Professor Jamelia Morgan’s work has been field-defining. Her scholarship has been crucial to my ( and so many others’) understanding of disability law and policing. She’s also a wonderful person. The academy is so lucky to have her. A true gem! I am so angry.

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Professor Jamelia Morgan is one of the most brilliant people in the legal academy. The lawsuit which included attacks on her work & the work of others Northwestern Law reflects not only blatant racism, but a shocking lack of intellectualism.

I heartily endorse Veena Dubal's thread. This lawsuit is an example intentionally chilling bullying rather than argument. Post SFFA the underlying legal argument is depressingly salient, but the complaint chooses attack and insult over substance--which is the whole point.

This was the scenario of my final exam this year. With the addition of Biden becoming president of Harvard. Not an endorsement of the idea necessarily…

I’ve got a piece in the slurry of the submission cycle right now about the history of the difference between towns and counties and why it matters. I don’t generally post to SSRN before publication, but I’m happy to share a draft if you’re interested.

My dissertation, "The Spirit of Caste," won the Edward S. Corwin Award from APSA for best dissertation in public law!! I am really happy and humbled to receive this recognition.

Aziz Rana’s new book, The Constitutional Bind, describes how the 20th century reverential view of the Constitution has begun to lose its hold on the American imagination, making space for lessons offered by past voices of opposition and reform. lawmagazine.bc.edu/2024/07/explai…

Counterpoint: critique of the constitution goes back to 1787 and has generated some of the most important changes to our constitutional order. See Garrison, (early) Douglass, Wendell Phillips, DuBois, etc. Veneration is a bad way to tend a Republic. TLDR: read Aziz Rana’s book.

Congratulations, Luke!!! (Law school friends … he’s on the entry level market!!!)

These are actually the best pretzels. I prefer the spicy ones, but either way this is a huge two-way endorsement that I am happy to endorse myself.

Except non citizens pay taxes (often more than citizens). Obviously this whole issue is meant to stoke nativist anxiety since no mainstream dems are pushing non citizen suffrage at the state or national level. But the fact that it’s gross doesn’t make the analogy less stupid.

If any law professors or law students (or other law-related folks) on here are interested in doing some volunteer grassroots election protection work either before or on election day, let me know. Happy to share more information outside of the character limit.

Reupping this: if there are any folks out there interested in doing non-profit, movement-rooted election protection work on or before election day, let me know in DMs or over email.

I don’t know how many hours I’ve spent listening to Joe’s voice. I’m gonna miss it.

Not over here much. But I wrote this thing about outrage and optimism.

I spoke with Dan Farbman about parallels between current events and America in the 1850s, the abolitionist movement and resistance lawyering, working within “the master’s house,” and protests in Los Angeles on the latest TheDemocraticConstitutionBlog episode. …mocraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/dan-farbman-…