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Lawyer, not brewer (and not your lawyer). Appellate. I try to overturn convictions. Chicago. Michigan. Meteorite00 sometimes. (Comments my own, not employer’s)
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The Guardian broke the story about excessive surveillance on U Michigan’s campus (thousands of surveillance cameras, undercover cops trailing students, drones over public squares). U-M regents approved spending for cops/cameras and ignored our complaint in the May Faculty Governance report.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

The Illinois Senate just voted to pass the FAIR Act! The bill is now headed back to the House for concurrence. Illinois is incredibly close to securing a statewide office of public defense!

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

It’s a stain on the memory of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Today, the Illinois Senate has the opportunity to pass the FAIR Act! Learn more about why Illinois needs to create a statewide office of public defense in this great oped: www.dailyherald.com/20250525/col...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, who was just elected to serve a second term, announced he will run to represent Illinois’ 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

submitted 24 days ago • 14 comments

Oh, sweet merciful fire, two notes: (1) Even Latham & Watkins, ya'll. (2) The lawyer defending an AI company for using stolen IP to train their AI/LLM used the company's AI/LLM to cite check her brief, which hallucinated results. fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Law students and recent grads! Thinking about clerking? Don’t overlook state courts. State Court Report has a new resource w/ info and deadlines for 95 state supreme court justices. Check it out! @statecourtreport.bsky.social statecourtreport.org/state-judici...

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

This is the second state to strike down a health care ban on state constitutional grounds. Ohio is the other. State constitutions ftw!

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

We have the first media report on this issue: apparently new appointees attempted to enter but left voluntarily. As I noted over the weekend, any attempt by President Trump to appoint an Acting Librarian of Congress should fail under the Federal Vacancy Act b only applies to EXECUTIVE agencies.

submitted 27 days ago • 4 comments

I did not have "checking 17 USC 407(b) to see what it says about the use of the deposit copy" on my bingo card, but it says the copies are for "the use or disposition of the Library of Congress," and a nearby provision, (e), limits different records to "archival" purposes only, so ... I can see it?

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

Funding IMLS costs about the same as 4 fighter jets

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

so what comes after this before a new nominee is confirmed? wouldn’t he be limited in his ability to appoint an acting, given that the FVRA only applies to executive branch agencies? (also, does the president’s ability to fire appointees at will extend beyond the executive branch?)

submitted 30 days ago • 11 comments

Every Chicago bartender right now trying to figure out how to properly balance Malort and pisco in one cocktail.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Santa Ono withdrew his signature from the AAU&C letter. what a sniveling worm. www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

submitted 32 days ago • 11 comments

BREAKING: Federal judge finds, in multistate lawsuit, that Trump's EO targeting three entities — Institute of Musuem and Library Services, Minority Business Development Agency, and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service — likely violates the APA, Take Care Clause, and separation of powers.

submitted 33 days ago • 27 comments

Four14en

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Looked at reports of Florida recruiting Santa Ono, and immediately assumed it was a parody of Ono’s policies.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, issues a TRO blocking the Trump administration from "dissolv[ing]" the Institute of Museum and Library Services, placing any more employees on administrative leave, or terminating any grants in the coming days.

submitted 37 days ago • 50 comments

Just had a chance to read this piece. It focuses on a very important threat to civil liberties, one folks should be taking more seriously.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

Before April 22, I would not have believed a Supreme Court justice would flat out lie- but as the author of the children's book in question, I can confirm that he absolutely did. Thanks @jaywillis.net for reporting on this- more people should be.

submitted 41 days ago • 29 comments

Let's discuss the *actual* charges against Judge Hannah Dugan using the Complaint against her. tl;dr - she sent the man in question into the public hallway where agents there to arrest him watched him walk by and did nothing. 1/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 44 days ago • 25 comments

Tepid. But better than I expected. It looks like some regents felt some need to respond to pressures from faculty and students. I hope the pressure increases.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

This is unconstitutional

submitted 57 days ago • 9 comments