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I'm grateful for this review of #DemandTheImpossible by @rodgerdcitron.bsky.social for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! @wwnorton.bsky.social bit.ly/434MRgl

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I’m really excited to get to talk with my good friend and @georgetownlaw.bsky.social colleague @bradsnyderprof.bsky.social this Friday at @politicsprose.bsky.social about his new book, “You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads.” D.C. peeps, come join us!: politics-prose.com/brad-snyder

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Judge Ho has appointed Paul Clement to advise him on whether to approve dismissal of the criminal case against Mayor Adams. Among other things, Clement played a similar role in Seila Law, an important SCT case about the President's removal authority. See verdict.justia.com/2020/03/03/s...

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Jerry 'Ice Man' Butler, soul singer whose hits included 'Only the Strong Survive,' dies at 85

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Join us for our virtual open house on Feb. 28 to learn about this unique program focused on writing and studying biography and memoir. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/virtu...

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The small city of Reading in central Pennsylvania is around 70 percent Latino. In 2024, it shifted toward Trump by a staggering net 16 points. I spent some time trying to figure out why that happened. The result is this piece. I hope you'll check it out: newrepublic.com/article/1908...

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Touro Law professor Rodger D. Citron examines five aspects of presidential pardon power in the context of recent actions by Biden and Trump, both of which, the author argues, are significant departures from historical norms.

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Steven B. Duke tells the story of how he grew up in Arizona village, decided to attend law school, clerked for Justice Douglas, and became a criminal defense attorney while being a tenured member of the Yale Law faculty in the Touro L. Rev. tourolawreviewblog.wpcomstaging.com/2025/01/30/o...

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Here's a pic American constitutional law profs can use for their separation of powers lectures:

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The New Republic has kindly published what the LA Times and its RFK Jr-supporting billionaire owner Pat Soon-Shiong tried to suppress: newrepublic.com/article/1910...

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Trump removes Chopra as CFPB director signaling potentially vast change to come at federal watchdog -- www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Trump’s early moves aim to bring under his control the levers of power that the Constitution gives Congress to support its role as a co-equal branch of government. Madison had a word for the system Trump would erect: tyranny. My latest in @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/30/t...

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New news analysis from me: The prospect of legal challenges to President Trump’s purges may be a feature, not a bug, for adherents of sweeping presidential authority. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...

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@WSJ: Russell Westbrook is used to collecting triple-doubles and All-Star appearances. Now, he’s rescuing the Denver Nuggets by collecting one of basketball’s lowest paychecks.

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The Trump Administration’s hiring freeze has led the National Parks Service to cancel job offers for seasonal employees. We are concerned this could leave our parks understaffed during the busy summer season, which sees over 100 million visitors annually.

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“O.C. Registrar of Voters debunks viral election fraud claim” electionlawblog.org?p=148312

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My article on Justia below discusses traditional uses of the President's pardon authority as well as two novel developments: Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 defendants and Biden’s preemptive pardons to protect individuals from potential political retribution. verdict.justia.com/2025/01/22/f...

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Gift link to WSJ piece slamming Trump J6 pardons. This is a good graph that lays waste to the idea Trump pardoned innocents. www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

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One consequence of the day’s events is that legal challenges to Administration actions — and this one will be challenged immediately — will no longer be filed in single-judge districts in Texas.

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If you’re watching Rams-Eagles, do you remember Raiders-Steelers for the AFC championship in 1975?

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The marginal details of the David Lynch memorial at the Burbank Bob’s Big Boy are what make it.

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Final: Thunder 134, Cavs 114. SGA with 40 points in three quarters before OKC's scrubs played 4th. Both teams now with identical 34-6 records atop the league. Still have five months for somebody to add a Cleveland-OKC direct flight.

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In voting to deny Trump's request to stay his sentencing hearing last week, CJ Roberts may have been more concerned with the SCT's political legitimacy than with promoting conservative legal principles. In September, I wrote about the Janus-faced CJ here: verdict.justia.com/2024/09/09/t...

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Judge Aileen Cannon is in the news again, so I am reposting this article from June 2024. verdict.justia.com/2024/06/24/t...

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My Touro Law colleague Sam Levine on "Interpreting Religious Doctrine" in the Washington & Lee Law Review, see scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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Updated Touro Law Faculty Blog, with news about Professors Foley, Healey, Levine, Marzano-Doty, McQuillan, Miller, Norona, Nowak, Roth, and Weil, and Assistant Dean Dr. Baia: wordpress.com/view/tourola... To subscribe, see tourolawfacultyblog.wpcomstaging.com/subscribe-now/

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TERRY GROSS: “I’m going to ask you for a little lesson in etiquette. Do I call you President Carter, Mr. President, or our former President Jimmy Carter?” JIMMY CARTER: “One of the nice things about our country is that you can call me anything you want to.”

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Rest in peace Jimmy Carter. In an oral history published in the Touro Law Review, Drew Days discussed, among other things, his experience as the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the Carter administration. See tourolawreviewblog.wpcomstaging.com/2020/11/18/a...

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An embarrassment of riches with the AALS admin law section exec committee candidates!! Best of luck to my competitors: @shalevroisman.bsky.social @rodgerdcitron.bsky.social & Jonathan Cedarbaum!

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“The Big Companies Funding Trump’s Inauguration Despite Denouncing Jan. 6” electionlawblog.org?p=147971

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Touro University, Touro Law Center, and the Touro Law Review are excited to announce a symposium, "Academics, Lawyers, and Government: Who is Leading Higher Education in the 21st Century" on Jan. 15 and 16, 2025. More details, including a registration link here: www.tourolaw.edu/abouttourola...

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RIP to an Oakland legend

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(Re)posting my podcast with Judge Michael Ponsor about his third novel, Point of Order. It's a law and literature podcast all the way down. open.spotify.com/episode/2gn8... (I took a course taught by Judge Ponsor in law school; it was wonderful to reconnect after more than three decades.)

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Genuine kudos for framing: "Amid collapsing public confidence in U.S. courts, a federal judge has been found culpable of misconduct. The offense? Questioning the ethics of a Supreme Court justice,,,According to the jurist assigned to review the matter...it was Ponsor who damaged the judiciary."

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This is one of my son’s all-time favorite Calvin & Hobbes strips

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(Re)posting my review of Judge Gary Stein's excellent biography of Marton Manton, who served as a judge on the Second Circuit for more than two decades before resigning in disgrace in 1939, shortly before his indictment on federal corruption charges. verdict.justia.com/2024/04/18/t...

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I'm seeing posts on polio and if you haven't read it, highly recommend Oshinsky's Polio: An American Story. bookshop.org/p/books/poli... The accomplishment, and the scientific fights, are fascinating. It also raises the question: could vaccines have been a pure public good?

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Nice winter walk amid the pre-vaccine graves

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This is wrong. 5 USC 3345(a) gives three options. He writes about only two. It’s the default option — the first assistant route — that remains open. And first assistants have long been named after a vacancy.

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Dave Parker est sélectionné pour entrer au Hall of Fame.

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For those following Fuld v. PLO, the Transnational Litigation Blog has lots of good analysis. Their latest, with links to prior coverage, is here: tlblog.org/supreme-cour... @zclopton.bsky.social

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NEW: Federal judges overseeing Jan. 6 cases are watching as defendants grow more defiant, emboldened by Trump's return. Their message about the gravity of the is about to become increasingly lonely in Washington. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2024/12...

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Almost done proofreading my final exam, with assistance from my marvelous colleagues Ken Rosenblum and Laura Dooley. Ken sent the comic below during our correspondence and let's just say I feel seen.

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As classes end and final exams approach, it was heartening to receive the memento below - along with an apple - from my Civil Procedure students. 🙏🙏

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