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William Baude

@williambaude.bsky.social
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Harry Kalven, Jr. Professor, University of Chicago Law School. Podcaster and Blogger at Divided Argument.

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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Claude-Generated Legal Scholarship: An Experiment
There has been some controversy lately about the use of AI to generate or partially generate law review articles.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A very preliminary inquiry: blog.dividedargument.com/p/aesthetic-...
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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The Purcell Principle and the Post Office
The interim litigation about the new USPS rule for ballot mail is happening quickly and likely to produce another Supreme Court ruling soon.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Esthetic Standing in the White House Ballroom Case
Today the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in National Park Service v.
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KProfsBlog @kprofsblog.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
With help from @williambaude.bsky.social and @epps.bsky.social and their @dividedargument.bsky.social podcast, today’s post explores the law of appeals waivers in plea bargains as articulated in SCOTUS’s Hunter opinion from this year. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/08/plea...
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Plea Bargains as Contracts
I mentioned in Friday’s post that today’s post is indebted to the Divided Argument Podcast. I try to follow the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) pretty
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Sara Warf @sarabwarf.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Me a month ago: Man, Goodreads keeps insisting I’d love the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Guess I’ll listen to the first one. Me this week: This eighth one in the series is the last one out so I have to ration it out
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I’m open to it, but they seem distinct to me. Would the idea be that failure to retaliate is equivalent to appeasement, and thus subject to the criticisms you and others have made of appeasement?
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This might be the most important thing I’ve written in a long time: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
That feeling when you and a colleague have an excited exchange about the implications of Williams v. Bruffy, and then you realize he was talking about the 1880 opinion on appellate jurisdiction and you were talking about the 1877 opinion on de facto governments...
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I’d love to hear what folks like @jvagle.me think, but this strikes me as the way: Using tech responsibly and ethically, knowing full well its limitations, while also creating an environment where students can’t use AI as a crutch or substitute it for thinking. www.law.uchicago.edu/news/uchicag...
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UChicago Law Unveils New AI Strategy Statement | University of Chicago Law School
The University of Chicago Law School today released an AI Strategy Statement reflecting a new vision for legal education in the age of artificial intelligence. The strategy statement, titled, “Rethink...
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Intensely socratic classrooms without electronic devices (and in-class, curved exams), while also learning how (and when) to usefully layer AI on top of one's own abilities and skills.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
When there are four @dividedargument.bsky.social episodes in a week, it must be the last week of June.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Here’s a gift link to the @nytopinion.nytimes.com roundtable conversation about the end of the #SCOTUS term—featuring @williambaude.bsky.social, @kateshaw.bsky.social, and me:
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Opinion | Is the Supreme Court Incoherent? Independent? 3 Legal Scholars Assess a Tumultuous Term.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The latest Shaw/Vladeck/Baude convo started out pretty hot: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o... @kateshaw.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
(And, as always, Justice Barrett.)
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Hail to the Chief!
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
“our interim docket”
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Save the date: 3rd Annual UChicago Constitutional Law Conference May 14, 2027.
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Joe Dudek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“People are always saying you can’t make ‘fetch’ happen.” - @williambaude.bsky.social
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Gretchen Wieners: 'So Fetch!' (Mean Girls)
Alt: Gretchen Wieners: 'So Fetch!' (Mean Girls)
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I was the least of three coauthors on this one, but delighted we pulled it off.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Interesting finding from the latest George/Yoon/Gulati clerkship paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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UChicago Law @uchicagolaw.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
What questions are shaping SCOTUS' most consequential cases this term? Dean @adamchilton.bsky.social joined Profs. David Strauss, @williambaude.bsky.social, and Aziz Huq to examine major rulings and discuss key cases still awaiting decision.
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At New Supreme Court Review and Preview Program, Faculty Analyze Term's Biggest Questions | University of Chicago Law School
As the Supreme Court entered the final weeks of its term, three University of Chicago Law School’s scholars examined the major cases still awaiting decision while reflecting on some of the term's…
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Richard M Re @richardre.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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The Supreme Court’s common sense problem
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’d put the new A Parade of Horribles (#8) in the top three.
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Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Divided Argument 🎙️ in the wild . . . @williambaude.bsky.social @epps.bsky.social #ALI
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
new from @williambaude.bsky.social , who is correct that everyone knows Boerne was wrong (even if some don't admit it). blog.dividedargument.com/p/problems-w...
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Problems With Boerne v. Flores
Four objections for originalists
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
www.astralcodexten.com/p/book-revie...
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Both “emergency” and “interim” try to capture the salient subset of applications — most applications are uncontroversial and uninteresting.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
That said, in the piece I ultimately come around to your bottom line in this thread.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“How can you again love anything in the Star Wars universe if it might be retroactively repealed at any time?” #MayThe4thBeWithYou newramblerreview.com/book-reviews...
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Star Wars Destroyed - New Rambler Review
The New Rambler Review publishes reviews of books about ideas, including literary fiction. It takes its name from Samuel Johnson’s periodical, The Rambler.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Here was my reply:
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Pildes on Calláis: democracyproject.org/posts/suprem...
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Supreme Court’s Gutting of Voting Provision Was Long Time Coming
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
On the broader debate, I will leave by repeating this observation and let you all have the last words.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I fear this thread has veered from where it began. I believe you are now criticizing the general structure of the doctrine the Court has applied for the last decade. I will too. Yet it seems we disagree on what that doctrine is, to my surprise. I don’t think the memos shed light on those disputes.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Steve, I think you conflated the balancing of the equities with the per se rule about irreparable injury to the government. That was my point.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
1, fair enough. I clicked share from my phone. 2, it’s not that harm doesn’t matter when the equities are balanced, but the per se rule Steve originally mentioned (and which he and I both have criticized) does not apply there.
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
1, I don’t write the headline (I wanted one about “super speed”). 2, please see this post. blog.dividedargument.com/p/misunderst...
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Misunderstanding the Law of the Clean Power Plan Ruling
clarifying irreparable injury
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Don’t Blame John Roberts for the Shadow Docket www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/o...
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Opinion | Don’t Blame John Roberts for the Shadow Docket
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I am honored to be elected, along with my dear colleague Alison LaCroix, to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. www.law.uchicago.edu/news/william...
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
That is a much more interesting question, though I am not sure I agree with the premise!
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
January 2019 — AALS!
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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Backup backup backup backup argument | Divided Argument
We recap and reflect on the oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara (the birthright citizenship case) and then analyze the Court's recent decision in Chiles v. Salazar, about the First Amendment limits on ...
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