Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in an enormously important climate case. Join me, @alejandrocamacho.bsky.social, and @dfarber1950.bsky.social to discuss the case with @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social and @progressivereform.bsky.social progressivereform.org/events/oral-...

Coming Up September 30: Oral Arguments in Suncor v. Boulder: What to Expect, What to Look For - Center for Progressive Reform

Join the Center for Progressive Reform on Wednesday, September 30 at 12 noon Eastern for a webinar, “Oral Arguments in Suncor v. Boulder: What to Expect, What to Look For.”

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Reupping this with a link that doesn’t require a subscription: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers

A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.

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Rachel Rothschild@profrrothschild.bsky.social · 3d ago

There is a lot I could say about attacks on climate researchers, including what I personally faced over the past few years. Some of my thoughts made it into this excellent investigative report. Perhaps one day I'll put pen to paper and tell my whole story. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

There is a lot I could say about attacks on climate researchers, including what I personally faced over the past few years. Some of my thoughts made it into this excellent investigative report. Perhaps one day I'll put pen to paper and tell my whole story. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

POLITICO Pro: Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers

A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.

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At the end of my life, whenever it is, let it never be said that I folded when tested. That I was a coward, that I betrayed the people who trusted me, the environmental work that I'd spent my career building. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/23/m...

Big Tech, Big Law, Big Ed all caved to Trump’s intimidation without a fight. Why so many profiles in cowardice? - The Boston Globe

Pillars of business and civil society gave in to Trump in shocking succession. Even when capitulation made no sense.

bostonglobe.com

Oh my god.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 7d ago

Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?

New post reviewing Zidar and Zwick's new book, which I loved. paulgp.substack.com/p/who-is-ric...

Who is rich in America, and why?

A review of “The Everywhere Millionaire” by Zidar and Zwick

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After reading this, I wanted to know what the numbers would look like with more recent draft law review articles posted to SSRN. So I put a sample of 200 of them through Pangram 4, and found 57 papers with some AI use, 36 of which had >5% of their text from AI: wilftownsend.net/how-many-rec...

How many recently drafted law review articles are written with AI? A quick examination.

AI use in legal scholarship may not be the most important AI topic being discussed these days, but it is having a moment in the corners of the world that care about these things. Julian Nyarko has an ...

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Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social · 3w ago

"How Often Are Articles in Top Law Reviews Written In Part By AI?," by Julian Nyarko. The finding, based on Pangram AI detection software: Most 2026 articles in T14 journals have none, but a few have a decent amount, and one is majority AI-written. reason.com/volokh/2026/...

This is just outrageous.

Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social · 3w ago

Next year, perhaps incoming law students will receive a packet with their assigned post-graduation jobs, any clerkships, etc. all as part of 1L orientation. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Extremely grateful and proud of Michigan Jewish religious leaders for issuing this statement: www.nonnegotiable.org/petition

Sign the Petition

Read the petition and add your name. Our safety, our identity, and our place in this coalition are nonnegotiable.

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NEW: A fossil fuel front group funded by the company behind a Trump-backed gas pipeline says it helped flip Gov. Kathy Hochul. The group met with her office, supplied dubious polling — then bragged that, within weeks, Hochul embraced its agenda.

Orwellian.

Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social · last mo.

A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.

One of the most surreal experiences (especially as an academic) that I've ever had was arriving in Sacramento to provide testimony on state climate superfund laws to the California legislature, and seeing the army of oil lobbyists that poured into the committee meeting and got the hearing cancelled.

Timmons Roberts@timmonsroberts.bsky.social · last mo.

Our sizzlin' new report (out this morning) covered in here- Supporters of state-level legislation to recover costs for climate disasters from oil companies outnumber opponents 3:1 in public hearings, but behind closed doors, opposition lobbyists ply their wares. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Grateful to the NY Times for covering my story 🔥 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/c...

Judge Rejects Suit Against University of Michigan That Sought Emails on Climate Law (Gift Article)

A conservative group had tried to force the University of Michigan to hand over messages from a law professor who worked on “climate superfund” bills.

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Great post by @dfarber1950.bsky.social - as he says, climate change doesn't care whether we (or our politicians) pay attention to the problem. It's here, and it's going to get worse unless we do more. legal-planet.org/2026/08/13/y...?

You May Have Forgotten About Climate Change. But It Hasn’t Forgotten About You - Legal Planet

While public attention has strayed elsewhere, climate change is roaring along anyway. Tick tock, tick tock.

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Statutory interpretation for the win.

Marty Lederman@martylederman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Appropriately short and sweet. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

Tonight during a lively dinner conversation my six year old raised his hand and yelled "wait, I have a question!". We of course stopped the conversation so he could ask us something. He paused, and then finally said "you know, this is really more of a comment." I'm raising a future professor.

Uh. . . . WHAT did OMB do with the $1.59 billion it took from EPA's financial accounts that were supposed to fund these grants?

Joshua Basseches@joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"EPA says it doesn't have the money or staff to comply." I wonder why ... 🤔 www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

Couldn’t have done it without you ❤️

Climate Science Legal Defense Fund@csldf.org · 2mo ago

📢📢 @profrrothschild.bsky.social’s work is foundational to holding oil and gas companies accountable for their role in the climate crisis, making her a target for legal harassment by the fossil fuel industry. Congratulations to Rachel & @umich.edu for standing strong - and winning!

Big news!!! After two long years of litigation, the Chief Judge of the Michigan Court of Claims has ruled against a fossil fuel funded group that sued the University of Michigan to obtain my personal communications with environmental groups. Coverage here: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...

She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target. (Published 2025)

A conservative group is suing for emails of a law professor who helped create legislation to force oil, gas and coal companies to pay for climate damage.

nytimes.com

Timeline cleanse

Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bambi and Thumper, the adult years 💕 TT: @medy_evans Port Angeles, Washington

It has been nearly a year since I did this interview, and it was surreal listening to it now. I am very grateful to the journalists at Climate One for telling my story. No matter the personal cost, I remain committed to providing my expertise and support to those working on climate policies.

Climate One@climateone.org · 2mo ago

As part of this week's episode, we also revisited our interview with Michigan law professor @profrrothschild.bsky.social, who helped write Superfund laws to hold polluters accountable--and like Ben, also faced scrutiny and lawsuits challenging her work.

This piece revives Josh Blackman’s “tentative thoughts” that liberal Jews are lying about their religious beliefs in claiming free exercise exemptions from abortion bans. He says these claims “also give progressives a way to accuse conservatives of hypocrisy.” /1

The Left’s Fake Conversion To Religious Liberty

The progressive legal establishment treated religious freedom exemptions as obstacles to be dismantled, threatening livelihoods and institutions.

dailycaller.com

Grateful to the Jewish Dem Coalition for standing up in this moment to denounce antisemitism in Michigan's Senate primary campaign. I will not compromise on my core values, ever, in politics. I watched friends & family do it with Trump. I will not do it now. jewishdems.substack.com/p/abdul-el-s...

Abdul El-Sayed’s Challenge with Jewish Voters

It’s not just about Israel, it's also about antisemitism.

jewishdems.substack.com

Many thanks for recommending this Larry! 🙏

Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Rothschild on Administrative Law & Scientific Knowledge Rachel Rothschild (University of Michigan Law School) has posted A New Administrative Law for the Production of Scientific Knowledge…...

This morning I filed a brief in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... I also blogged about it: reason.com/volokh/2026/...

Omg this hits way too close to home 😂

New-Cleckit Dominie@ncdominie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

New draft posted: The Collision of State Climate Tort Suits with Federal Deregulation, forthcoming in the Yale Law Journal Forum. This Essay examines the preemption arguments in the Suncor Energy v. Boulder case, which the Supreme Court will review in Oct. term 2026: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

New Essay draft on SSRN - The Future of Environmental Law Amid the Destruction of Science, forthcoming in Volume 51 of the Harvard Environmental Law Review: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

And also, provide financial support to expand public health measures to schools, so we didn't have to choose between closing them and cramming 30 kids in a tiny Brooklyn classroom where the windows don't open without any masks.

post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 2mo ago

the most annoying thing about the What We Should Have Done With COVID discourse is that the actual viable option to accept more health risk in exchange for less disruption was not to rawdog the plague, it was to push the vaccine wide earlier with worse trial data