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Christian Sundquist

@sundquist.bsky.social
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Law Professor at University of Pittsburgh Law School. Research: critical race theory; race and technology; racialization of protest; social inequality; critical evidence theory. Courses: evidence, criminal law, race and technology

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Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Looking forward to reading this!
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Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I don’t write the headlines but I do like this one (post-Slaughter argument roundtable for @nytimes.com with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
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Opinion | Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."
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Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...
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Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Not the main point here, read the whole thread, but it is astonishing that it took children getting dragged out of apartment buildings and ICE shooting pastors for Dems to realize we are in fact in an information war. And Dems, post Obama, have ceded enormous advantages to their opponents in it.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
"Jackson’s dissent is not a mere disagreement with a colleague’s judgment. She is demonstrating that what her colleagues are doing isn’t even judging; laws have little to no bearing on the outcome of their decisions, which are determined instead by Republican policy goals." 🎯
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 19/07/2025
Dem Party: We are spending $20M to figure out how to talk to male voters. Mamdani: Save your money. I have +45 favorability with male voters & +73 with men under 45. Endorse me. Dem Party: No way dude. Now—why is our favorability is -54? Let's spend $20M on wealthy consultants to figure it out!
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Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
“Who has the capacity to create?” Julia Nguyen (ucla) interrogating traditional IP concepts of creatorship at this weekends @raceip.bsky.social Race IP conference at Pitt Law (organized by my colleague Anjali Vats!)
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Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Pittsburgh showing up today!
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
www.reuters.com/world/us/law...
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More than 500 law firms back Perkins Coie suit against punitive Trump order
More than 500 law firms have signed a court brief denouncing Donald Trump's targeting of Perkins Coie and other firms, expressing alarm over the Republican president's intensifying crackdown on the legal profession.
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Greer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This is a big win for the right to travel and the right to abortion speech / information. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
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Alabama Can’t Prosecute Those Who Help With Out-of-State Abortions, Judge Rules
The state attorney general had raised the possibility of charging doctors with criminal conspiracy for recommending abortion care out of state.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/03/2025
I saw the work by Olga Lautman and he findings were disturbing: Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the signal chat. Russia has infiltrated Signal and used against Ukrainians. Very possible they have the classified signal info:
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Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ar... Well this is blatantly unconstitutional
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ICE Arrests Palestinian Activist Who Helped Lead Columbia's Anti-War Protests
Immigration agents detained Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil at his apartment, claiming his green card had been revoked, his attorney said.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Heads up, lawyers and law students. The @americanbar.org is stepping up. www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
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Free virtual boot camp seeks to recruit and educate civil rights advocates
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... So Trump and Vance freak out after Zelensky criticizes Putin, and they’ve apparently instructed agencies to no longer focus on Russian cybersecurity threats… maybe it really is time to put together a lil’ emergency stockpile at home
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Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
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Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
We can do this!
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
As federal research grants continue to be frozen, and NIH staff is being gutted, please note this study was funded by federal research grants, including from NIH. If they continue with staff cuts, and continue to freeze new awards, this is just one example of what we lose.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
These folks sound exactly like Jim Crow-era managers who were "personally in favor" of integration but worried about all the ruckus.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/02/2025
Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."
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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The intentional targeting of Haitian people has become a disgusting hallmark of Trump, Vance and the new administration—and it must stop. Trump Will Create 520,000 More Illegal Immigrants by Undoing Haitians' Protected Status reason.com/2025/02/21/tru… via @reason
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Atiba Ellis @atibaellis.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Excited to be part of this timely and important event
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Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stances
A new poll also found that four in 10 Americans have shifted spending to align with moral views in recent months
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/02/2025
soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
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Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI
In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.
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Atiba Ellis @atibaellis.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
In these perilous times, it may be worth reflecting on the long struggle to overcome racial authoritarianism to create this democracy and how we all must contribute else it may be lost. #MLK #BlackHistoryMonth #democracy #votingrights #civicduty canopyforum.org/2020/11/03/w...
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"What We Owe the Democracy: Martin Luther King, Jr., the Right to Vote, and the Call to Civic Duty" by Atiba R. Ellis - Canopy Forum
Photo from Wikimedia Commons The right to vote is a contested concept in American society. The choices made by elected federal and state governments, on the behalf of “We the People” as to who is not ...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Trump has immunity, and Musk will police his own conflicts. This is the basis for a crime spree. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Trump is calling for ethnic cleansing. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Trump Says Palestinians Have ‘No Alternative’ but to Leave Gaza: Live Updates
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Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Love this
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. When you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder
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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Members of Congress were just denied entry to the Department of Treasury. This is a 5 alarm fire.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025
Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
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Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/b...
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These Americans don’t think the economy is getting any better. Welcome to ‘No Buy 2025’ | CNN Business
Many Americans, especially female content creators, are pushing back against overconsumption and pledging to buy less — or even nothing beyond essentials — as well as not repurchasing a product they o...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/02/2025
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
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etienne toussaint @etiennetoussaint.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This isn’t a DEI program. Right?
Memo for pentagon
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Richard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Red state alcohol is currently being removed at B.C. Liquor store in Victoria. #bcpoli
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Mary Ziegler @maryrziegler.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Another major cross-border conflict about abortion on the way: a grand jury in LA just indicted NY doctor Margaret Carpenter for violating the state's abortion ban by mailing pills into the state: apnews.com/article/abor... We are expecting much more along these lines next month...
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New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana
A New York doctor has been indicted by a Lousiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the c...
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 28/01/2025
NEW: The Israeli government’s blockade of Gaza and attacks on healthcare facilities have created serious and sometimes life-threatening danger for women and girls during and after pregnancy and delivery since hostilities began in October 2023.
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Gaza: No Safe Pregnancies During Israeli Assault
The Israeli government’s blockade of Gaza and attacks on healthcare facilities have created serious and sometimes life-threatening danger for women and girls during and after pregnancy and delivery si...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
For "One First," I wrote about Monday's OMB memo purporting to (temporarily) freeze billions of dollars of appropriated federal spending—and why it constitutes both unconstitutional and unlawful "impoundment" that's unlikely to be upheld by even *this* #SCOTUS: www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
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120. The Impoundment Crisis of 2025
The Trump administration's Monday spending freeze is likely to provoke a crisis over the constitutionality of "impoundment"—one that the justices could well have to resolve *very* soon.
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Duke Stephens @oliveoilcorp.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
When you read "anti-immigrant" I want you to hear "Going after anyone who isn't white" because THAT is what they mean, and that is who they are after.
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Vail Kohnert-Yount @vail.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Looking forward to processing the dystopian hellscape for workers we now live in with @veenadubal.bsky.social & @daveyseligman.bsky.social this Friday!
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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Multiple layers of problems here-not disclosing use of facial recognition in search warrant application, police not using the tech in a sensible way, using that faulty ID as a primary source of investigation, no transparency about Clearview, no regs at all…
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Trump: Round up MORE than the usual suspects!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
This paper is a great example of solid evidence of systemic discrimination: "Black taxpayers are audited at 2.9 to 4.7 times the rate of non-Black taxpayers." This reflects a series of choices built into the IRS audit algorithm: focus on the EITC, and overclaiming of credits.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 07/01/2025
Wikipedia is the last major, visible platform for facts that they can’t buy. The attacks are going to be merciless.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
One of my latest articles ! (forthcoming NYU Ann S Am Law journal)
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