I worked for a civil rts firm that operated on a contingency fee basis. I made a tiny fraction of what I would have in Biglaw The Biglaw disdain for pls' attys-& claiming its just about $-is IMO just a way to avoid facing the moral bankruptcy of the work they do repping bigots & the JE's of the wrld

Blake Emerson@blakeprof.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Not the main point, but this is a real window into the elite law bias against contingency fees, which is the only way most non-rich people can get lawyers in civil matters. Particularly galling from Ruemmler, who decided the best thing to do after serving in the White House was to sell out

#ELB: “A Statutory Right to Vote” https://electionlawblog.org/?p=156672

We're now in a downward spiral of partisan (& racial) gerrymandering: TX, then CA, now Southern states like TN and AL. Is there a way to stop this? In a keynote lecture I gave in February at Loyola Law School, I argue that yes, there is, but the path is narrow. Just posted to SSRN—

I once wrote an article called “The New Jim Crow is the Old Jim Crow.” It really is feeling distressingly apropos nowadays. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Prof Caroline Mala Corbin@carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u... Why is the NYT calling this an anti diversity effort rather than just plain discrimination or racism and sexism

www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u... Why is the NYT calling this an anti diversity effort rather than just plain discrimination or racism and sexism

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List

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Section 4 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads, “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.” Video of January 6: youtu.be/CVQ61gVQMn4

Trump Supporters Riot At U.S. Capitol Two Shot One Fatally

YouTube video by VisionPlanetMedia

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Not enough news coverage of how the insurrectionist reparations fund is a clear violation of the 14th Amendment. We need to enforce the Constitution in its original meaning and plain text. You can't imagine away parts of the Constitution just because it is politically inconvenient.

This is devastating though not surprising. I'm deep into my summer reading on PFAS and this move is deeply disturbing after I've learned all about the unconscionable ways in which government and industry have harmed human and environmental health from these chemicals. 😭

Sharon Lerner@fastlerner.bsky.social · 4mo ago

wow. EPA just announced a major PFAS rollback 😞 It's withdrawing drinking water limits for PFNA, PFHxS, GenX and PFBS that were finalized under Biden. The Trump administration says it needs to review the science—but the science was reviewed many many times over the years it took to pass these

Still not fully recovered, & won't be for a while but foster kitten Thanos is feeling a lot better than last night. Pain meds are helping to keep him comfortable & we are making sure to give him lots of cuddles. 🤞🤞🤞 no infection and he heals up well.

Katie Eyer@katieeyer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

6 week old foster kitten in the hospital after a significant injury. Please send good energy/prayers/whatever your spiritual practice allows that this little guy will be ok!

Still not fully recovered, & won't be for a while but foster kitten Thanos is feeling a lot better than last night. Pain meds are helping to keep him comfortable & we are making sure to give him lots of cuddles. 🤞🤞🤞 no infection and he heals up well.

Katie Eyer@katieeyer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

6 week old foster kitten in the hospital after a significant injury. Please send good energy/prayers/whatever your spiritual practice allows that this little guy will be ok!

felt like there was not much reporting on Trump's investigation of Yale Med School, and the reporting that did exist undersold how batshit the investigation is I have attempted to remedy these errors ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Trump DOJ: Yale’s Medical School Has Way Too Many Black Students

The administration’s view is that the mere presence of students of color at Yale Medical School proves discrimination against white people.

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This part bears emphasizing: The fact that the Trump admin says something is the law DOES NOT MAKE IT THE LAW. There has been a lot of confusion about this, including on the part of reporters. (Not @erininthemorning.com who is always on point). EOs aren't the law. The Kennedy decl isn't the law.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 4mo ago

8. The most consequential portion of the ruling addressed whether federal threats could override state civil rights law. The district court had reasoned that ordering the hospital to resume care would compel it to violate federal law. The Colorado Supreme Court flatly rejected that framing.

THIS IS HUGE: Colorado Supreme Court orders Colorado children's hospital to resume gender affirming care for trans youth. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/05/18/c...

Children's Colorado must resume care to transgender plaintiffs, state Supreme Court rules by 5-2

The Colorado Supreme Court, by 5-2, ordered Children's Hospital Colorado on Monday to resume providing certain medical services to a group of transgender plaintiffs, which it had ceased in the face of...

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6 week old foster kitten in the hospital after a significant injury. Please send good energy/prayers/whatever your spiritual practice allows that this little guy will be ok!

6 week old foster kitten in the hospital after a significant injury. Please send good energy/prayers/whatever your spiritual practice allows that this little guy will be ok!

These arguments were offensively stupid. As I said at the time, the initial lawsuit was "really bad" and "egregiously misstates the law in a painfully obvious way." They lied about what English history showed and couldn't cite a single case in support of their argument. Do. Not. Concede. The. Law.

Quinn Yeargain@yeargain.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm reading through the lawsuit now, and I'm going to live-post my reactions to it. The lawsuit is linked below. My immediate reaction: this is really bad, and egregiously misstates the law in a painfully obvious way. gov.texas.gov/uploads/file...

Cool job alert #1: The Rutgers Law School Housing Justice & Tenant Solidarity Clinic is looking for a new staff attorney to join the team.

This likely violates the Georgia Constitution's uniformity clause.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution@ajc.com · 4mo ago

The law applies to most local government races in Democratic-dominated areas. A court challenge is expected.

A reminder: the map that Alabama is sprinting to put back in place is a map struck down by a 3-judge federal court not only for a VRA violation, but also because it reflected _intentional_ discrimination. That is, the map Alabama is trying to reinstate is unconstitutional, even beyond Callais.

1/3 A question for the voting rights experts about Callais. The majority says that the plaintiffs in a Section 2 VRA challenge must demonstrate that their proposed districting would "meet all of the State's legitimate districting objectives" just as well, including partisanship.

Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow

a thought i had while talking to a friend is that a federal end to partisan gerrymandering has to be at the top of the democratic party's agenda, and may likely get there because of threat the status quo poises to black representation, and thus black political involvement altogether.

1/3 Since this has gotten more attention than I expected, I thought I'd follow up w/ a bit more explanation. There is no basis in Title IX for the Trump administration to go after Smith for admitting trans women. (Link to full text of statute here: www.justice.gov/crt/title-ix...).

Katie Eyer@katieeyer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I am not sure most people understand how completely bananas these investigations are. Title IX has an explicit carveout for private college admissions (meaning it is entirely up to Smith who to admit). This is not just arguing for a reinterpretation of Tile IX, it is plain and simple bad faith.

I am not sure most people understand how completely bananas these investigations are. Title IX has an explicit carveout for private college admissions (meaning it is entirely up to Smith who to admit). This is not just arguing for a reinterpretation of Tile IX, it is plain and simple bad faith.

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation Monday into Smith College, an all-women’s institution in Massachusetts, for admitting transgender women. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

I helped draft this language five years ago and wrote a legal analysis of its provisions. Glad to see it (briefly) come back from the dead.

Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)@hansilowang.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW: Sen. @durbin.senate.gov leads nine fellow Senate Democrats in proposing an amendment to the Constitution that would enshrine an explicit, individual right to vote www.durbin.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

So pls must prove intentional discrimination, without over-relying on proof of effects and historical racism, while having to actively disprove partisan intent; must also produce a map that achieves the state's nonracial goals, which can include maintaining a partisan map w/ few maj-min districts

A Democratic president with simple majorities in Congress could enact proportional representation for the House—no amendments required. 50%+1 could end the filibuster, expand SCOTUS, expand the House, and enact PR by state. And add new states like D.C. to rebalance the Senate while they’re at it

Lee Drutman@leedrutman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"So in one stroke, PR could do a better job fighting racial vote dilution than Section 2 ever did, and do so without triggering equal protection objections." electionlawblog.org?p=155758

Big news! On Mon the Montana S Ct held that anti-transgender discrimination is sex discrim under the Montana constitution, and that anti-trans discrim is itself suspect. The decision affirms a prelim inj of a MT law/policy prohibiting BC & ID amds where inconsistent w sex assigned at birth. A 🧵:

1/X Chiles is out today: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p.... The immediate consequence is to hold that the 1st Amd prevents CO (& other states) from prohibiting talk-based conversion therapy with LGBTQ minors. This is alone is bad and harmful. But the broader reasoning is even more troubling. A 🧵:

1/X Chiles is out today: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p.... The immediate consequence is to hold that the 1st Amd prevents CO (& other states) from prohibiting talk-based conversion therapy with LGBTQ minors. This is alone is bad and harmful. But the broader reasoning is even more troubling. A 🧵: