This is horrifying. A tentative makeup date in a month or transferring to the Feb bar administration will mean delaying employment, additional studying, more time away from family, plus potential travel. They definitely do deserve better.

Victoria J. Haneman@taxlawprof.bsky.social · last wk.

My heart goes out to everyone who tried to take the Washington bar exam. You spend years in law school, months preparing, thousands of dollars on courses, and countless hours putting your life on hold for a single exam. No matter how this ultimately gets resolved, these examinees deserved better.

How's your conference going?

Here are my 10 big takeaways from Chatrie – this term’s biggest Fourth Amendment case. The stakes were high. The US government argued that they could obtain any location data from anyone for any reason without a warrant. The Supreme Court rejected that argument. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

People much smarter than I am have already given excellent commentary on Chatrie, but my thoughts: 1. This is a very good, well-reasoned op. Much better than I had anticipated. 2. It still leaves a LOT open &, like Carpenter, relies heavily on the exact tech at issue. (Cont)

If you're a privacy advocate, Chatrie is just about the best possible outcome you could have expected. A ringing endorsement of Carpenter, and a broadening of its principles, all from this Court, thanks to Kavanaugh as the fifth vote? That's surprising.

Of COURSE I go to yoga and they release Chatrie

Jeffrey Vagle@jvagle.me · last mo.

Some thoughts on Chatrie v. U.S. on first reading pass: The Court points out how cellphones are everywhere and we're "addicted" to our apps. Further, we're tracked all the time. (not the Court's job, but gosh, what if we could *do something* about the tracking problem, like regulate data use?)

"Justice Alito has 3 opinions." .... crap

In true newbie fashion, I used the wrong hash tag. #LSASF2026

Lori Hoetger@profloriann.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If anyone is at #LawandSociety I'd love to connect! I'm presenting Surveillance Socialization on Friday at 4:45, discussing how school surveillance is socializing our youth & potential impacts on future 4th Amendment rights. I'd love feedback!!

If anyone is at #LawandSociety I'd love to connect! I'm presenting Surveillance Socialization on Friday at 4:45, discussing how school surveillance is socializing our youth & potential impacts on future 4th Amendment rights. I'd love feedback!!

I have a few words. I once worked for big law. I have Ivy League degrees. I now teach at a regional Midwest public law school. I can say with absolute confidence that my students are often brilliant, persistent, tenacious. And most of them do not work for big law.

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 2mo ago

Obviously I empathize with any BigLaw lawyers who become jaded with the industry, and even more with those who have an urge to write about it. That said, I am not sure this “all the good lawyers are in BigLaw” premise is a prudent place to start. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/o...

NEW: The FBI wants to buy access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs) nationwide, which would likely allow the agency to track the movements of vehicles—and by extension people—across the country without a warrant, according to FBI procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.

The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers

Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola.

404media.co

NEW ARTICLE: 4th Amendment law recognizes a buffer zone around the home—so-called "curtilage," that cops can't enter outside an "implied license." SCOTUS says this is intuitive & everyone knows the line. But is it? @mbkugler.bsky.social and I decided to ask people. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I wrote up the Comey indictment. www.popehat.com/p/the-comey-...

The Comey Threat Indictment Is A Grave Embarrassment To The United States Department of Justice And The Rule of Law

The Department of Justice Is Dead; Long Live The Department of Trump

popehat.com

Good morning, Fourth Amendment fans. I am going to be live-tweeting the Chatrie argument. Although the oral argument is formally scheduled for 10 eastern, they always do bar admissions 1st. Will start shortly. supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

My forthcoming article, Voluntary-ish? Psychology & Consent to Search, is now live on SSRN! I welcome any comments and thoughts on this paper. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

My week-between-classes-end-and-grading-starts reading has arrived!!!

It really sucks having to tell your kids the dog they grew up with passed away. That's twice this year. We'll miss you, Teddy Bear. You were a good boy ❤️

#NoKings Lincoln!

My husker husband just legitimately had a heart attack. Currently doing cpr.

Update:

Lori Hoetger@profloriann.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If anyone wants to know where I'm at mentally right now, I'm about to either adopt a puppy or get bangs. And I'm not sure which would be higher maintenance.

I was just informed that the current Boozer brothers are Carlos Boozer's sons and not his brothers like I assumed and I... am old.

My crim pro students raised this exact scenario when we covered protective sweeps of a car. Now I'll have a case to use!

Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Officers stop car w/man & his girlfriend. They arrest him. Having reasonable suspicion there's a gun in the car, they conduct a sweep of the car & find the gun before letting her return to it. CA10, 2-1: Sweep violated the 4A, as there was no reason to think she was dangerous.

Update: I made the right choice in teaching adults. I need a nap.

Lori Hoetger@profloriann.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Volunteered to chaperone my kid's field trip to the children's museum. Every elementary school in lincoln has a grade here today. The odds of me keeping track of 5 kindergarteners are getting smaller and smaller with each bus that drops off.

Volunteered to chaperone my kid's field trip to the children's museum. Every elementary school in lincoln has a grade here today. The odds of me keeping track of 5 kindergarteners are getting smaller and smaller with each bus that drops off.

My wife @lilianasegura.bsky.social went to Alabama prepared to witness an execution that would have defied any reasonable definition of justice. Instead, she got to see how a rare display of humanity from Alabama's governor gave life to a condemned man, his family, and the people around him.

In the Room Where Death Row Prisoners Say Final Goodbyes, He Learned He Would Live

I was supposed to witness Sonny Burton’s execution by nitrogen gas. Instead I saw him celebrate a stunning commutation.

theintercept.com

All checked in for #apls2026!! Excited to learn about the cutting edge research going on and give my first presentation at a primarily psych conference since I was in grad school (seriously)

If anyone wants to know where I'm at mentally right now, I'm about to either adopt a puppy or get bangs. And I'm not sure which would be higher maintenance.

Just hopped off a phone call with my grandmother. And she said something that I’m going to carry with me today: “God doesn’t care about how much people talk about you, but He does care about how often you talk for people who can’t.”

The world is horrible in so many ways but my own world just got much worse. Early this morning, I let my Benni finally rest. She was my friend for almost 17 years. I don't even have words to describe this.

NYT video analysis confirms victim’s gun was removed before he was shot. So he was unarmed. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agents-video.html