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Hannah Walser

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Thinking about people thinking about other people. First Amendment, interpretive methodologies, criminal law, law & philosophy. PhD (English) —> JD —> Furman Fellowship at NYU Law. Philly homer; mayor of the quiet car. she/her. hwalser.wordpress.com

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Bye Kristi, this is how I will always remember you

06.03.2026 01:18 👍 23 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks, Nathaniel! I’m excited for real historians to tell me where I’ve gone wrong 😉

05.03.2026 22:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks so much!! 😊

05.03.2026 15:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Religion as Private Law A wide and growing range of laws are now subject to strict scrutiny if they burden a plaintiff’s sincerely held religious belief. Current doctrine requires cour

Religion as Private Law (forthcoming @yalelawjournal.bsky.social 2027) is now available on SSRN! Looking forward to comments, questions, and critiques.

05.03.2026 14:14 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1

I think “There are no merits” is on the Trump DOJ letterhead

05.03.2026 01:33 👍 29 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

Ok this is the girl who pretends to be different fonts, she has no right to make me this sad

04.03.2026 21:21 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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a mascot for the phillies is sitting on a black pipe Alt: The Philly Phanatic banging his head on a pipe in despair

We’re witnessing history

04.03.2026 03:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A black and tan miniature poodle mix is sticking her face right into the camera. Behind her, the Delaware River is shrouded in fog

A black and tan miniature poodle mix is sticking her face right into the camera. Behind her, the Delaware River is shrouded in fog

A figure emerges from the fog

03.03.2026 23:15 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

I remember somebody saying something about “forever wars” once, not sure exactly what but I assume it was that they’re really cool

03.03.2026 21:45 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Once again the president knows exactly what to say to reassure the American people, which is that this war could easily go on forever

03.03.2026 21:44 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

P.S. hey remember “shock and awe”? well now it’s “go big and go fast” bc I guess somehow our leaders have even smaller vocabularies

03.03.2026 02:44 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Chat is it good when the VP is leaking his opposition to a war we started 3 days ago

03.03.2026 02:39 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Tbh I agree! But even more than that, it deserves better than having to hide itself behind antiquated statutes about “habitual drunkards” 😂

03.03.2026 02:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What Mahmoud hath wrought

03.03.2026 02:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My only fear is that by making it so clear she might scare her conservative colleagues into veering back towards history-and-tradition, whereas they might never have noticed otherwise

03.03.2026 02:09 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Conclusion from finishing listening to today’s argument: Justice Jackson is laser-focused on demonstrating that the revamped Bruen/Rahimi test is just means-ends scrutiny in a cheap wig. I love it

03.03.2026 02:08 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Sure seems like it!

03.03.2026 01:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table and pointing up with his finger . Alt: Jensen Ackles from Supernatural pointing at the camera and saying “bingo”

Justice Jackson at oral argument today: “I’m concerned that Bruen and Rahimi are going to be allowing for arbitrary identification of analogues and producing inconsistent results.”

02.03.2026 22:13 👍 37 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 3

I’m reading this right now and loving it!

02.03.2026 10:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah, I know there are rough times ahead 🙁 but the main goal is to keep him feeling good and let him enjoy his favorite things (sniffing, snacking, snuggling)

01.03.2026 00:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
An elderly miniature poodle mix rides in a stroller on a warm sunny afternoon, looking relaxed and happy

An elderly miniature poodle mix rides in a stroller on a warm sunny afternoon, looking relaxed and happy

Brief break from the horrors: my dog is out of the hospital ❤️ thanks in part to the exceptionally good vibes sent by the people of Bluesky

28.02.2026 22:23 👍 38 🔁 1 💬 7 📌 0

Very interesting to warn state officials that they’re risking personal liability. (Unlike their federal partners in lawbreaking, they are not protected by qualified immunity, as the court here points out)

28.02.2026 15:01 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

You know things are going well when my atheistic ass is having thoughts like ”may God have mercy on our souls”

28.02.2026 10:04 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
'The Words That Maketh Murder' - Let England Shake (PJ Harvey)
'The Words That Maketh Murder' - Let England Shake (PJ Harvey) YouTube video by NostalgiaSuburbana

What if I take my problems to the United Nations

28.02.2026 09:57 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The Fugitive and Clearly Canadian (blackberry flavor)

27.02.2026 04:03 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I visited today! it was so great to see him and scritch him 😊💗

27.02.2026 03:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’ve learned so much from them lol

27.02.2026 03:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s back in a big way

26.02.2026 23:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Me, hearing the chime of a new email: oh boy, I hope it’s that editor I was expecting to hear back fr—

NY Times: ONCE CALLED THE “DISEASE OF KINGS,”

26.02.2026 23:19 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I subscribed to NYT email updates at some point (on a free institutional account) & have been too lazy to turn them off. For some reason, some of their lifestyle articles get pushed to readers over & over. Lately they REALLY want me to know about “house burping” & the increasing prevalence of gout

26.02.2026 23:16 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1