Bye Kristi, this is how I will always remember you
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Bye Kristi, this is how I will always remember you
Thanks, Nathaniel! I’m excited for real historians to tell me where I’ve gone wrong 😉
Thanks so much!! 😊
Religion as Private Law (forthcoming @yalelawjournal.bsky.social 2027) is now available on SSRN! Looking forward to comments, questions, and critiques.
I think “There are no merits” is on the Trump DOJ letterhead
Ok this is the girl who pretends to be different fonts, she has no right to make me this sad
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
I remember somebody saying something about “forever wars” once, not sure exactly what but I assume it was that they’re really cool
Once again the president knows exactly what to say to reassure the American people, which is that this war could easily go on forever
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
Chat is it good when the VP is leaking his opposition to a war we started 3 days ago
Tbh I agree! But even more than that, it deserves better than having to hide itself behind antiquated statutes about “habitual drunkards” 😂
What Mahmoud hath wrought
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
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
Sure seems like it!
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.”
I’m reading this right now and loving it!
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)
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
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)
You know things are going well when my atheistic ass is having thoughts like ”may God have mercy on our souls”
What if I take my problems to the United Nations
The Fugitive and Clearly Canadian (blackberry flavor)
I visited today! it was so great to see him and scritch him 😊💗
I’ve learned so much from them lol
It’s back in a big way
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,”
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