Here's the thing about court pleadings -- you can put the most outrageous, ridiculous, malicious, and vile claims in them, and no one can sue you for defamation.

If you think a nightmarish, unconstitutional round up of innocent people, merely suspected of being enemies of the state, can’t happen in the U.S., then you’re forgetting that it already has. I was among them, along with my entire family and community.

Donald Trump’s first campaign event of this cycle was at Waco, Texas on the 30th Anniversary of the Waco Siege. The opening speaker was Ted Nugent who called President Zelensky a “weirdo homosexual,” and then the “J6 Choir” played a new version of the National Anthem before

A suggestion to make all of our lives less stressful: We don't have to hand-wring about whom we should vote for when we already know whom we must vote against. This is an ouster election. Vote to oust Trump from national politics. It's that simple.

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A monumental shift in emergency response is underway: non-police first responders are proving effective in cities across the US. From Eugene to Denver, programs like STAR and HEART are reducing crime, easing the burden on police, and saving taxpayer $$$ bit.ly/3AdAfap

I am proud to announce that I've asked Tim Walz to be my running mate. As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he's delivered for working families like his. It's great to have him on the team. Now let’s get to work. Join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/social-…

When I called Tim Walz this morning to ask him to join our campaign, I shared my deep level of respect for him and the work we've done together. We're going to unify this country and we're going to win. Let's go get this done.

Time to brush off my dancing shoes cause I'm gonna do the WALZ!!!!!

What happens when you make a cop mayor of NYC? Police overtime goes from $4 million in 2022 to $155 million now. gothamist.com/news/nypd-over…

Soooo . . . It's not genocide when a state engages in a campaign to kill, starve, and displace and ethnic population, and it's not terrorism when a state indiscriminately kills civilians for political gain. Because the state is a US ally. Got it.

What is Sex Exceptionalism in Criminal Law? --Find out from Aya Gruber of USC Gould Law at the upcoming NACDL #NACDLSexCases CLE in Las Vegas, November 13-15, 2024. LEARN MORE: nacdl.org/SexCases

I was formally installed as the Robert Kingsley Professor of Law at USC Gould Law by my incredible Dean Franita Tolson, alongside three of my fantastic colleagues, Jessica Clarke, Aya Gruber, and Bernadette Atuahene. I'm so thrilled and lucky to be a part of this amazing community.

“It makes sense that a prosecutor is looking at (the Netflix show about the Menendez case) and going, ‘Ok, well everybody’s seeing this, and the right thing to do is take this up.’” — #USCGould Prof. Aya Gruber in Bloomberg Law news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/men…

The party of free speech . . . cnn.com/2024/10/08/med…

I pray strategists know what they're doing b/c her love affair with neocons is maddening. Still, she MUST win. I get the left instinct to burn it down, but want my kid to live in a democracy. As Harris Courts Republicans, the Left Grows Wary and Alienated nytimes.com/2024/10/24/us/…

Well, it's a trolls and tech bro world, and we gotta live in it. I'm glad some see a left silver-lining of somehow sending a message on Gaza. But let's face it - that didn't make the difference.

Listen as #USCGould Professor Aya Gruber breaks down the legal issues at play in the Sean Combs trial on NPR: npr.org/2025/05/11/125… USC Press Room