Joe Dunman
@joedunman.bsky.social
Asst. Prof @Louisville Law (torts, writing, religion, employment) Former: Mng. Attny @Ky. Comm. on Human Rights and lawyer for KY plaintiffs in Obergefell. Brother of St. Andrew Scholarship: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2147917
BREAKING: Judge Carlton Reeves (Obama/SDMS) rules that tower dumps, which provide police with time and location data on many or all phones connected to a cell tower, are "per se unconstitutional general warrants," violating the 4th Amendment. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
TowerDumpsReevesOpn080526
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This is not a joke. This is a screenshot of the actual case management software used by Massachusetts' 11 District Attorneys. Must-read work here by @nasser.wiki nasser.blog/dial-up-just...
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Pentagon holds crisis meeting on weapons shortfall after angry Trump call, sources say
The president asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about a shortfall in munitions at a recent Camp David meeting, and sources say Hegseth pointed to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg. The Whit...
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My 74 year-old father just came over to help me wire and hang a chandelier and boy let me tell you I'm going to be absolutely lost when he's not able to do that anymore.
I heard “inshallah and the creek don’t rise” the other day.
Amazing that the president started an air war just to manipulate the market with press conferences and media leaks about it. And it worked!
6th Cir.: attorneys fee request "almost shocks the conscience," orders the fee award drastically reduced where local counsel claimed to spend 4,800 hours litigating case even after Pacific Legal Foundation took over appellate briefing and argument pro bono. www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
This piece is a new staple for me. It's thoughtful and eloquently captures the stakes of the current tech moment. I plan to share it with my students in the hope of sparking conversations about AI/tech in the law and why we do not have to treat the co-opting of our brains as inevitable.
Joe Dunman@joedunman.bsky.social · 20h agoMonday begins 1L orientation week at UofL Law. I'm sure many other schools will also be welcoming their newest future lawyers. Reupping this post, in which I offer some neo-Luddite advice on how to approach law school in a technologically cynical era. joedunman.substack.com/p/so-youre-g...
Monday begins 1L orientation week at UofL Law. I'm sure many other schools will also be welcoming their newest future lawyers. Reupping this post, in which I offer some neo-Luddite advice on how to approach law school in a technologically cynical era. joedunman.substack.com/p/so-youre-g...
So You're Going to Law School
Advice to New Students in a Cynical Age
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i really have no patience whatsoever for people who are scared of muslims having elected office
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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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"Dear Law Review Editors, Before I entertain what are sure to be instant acceptance offers from Harvard and Yale, I wanted to give you the opportunity to publish this genius work of scholarship in order to elevate your journal to the loftier position in the legal academy that it deserves..."
Apparently we're paying $25K bribes to AUSAs to convince the to risk their law license working for a shitshow DOJ. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
This is also not me. It is @dancanon.bsky.social! (Though you'd be humored to know how often this happens in real life.)
Joe Dunman@joedunman.bsky.social · 3d agoOnce again, Google's AI slop machine absolutely nails it. (That is not a photo of me.)
My child told me today that, at 47, I’m “really old for a kid.”
Fun fact: I just published the full story on this topic mere minutes ago. By my count, at least 12 pastors, seminarians & former clergy have launched campaigns for federal office this year, and 5 are already nominees. In response, the GOP is attacking their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...
'They're not real pastors': As clergy run as Democrats, Republicans question their faith
(RNS) — 'It's a sign that they are really scared they're gonna lose this seat,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor running for Congress in Iowa, said. She is part of a wave of religious ...
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Teddy Wilson@reportbywilson.bsky.social · 2d agoHighly recommend listening to @jackjenkins.me in conversation with Dr. Amanda Henderson:
BREAKING: We're suing Texas A&M over the university system’s unconstitutional censorship policy. Administrators are canceling or restricting courses that discuss race, gender, and sexual orientation. Public universities are meant for sharing knowledge — not banning it.
So the President imposed unlawful tariffs, the cost of which companies shifted to their customers. Then the government reimbursed the cost of the tariffs, which the companies will keep for themselves. So it’s just a huge windfall (of free public funding). finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
Apple got a $2.2 billion tariff refund this quarter
It's a one-time windfall, but what a windfall.
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Every now and then, I read something and think, "well shit, that's amazing." Usually, that piece in question will already have a built-in fanbase. But every now and then, I do some digging and see that it's flown under the radar. Such is the case with an article that's prompted me to ask . . .
Is this the most underrated LPE piece so far?
On Rohde and Parra Herrera's "Law as Architecture"
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Anybody can start and maintain a Bluesky account. There is no political litmus test for joining and posting. Folks just expect to have an algorithmically-compelled audience and are mad they get blocked for posting bad content instead.
The Verge@theverge.com · 3d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
I have not driven on every street in my city, nor attended every school. My house has never been on fire. I demand a refund for these useless services I am unfairly paying for.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
I have seen a growing number of complaints about MS Word's grammar suggestions. It just told me to change "an afterthought" to "afterthought" as if it should be a verb instead of a noun. No. Also why is it still trying to get me to change "public school" to "public-school"?
I think people fail to appreciate the difficulty federal attorneys are facing here. Yes, you have ethical obligations and well-settled procedural rules, but you also must appease a completely insane president and pursue whatever moronic accusations he spouts online in the middle of the night.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d ago“As a career federal prosecutor, including decades that I served in … the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office, you don’t indict first and investigate later. Nor do you take the word of another agency of government.” trib.al/wEil8BP
Always a bummer to get a mass-sent email from somebody clearly in a mental health crisis who is begging for legal representation for a grievance that is not actionable or even coherent. I hate that there is nothing I can do to relieve their obvious distress and confusion.
