It’s former California Supreme Court justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar

Reuters@reuters.com · yesterday

Anthropic names global affairs chief to tackle AI policy as Trump tensions persist reut.rs/4xbqIsk

*stares directly at camera*

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

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Selling some extra stuff on Marketplace and I’m 3 for 3 on NOT getting stood up AMA.

Reflecting Pool lessons: 1. Trump administration lying is routine and pervasive. Nothing they say or do should have a "presumption of regularity." 2. They spend our money to prosecute innocent people. Congress should cut and restrict funds and hold liars accountable. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...

Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool

A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.

nytimes.com

Over the past year, Sam Berger, Sophie Jacobson, and I have been thinking about how a federal rebuilding must center power-shifting, building civil society power for democracy. In @donmoyn.bsky.social's Substack we wrote up our lessons; we're excited to share what we're learning! 1/

Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social · 5d ago

I remember seeing someone (very reasonably) complaining here a few days ago that there seems to be next to no visible thinking on left and center about how to join the dots on administration and democracy. This is the beginnings of an answer to that complaint donmoynihan.substack.com/p/rebuilding...

Along similar thematic lines, I have a piece newly up on SSRN about what the Trump Administration might have to teach us about libertarianism, Reichian/Naderite liberalism, and abundance liberalism. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

We're very happy criminal charges were dropped against our client Justin Carreno, who we were representing for purposes of his federal contracting employment. He lost two jobs due to this frivolous arrest. At minimum, he is entitled to public apology. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

I had to look up sheet anchor and yes, yes it is.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 5d ago

this is the kind of obstreperousness, don't tell me what to do-ness, i got rightsness that is the sheet anchor of American liberties.

this is the kind of obstreperousness, don't tell me what to do-ness, i got rightsness that is the sheet anchor of American liberties.

Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 5d ago

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

Because the 1st is a Saturday, “How is it August already?!” will be observed today, Friday, July 31, 2026. Please panic accordingly.

Judge Willett says - as clear as you can say it - the First Amendment does not allow for liability for being famous and in a protest, and he calls for SCOTUS to act.

📢Ohio State's "Chalking Ban" silences an entire medium of speech in order to discriminate against one political viewpoint; it must not stand for another school year. Without action from the university, we will not hesitate to take legal action in federal court. www.acluohio.org/press-releas...

Top senators consider blocking the OMB rule. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Top senators consider blocking Trump’s grant shakeup in spending stopgap

It’s now “up to leadership” whether to head off the controversial changes, Sen. Susan Collins said.

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In what sense is that a threat? As opposed to a concession?

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · 6d ago

Trump would rather pull Blanche’s nomination for AG than allow him to commit in writing that Trump’s IRS deal is off. The immunity Blanche granted to Trump from IRS audits is a windfall that some experts estimate is worth $100 million in taxpayer funds for Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...

bought candy at the pool for a 13yo and she tried to give me cash. i was like nahh it's nbd, and she goes "girl i have seen your car." 13yo girls remain undefeated. you think you're talking to a child but you're actually talking to whatever gods used to send to punish mortals for their hubris

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Medicare and Medicaid! 61 years ago President Johnson signed the Medicare/Medicaid legislation in Independence, MO, the hometown of President Harry Truman. For decades Medicare and Medicaid has provided crucial access to affordable coverage to those needing it.

Over at @lawfaremedia.org, Peyton Baker, Amy Wildermuth, and I discuss the recent decision in Comans v. Executive Office of the President and what it reveals about the questions emerging in the Post-Slaughter world.

Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 6d ago

In Comans v. Executive Office of the President, a district court applied Slaughter, the Supreme Court's ruling letting the president remove 'subordinates.' Peyton Baker, @nicholasbednar.bsky.social, and Amy Wildermuth break down the decision, which upheld removal protections for inferior officers.

“People can’t believe this is happening to their friends and neighbors” A @jimswift.bsky.social dispatch from Springfield, Ohio, now that so many Haitian refugees have lost their protected status www.thebulwark.com/p/civil-diso...

Civil Disobedience Is Coming to Springfield

“No matter what it costs.”

thebulwark.com

Defer to others on whether it’s good politics but it’s definitely good oversight.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 6d ago

dems holding shadow hearings to get this info out is good politics

“The political work done by a lot of middle-aged women to register voters, sign political petitions, and organize communities matters. And it’s all been done with the delightfully unvarnished—some might say “cringeworthy”—enthusiasm of people, particularly women, unafraid to show they care.” 🫡

Alan Elrod@aselrod.bsky.social · 7d ago

Returning to this to include an essay that is more affirmative. There are ways out of this crisis www.liberalcurrents.com/cringe-is-go...

New draft paper on SSRN: "Fact Avoidance," forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review Supreme Court Issue. This Essay identifies a recurring feature where the Court decides presidential power cases entirely on legal grounds without engaging at all with the facts /1 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Brian Leiter wrote about faculty layoffs at my university. leiterreports.com/2026/07/29/i...

Illinois Institute of Technology declares “financial exigency” and begins firing faculty, including tenured faculty

Up to one-third of the faculty may be terminated, although in the law school, Chicago-Kent, it appears the number is lower (maybe one-fifth by some accounts). If readers have more details, please e…

leiterreports.com

My heart goes out to everyone who tried to take the Washington bar exam. You spend years in law school, months preparing, thousands of dollars on courses, and countless hours putting your life on hold for a single exam. No matter how this ultimately gets resolved, these examinees deserved better.

Upwards of 200,00 people may have lost their jobs today; or will in the upcoming days. There is a palpable sense of fear among the Haitian community right now. They need your support.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last wk.

My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.

The Washington University Law Review is pleased to publish The Crisis of Appropriations Law by Samuel R. Bagenstos in the symposium issue, Volume 103, Issue 6. The Article examines the foundations of appropriations law. Read: wustllawreview.org/2026/07/26/t...

Earlier this month, a New York Times journalist was watching “The Sheep Detectives” when FBI agents showed up at his door with a subpoena. Last week, a judge had some questions. It didn’t go well for the Justice Department. My dispatch from the NYT hearing: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The Subpoena Detective: A Dispatch from the Times Hearing

On jets, journalism, and a judge

lawfaremedia.org

To my past, current, and future law students: please know that your accommodations are not a "large advantage." They're a need. Legal education is broken in so many stupid ways. But what we are not going to do is normalize this kind of thinking. Let's go over why. 🧵

Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social · last wk.

Here's Professor Sag's discussion about accommodations that precedes the earlier screenshot. Of course, if students believe that Professor Sag is wrong about that, that's super useful, too, I'd be very interested to hear about that.

the ideal academic life is being an eccentric Victorian lord. Invent a stamp licking machine at 22. Get elected to the Royal Academy for counting the beetles on your estate. Die in an arsenic explosion. The perfect life.

Over at @ssrn.bsky.social, @tphillips.bsky.social and I have a new essay called "A Faithful Execution Exception to Slaughter," examining whether courts should enjoin removals when they break quorums in multimember commissions. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....