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Author of DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE (2024) http://amzn.to/45LFzNg & other books | Prof & Harry Elwood Warren Scholar, Boston U. | Rockefeller Fellow, Princeton | constitutional law & politics, legal history, democracy | https://linktr.ee/roberttsai
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Turns out there was a more exciting message than better things aren’t possible

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Robert F. Kennedy visits Eastern Kentucky Feb. 13 and 14, 1968 to see for himself the effects of poverty in coal country and federal efforts to improve conditions.

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Harvard law prof emeritus here: Taking on Harvard seems to me like Henry VIII taking on the Catholic Church--very risky but if you win you win big.

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Robert F. Kennedy visits Eastern Kentucky Feb. 13 and 14, 1968 to see for himself the effects of poverty in coal country and federal efforts to improve conditions.

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“Highly Recommended.”

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Michael Sandel responds to my critique of The Tyranny of Merit. bit.ly/3ZGunAj

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Good read about research into Harvard’s connections to slavery.

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“Highly Recommended.”

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Good read about research into Harvard’s connections to slavery.

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“A truly compelling account of how Stephen Bright, one of the nation’s greatest lawyers, devoted his life to demanding justice from the criminal justice system throughout the South…. His career, as told by Tsai, demonstrates how much good a lawyer committed to public justice can do.”

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Katherine Rundell on John Donne’s satirical “Catalogus”: His “scepticism … was a fundamental ordering principle, faced with a world in which erudition could be faked by snake oil men who smelled of ink; and charlatans would sell you false certainties between hardback covers.”

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Katherine Rundell on John Donne’s satirical “Catalogus”: His “scepticism … was a fundamental ordering principle, faced with a world in which erudition could be faked by snake oil men who smelled of ink; and charlatans would sell you false certainties between hardback covers.”

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I think this is the right take. From outside of New York, I know it seems NYC is a hotbed of democratic liberalism. But actual New York politics are almost the reverse: the New York Democratic Party leadership is united mainly by trying to keep the left from power.

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“A truly compelling account of how Stephen Bright, one of the nation’s greatest lawyers, devoted his life to demanding justice from the criminal justice system throughout the South…. His career, as told by Tsai, demonstrates how much good a lawyer committed to public justice can do.”

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prom season will never pass this way again

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“The turmoil is not limited to any one type of university or college, or any one state.”

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“The turmoil is not limited to any one type of university or college, or any one state.”

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prom season will never pass this way again

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Always love visiting my favorite bookstore

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Always love visiting my favorite bookstore

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“Good, law-abiding, tolerant and freedom-loving people must never concede to a future marred by repeated random violence and the intimidation of elected officials.” 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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“The tweets were unacceptable for anyone, let alone from a member of the Senate. It revealed a lack of compassion for both victims and their loved ones and cast a poor light on Utah … Removing the tweets was a start. An apology and recognition of the mistake should follow”

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“The tweets were unacceptable for anyone, let alone from a member of the Senate. It revealed a lack of compassion for both victims and their loved ones and cast a poor light on Utah … Removing the tweets was a start. An apology and recognition of the mistake should follow”

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Update at the appeals court.

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Context note: DOJ doesn’t turn over evidence to Congress if they have a viable investigation in the works.

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Sandy Levinson (@utexaslaw) and I have co-authored a new paper expressing a few reservations about moving toward “caste analysis” in American equality law. Disagreements and helpful comments welcome. bit.ly/3Hye2Ya

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On this day in 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court vindicated the rights of Jehovah’s Witnesses to refuse to salute the American flag in school. What had been an 8-1 ruling rejecting a First Amendment claim 3 years before became a 6-3 decision going the other way. What happened?

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Assassins dress like cops & the secret police wear masks and no ID

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