously important climate case. Join me, @alejandrocamacho.bsky.social, and @dfarber1950.bsky.social to discuss the case with @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social and @progressivereform.bsky.social progressivereform.org/events/oral-...
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Coming Up September 30: Oral Arguments in Suncor v. Boulder: What to Expect, What to Look For - Center for Progressive Reform
Join the Center for Progressive Reform on Wednesday, September 30 at 12 noon Eastern for a webinar, “Oral Arguments in Suncor v. Boulder: What to Expect, What to Look For.”
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reupping this with a link that doesn’t require a subscription: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There is a lot I could say about attacks on climate researchers, including what I personally faced over the past few years. Some of my thoughts made it into this excellent investigative report. Perhaps one day I'll put pen to paper and tell my whole story. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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POLITICO Pro: Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At the end of my life, whenever it is, let it never be said that I folded when tested. That I was a coward, that I betrayed the people who trusted me, the environmental work that I'd spent my career building. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/23/m...
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Big Tech, Big Law, Big Ed all caved to Trump’s intimidation without a fight. Why so many profiles in cowardice? - The Boston Globe
Pillars of business and civil society gave in to Trump in shocking succession. Even when capitulation made no sense.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh my god.
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 15/09/2026
New post reviewing Zidar and Zwick's new book, which I loved. paulgp.substack.com/p/who-is-ric...
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Who is rich in America, and why?
A review of “The Everywhere Millionaire” by Zidar and Zwick
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Danny Wilf-Townsend @dannywt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
After reading this, I wanted to know what the numbers would look like with more recent draft law review articles posted to SSRN. So I put a sample of 200 of them through Pangram 4, and found 57 papers with some AI use, 36 of which had >5% of their text from AI: wilftownsend.net/how-many-rec...
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How many recently drafted law review articles are written with AI? A quick examination.
AI use in legal scholarship may not be the most important AI topic being discussed these days, but it is having a moment in the corners of the world that care about these things. Julian Nyarko has an ...
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JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is just outrageous.
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Salomé Viljoen @salome.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Extremely grateful and proud of Michigan Jewish religious leaders for issuing this statement: www.nonnegotiable.org/petition
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Sign the Petition
Read the petition and add your name. Our safety, our identity, and our place in this coalition are nonnegotiable.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 28/08/2026
NEW: A fossil fuel front group funded by the company behind a Trump-backed gas pipeline says it helped flip Gov. Kathy Hochul. The group met with her office, supplied dubious polling — then bragged that, within weeks, Hochul embraced its agenda.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Orwellian.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One of the most surreal experiences (especially as an academic) that I've ever had was arriving in Sacramento to provide testimony on state climate superfund laws to the California legislature, and seeing the army of oil lobbyists that poured into the committee meeting and got the hearing cancelled.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Grateful to the NY Times for covering my story 🔥 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/c...
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Judge Rejects Suit Against University of Michigan That Sought Emails on Climate Law (Gift Article)
A conservative group had tried to force the University of Michigan to hand over messages from a law professor who worked on “climate superfund” bills.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Great post by @dfarber1950.bsky.social - as he says, climate change doesn't care whether we (or our politicians) pay attention to the problem. It's here, and it's going to get worse unless we do more. legal-planet.org/2026/08/13/y...?
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You May Have Forgotten About Climate Change. But It Hasn’t Forgotten About You - Legal Planet
While public attention has strayed elsewhere, climate change is roaring along anyway. Tick tock, tick tock.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Statutory interpretation for the win.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Tonight during a lively dinner conversation my six year old raised his hand and yelled "wait, I have a question!". We of course stopped the conversation so he could ask us something. He paused, and then finally said "you know, this is really more of a comment." I'm raising a future professor.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Uh. . . . WHAT did OMB do with the $1.59 billion it took from EPA's financial accounts that were supposed to fund these grants?
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Couldn’t have done it without you ❤️
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Big news!!! After two long years of litigation, the Chief Judge of the Michigan Court of Claims has ruled against a fossil fuel funded group that sued the University of Michigan to obtain my personal communications with environmental groups. Coverage here: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...
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She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target. (Published 2025)
A conservative group is suing for emails of a law professor who helped create legislation to force oil, gas and coal companies to pay for climate damage.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Timeline cleanse
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It has been nearly a year since I did this interview, and it was surreal listening to it now. I am very grateful to the journalists at Climate One for telling my story. No matter the personal cost, I remain committed to providing my expertise and support to those working on climate policies.
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Micah Schwartzman @micahschwartzman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This piece revives Josh Blackman’s “tentative thoughts” that liberal Jews are lying about their religious beliefs in claiming free exercise exemptions from abortion bans. He says these claims “also give progressives a way to accuse conservatives of hypocrisy.” /1
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The Left’s Fake Conversion To Religious Liberty
The progressive legal establishment treated religious freedom exemptions as obstacles to be dismantled, threatening livelihoods and institutions.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Grateful to the Jewish Dem Coalition for standing up in this moment to denounce antisemitism in Michigan's Senate primary campaign. I will not compromise on my core values, ever, in politics. I watched friends & family do it with Trump. I will not do it now. jewishdems.substack.com/p/abdul-el-s...
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Abdul El-Sayed’s Challenge with Jewish Voters
It’s not just about Israel, it's also about antisemitism.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Many thanks for recommending this Larry! 🙏
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Jonathan H. Adler @jadler1969.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This morning I filed a brief in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... I also blogged about it: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Omg this hits way too close to home 😂
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New draft posted: The Collision of State Climate Tort Suits with Federal Deregulation, forthcoming in the Yale Law Journal Forum. This Essay examines the preemption arguments in the Suncor Energy v. Boulder case, which the Supreme Court will review in Oct. term 2026: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Collision of State Climate Tort Suits with Federal Deregulation
In its October 2026 term, the Supreme Court will review <i>Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder</i>, a tort case with significant implications for t
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
New Essay draft on SSRN - The Future of Environmental Law Amid the Destruction of Science, forthcoming in Volume 51 of the Harvard Environmental Law Review: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Future of Environmental Law Amid the Destruction of Science
Essay in the Harvard Environmental Law Review's Symposium Issue on the Future of Environmental Law One Year into Trump; responding to Richard Revesz's <i>Invert
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
And also, provide financial support to expand public health measures to schools, so we didn't have to choose between closing them and cramming 30 kids in a tiny Brooklyn classroom where the windows don't open without any masks.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I don’t like this one bit. The AAUP doesn’t need to endorse candidates at all. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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AAUP Embraces Political Role With Candidate Endorsements
The group says the move is a first in its over-100-year existence, and part of countering government threats. Critics say AAUP has lost its neutrality.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Really Seriously
ALT: Really Seriously
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Shalev Gad Roisman @shalevroisman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
New draft paper on SSRN: "Fact Avoidance," forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review Supreme Court Issue. This Essay identifies a recurring feature where the Court decides presidential power cases entirely on legal grounds without engaging at all with the facts /1 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Fact Avoidance
<p><i><span>The legality of the President’s exercise of statutory power depends on questions of both law and fact. Yet courts often focus exclusively on the for
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/07/2026
man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing
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Mark Nevitt @marknevitt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
@emorylaw.bsky.social is hiring! Two positions are open to entry-level & lateral candidates who have < 6 years experience. Apply! 🔹 Assistant or Associate Professor — Civil Litigation 🔹 Assistant or Associate Professor — Tax Law 👉 Civil Litigation: lnkd.in/eaT85eh9 👉 Tax Law: lnkd.in/e7gxRSUZ
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Hey good news!! (It really does seem to me that if institutions commit to fighting them they frequently back off and it really makes one wish the fight started a lot sooner.)
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Everyone should watch this video to hear the actual noise. These poor Michiganders: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wDr...
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Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives
YouTube video by WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New paper draft: A New Administrative Law for the Production of Scientific Knowledge. The Trump administration has eviscerated scientific research and advising; my hope is that these proposals can help us imagine ways for federal law to better protect science: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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A New Administrative Law for the Production of Scientific Knowledge
<p>Federal support for scientific research has paid enormous dividends to Americans from the mid-20<sup>th</sup> century to today. Investments in science have l
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/07/2026
Threshold alert: renewables are about to pass coal as the No. 1 global source of electricity.
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IEA: Global power demand is surging – and renewables are passing coal
Global electricity demand is rising, but booming solar will help renewables overtake coal as the top power source this year, says the IEA.
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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New paper draft: A New Administrative Law for the Production of Scientific Knowledge. The Trump administration has eviscerated scientific research and advising; my hope is that these proposals can help us imagine ways for federal law to better protect science: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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A New Administrative Law for the Production of Scientific Knowledge
<p>Federal support for scientific research has paid enormous dividends to Americans from the mid-20<sup>th</sup> century to today. Investments in science have l
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