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Jerry Edwards

@jerryedwards.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law. Formerly an ACLUFL Attorney. I enjoy writing about free expression, academic freedom, and American history. All opinions are my own, not my employer's, and are correct, probably.

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Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 6h ago

FWIW, both of VDARE’s founders were on the masthead of the National Review in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Peter Brimelow was also a staffer for Senator Orrin Hatch. This white nationalist thread has been present in the conservative movement for a long time. Screenshot is from 1997.

NATIONAL REVIEW December 8 issue; printed November 19 Editor John O'Sullivan Senior Editors Peter Brimelow / Richard Brookhiser Priscilla L. Buckley / Jeffrey Hart Peter W. Rodman Managing Editor: Linda Bridges Washington Editor: Kate O'Beirne Articles Editor: Andrew Oliver Executive Editor: Matthew Carolan Literary Editor: David Klinghoffer National Political Reporter: Rich Lowry National Reporter: Ramesh Ponnuru
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know

Alexandra Lahav@alahav.bsky.social · 10h ago

New @bloomberglaw.com article by Olivia Carville - TikTok experimented on users, putting 10% (about 15M people) in a "filter bubble" exposing them to repetitive content that the algorithm thought they wanted, but was toxic. If you want to know why these cases are going to be massive...

John Pfaff@johnpfaff.bsky.social · yesterday

Again, a bracing reminder that "tough on crime" conservatives are never actually concerned about being tough on CRIME. They want to be tough on PEOPLE who they want to CONTROL: non-white people, say, or in this case women. It has always been about social control, not public safety.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

NN: The abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller -- Moreno says he should resign, but President Trump disagrees. Do you think Miller should step down? REP. JIMMY PATRONIS: No. I agree with the president. This is a family fight. Unfortunately, divorces are messy. There are two sides to every story.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · yesterday

The Missouri SoS dragged out his office's examination of the veto referendum (of the GOP gerrymander) for most of 2026 to ensure he can run out the clock; and finally declared today, on the deadline by which he had to act, that he thinks the veto referendum is entirely unconstitutional.

The Redistrict Network (mirror 🤖)@redistrictnet.bluesky.bot · yesterday

#BREAKING: Missouri Secretary of State Hoskins has deemed the Missouri Redistricting Referendum as insufficient due to it being unconstitutional.

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · yesterday

In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/

Our Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLC

Our Team

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Politico@politico.com · yesterday

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

Josh Chafetz@joshchafetz.bsky.social · yesterday

For the love of Hanuman, THIS. It's not just that a circular firing squad is unhelpful at this moment; it's also that academics of all people ought to be open-minded about ways of knowing other than their own and ought to be respectful of expertise.

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · yesterday

As a meta-point in the academia discourse of today, it's a strange time for professors to dismiss the value of entire disciplines. That plays perfectly for those who want to wreck higher education (and who happen to have a lot of governmental power right now).

Beau Baumann 🍎@beaubaumann.bsky.social · 23h ago

Sachs has an interesting thread in the other place. But I don’t think any model works for opposing incursions on higher ed unless they impose costs on the folks at the gate. If your model depends on persuading red state lawmakers, I don’t think that is 2030s thinking.

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Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 23h ago

I am actually genuinely shocked by this cynicism. I can’t stress to people how complex immigration issues are involving children. You have Hague Convention issues, you have state and family law issues; you have administrative proceedings that raise complex due process issues.

The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 23h ago

AP calls a DEFEAT for Kansas Amendment 1, which would have replaced the current merit-based selection of state Supreme Court justices with partisan statewide elections. GOP wanted this change to try to overturn a ruling protecting abortion rights, but voters emphatically said no.

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Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 23h ago

Fed. judge holds DHS in civil contempt of court for refusing "intentionally and not in good faith" to provide plaintiffs with phone images they intend to use to prove DHS was racially profiling people arrested in Los Angeles without reasonable suspicion. Order from July 28, unsealed today.

B. Defendants’ Noncompliance Is Intentional And Not In Good Faith. Having found that Defendants are in violation of the January 16 Forensic Imaging Order, the burden now shifts to Defendants to show that they were unable to comply. Affordable Media, 179 F.3d at 1239 (9th Cir. 1999). They fail to make that showing. Upon review of the parties’ submissions and counsel’s representations at the hearing, it does not appear that Defendants’ noncompliance is due to an inability to comply. Instead, the clear and convincing evidence shows that Defendants have acted intentionally and not in good faith.