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Law librarian, into legislative history, administrative law, information studies and liberal democracy. Somehow on his career journey, got stuck with the job of making dad jokes.
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While no big fan of Meta or its AI, of course, AI could create competing works. Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No. 23-CV-03417-VC, at *23 (N.D. Cal. June 25, 2025) But so did the VCR, the tech, which I abhor is not the problem, but more the use of it. #meta #ai

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The Marlins beat the Phillies 8 to 3 Alas, the Phillies streak is history Castellanos was ejected late from play Because he had something naughty to say #Phillies

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Surprisingly, the Phillies have five straight won Last night, by them the favored Marlins were undone Pitcher Mick Abel did live up to his name Kerner, Kepler and Boehm added to Florida’s shame. #phillies

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The Bluejays the Phllies have swept, This is a glorious first! For the Marlins, Philly is prepped, Let Florida do their worst! #phillies

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Someone should invent an air freshener operated by mind control. It makes scents if you think about it.

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Draft GOP guidance on drafting legislation post Loper-Bright. aboutbgov.com/birs

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Finding some perverse relaxation in reading old legislative history material when Congress still kind of worked.

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oh so true. love my bike(s)

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"Inertia in the scales of history weighs more heavily than change." --Barbara Tuchman

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😲

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Regardless of what you think about it, I can't think of what is worse, legislation entitled, "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" or its acronym OBBBA.

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1. Good legal writing eschews the overuse of exclamation points. 2. Screw it. Astonishment at the astonishing is healthy.

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Princeton University Press was the first of my clients to have a no AI policy for copyeditors as well as authors. I hope to see it become the norm.

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No it's not

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Bazinga!

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I collected a lot of data trying to disprove confirmation bias. The results were exactly what I expected.

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The soundest fact may fall or prevail on the style of telling… —Ursula Le Guin

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Register of Copyright - Shira Perlmutter terminated. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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I should have known this, but CRS monitors circuit splits, see e.g., www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

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Some deans will do anything to up their US News ranking....

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I recently entered the world kleptomaniac championships. I took gold, silver, and bronze.

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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help. At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine. Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit. 👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the... 🧵⬇️

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Is there an anti-coup principle in American constitutionalism? Should state prosecutors have the power to try presidential autocoup conspirators? In my now finalized Wisconsin Law Review article, "Coups and Punishment in the Constitutional Order," I argue yes. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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I got to go down to the moving stacks and look up old volumes of the Congressional Record. Someone asked if they were online. And I said, "Yes, but if looked them up online, I wouldn't be able to go down to the moving stacks and look up the old volumes.

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Giving “older parents” new meaning.

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Steve Jackson Games posted this to their blog and the post is getting so many hits their site is effectively crashed but the point is worth repeating

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“It was tied with a Windsor knot. Bond mistrusted anyone who tied his tie with a Windsor knot. It showed too much vanity. It was often the mark of a cad.” ― Ian Fleming, From Russia With Love www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/s...

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I'm very proud of, and stand with, my colleague Rachel Rothschild. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...

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We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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