Andrew Kent
@andrewkent.bsky.social
Law prof at Fordham. Teach and write about fed courts, US constitutional history, executive power, US colonialism, other stuff.
My forthcoming @uclalawreview.bsky.social article reports officers paid <.05% of settlements and judgments against them from 2018-23. This is consistent w/my earlier study, though I also find subtle differences that should inform policies/practices. Comments welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Comparing here and X on Arday is like two different worlds and tbh not in a way that speaks brilliantly of Bluesky’s concern about academic integrity.
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · last mo.also there's two separate sets of accusations for Arday; he got the TES story - done by legitimate journalists and credible academics - killed by legal threats, and then an online racist stumbled upon the material separately.
Dr. Anthony Fauci was right that Rand Paul and other Republicans are out to get him, but in light of his pardon and case law rejecting "anticipatory perjury" as a basis for fearing prosecution, his invocation of his 5th Am right against self-incrimination was legally dubious. Details on the blog. 👇
Was Dr. Fauci Entitled to Invoke the Fifth Amendment?
In response to a subpoena, yesterday, Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. ...
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"The total losses are staggering—over $240 billion last year for the United States alone (that’s about $700 in gambling losses per American, not per gambler!). This is especially disastrous for young men, who have been the near exclusive target of these firms." www.liberalcurrents.com/betting-alone/
Betting Alone
Sports betting is destroying an important part of the American social fabric.
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I just know I'm gonna get yelled at about this, but since it is squarely within my area of expertise ... Fauci is probably right that Paul has an "unhinged obsession with" him. Nevertheless, that doesn't excuse Fauci from the obligation of testifying truthfully before a Senate committee.
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Brett Coughlin@coughlinbrett.bsky.social · 2mo agoKylian Mbappé #WorldCup
Maybe good character is both an ethical and a practical plus among political figures.
After years of workshops and hiring committees, we can all spot basic problems like straw men, failures of logic, failures to confront obvious counter-arguments, etc. But you're whipping up fury about different readings of legal historical evidence, in an area you don't write in (or close to).
Andrew Kent@andrewkent.bsky.social · 2mo ago@johnpfaff.bsky.social, genuine question: what's your process, when confronting scholarship in areas in which you have no expertise, for deciding whether work is "trash" by a "fabulist," who should be shunned and shamed?
I'm not saying I agree (or disagree) with the scholarship cited by Barbara dissents. Just making a culture/norms/civility point
Any right of center law prof can point to plenty of "trash" scholarship (your term, John, which I'm not endorsing), of a left wing variety. Advocating "costs" including shunning until people "recant" is not a scholar's approach. (Also I note con law/history isn't your field)
Deeply saddened to learn of Gordon Wood's passing. Few have had an equal impact on the study of the American Founding, or on my own intellectual development. No book is more responsible for making me a historian of early constitutional history than Wood's *The Creation of the American Republic*.
Agree. Impeachment/removal are warranted here
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3mo agoEspecially in this moment, a "private reprimand" "was not a remotely sufficient punishment for the subject judge’s misconduct—not because of the affair, but because of the subject judge’s dishonesty and their transparent attempt to throw one of their own law clerks under the bus." Me @ "One First":
I know it's quaint to believe such things matter, but under 26 USC 7217 it's a crime for POTUS "to request, directly or indirectly, any [IRS] officer . . . to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer." www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 4mo agoFLASH: DOJ expands settlement in Trump-IRS leak suit to cover audits of all tax returns filed by Trump, family members, companies and trusts. Waiver of IRS' claims contained in addendum signed by AAG Blanche that was not in agreement released Monday www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
Ross Barkan's plagiarism mini scandal has barely been discussed on Bluesky. We should be taking note of it. Especially since, now that he has responded on Twitter, his explanations are ridiculous.
a Kennedy coasting on his name while privately checked out? sounds like he's already revived it www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/n...
Inside Jack Schlossberg’s Chaotic Campaign to Revive Camelot
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Totally concur with the "highly recommended." @donibloomfield.bsky.social and @jeffgordon.bsky.social's sophisticated analysis of the the value of export controls is a must-read for anyone in the national security and innovation space.
Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social · 4mo agoBloomfield and Gordon on the New Export-Control Equilibrium Doni Bloomfield (Fordham University School of Law) and Jeff Gordon (Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Law School) have posted The New Export-Control Equilibrium (Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 6634758) on SSRN. Here is the…
I appreciate the endorsement, @lsolum.bsky.social
Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social · 4mo agoKent on The Pre-History of Modern Economic Sanctions Andrew Kent (Fordham University School of Law) has posted The Pre-History of Modern Economic Sanctions, forthcoming 40 Constitutional Commentary (2026), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Forthcoming 40 Constitutional Commentary (2026). This review…
Fordham Law Prof. Harlan Cohen (@harlangcohen.bsky.social) appeared on the Michigan Journal of International Law podcast's first episode, discussing how shifts in global power lead to shifts in the international order—potentially reopening interpretative fights over the meaning of security & more.
MJIL Podcast Episode 1: Professor Harlan Grant Cohen
YouTube video by Michigan Journal of International Law
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Trump and RFK, Jr., continue to suppress information showing that COVID shots work. wapo.st/41JhAhb
CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits
The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.
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Just read the Yale report on higher education (linked in the letter below). I think it's commendable. I hope Yale implements many of the recommended reforms and that other universities follow suit. president.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
Report of the Committee on Trust in Higher Education
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Asking New Yorkers if they’ve been personally victimized by Santacon is very funny actually www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-h...
Seeking Victim Information in SantaCon Investigation | Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBI’s New York Division is seeking to identify potential victims of Stefan Pildes, who organized and operated the annual SantaCon event in New York City, from at least 2019 to present. Pildes was ...
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This article is only persuasive, I think, if one believes that most professors being on the left or far left is right and natural. Viewpoint diversity is in part a "political project" of external actors. But maybe necessarily so, since the left super majority self-replicates by controlling hiring
Nicole Hemmer@pastpunditry.bsky.social · 5mo ago“viewpoint diversity” is a right-wing political project, as lisa siraganian explores in great detail here: www.aaup.org/academe/issu...
I assume the Hungarian opposition beat Orban by being uncompromisingly progressive across the whole set of policy issues. Well done.
I assume the same critique applies to the Warren Court and tons of scholarship inspired by it arguing that the Constitution in fact protects all kinds of newly imagined rights?
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 5mo ago"Academic freedom protects scholars’ right to challenge the orthodoxy; it doesn’t insulate them from charges of bad faith in doing so. But the problem here is one of both supply *and* demand. And ... #SCOTUS bears at least some responsibility for the latter." Me in today's issue of "One First":
I've come to my negative view bc not just bad faith actors but also normal OLC has, I think, a grossly inflated view of presidential power. But I hear you that there might be a lot of small bore, out of sight work that is valuable.
Jamal Greene@jamalgreene.bsky.social · 5mo agoThat's not my view (maybe unsurprisingly), and I think it's important to recognize that the vast majority of OLC's work isn't producing formal published opinions, but as with the rest of DOJ, it can definitely be weaponized by bad-faith actors and is in need of structural reform.
