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Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen

@alixabeth.bsky.social

Maxwell Professor of United States Citizenship at Boston University and Political Theory Editor at American Journal of Political Science. I write about immigration, citizenship, and the politics of time. https://www.bu.edu/polisci/profile/elizabeth-cohen/

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Dr. Matthew Reid Krell@reidkrell.bsky.social · last mo.

Just cited Trump v. Barbara in my current draft and Justice Jackson's concurrence. My only thought is this: citizenship is an incompletely theorized agreement. There's a few things where there's broad consensus, and then others where there isn't.

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · last mo.

Final #SCOTUS ruling is birthright citizenship. For a 6-3 majority (Thomas, Alito & Gorsuch, dissenting), Chief Justice Roberts *strikes down* President Trump's executive order purporting to limit which individuals born in the United States would automatically be US citizens; preserves status quo:

supremecourt.gov

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · last yr.

"Conservatives and socialists believed in the power and influence of institutions and regarded them as a necessary safeguard against the chaos, injustice and cruelty caused by uncontrolled individualism." Isaiah Berlin, 1949. Could have been written yesterday.

Brooke Wolford, PhD@bnwolford.bsky.social · last yr.

If you or someone you know has been negatively affected by NIH-funded clinical trials being paused, disrupted, cancelled etc., I have a contact with the Senate HELP Committee eager to collect stories of everyday Americans affected by the NIH closures. Please DM me.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · last yr.

It's getting buried, but Houston will almost certainly not have representation in Congress until January 2027. Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died nearly a month ago and Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has simply decided not to call a special election to fill the seat.

Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election

One month after Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner's death, Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to call a special election to fill his seat.

nbcnews.com

Jan-Werner Mueller@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · last yr.

Every day cabinet members and GOP leaders are missing a chance to have their great-grandchildren read their names in history books. They could simply say that the mad emperor has no clothes and walk away from a disaster, live on air. And yes, they can afford security.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

BROWN: The EU and China have already vowed to retaliate. At what point would the administration consider pulling back on tariffs? LUTNICK: I don't think there's any chance Trump is gonna back off his tariffs. This is the reordering of global trade.

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · last yr.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

Jonathan Ladd@jonathanmladd.com · last yr.

Two-thirds of both houses of Congress could undo this whenever they want by passing a bill over Trump's veto taking all power to set tariff rates away from him. Tariffs are set by law. The Constitution gives the president no power over tariffs--only our current laws do that.

Jonathan Ladd@jonathanmladd.com · last yr.

Tariffs are actually controlled by law. Trump can only raise tariffs because the current law says the president can declare an emergency and change rates. Congress could actually pass a law that repeals **all** presidential discretion on tariff rates.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · last yr.

The dam is starting to crack. -4 GOP Senators joined the Dems to rebuke his tariffs -a GOP Senator wrote a WaPo op-ed decrying his attacks on research and higher ed -Rogan & Coulter are questioning his immigration policies -his economic approval dropped to 40% -his right-hand man lost big in WI

Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · last yr.

The vote was 51-48, so couldn't pass a filibuster if it came to an actual bill and not a resolution, but it's a start. apnews.com/article/cong...

Sam Bergman@violanorth.bsky.social · last yr.

What's absolutely wild about this is the way they've manufactured a global financial crisis for no reason at all. This isn't 2007-08, where it was a bubble bursting. This is taking a relatively thriving economy and deliberately destroying it in the first three months of your presidency.

Elizabeth N. Saunders@profsaunders.bsky.social · last yr.

To put this in actionable terms: everyone with a connection to any college or university (alum, parent, student, faculty, works there) should send a letter to their president's office urging them to issue a statement calling for due process for student detentions. Do it now! #DueProcessForAll

Elizabeth N. Saunders@profsaunders.bsky.social · last yr.

Every single university president should be asked, in public, why they are not speaking out this way to support all the students currently detained without due process, and all those terrified that they will be next, on every campus in this country. Yes, including Columbia's acting president.

Elizabeth N. Saunders@profsaunders.bsky.social · last yr.

Every single university president should be asked, in public, why they are not speaking out this way to support all the students currently detained without due process, and all those terrified that they will be next, on every campus in this country. Yes, including Columbia's acting president.

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · last yr.

NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

4. With her consent, the University can confirm that Ms. Oztürk is a third-year doctoral student in good academic and administrative standing. Her research focuses on how young adults can use social media in positive, prosocial ways and she is described by her faculty as a hard-working student dedicated to her studies and the Tufts community. The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention. The University has seen an outpouring of support for Ms. Öztürk over the last week from Tufts students, faculty and staff. These individuals have described Ms. Öztürk as a valued member of the community, dedicated to her academic pursuits and committed to her colleagues.
hi, no thanks@hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social · last yr.

james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country "...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."

Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us. So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.