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Lara Schwartz @laraschwartz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart." Every October 2 I read A. Bartlett Giamatti's classic essay. Today we did a community read in the University Amphitheater. It never ceases to move me to tears. youtu.be/uH2_dUboyBA?...

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The Green Fields of the Mind

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If this subject piques your interest, check out my book Coverage Denied, in which I examine the politics driving America's widespread reliance on prior authorization, the scope of its application, and the pervasive and inequitable harms that emerge. www.amazon.com/Coverage-Den...

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Amazon.com: Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States: 9781009649810: Yaver, Miranda: Books

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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

No, the decision is saying it was NOT a clearly protected exercise of religious freedom

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For my latest, I wrote about some of the modern addictions shaping American life, from social media to celebrity to sports betting. Read at @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/portraits-of...

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Portraits of an American Dopamine Eater

Our attention economy incentivizes the profane degradations of fame-seeking and celebrity culture.

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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think we have a printer somewhere maybe

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New Fox poll of Texas has Talarico +7 with registered voters and +2 with likely voters. This is striking: *He's winning half of working class *In mid-60s w/Latinos *Winning 22% of non-MAGA Rs (!) The kicker: Non-MAGA Rs *disapprove* of Trump New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2161...

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New Fox Poll—a Disaster for Trump—Rattles Fox Anchors: “Wake Up!”

They were freaking out on Fox News Friday morning over a new Texas poll. A look at the internals shows they had every reason to.

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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My short article “Is USPS v. Konan a Voting-Rights Case?” is now forthcoming in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How many cases broke bad for Trump in court today? I count a number of them today in this piece, which I hope you’ll take a moment to read. joycevance.substack.com/p/another-ba...

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Another Bad Day in Court for Trump

Today, as Trump was busy trying (and failing) to convince his own people that “affordability” is a word made up by Democrats, the courts were having a field day with him.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fresh @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social projections, make of them what you will

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Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The statement of the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide on the botched execution of Christa Pike is worth reading in full.

CCDPW Statement on the botched execution of
Christa Pike
October 1, 2026
Christa has endured punishment greater than any other person in the history of the American death penalty. The governor must commute Christa's sentence now.
-Randy Spivey, one of Christa Pike's lawyers
Last night, the State of Tennessee recklessly and callously sought to execute Christa Pike, notwithstanding the warnings of medical experts that Tennessee's lethal injection protocol would cause her to experience agonizing pain and psychological terror. Today, Christa remains in the hospital after the State tried and failed to execute her over the course of two hours. We do not know whether she will recover and what her recovery will look like. We are heartbroken for Christa's family, friends, and her legal team for having to endure the consequences of the state's barbarity.
After she was strapped to the gurney, the execution team inserted at least seven different needles in her left arm over the course of an hour. According to Christa's lawyer Randy Spivey, one of the needles appeared to be bent as they removed it from her arm. Medical experts had anticipated these problems based on Christa's small veins and a condition called thrombocytosis. When the executioners finally inserted an IV and injected the poison, something went terribly wrong. Although they injected her with double the usual dose of pentobarbital, Christa did not die.
While some media outlets reported that she was "snoring," her attorney and others stated that she whimpered, heaved, choked, breathed deep and raspy breaths, and moved frequently. At one point she stated that she felt her arm was burning up.
Christa's lawyers demanded that the prison halt the execution, they begged the courts and the governor to intervene, and they were met with stony silence while Christa suffered. Two and a half hours after the execution process began, the prison finally called an ambulance to take Christa to the hospital, where she is receiving t…

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As someone who has written a lot about Watergate. This is utter nonsense. Reminder President Nixon got away with everything except he lost his NY law license because the NY Bar wasn’t covered by Ford’s pardon. 🤨⚖️👇

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In what could be the largest civil payout in U.S. history, Facebook may have to pay up to $40 billion for more than 43 million user privacy violations.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026

There are now more than 2,200 No Kings events on the map for October 17! We hope to see you in the streets again with millions of Americans to stop the fascists from sabotaging the midterms.

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No Kings

For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...

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Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Judge says "she will appoint UChicago Consitutional law expert William Baude as an outside counsel. He'll be charged with filing an Amicus Brief that would clarify what powers the judge has under the consitution to appoint a special prosecutor and who that prosecutor would ultimately answer to."

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Federal judge weighs special prosecutor in ‘Broadview Six' case

A federal judge is evaluating whether to assign a special prosecutor after the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s handling of the ‘Broadview Six’ case

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US.

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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My short article “Is USPS v. Konan a Voting-Rights Case?” is now forthcoming in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just one of many reasons it should be unconstitutional:

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Do you remember when we had conflict of interest policies?

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Had law enforcement and prosecutors engaged more thoroughly with Jane Doe’s original complaint, they might have tempered the vigilantism that would eventually tinge much of the response to the case." This is such a critical point (made by Jessica Winter via @newyorker.com)—and a lesson for others.

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How the “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Became a National Scandal

The dismal responses from both the D.A. and the university reveal a larger pattern of institutional carelessness.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a good thing, because you absolutely do not want this Court to weigh in on the due process rights of ICE detainees if there is a clear and powerful statutory argument that you can lead with.

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You should read all of @chrisgeidner.bsky.social’s coverage of what happened last night. Here’s the short version: the 6 conservatives on the Court overturned an appellate court’s stay of execution, without explanation, solely so that Tennessee could execute a woman *right away.* Then,

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Your daily reminder that testosterone supplements are, by any reasonable definition, gender-affirming care.

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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When the new Democratic Congress is seated these illegal ads can go on the long list of articles for impeachment.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Republican Party with Trump at its head is a conspiracy against the United States Constitution

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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW: HOT SCOTUS REFORM SEPTEMBER wraps with a conversation between Kate and Gabe Roth (Fix the Court) on … ethics reform! crooked.com/podcast/we-n...

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The Office: Let's Get Ethical! Iconic Dance

Alt: The Office: Let's Get Ethical! Iconic Dance

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Michael C. Dorf @dorfonlaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Title VI (concerning federally funded institutions) doesn't cover religious discrimination. Title II (concerning public accommodations) doesn't cover sex discrimination. Why not? On the blog, I recount the history, which amounts to: There's not good reason for it; it's just our policy. 👇

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The Puzzling Gaps in Federal Civil Rights Law

Yesterday on this blog, I reproduced my supplemental statement to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for its campus antisemitism investiga...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As promised, I wrote about what really bothers me about Tuesday's unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for the resumption of third-country removals with minimal (if any) process. Turns out, it's a lot: www.stevevladeck.com/p/254-four-t...

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254. Four Things That (Really) Bother Me About “D.V.D. III”

“Third-country removals” raise a host of difficult procedural and substantive questions. The Supreme Court should have answered those questions *before* greenlighting deportations to torture.

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 01/10/2026

To lose visitors in the year you HOST THE WORLD CUP and celebrate a big anniversary is truly incredible.

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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The death penalty is an Eighth Amendment violation. Full stop.

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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We’re turning postal workers into cops now

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Cannot talk of the US as one entity when it comes to energy. "New England heats with fuel oil. The Southeast heats with electricity. The Midwest heats with natural gas. Same country, completely different energy systems. Every county in one map:" ht John Bistiline x.com/JEBistline/s...

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Still kind of inconceivable how many people died or will die because of the death of USAID. And the world’s richest man did it almost as a joke

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

Vacating a stay of execution, and without even a word, is in-sane and horrific (Yes I know they've done similar shit before, that was wildly fucked up too)

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

* checks the news * aaaand speaking of the Supreme Court abusing the shadow docket

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