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Third of four summer magazine pieces (when do I get a set of steak knives?) drops today foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/30/h...

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“Liberals differ with the Fed Soc, but as a rule, both conservative and liberal jurists share commitments to the Constitution, the rule of law and the judiciary as the branch of the government that is tasked with interpreting the law, not politics.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...

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‘Horkheimer’s “hope that earthly horror does not have the last word” was founded upon a social and political stance so objectionable…”’ - excellent, learned, must-read if you care about this stuff. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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You read this and wouldn’t know that a loose alliance of “liberal hawks” and neocons controlled foreign policy (and op-ed pages) for fifty years, helping bring about the very dilemmas to which they are presented here as the only sane response. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...

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i wrote on the nuances of racial tension and the possibility of political coalition, with much resonance today, through Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/mississippi-...

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"Democrats must talk and think about the good life in more uplifting terms, rather than arming to the teeth for war, as if intolerance of threats will satisfy the people’s desire for hopeful alternatives."

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“The gap between the aspirations of international ... law and the reality for people on the ground is greater and greater,” said @adhaque.bsky.social. “And that is a problem for the law, because law is supposed to achieve things in the real world.” www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun...

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Out from paywall (and super-relevant imho) - my latest newrepublic.com/article/1961...

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“Everyone else simply marches on.” How morality dies. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

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Cool

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granta.com/the-trouble-...

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My latest, in @nytimes.com: The Danger of an Unrestrained President to the World www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

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How did freedom become synonymous with having lots of options? Gal Beckerman on a recent book, "The Age of Choice," that helps explain Americans' exhaustion with "choice idolatry":

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Brilliant interview, and the book sounds fantastic humanitieslastchance.org/article/jona...

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I reviewed the great Andrew Preston’s latest @harvardpress.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1961...

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Last Wednesday, we talked with @ryandoerfler.bsky.social and @samuelmoyn.bsky.social about four-handed projects, their book project on the politics of the judiciary, and the compatibility between analytic and continental approaches to philosophy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5E8...

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I reviewed the great Andrew Preston’s latest @harvardpress.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1961...

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They still publish magazines

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It’s not exactly new to point out that Congress has ceded (and presidents of both parties have taken) control over most exercises of the war powers. But this week’s bonus “One First” looks at the quiet but significant role that the Supreme Court has also played in that shift—and its consequences:

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“I don’t want to see anybody getting hurt,” Mr. Tattersall said. “I wish we could all just get along.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/u...

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"It’s one of the biggest mistakes in the history of trans activism,” said Brianna Wu, a trans woman who serves on the board of Rebellion PAC, a Democratic political-action committee. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/m...

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Not completely. Start with his March 2016 denunciation of the Iraq war in the SC debate-genuinely controversial among Republicans at the time, thought to doom him, but pushed his ascendancy. Hardly a poster child for peace, but no reason to ignore evidence at least of opportunistic rhetoric.

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Barrett’s leftward drift continues

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spectrejournal.com/hands-off/

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🎙️ In our new podcast, @samuelmoyn.bsky.social discusses the risks of focusing too heavily on legality in the fight against rising authoritarianism. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3tkf9ymj

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“Most infuriating was that as long as Israel said it was adhering to IHL and taking measures to mitigate civilian harm, that was enough for not only U.S. politicians but U.S. lawyers.” nymag.com/intelligence...

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“Most infuriating was that as long as Israel said it was adhering to IHL and taking measures to mitigate civilian harm, that was enough for not only U.S. politicians but U.S. lawyers.” nymag.com/intelligence...

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‘“It’s a mistake by ignorant conservatives and wishful liberals to believe she’s moderating,” said Noah Feldman, a Harvard law professor who befriended her when they clerked at the court.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...

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This is very good by @davidasuper.bsky.social - the reconciliation bill is probably more important for more lives than anything else happening in domestic politics. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-bi...

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"I don't have to kill everyone - only my enemies." -Michael Corleone

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Bourke on Rosen - interesting brill.com/view/journal...

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Tonight: Join our free virtual event with Lisa L. Miller, @samuelmoyn.bsky.social @ericblanc.bsky.social, Alex Gourevitch and moderated by @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social discussing our Spring 2025 issue. Register now: secure.givelively.org/event/boston...

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How to think about freedom? A cousin commented that this was "one of your best" (before clarifying that the bar is low but never mind that part), so I am reposting before my next magazine piece drops. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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Age limits for office (and many jobs) will help those who are not able or willing to acknowledge their own decline from sullying the reputations they deserve. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

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‪Join us for the 6th panel of "Historians on Democracy"! David Abraham, Rebecca Brueckmann, Rahel Jaeggi, Daniel Judt and Samuel Moyn will discuss "Liberal Democracy and Capitalism" - in the past, present and future. Tue, June 17, 11 a.m. EST/17 o'clock CET. Registration: shorturl.at/ZVgGI

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Not sure “Yale” (which is relevant how?) is needed anymore - the whole NYT oped page today (Bouie and Braver) making the case for Trump’s weakness.

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I reviewed Quentin Skinner’s new one www.thenation.com/article/arch...

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I reviewed Quentin Skinner’s new one www.thenation.com/article/arch...

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New piece: been working on this for the best part of a year. But really it's trying to draw on everything I've seen and thought about since I first started reporting on far right politics in the late 2000s. Online now and in tomorrow's LRB. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Why a Musk-Cheney ticket is Democrats’ best bet in 2028

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www.das-parlament.de/kultur/polit...

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I’m so excited to announce that my book was published today! The book retells the life of Charles Sumner, an abolitionist senator who co-framed the Reconstruction Amendments. I wrote this book with my blood, sweat & tears as a student at Yale Law School. (1/x)

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