Encouraging, even given that "We law people—those of us who spend our careers within the legal industry and its systems—could have spent the last half century or more trying to answer these broader questions of law’s linkage to, obligation to, justice as a central norm."

Jon Hanson@thesituationist.bsky.social · 5d ago

Thirty years ago I wondered why our legal system promises justice but delivers only law. Today Harvard Law & Policy Review published the Preface to The Justice Series, by Dean Strang and me. Foreword by Judge Nancy Gertner. Many more follow this year. journals.law.harvard.edu/lpr/volume-2...

Thirty years ago I wondered why our legal system promises justice but delivers only law. Today Harvard Law & Policy Review published the Preface to The Justice Series, by Dean Strang and me. Foreword by Judge Nancy Gertner. Many more follow this year. journals.law.harvard.edu/lpr/volume-2...

Volume 20-2

Volume 20, Issue 2 Toward Justice Full Volume Front Matter The Justice Series: Foreword Judge Nancy Gertner The Justice Series: A Preface Jon Hanson and Dean A. Strang The Justice Promise Jon Hanso…

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"As the big houses have become bigger and bigger, their business has become more about making money than art or protest." theflaw.org/articles/ama...

Amazon Told Me to Read This

How Corporations Control the Book Industry…

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Amazon and big publishing dominate the book industry. But such consolidated corporate power endangers the vitality of a diverse, vibrant book market. This piece explores how a small group of corporations overseas what Americans read. theflaw.org/articles/ama...

Amazon Told Me to Read This

How Corporations Control the Book Industry…

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Each year, my Torts students create podcasts about the intersections of Tort law with social policy. Below are this past year's podcasts. Most of them are stunningly good and cover important topics like AI, wildfires, medmal, and deepfakes. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Within days of the post, Hilton dropped the Lakeville hotel from its system. Hilton sent workers to rip down the Hampton Inn sign from the property. For employees, the cost of asserting their values was immediate corporate abandonment to placate the Trump administration. theflaw.org/articles/no-...

“No Rooms at the Inn” for ICE Agents

Minnesota hotel employees cancel ICE hotel reservations…

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Hampton Inn employees in Minnesota cancelled the hotel reservations of DHS agents during Operation Metro Surge. In response, Hilton cut the hotel location from their franchise to appease shareholders. Read Abby Kleiman on what that reveals & why it matters: theflaw.org/articles/no-...

“No Rooms at the Inn” for ICE Agents

Minnesota hotel employees cancel ICE hotel reservations…

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“Nobody was asked about it. Nobody voted on it.” Juvaria Shahid’s terrific new article shows how Flock Safety and other corporations are turning a profit by turning public streets into a privately built surveillance state. theflaw.org/articles/dra...

Dragnet Surveillance by Design

In April 2024, Brandon Upchurch was driving his red Dodge Ram in Toledo, Ohio when a Flock Safety AI-camera misread his license plate and flagged his vehicle as stolen. Within minutes…

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Corporate money has influenced immigration policymaking for decades. But what’s in it for big business? In the fight over the future of America’s immigration system, it’s worth keeping an eye on the actions and motivations of corporations. theflaw.org/articles/imm...

Immigration Policy, Captured

When Aboulkhassim Issakh learned that he would soon be resettled in the United States, he felt like he had won the lottery. “When your name is called to go to America, you jump from joy because you…

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really hoping this is true and that HU is standing firm: President Alan M. Garber "told faculty that a deal with the Trump administration is not imminent and denied that the University is considering a $500 million settlement" www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring. Read it for yourself here: www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

The @aaup.org submitted a letter to @cuny.edu leadership supporting the academic freedom & constitutional rights of Prof Ramzi Kassem in response to the outrageous suggestion by Rep. Stefanik that he be disciplined for representing Mahmoud Khalil. Read it here: www.aaup.org/news/aaup-le...

AAUP Letter Supports CUNY Law Professor Ramzi Kassem

Yesterday the AAUP sent a letter of support for Ramzi Kassem, a professor of law at the City University of New York singled out by US Representative Elise Stefanik in a recent hearing of the US House ...

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Me on the factually misleading and analytically ridiculous misconduct complaint DOJ has filed against Chief Judge Boasberg—and the dangerousness of DOJ so openly trying to undermine public confidence in the only institution that has been even partially effective at checking the Trump administration:

170. DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg

DOJ's complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in "misconduct" would be laughably stupid if it didn't reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.

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The DOJ is investigating faculty for passing a nonbinding resolution in support of University President and diversity. Just another escalation in the authoritarian attack on academic freedom. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

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Yeah, we still use the term McCarthyism even though the scale and nature of his impact is a shadow of what is happening right now. It shows just how the US struggles to find appropriate reference points for what is happening now.

Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social · last yr.

Just learned from LinkedIn that a Heritage Foundation affiliate is now FOIA-ing (or equivalent) instructors’ syllabi to go snooping for supposed illegal DEI at state universities. It’s hard to describe how far past McCarthyism we’re headed here.

Well who could have predicted that this would happen? www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Exclusive | White House Seeks Payments From Other Universities—Including Harvard—After Columbia Deal Sets Precedent

The Trump administration is in talks with several schools about future funding following allegations of antisemitism.

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I said what I said: "Professors are considering leaving Columbia because of the settlement, said Jacoby and Dixon-Román. 'It’s very demoralizing to teach in a university that’s, from my perspective, acceding to authoritarian demands,' Jacoby said." www.chronicle.com/article/colu...

Columbia Struck a Deal to Save Research Funding. How Do Its Researchers Feel About That?

Faculty and others expressed a mixture of relief and frustration over the deal, under which the university will pay over $200 million to have most of its research funding restored.

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Beginning March 2024, the Harvard Education Review worked on a special issue designed to promote “scholarly conversation on education and Palestine amid repression, occupation, and genocide.” In June the Harvard Education Publishing Group cancelled the issue. 🎓🚫 www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Judge Burroughs asked lawyer for Trump administration how it could make such “ad hoc decisions” when “there’s no documentation, no procedure” justifying the funding cuts. “The consequences for that in terms of constitutional law are staggering,” Burroughs said. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/m...

Judge in Harvard funding lawsuit calls Trump administration’s arguments ‘a bit mind-boggling’ - The Boston Globe

Lawyers for Harvard and the Trump administration pressed their cases in a Boston courtroom on Monday over the government's move to cut nearly $3 billion in federal aid to the university.

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Jon Hanson@thesituationist.bsky.social · last yr.

Judge Burroughs to Trump lawyer re Trump administration: They're claiming to be “protecting Jews and upholding American values while, on the other hand, taking steps that are very antithetical to those interests.” 🫡 www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Judge Burroughs to Trump lawyer re Trump administration: They're claiming to be “protecting Jews and upholding American values while, on the other hand, taking steps that are very antithetical to those interests.” 🫡 www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

"His passing leaves a hole in our community that cannot be filled.” A remarkable scholar, teacher, mentor, and human being. RIP hls.harvard.edu/today/rememb...

Remembering Richard Fallon, ‘a pillar of Harvard Law School’ - Harvard Law School

Richard H. Fallon, Jr., an eminent scholar in constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, and the federal courts, and a revered member of the Harvard Law community, died July 13.

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"These decisions are habitually made behind closed doors with little student consultation, transparency, and acknowledgment until the damage is already done. Our administration counts on us not noticing. And not caring." www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Jon Hanson@thesituationist.bsky.social · last yr.

Maybe it's time to stop saying that Harvard is "standing up" to Trump. They're compromising core values behind closed doors, while avoiding faculty, students, and public explanation. Caving to authoritarian demands quietly and in darkness is still capitulation. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Since day 1 of the new administration, President Trump said he would round up alleged gang members to address the opioid crisis. Will it? No, we argue in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social; public health is being used as a pretext to expand presidential power and ultimately damage public health.

University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law@sjquinney.bsky.social · last yr.

Associate Professor @medlawdan.bsky.social published an article with rising 3L Jack Wolthuis in the @amjpublichealth.bsky.social called "Designating Cartels as Terrorist Organizations: The Wrong Path to Addressing the Illicit Fentanyl Crisis." ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

Maybe it's time to stop saying that Harvard is "standing up" to Trump. They're compromising core values behind closed doors, while avoiding faculty, students, and public explanation. Caving to authoritarian demands quietly and in darkness is still capitulation. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Jon Hanson@thesituationist.bsky.social · last yr.

Something’s off. Harvard is negotiating with & caving to Trump over the University’s core commitments (eg👇) Why? On what grounds? At what costs? To what end? On all of that, President Garber is briefing & consulting alumni. Yet, he refuses to speak with the faculty. 🤨 newrepublic.com/post/197824/...

Something’s off. Harvard is negotiating with & caving to Trump over the University’s core commitments (eg👇) Why? On what grounds? At what costs? To what end? On all of that, President Garber is briefing & consulting alumni. Yet, he refuses to speak with the faculty. 🤨 newrepublic.com/post/197824/...

Harvard Abruptly Caves to Trump After Months of Fighting

Harvard has quietly deleted the websites for centers serving minority and women student groups.

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This would be an extremely bad idea. It will not satisfy them. It will acknowledge that they are right about something. It will empower them. Literally nothing that anyone should do, should be oriented towards placating this administration.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · last yr.

Exclusive: Harvard leaders have discussed creating a center for conservative scholarship as the school fights the Trump administration’s accusations that it is too liberal.

Take that Alito! Well done, Judge Laplante!

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING LEGAL NEWS Federal judge Joseph LaPlante (NH) certified a class action lawsuit and issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump birthright citizenship order.

Spent the last hour reading Justice Jackson’s dissent in Trump v. Casa and: 😮 and 🤩 it's heartening to read a Supreme Court opinion that gets it, makes clear what’s at stake with this authoritarian president, and dares to call out her colleagues' horsesh*t. btw, imo, SS and EK should have joined.

To be clear, fear of a "threat" to academic is itself a loss of academic freedom. 85% of Harvard faculty now see government pressure as a major fear; more than half say Trump’s actions have already chilled their speech. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Yesterday, Harvard quietly scrubbed DEI offices and websites, removing centers for women, LGBTQ students, and students of color. DEI was never enough, but dismantling rather than strengthening those efforts and offices now is an outrage. More than ever: Veritas. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...