I think we should charge people money when they misuse words. Call it a "syntax."
Jed H. Shugerman@jedshug.bsky.social · 15h agoNota bene: That was the joke after syntax-splaining. See the 😉?
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Prof Boston U. Law. JD/PhD History & dad jokes. 5th most-cited legal historian, 2019-23 Book: The People’s Courts. Next: A Faithful President: The Founders v. the Originalists http://shugerblog.com http://ssrn.com/author=625422
Jed H. Shugerman@jedshug.bsky.social · 15h agoChief Justice Roberts: “Hold my beer.” Justice Kavanaugh: “Literally.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
“How could Christopher Nolan make an Odyssey about war trauma, absentee gods, and bad fathers?” — Asked no one who ever actually read the Iliad or the Odyssey.
Jed H. Shugerman@jedshug.bsky.social · 2d agoThis guy also has very important critiques of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, even though he hasn't seen it.
This guy also has very important critiques of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, even though he hasn't seen it.
Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social · 4w agoA Norway fan has gone viral for not taking part in their Row celebration after matches and won't do it if they win the World Cup "It’s factually wrong; they didn’t row, they sailed over the Atlantic”
Slaughter and Cook may preserve some forms of agency independence, but only through historically strained exceptions, argues @jedshug.bsky.social of @bulaw.bsky.social. www.theregreview.org/2026/07/30/s...
In a recent essay, @jedshug.bsky.social of @bulaw.bsky.social argues that Slaughter and Cook rely on flawed history while leaving agency independence unsettled. www.theregreview.org/2026/07/30/s...
Law review submissions season. Some observations 1. Be respectful of editors and authors. Communicate promptly. Accept/reject authors respectfully and as soon as is practicable.
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey should have been spoken in the original Greek from the original Greek text. English subtitles only. Christopher Nolan is such a Hollywood sell-out.
My commentary on Slaughter & Cook in @upenn.edu Regulatory Review: "The Fate of Independent Adjudication and the Civil Service?" www.theregreview.org/2026/07/30/s...
Emily Wilson got “lost in translation.” Joyce Carol Oates gets it. Emily Wilson’s academic introduction and translation are both excellent, but it is tragic that she may be remembered as a petty, territorial, reactionary anti-movie movie reviewer. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Joyce Carol Oates Defends ‘Odyssey’ Against Translator’s Viral Slam: “Crude Language of MAGA Folks”
The celebrated author weighs in on Christopher Nolan's film: “No reason why Nolan, or anyone else, should not re-imagine/re-envision a classical hero.”
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If only the American legal system had a principle or a doctrine that took into account how people rely on promises and contractual expectations. Or the equities of balancing interests and expectations?
David Ziff@djsziff.bsky.social · last wk."Dear Applicant, With deep regret, I write to inform you that Washington’s July 2026 administration of the NextGen bar exam has been cancelled. We will not continue tomorrow. . . . We do not have sufficient confidence that the technology issues have been resolved . . . . We sincerely apologize."
This data shows Americans are innumerate. The red bars add up to 169% But they also wildly overestimate the groups they fear: Atheists, Jews, Muslims. Plus some Catholics (Latinos)
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · last wk.This actually explains something about how people talk about the Jewish community.
#BULawProf @jedshug.bsky.social discusses the recent SCOTUS cases on executive power with Michael Ramsey (University of San Diego Law) and Thomas Donnelly (@constitutionctr.bsky.social). Listen: constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/...
Does Article II of the Constitution Grant the President Power to Fire Anyone in the Executive Branch?
Podcast for Does Article II of the Constitution Grant the President Power to Fire Anyone in the Executive Branch? from the National Constitution Center
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Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence Explaining Roberts’s and unitary theorists’ serious misuses of historical sources - which Ilan Wurman dodged in our podcast: open.substack.com/pub/jedshuge...
Daily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence
Neither Roberts nor unitary theorists could cite one Founding-era source who agreed with their conclusion, but zero evidence won't stop pseudo-originalists. Control-F Around and Find Out!
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They're interpreting a 117-word clause. They missed half of the words. They're supposed to read the whole clause "—all of it." Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau, 591 U.S. 197, 203 (2020).
![Here is Chief Justice Roberts’s majority opinion, Slaughter p. 8:
Jefferson wrote as early as 1780 that “[t]he power of appointing and removing executive officers [is] inherent in [the] Executive,” as “[h]e who appoints may remove.” 4 Papers of Thomas Jefferson 281 (1951). And as to this power, the Constitution’s words were chosen carefully—it was the President who would “appoint” the principal “Officers of the United States,” with the Senate providing “Advice and Consent.” Art. II, §2, cl. 2.
Notably, Chief Justice Roberts declined to quote the entire clause. Note the actual wording of the clause — and then when the clause switches to inferior offices, the Framers used more specific phrase “the president alone” when it was actually the president appointing alone:
[the President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gqbrsb2cdeaz5ybuo3kk7vs7/bafkreiescq4bmjhp5tdynkg2xvgcftju6pusrixahbjbyrr72cmi2xslh4)
Jed H. Shugerman@jedshug.bsky.social · 2w agoSupreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence (Plus anti-birthright nonsense) I explain Roberts’s & Wurman’s digital cherrypicking of sentences out of context: Control-F Around and Find Out open.substack.com/pub/jedshuge...
Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence (Plus anti-birthright nonsense) I explain Roberts’s & Wurman’s digital cherrypicking of sentences out of context: Control-F Around and Find Out open.substack.com/pub/jedshuge...
Daily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence
Neither Roberts nor unitary theorists could cite one Founding-era source who agreed with their conclusion, but zero evidence won't stop pseudo-originalists. Control-F Around and Find Out!
open.substack.com
Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence Explaining Roberts’s and unitary theorists’ serious misuses of historical sources - which Ilan Wurman dodged in our podcast: open.substack.com/pub/jedshuge...
Daily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence
Neither Roberts nor unitary theorists could cite one Founding-era source who agreed with their conclusion, but zero evidence won't stop pseudo-originalists. Control-F Around and Find Out!
open.substack.com
Add me to the Greek chorus praising Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey. Critiques of some of Nolan’s choices are fair, but it’s important to understand them as *choices*—deliberate, thoughtful, challenging. And Nolan’s re-interpretation - his thesis - is a bombshell. I use that word deliberately. 1/
How have Red Sox pulled off a 14 game win streak? Yes, it starts with the rotation and bullpen. But the difference is surprise offense: OPS since July 1: Contreras 1.243, Monasterio 1.116 Abreu .982 Cheng OBP .451 Durbin batting .300 June/July Masa Yoshida 15-42 (.357), 7 XBH, 8 RBIs since 6/25
The Originalist Case for Independent AGs, US Attorneys, and Treasury The Real Decisions of 1787 and 1789 See our next draft of “Quasi-Judicial: History & Tradition” w/ @beaubaumann.bsky.social @columlrev.bsky.social
Jed H. Shugerman@jedshug.bsky.social · 2w agoSee the Judiciary Act of 1789. It had removal clauses for marshals and dep. marshals but not even the ambiguous hints of removal for the AG or district attorneys (USAs)… Like the ones barely inserted earlier according to the Decision of 1789 myth. beaubaumann.bsky.social
Viva 🇪🇸 España! The GOAT and the goat. 🐐 Messi ⚽️ and Enzo 🤡 🟥
@muellershewrote.com, you might find this interesting if you are not already aware. A new substack fact-checking the Supreme Court. (Credit to @jonathanmladd.com). bsky.app/profile/jeds...
Jed H. Shugerman@jedshug.bsky.social · 3w agoDaily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #4: In Slaughter, Roberts Omitted the Parts of Jefferson's 1780 Notes that Contradicted His Theory open.substack.com/pub/jedshuge...
Daily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #4: In Slaughter, Roberts Omitted the Parts of Jefferson's 1780 Notes that Contradicted His Theory open.substack.com/pub/jedshuge...
Daily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #4: Roberts Omitted the Parts of Jefferson's 1780 Notes that Contradicted His Theory
Chief Justice Roberts cherry-picked two sentences, but left out the context and the rest of the source that confirmed our historical research debunking the unitary executive myths.
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Timing of Argentina's winners in the knockout rounds: vs. Cape Verde: 111th minute vs. Egypt: 92nd minute (stoppage time) vs. Switzerland: 112th minute vs. England: 92nd minute (stoppage time) They haven't led after 90 minutes of any knockout game. But they're in the final.
Here it is, my 284th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 284 (7/12/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 284th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy,...
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Daily SCOTUS Fact-Check #3: Federalist No. 77 Chief Justice Roberts did not do his reading. As Jonathan Gienapp and I documented, Hamilton himself clarified what he meant in a note in 1789, contradicting the unitary executive theory & Roberts's interpretation. substack.com/@jedshugerma...
Daily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check, Part 3: Repeated Misuse of Hamilton's Federalist No. 77
Chief Justice Roberts did not do his reading on the Federalist Papers. Hamilton himself clarified what he meant, contradicting Roberts's interpretation.
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The NL is so much stronger than the AL. Only one AL team has a winning% over .550 (Rays). Only LAD, MIL, ATL, TB & maybe the Phillies look like strong contenders right now. Seems like the Red Sox are missing a historic opportunity this year. Or maybe they are turning it around just in time?
