The federal government has released little information about the spread of coronavirus in Navajo schools. Now, some students and school staff are sick with symptoms consistent with COVID-19. propublica.org/article/a-scho… Alden Woods

"But despite the historical impact of epidemics on courts, the legal profession and legislation, at its heart, this film would be a detective story. It would tell the tale of the interplay between epidemic disease, death investigation, and crime."

I'm sure I'm forgetting many more, and this isn't even accounting for his idiotic ideas no one acts on, like his belief that windmills cause cancer or the F-35 is literally invisible. (Seriously, google it). Bottom line: the president is a dangerous moron. END

The coronavirus pandemic is re-exposing how America’s longstanding practice of paying nothing or next-to-nothing for incarcerated labor is akin to modern-day slavery. bit.ly/2ymXy1y

Six weeks into widespread self-quarantine, editors of academic journals have started noticing a trend: Women — who (ofc) shoulder more family responsibility — seem to be submitting fewer papers than usual. There is some evidence that men are submitting *more.* (a thread)

The connection between police and vigilante violence is fundamental. What EJI's tweet leaves out is that this mob acted with the certainty that they would not be punished, with the (not so) tacit approval of law enforcement, assured that they were on the side of "law and order."

NEW – PREBUTTAL TO TRUMP RNC SPEECH: The first combat death under Trump happened when he ordered a Navy SEAL team into Yemen while at a dinner party. He wanted to play big-man-going-to-war. The Gold Star dad of the hero lost has some BRUTAL words for Trump. #DontTrustTrump

This year, the US News law school rankings decided to incorporate student debt as a factor. The more loans a law school’s students took out, the worse the law school fared in the rankings. Such a decision incentivizes schools to admit students from rich families over poor ones

Today over 350 scholars of the filibuster, the Senate, and American democracy—including a dozen Pulitzer Prize winners—sent a letter to U.S. senators calling for filibuster reform. See the letter here, and read our thread below 🧵⬇️ medium.com/@Historians-Sc…

This is the conversation about poverty that America doesn’t want to have: We discuss the poor as a pity or a blight, but we rarely admit that America’s high rate of poverty is a policy choice, and there are reasons we choose it over and over again. nytimes.com/2021/06/13/opi…

A new paper: “Removal of Context: Blackstone, Limited Monarchy, and the Limits of Unitary Originalism,” Yale J. Law & Humanities, 2022. I found many errors in unitary executive amicus & scholarship on Blackstone & other historical sources. Thread: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

The level of negativity I am seeing and hearing from democrats on here is unnerving, but I get it- President Donald J. Trump’s message isn’t getting out. Because I respect Carville so much I’ll start with the economy. It’s the strongest of any 1st term president in 50 years. Keep reading.

Within 5,000+ boxes of historical court records, the Archives uncovered 1828 documents detailing how Sojourner Truth successfully used the legal system to get her son released from slavery. Special thanks to William Nelson Cromwell Foundation. ow.ly/RnCx50HJzAr

My take (along with Morgan Ricks) on the Fed's new CBDC report. Bottom line: the report repeatedly confuses the interests of the financial sector with the interests of the public. We need a digital $ that serves households and businesses not banks 1/3 washingtonpost.com/business/a-us-…

Wow! A review of my article, "Hierarchical Inclusion", was published today on Jotwell! BEYOND “AFFIRMATIVE ACTION”: HIERARCHICAL INCLUSION IN 1960S ISRAEL, by the fabulous Binyamin Blum Binyamin Blum . What an honor!!!

I’m excited to share my new article in American Sociological Review, which addresses a fundamental question of state governance: how do marginalized groups become the responsibility of one bureaucratic institution over another? 1/ Link: doi.org/10.1177/000312…

A brilliant essay from Cat Tully showing how John Hart Ely's conviction that Roe was a bad case came to determine the scope of what was legitimate, "neutral" constitutional law - paving the way for Dobbs and much of Alito's opinion. A must read! slate.com/news-and-polit…

1/4 Excited to share my latest article: Students for Fair Admissions V. Harvard (2023) and the Memory Wars (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…). It delves into the historical narrative shaped by SFFA's majority, impacting constitutional memory of race and racism. Making 3 key moves:

Timely and important insights from the brilliant Cat Tully! democracyjournal.org/arguments/hous…