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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The public DOES NOT like the Trump admin's proposal to make the census citizens-only for the first time in American history. Here's the latest breakdown of public comments on Trump's rule from the good folks at handsoffourcens.us. Their site has pointers for filing your own comment. Use them!

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Unbelievable skies in NYC tonight…

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Getting a jump on spooki season…

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“He turns his attention to producing something which helps both him and the reader—who is perhaps equally in need of solace—to withstand the temptations of melancholy.“

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Golden hour was real golden in NYC tonight…

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The best of my recent Calvino jag…

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Trump admin. is *once again* claiming that the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship was limited to the children of former slaves. This is wrong. Historians @marthasjones.bsky.social & @katemasur.bsky.social wrote a whole brief explaining why. www.brennancenter.org/media/15301/...

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In @justsecurity.org, @andreascoseriakatz.bsky.social & the Historians Council's @janemanners.bsky.social spotlight the "folk history" the Supreme Court constructed to overturn Humphrey's Executor and undermine agency independence... www.justsecurity.org/145132/lost-...

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Both Chief Justice Roberts' majority opinion and Justice Jackson's concurrence drew heavily on arguments and sources that historians @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social presented to the Court in an amicus brief. www.brennancenter.org/media/15301/...

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We’re living under the negative presidency. As @jamellebouie.net explains in today’s NYT, the Trump admin is trying to turn all of our negative precedents into our future. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/o...

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We cheffed this term. And we live to chef another day…

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Sam and I weighed in on the birthright citizenship case for MSNOW and @brennancenter.org. cc @sam-breidbart.bsky.social www.ms.now/opinion/supr...

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Justice Sotomayor nails the ultimate problem with SCOTUS's Slaughter opinion:

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

“And after all, you should never give up hope before the dogs have crossed the finishing-line.“

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Justice Jackson saw it coming. Check out her prescient observations at the April 2024 Supreme Court arguments on Trump's claims to presidential immunity:

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The one appropriate use of “unputdownable”

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This new NYT reporting on the birth of the shadow docket might also be coining a new term for another feature of SCOTUS practice: “vacation mode.“

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

What if The Pelican Brief was really about the shadow docket?

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

From Countering Originalism: A Guide for Litigators... www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

And @mford.bsky.social nails it: Justice Alito seemed to be trying to jump off the originalism train when it was clear that the historical meaning of the Citizenship Clause wouldn't admit to new, contemporary exceptions

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The SCOTUS oral argument on birthright citizenship is TODAY at 10 A.M. You can listen to the argument live at supremecourt.gov. 3 things to listen for 🧵🔽 @brennancenter.org

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

"Will the Supreme Court protect birthright citizenship?" A reasonable question, given <gestures broadly> all this. Keep in mind as you assess how the Court behaves at tomorrow's oral argument ⬇️

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I love a headline that gets right to the point (You can read @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social’s full op-ed here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...)

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The Trump administration's attacks on birthright citizenship are based on the same flawed thinking as the Supreme Court's infamous and long-ago-rejected opinion in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857). Historians @katemasur.bsky.social and @marthasjones.bsky.social explain:

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Why is protecting a universal birthright citizenship principle so critical? Historians @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social shed light on one answer with the words of Abraham Lincoln:

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

“Where there is no History, Desire rushes in. Desire being another way of remaking History.“ - from Karan Mahajan’s latest

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