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Most U.S. Presidents up to the Civil War wanted the U.S. to establish a national university -- not to replace the others, but as an important principle to bind together the nation and provide leadership with a common distinctly American higher education. Congress rejected the idea every time. [more]

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Just to flip back to this one. If the administration chooses Door Number 2 and identifies an official responsible for defying the TRO, can the president pardon that person's criminal contempt? Three words for you: Joe Fucking Arpaio. (Yes. The answer is yes.)

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BREAKING: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds that probable cause exists to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for willful violation of his March 15 orders regarding Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation and sets next steps toward possible prosecution. More to come: www.lawdork.com

submitted 1 hour ago • 40 comments

NEW: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt for their decision not to turn the planes around on March 15. He orders them either to fix their mistake or identify who made those decisions (presumably for further sanctions).

submitted 2 hours ago • 53 comments

It’s just me but if I had big bet-the-company dilemmas instead of going with Paul Weiss or Skadden I might choose a firm with lawyers who understand concepts like cause and effect, object permanence, and stated intent

submitted 3 hours ago • 54 comments

BREAKING: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 2 hours ago • 193 comments

Brad Karp must go down as one of the villains of this era, a man who enabled and encouraged this lawless power grab because he ignored his commitment to the law in an attempt to make things go more smoothly for him and his buddies.

submitted 3 hours ago • 27 comments

Wow it’s almost as if this was an entirely predictable outcome, you fools

submitted 3 hours ago • 173 comments

there is a reason corporate moderates backed the New Deal in the 30s

submitted 13 hours ago • 4 comments

The Senator will be my guest tonight on @allinwithchris.bsky.social

submitted 19 hours ago • 441 comments

NEW: Judge Xinis authorizes up to 15 interrogatories, 15 document requests, depositions from all govt declarants (Cerna, Katz, Kozak, and Mazzara) and up to two others to assess what the govt has done to "facilitate" Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 19 hours ago • 58 comments

Stanford and Yale back Harvard in opposition to the Trump administration thehill.com/homenews/edu...

submitted 16 hours ago • 72 comments

This is really great, does an excellent job of tacking between 1775 and today. With reference to important books by @ncshusterman.bsky.social @kathleenbelew.bsky.social David Blight, Jill Lepore and many others

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#ProudBlue #MomSky I’m so glad they are doing this. I’ve heard it’s Van Hollen, Booker, Frost & Garcia heading there tomorrow. We are sending love, strength & protection for them. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

submitted 19 hours ago • 30 comments

To follow up on my appellate procedure skeet a few minutes ago. If DOJ keeps behaving as it has, it is going to refuse to produce the witnesses for deposition, refuse to answer the Rogs, and instead seek appellate or mandamus review from the Fourth Circuit and then the Supreme Court. 1/

submitted 18 hours ago • 29 comments

What Judge Xinis is banking on is that the government does not want to spend two weeks in discovery. Two big things can happen: (1) They just make the call and get him back (2) They spend two weeks creating a public record of their own fuck ups and then get sanctioned

submitted 20 hours ago • 384 comments

In Abrego Garcia hearing, Judge Xinis is going to order intense discovery to determine, among other things, whether the government is in contempt and how to proceed next. The plaintiffs had asked for that discovery in this filing.⬇️

submitted 21 hours ago • 58 comments

Judge Xinis is following exact procedure used in previous cases where cabinet officials held in contempt. See esp. Cobell v. Babbitt, 37 F.Supp.2d 6 (1999).

submitted 21 hours ago • 10 comments

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Stanford’s president and provost release a statement supporting Harvard. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...

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US campaign entices Canada tourists: “Come visit America and also maybe El Salvador!”

submitted 1 day ago • 78 comments

Just no. #Starmer, stop cuddling up to #Reform voters and stop this drift toward hate. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

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And what is Yale doing? 👀 Around 900 faculty signed a letter to President Maurie McInnis and Provost Scott Strobel calling for “courageous leadership” in the face of attacks on higher education. yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/04...

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Columbia upon hearing Harvard told the Trump regime to fuck itself to thunderous applause

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www.academia.edu/128741891/Ha... #LawSky #AcademicSky

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this is the way! NO KINGS IN BOSTON!

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Subtweeting Columbia

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I don't think I've seen this argument directly made like this in a case since January 20, but other lawyers and judges — and the Supreme Court — should be thinking very hard about this.

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BREAKING: Filed an hour late, today's government declaration in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case comes from the acting general counsel of DHS, claiming DHS has no authority to "extract" Abrego Garcia from El Salvador and providing a YouTube link to the Oval Office comments about Abrego Garcia.

submitted 1 day ago • 135 comments

NEW: DOJ finally files its response. They continue to refuse to provide any information about any steps they are taking to bring him back, suggesting they are not taking any. They again offer nobody with personal knowledge and simply cite Bukele's (utterly false) claim that he can't do anything.

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Cornell, MIT, CalTech, Princeton, Michigan and the U of R joined in on this one It challenges the DOE indirect rate cap under the APA, among other arguments Filed today: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Coinciding with it's "No" letter Harvard has refashioned its university homepage into essentially an advertisement for the social benefits of university research. This is the current front page.

submitted 1 day ago • 57 comments

Harvard rolled out a new website alongside its rejection of the admin’s terms. Some people have been working very hard! Kudos. www.harvard.edu

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I can’t believe he’s not wearing a tie. Outrageous display of disrespect.

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This is the list of demands the Trump administration sent to Harvard to avoid having its federal research grants cut off, which Harvard has rejected. www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

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HARVARD TAKES A STAND. Yes!!!! “The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.”

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Harvard says no to Trump.

submitted 2 days ago • 78 comments

Fiesole looking down to Firenze

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The NEH hammer has come down on the group project led by Cliff Ando to produce a new edition of Roman Statutes. Most of the team is composed of established scholars in secure jobs, but the funding was also supporting a full-time postdoctoral fellow whose work is essential for the project. 1/2

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So on Abrego Garcia: 1) We're going to comply. 2) Trump: We can get him back. 3) Trump: No we can't. 4) DOJ: In sovereign Salvadoran custody. 5) Backsies on the judge's 2019 ruling which Trump 1 didn't contest. Have I gotten all the shifting positions correct?

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NEW: A second filing today from the DOJ tells Judge Xinis that in their view, since Mr. Abrego is in Bukele's custody, she can't order them to do anything further to bring him back since that's not what "facilitate" means. They also say the deal with Bukele is classified and/or a state secret.

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