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Chris Serkin

@serkinc.bsky.social

I am a law professor at Vanderbilt, writing about property and land use. I am also the board chair and president of Marlboro Music, a gem of an organization.

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Chris Serkin@serkinc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I'm pleased to share that my new article with Ganesh Sitaraman is out in Penn Law Review. Download it while it's hot and before the housing market implodes and it is all rendered moot. pennlawreview.com/2026/05/08/p...

Post-Neoliberal Housing Policy - Penn Law Review

For the last half-century, housing policy debates and proposals have been dominated by neoliberal, market-based ideas. But after decades of such policies, the United States faces a housing crisis. Pro...

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Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · last yr.

Keeping our national airspace safe and efficient is the chief responsibility of Trump’s FAA—and they're FAILING at every turn How much has DOGE contributed to the chaos? What's the plan to replace old tech & infrastructure? What's the plan to fill FAA vacancies? We need answers

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

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Max Berger@maxberger.bsky.social · last yr.

We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

Jamal Greene@jamalgreene.bsky.social · 2y ago

This may be a relevant consideration here: "An additional limitation on the assertion of executive privilege is that the privilege should not be invoked to conceal evidence of wrongdoing or criminality on the part of executive officers." 8 Op. O.L.C. 252, 267 (1984).

Jeffrey Vagle@jvagle.me · 2y ago

I may write something more substantive on this tomorrow, but for now I have the following open question: The privilege is being applied not to the underlying plaintiffs' claim, but to the court's investigation of noncompliance. How does that affect things? Not sure yet. All for now.

Chris Serkin@serkinc.bsky.social · 2y ago

It seems to me there are two types of strong people (and nations): those that want to use their strength to protect the less powerful, and those that want to exploit them. I miss the days when we at least aspired to the former.

Chris Serkin@serkinc.bsky.social · 2y ago

Let’s specify in advance the criteria for judging policy success (and failure). I’ll start: less poverty, protection of the vulnerable, healthy environment, overall prosperity, increased safety (illness, accidents, crime, etc), global stability, scientific progress.