Christian Sundquist
@sundquist.bsky.social
Law Professor at University of Pittsburgh Law School. Research: critical race theory; race and technology; racialization of protest; social inequality; critical evidence theory. Courses: evidence, criminal law, race and technology
I don’t write the headlines but I do like this one (post-Slaughter argument roundtable for @nytimes.com with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century
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"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."
Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...
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Not the main point here, read the whole thread, but it is astonishing that it took children getting dragged out of apartment buildings and ICE shooting pastors for Dems to realize we are in fact in an information war. And Dems, post Obama, have ceded enormous advantages to their opponents in it.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last yr.Stephen Miller believes that if he supercharges the debate over Trump's abuses of power with enough propaganda, he can polarize it and force low-info voters to embrace authoritarianism. Pritzker/Newsom have accepted that this requires an information war in response. newrepublic.com/article/2014...
"Jackson’s dissent is not a mere disagreement with a colleague’s judgment. She is demonstrating that what her colleagues are doing isn’t even judging; laws have little to no bearing on the outcome of their decisions, which are determined instead by Republican policy goals." 🎯
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · last yr.Justice Jackson is basically reporting live from inside a garbage fire www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...
Dem Party: We are spending $20M to figure out how to talk to male voters. Mamdani: Save your money. I have +45 favorability with male voters & +73 with men under 45. Endorse me. Dem Party: No way dude. Now—why is our favorability is -54? Let's spend $20M on wealthy consultants to figure it out!
“Who has the capacity to create?” Julia Nguyen (ucla) interrogating traditional IP concepts of creatorship at this weekends @raceip.bsky.social Race IP conference at Pitt Law (organized by my colleague Anjali Vats!)
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More than 500 law firms back Perkins Coie suit against punitive Trump order
More than 500 law firms have signed a court brief denouncing Donald Trump's targeting of Perkins Coie and other firms, expressing alarm over the Republican president's intensifying crackdown on the legal profession.
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This is a big win for the right to travel and the right to abortion speech / information. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
Alabama Can’t Prosecute Those Who Help With Out-of-State Abortions, Judge Rules
The state attorney general had raised the possibility of charging doctors with criminal conspiracy for recommending abortion care out of state.
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I saw the work by Olga Lautman and he findings were disturbing: Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the signal chat. Russia has infiltrated Signal and used against Ukrainians. Very possible they have the classified signal info:
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ar... Well this is blatantly unconstitutional
ICE Arrests Palestinian Activist Who Helped Lead Columbia's Anti-War Protests
Immigration agents detained Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil at his apartment, claiming his green card had been revoked, his attorney said.
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
Heads up, lawyers and law students. The @americanbar.org is stepping up. www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
Free virtual boot camp seeks to recruit and educate civil rights advocates
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... So Trump and Vance freak out after Zelensky criticizes Putin, and they’ve apparently instructed agencies to no longer focus on Russian cybersecurity threats… maybe it really is time to put together a lil’ emergency stockpile at home
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
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As federal research grants continue to be frozen, and NIH staff is being gutted, please note this study was funded by federal research grants, including from NIH. If they continue with staff cuts, and continue to freeze new awards, this is just one example of what we lose.
Chise 🔜 Finland 🇫🇮, MFF@sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2y agoTHIS IS HUGE! A cancer vaccine developed by Yale University and DFCI shows MAJOR promise. Results of an early-phase trial reveal ALL patients with ADVANCED stage kidney cancer had successful anti-cancer immune responses AND have remained CANCER-FREE approximately THREE years after treatment. 🧪🧵⬇️
These folks sound exactly like Jim Crow-era managers who were "personally in favor" of integration but worried about all the ruckus.
Jared Mitovich@jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 2y agoNEW: Two Philly-area lawmakers walked out of a meeting with the @upenn.edu president on Tuesday after they say a university administrator referred to diversity as a “lightning rod.” One state senator called the meeting “bullshit.” @whyy.org whyy.org/articles/pen...
Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."
The intentional targeting of Haitian people has become a disgusting hallmark of Trump, Vance and the new administration—and it must stop. Trump Will Create 520,000 More Illegal Immigrants by Undoing Haitians' Protected Status reason.com/2025/02/21/tru… via @reason
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Excited to be part of this timely and important event
Dean Rusk International Law Center@deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 2y agoThis year’s annual conference of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law will address “Defending Democracy: A Comparative Perspective.” The conference will take place on 2/21 in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall at the @universityofga.bsky.social School of Law. (1/3)
soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI
In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.
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In these perilous times, it may be worth reflecting on the long struggle to overcome racial authoritarianism to create this democracy and how we all must contribute else it may be lost. #MLK #BlackHistoryMonth #democracy #votingrights #civicduty canopyforum.org/2020/11/03/w...
"What We Owe the Democracy: Martin Luther King, Jr., the Right to Vote, and the Call to Civic Duty" by Atiba R. Ellis - Canopy Forum
Photo from Wikimedia Commons The right to vote is a contested concept in American society. The choices made by elected federal and state governments, on the behalf of “We the People” as to who is not ...
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Trump has immunity, and Musk will police his own conflicts. This is the basis for a crime spree. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
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Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. When you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder
Members of Congress were just denied entry to the Department of Treasury. This is a 5 alarm fire.