As a baseball fan and human being, I feel so bad for Mike Trout right now.
Alan Chen
@profalankchen.bsky.social
Distinguished University Prof., Thompson G. Marsh Law Alumni Prof, Denver Law; Research & write about free speech, qualified immunity, & ⚾; pro bono litigator; diehard Cleveland Guardians fan (he/him). Posts are my personal opinions.
Our teams made a trade @dvr.bsky.social? Thoughts? I would love to see Bo thrive with the Brewers eventually.
And the annual Guardians ticky tacky trade deadline begins. Bo Naylor and Cody Heuer to the Brewers for Blake Perkins and Craig Yoho. #championship!
The Guardians’ starting staff should go on strike until the team adds a couple of solid bats!!! This is effing ridiculous!! 😡😡😡
Super interesting story, @enosarris.bsky.social, I hope you guys will talk a little bit about this on the pod! @dvr.bsky.social
Melissa Lockard@melissalockard.bsky.social · 3w agoBreaking MLB news from @enosarris.bsky.social: The custom applications teams were allowed to add to dugout iPads were causing alarm, as there were fears of AI modeling being used for in-game decision-making. Now those custom apps have been banned by the league: www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...
I just posted my draft of this year’s Harvard Law Review #SCOTUS Foreword—“The Court Against the Courts.” It analyzes the challenges, obstacles, and threats district courts have faced in cases involving the Trump administration—and documents how & why the Court bears responsibility for much of it:
The Supreme Court, October 2025 Term Foreword: The Court Against the Courts
<p>The Supreme Court sits atop a judicial system on which it is deeply dependent. It lacks the capacity to superintend more than a fraction of the cases filed e
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Good to see the unitary execution bite Trump in the rear end. Note that citations to Trump v. Slaughter in the opinion demonstrated that Trump and the IRS could not be adverse parties. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Trump v IRS order
US District Court SDFL
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I was honored to be among the group of First Amendment scholars signing on to this letter challenging the FCC's continuing viewpoint-discriminatory efforts to shut down media outlets critical of the Administration. @techfreedom.org
TechFreedom@techfreedom.org · 4w agoThe First Amendment leaves editorial judgments to broadcasters—not regulators. @techfreedom.org was joined more than 50 First Amendment scholars and free speech organizations in filing reply comments urging the FCC to end its “equal time” crackdown on The View. techfreedom.org/50-free-spee...
Working on finishing up a law review article for the upcoming submission cycle? ICYMI, the final version of @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social & my essay "The Part IV Problem in Legal Scholarship" is now online at the Columbia Law Review: columbialawreview.org/content/the-...
THE PART IV PROBLEM IN LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP - Columbia Law Review
Introduction As legal scholars, we have tremendous freedom to choose what we study and how we study it, to engage with the relationship between how law is and what legal arrangements might help move u...
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my country just suffered the greatest military humiliation in its history. But at least now a guy whose name I can’t pronounce will get to compete in the quarterfinals of a tournament in a sport that I don’t watch.
79 years ago today, Larry Doby integrated the American League. While I'm glad that the Cleveland Guardians are playing at home today, it's a lingering shame that Major League Baseball doesn't allow them to wear Doby's number for one game.
Kavanaugh's repeated use of the term "biological males" rather than "transgender girls and women" is gratuitous erasure. Meanwhile, his citation of the NCAA policy is disingenuous, as it was adopted under pressure from the Trump administration.
Congratulations to my colleague and friend @profsamkamin.bsky.social on his long overdue election to the @ali-org.bsky.social!
Great @smotus.bsky.social interview of @kylec.bsky.social. Watching the viral clips of Kyle moderating local political debates featured on John Oliver and Jimmy Kimmel's shows, it's pretty clear to me that he should moderate all future US Presidential debates!
The Trump administration has illegally but successfully weaponized the power to disburse funds appropriated by Congress to punish dissent and coerce obedience. On the blog and cross-posted on the @knightcolumbia.org website, I propose some disbursal mechanisms that bypass the federal executive. 👇
A Nongovernmental Disbursement Structure to Fund Research
[N.B. The following is the third in my series of essays for the Knight First Amendment Institute's Reconstructing Free Expression project. I...
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Great to hear @keithlaw.bsky.social on yesterday's R&B. Reminded me of the great @dvr.bsky.social & Law podcasts. Keith, I understand resistance to putting #s on present/future grades but curious what factors you consider in likely future value, which must affect rankings. @enosarris.bsky.social
Thread-Professor Ashutosh Bhagwat (@ucdavislaw.bsky.social) & I are pleased to announce the publication of our edited volume of thoughtful essays on free speech from renowned legal scholars from around the world, The Elgar Companion to Freedom of Speech and Expression www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/the...
The Elgar Companion to Freedom of Speech and Expression
This comprehensive book examines the theoretical underpinnings of free speech and provides crucial insights into the contemporary resurgence of debates over its importance. Contributing authors critic...
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The Elgar Companion to Freedom of Speech and Expression Edited by Ashutosh Bhagwat and Alan K. Chen Free - read the Introduction: doi.org/10.4337/9781... Available in print through our website: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Pleased to have contributed a chapter for this excellent volume, edited by @profalankchen.bsky.social & Ash Bhagwat. Hot off the presses! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
The Elgar Companion to Freedom of Speech and Expression
This comprehensive book examines the theoretical underpinnings of free speech and provides crucial insights into the contemporary resurgence of debates over its importance. Contributing authors critic...
e-elgar.com
If you guys aren’t watching Yankees-As, the top of the third is insane!! @enosarris.bsky.social @dvr.bsky.social
It's been a bucket list item to see Springsteen live with my daughter, Hannah, a huge fan of the Boss. Especially meaningful to be able to do so on the Land of Hopes and Dreams/#NoKings tour!!
Scored one run in 18 innings and still managed a split. #GuardsBall
Great to hear a Ralphy Velazquez shout out on yesterday’s Rates & Barrels! @dvr.bsky.social @zackmeisel.bsky.social
Cavs won two on the road to take this series!! #destiny
NEW: The Supreme Court allowed Texas to kill a man the state earlier said it was not permitted to kill. Justice Jackson: "I cannot understand the Court’s rush to extinguish [life], much less in the circumstances of this case." Today, at Law Dork:
The Supreme Court allowed Texas to kill a man the state earlier said it was not permitted to kill
Justice Jackson: "I cannot understand the Court’s rush to extinguish [life], much less in the circumstances of this case." And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs
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SCOTUS in 2022: Five months before Election Day is too late for Louisiana to redraw its GOP House map that harms Black voters. It must wait until 2024. SCOTUS in 2026: Louisiana may cancel its imminent primary—where >40,000 already voted—to enact basically the same old map that harms Black voters
Lawrence Hurley@lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEW: The Supreme Court has frequently admonished lower courts for intervening too close to elections but is now facing accusations that it is doing exactly that in a way that helps Republicans draw new districts at breakneck speed: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...