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So much fun going to the Junior Scholars Conference @nusl.bsky.social. David and Jake have been fantastic long distance colleagues and it was such a treat to finally meet in person.

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My new article, "POISON!", is now available 😊 Thank you to the editors over at the Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality! lawandinequality.org/article/pois...

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In a nutshell 👇🏾 “People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

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It's not a splashy oped in the NYT, but please, I did 16 years of legal and historical research to understand the legislative intent and historical/political motivations for the Reconstruction Amendments. 28 pages, ungated, written accessibly for smart lay audiences. 👇

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This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

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HUGE: The Supreme Court sides with Richard Glossip, holding that prosecutors violated his constitutional rights by failing to correct false testimony at his trial. It directs the Oklahoma courts to vacate his conviction! www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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Confused about birthright citizenship? Have you heard of jus sanguinis v jus soli, but no clear idea what these terms mean? Why do countries apply different rules? Why does this matter? Check out the profiles of these brilliant citizenship scholars ✨ (and happy to add more) go.bsky.app/5vLDGon

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The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.

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Firing all of the JAGs (Judge Advocates General)—the top lawyers in each service branch—is just as bad as, if not worse than, firing (most of) the Joint Chiefs.

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A two-year postdoctoral position at the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism at Johns Hopkins. Seems like a fantastic opportunity! krieger.jhu.edu/chloe/2025/0...

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Soon it will be too late. Congress must act. Republicans deserve relentless protests and demands for their acquiescence to this man solidifying power to overrun our democracy.

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Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

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On Feb 18, some (all?) orgs working with unaccompanied children received a stop work order from the Dept of the Interior ordering them to immediately stop providing services, effectively cutting off legal services to them This affects approx 26,000 children both in and outside the shelter system.

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The @atlaswomen.bsky.social network is now here, and there’s a starter pack of verified Atlas members. Check them out below and give them a follow if you haven’t yet! cc: @saretaashraph.bsky.social If you’re part of the network, message me via the FB group and I’ll add you 👇🏼

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The father of someone in my extended circle was unfortunately killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. In his honour, his daughter, Nadine, is raising money to fund Ramadan meals for affected families in the Bekaa Valley. Please consider contributing if you can. www.omprakash.org/ramadan2025

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📚 Out Now! 📚 Our latest Verfassungsbook, "The 2024 ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory", edited by KAI AMBOS is now available. As always, Open Access! 🔓📖 You can find the edited volume here: 👉 verfassungsblog.de/books/

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This is a pretty extraordinary filing by the gov't in the USAID foreign assistance case. Long story short, in spite of the court's grant of a TRO last week, the USG is still freezing and canceling foreign assistance. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69627...

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The line that connects the invasion of Ukraine to the rise of the far right in Europe to the Trump election runs through social media and the misinformation networks seeded there.

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BREAKING: A Ninth Circuit panel DENIES the Trump administration’s request to limit the nationwide scope of a Seattle court’s injunction that blocks Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The panel included two Republican appointees, and one Democratic appointee

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The Fundamental Flaws in the Barnett/Wurman Defense of Trump’s #Birthright Citizenship Executive Order by @adambcox.bsky.social, Pamela Karlan, @martylederman.bsky.social, @twmorrison.bsky.social, and Cristina Rodríguez www.justsecurity.org/108070/funda...

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Take 6 minutes today to listen to my (tirelessly working) husband @stevevladeck.bsky.social on why Trump’s shutdown of USAID is illegal and what it says about what could come next (spoiler: it’s not good) www.cbsnews.com/video/a-lega...

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The Norwegian Refugee Council announces that it must, for the first time, halt urgent #humanitarian work for hundreds of thousands of people in almost 20 countries and lay off aid workers in response to the US decision to suspend aid. www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

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This is not a good combination of trending topics 😬

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Make no mistake. This is an all-out attack on health in America. Not only is the EIS vital to controlling infectious disease; it was where a remarkably high fraction of our public health leaders received formative training and experience. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

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The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.

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CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

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Happy Valentine’s Day to the true love of my life, @zotero.org. I love that you exist. Please receive the gifts of the season - a sequence of DOI numbers.

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Strong and important statement by ASIL President Mélida Hodgson. Fair to say these views are shared broadly among ASIL leadership, myself included.

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Ep. 29 of #CalledToTheBar is live! What do we make of the ICJ judicial plagiarism controversy? What does it tell us about the judicial role and judicial ethics? @drnajimagi.bsky.social unpacks the issues with @mikebecker.bsky.social and @kyrawigard.bsky.social soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

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Tomorrow, Feb 12, the @echr.coe.int GC will hear three cases on #pushbacks in the context of an “instrumentalization“ of migrants for purported ”hybrid attacks.“ www.echr.coe.int/w/forthcomin... Here‘s what these cases are about and why they are important for the future of the rule of law:

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OK, I'm calling it. The WSJ op-ed page is being used as a means to get an utterly bankrupt case for the anti-birthright-citizenship EO "on the wall" as something to be taken seriously. I am sharing this to take about why they should not, and no one should. Thread below www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...

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From independent @USAID sources, >800 contracts and awards are being terminated en masse – with the procurement team subject to hourly checks on speed of executing terminations. The pace has exceeded the ability to confirm whether lifesaving assistance or any Congressional mandate is affected.

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The January issue of AJIL is now available online! @michelekrech.bsky.social @hosungahn.bsky.social @monicahakimi.bsky.social @jkatzcogan.bsky.social @akinkugbe.bsky.social @asilorg.bsky.social @cambup-law.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.

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I honestly don’t know if my university will survive the NIH cuts. And certainly not at the tuition that currently keeps it accessible to the students from the community it serves.

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❗#USAID Temporary Restraining Order issued: "All USAID employees currently on administrative leave shall be reinstated until [Feb 14] ... no additional employees shall be placed on administrative leave before that date. No USAID employees shall be evacuated from their host countries"

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It's not that courts won't save us, it's that they can't. What Trump and Musk are doing are somewhat beyond what a branch of government with no enforcement power can stop. The court orders are important, but they will never be enough. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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Here's my piece with @rooseveltinstitute.org colleague Emily Divito on how the Musk-Treasury payments scandal is worse than it appears. When people lose trust in the money and payments systems, that's how panics, bank runs, and financial crises happen. 1/ news.bloomberglaw.com/tax-insights...

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“In children who acquired H.I.V. at birth, the infection can progress very quickly to illness, with death occurring as early as eight to 12 weeks after birth — shorter than the 90-day pause on foreign aid.”

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This must be read. By every person who cares about the hijacking of this nation. By every Democrat in Congress. @democrats-judiciary.house.gov Thank you @jamellebouie.net. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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"Today in response to Al Capone's latest unlawful heist we are pushing legislation to prohibit people from breaking into banks and stealing all the money"

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USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

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The involuntary 'resettlement' of Palestinians in other countries by an occupying power would be a war crime. No ifs, buts, or maybes. Similarly, 'taking over' and 'owning' Gaza would constitute the crime of aggression. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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This was always clearly the plan. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

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