Can holistic criminal justice survive algorithmic governance?
Another new π of mine, βAnti-Holistic Algorithms,β now out with the @vandylaw.bsky.social Vanderbilt Law Review, grapples with this question (ssrn: shorturl.at/eyZhu)
abstract π & short thread 1/6
Five Guys is definitely better
I mean it does taste pretty good
Robynn Cox and I have a new paper! It's about the history of predictive algorithms in criminal justice, back in the 1920s-1950s. This paper is the result of five years of research and we're so happy to see it out. 𧡠1/
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
Congratulations!!
Now forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review, my latest work rethinks how information should get shared in criminal cases, and why we need to look beyond the celebrated Brady doctrine if we are serious about improving the fairness of criminal discovery. π§΅π½
Read the outstanding law review article by Chesa Boudin and @ericfish.bsky.social linked in the pieceβGJ reform is an absolutely necessary bulwark against tyranny. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
Shouldβve been titled Bemidji
Thrilled to share that πΊπ’πππ‘ ππ¦ ππππππ‘βπππ has found a home with the Yale Law Journal. This piece examines parental liability regimes and parental rights, and how they are connected by a shared logic that harms children and families. Thank you to all those who read drafts and offered feedback!
Congratulations!
Chester A. Arthur
Bob Dylan needs to do the right thing and give his Nobel Prize to Cormac Mccarthy
Congratulations!!
Another data point (hopefully): www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
This does seem basically right, sadly
I thought I was just getting good at it :(
Fish & Keller on the Crime of UndocumentedΒ Presence
Eric S. Fish (University of California, Davis - School of Law) &Β Doug Keller have postedΒ Fabricating the Crime of Undocumented Presence on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In 2025, the Trump Administrationβs Office of Legal Counsel declared that it isβ¦
That sandwich looks good. Was this a chicken and pickle sandwich year?
Just posted a draft law review article written with @dkeller.bsky.social. It concerns the Trump Administration's efforts to turn being an undocumented immigrant into a permanent criminal status. Available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
in fairness, polygraph tests don't work
Kudos to @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social L.Rev. for doing this. And to @jessicasilbey.bsky.social
My latest article, Policing Childrenβs Data, is out today. It offers a comprehensive look at how law enforcement accesses childrenβs digital information and challenges the assumption that parental consent is enough to protect kidsβ privacy.
π Read more: wustllawreview.org/2025/11/12/p...
I recommend muting liberally!
time to update the olβ jury nullification lecture
Heh, well I guess the TRUE insiders come up less overt ways to claim originality. Audiences upon audiences.
I think in both instances there are multiple audiences, and "respectfully"/"this article fills an astonishingly gaping vacuum in the literature" provides a strategic signal to certain outsider audiences, while being presumptively ignored by insider audiences.
Congratulations!!
My new essay is in the University of Chicago Law Review Online: βChildren and the Cars That Watch Them.β
Autonomous vehicles promise freedom for kids, but also bring unprecedented surveillance.
Parental consent isnβt enough; we need substantive limits.
lawreview.uchicago.edu/online-archi...
