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Martin Flaherty
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Human Rights Lawyer, Foreign Relations, Constitutional Law & History Scholar. Princeton SPIA, Columbia Law, Barnard College & Leitner Center for International Law & Justice. Author, Restoring the Global Judiciary http://press.princeton.edu/titles/13411.h… .. more

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Martin S. Flaherty is a legal scholar and international human rights activist. Flaherty is a law professor in New York City and a longtime professor of international affairs at Princeton University. He has also pursued human rights advocacy with a range of organizations, including Human Rights First, the Leitner Center on International Law and Justice, the New York City Bar Association, and the UN, on human rights missions to Northern Ireland, Turkey, Hong Kong, China, Mexico, Kenya, Romania, and the United States, among others. His work focuses on the independence of lawyers and judges. .. more

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d
Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 7d
If your government thinks the Pope “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” when he defends migrants’ dignity, the world should see the warning sign. The US is no longer leading on human rights. It’s suppressing them.

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Martin Flaherty @mflaherty17.bsky.social · 8d
Pleased that Linda Greenhouse has cited an amicus brief I have joined with eight other constitutional law scholars arguing that Trump's tariffs exceed his statutory and constitutional authority. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | Tune Into the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The Justices Will Be Squirming.
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Martin Flaherty @mflaherty17.bsky.social · 9d
Biting deconstruction of Amy Coney Barrett's autobiography by Mark Graber: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography
Amy Coney Barrett’s book, "Listening to the Law," claims the Supreme Court is above politics. Its very existence proves otherwise.
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Martin Flaherty @mflaherty17.bsky.social · 9d
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Prominent Scholars Highlight Congressional Authority on Tariffs in Supreme Court Brief - Democracy Forward
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Martin Flaherty @mflaherty17.bsky.social · 10d
Some photos from the Heptagonal Ivy League Women's and Men's Cross-Country championships this past Friday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. Congratulations to Princeton on an impressive double victory!!

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❤️‍🔥 🍁 Otoño 🚫 👑 @llfarm.bsky.social · 11d
The people of Little Village showed the nation what courage looks like: standing unarmed, united, ＆ unafraid in the face of ICE’s tear gas ＆ violence. They protected their neighbors, not with weapons, but with peaceful ＆ fierce solidarity.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17d
While we’re on the subject of Ronald Reagan.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18d
The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22d
CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24d
I have never seen such a perfect image

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24d

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Anna from Ukraine @annafromukraine.bsky.social · 24d
🚀 Ukrainian drones just took out the world's largest gas processing plant in Russia’s #Orenburg region—another blow to #Gazprom, once a symbol of Russian wealth, now just a top debtor.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24d
This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

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Kevin ANTIFA Ressler 💙🐈‍⬛ @kevinressler.bsky.social · 24d
Saturday's No Kings Protest in Chicago.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25d
BOSTON… (those are people, not ants)

#NoKingsInAmerica 🇺🇸

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Martin Flaherty @mflaherty17.bsky.social · 26d
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A Transformative Gift for a Transformative Project: $15 Million From Li Lu ’96 Supports Law Library Renovation
In recognition of his extraordinarily generous gift—no individual has made a larger single gift in the Law School’s history—the new space will bear Li Lu’s name.
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On the Legacy of Jerry Cohen

Jerry Cohen, who died earlier this month, did Thomas More one better. More may have been a “Man for All Seasons.” Jerry, as befits the title of his recent and compelling memoir, Eastward, Westward, was a Man for All Regions – more specifically, a man who more than any other united the East and West. As many have noted, he was founder, father, and doyenn…

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Oct 11
The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Anna from Ukraine @annafromukraine.bsky.social · Oct 11
🚨 Turn on your critical thinking! Russia’s war is backfiring. Ukrainian long-range drones plunged #Belgorod into darkness and hit a refinery 1,400 km inside Russia. Meanwhile, a MiG-31, Ka-52, and tanks are lost. Even pro-war Russians now see the failed blitzkrieg is destroying Russia from within.

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Chelle 🔵 @chelle78.bsky.social · Oct 10
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I’m just glad it went to someone standing up for democracy instead of tearing it apart!
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · Oct 9
For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM

Watch (or Rewatch) the classic (and ever relevant) film: "All the President's Men" (1976) - Dir. Alan J. Pakula

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All The President's Men (1976) Official Trailer - Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman Thriller HD
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Oct 9
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Oct 9
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.
Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Oct 9
ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Oct 4
History repeats.

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Martin Flaherty @mflaherty17.bsky.social · Oct 2
Was recently on a podcast hosted by the firm of Bergstein Flynn Knowlton & Pollina PLLC, about the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel (before he was reinstated). drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Draft Edit - Google Drive
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · Oct 1
In a decision issued October 1, 2025, Reagan-appointed U.S. District Judge William Young includes a postcard sent to him saying “Trump has pardons and tanks ... what do you have?" He responds "Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, We the People ... have our magnificent Constitution."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 30
And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!

Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗