Richard Kay

@richardkay80.bsky.social

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Wallace Stevens Professor Emeritus, UConn Law. Constitutional Law; Comparative Law; Legal History. Boston resident, Red Sox, Celtics fan. (NOT the Daily Mail reporter.) https://law.uconn.edu/person/richard-s-kay

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 1d

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Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss - The Wexford Carol (Video)

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 6d

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Barrett's Privateers

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 13d

Well, I think Rose ought to be there. As with these other guys I think the Hall should be for great ballplayers--not admirable people! And as to great ballplayers Rose is near the top.

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 14d

BTW see today's Times on Pete Rose. www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...

Is baseball ready for Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame? Surveying people in the game

We asked prominent people in the sport whether Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame. The answers were as conflicted as you would expect.

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 14d

With respect to Clemens people ought to remember that he he consistently denied ever knowingly taking PEDs & when prosecuted for saying that under oath, acquitted by a jury. The Hall is full of steroid users & other miscreants, but great baseball players. But very few as great as Bonds and Clemens.

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 17d

Wasn't speaking literally, Peter.

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 18d

Nobody should want to visit a Hall of Fame including Jeff Kent and excluding Barry Bonds.

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 23d

Ah, that Wharton degree. "You want to have a little tiny bit of inflation. Otherwise, that’s not good either. Then you have a thing called deflation, and deflation can be worse than inflation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’ as His Edge on the Economy Slips

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 23d

"I inherited the worst inflation in history. There was no affordability. Nobody could afford anything.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23d

GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 24d

OK what's a "kinetic" strike?
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Hegseth Ordered a Lethal Attack but Not the Killing of Survivors, Officials Say

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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 25d

I recently completed an article for a special issue of the European Law Review on the fundamentals of EU law revisited (for ELRev's 50th birthday). "Ever Closer Union: Ever Present But Often Overlooked". Delighted to be able to post my author's copy on here via SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Ever Closer Union: Ever Present But Often Overlooked

The phrase "ever closer union" has been present in what are now the EU Treaties since 1957. This article presents a diagnosis of its role within the f

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Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyiz.bsky.social · 29d

While I was offline I reviewed Baroness Hale of Richmond's newest book. It's actually very good! I'm going soft. Free link here @ www.thetimes.com/article/6dd6...

Return of the Spider Woman: Lady Hale tours Britain’s courts

With the Law on Our Side is a pleasingly old-fashioned look at our legal system by the former president of the Supreme Court

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Nov 22

Until 1962 Georgia governors were elected by the "County Unit " system which was similar to the electoral college. The S Ct held it unconstitutional once the one-person one-vote interpretation of the 14th amendment had been put into place.

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Nov 21

Looking forward to hearing how Trump pronounces Mamdani's name. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...

Trump and Mamdani Are Meeting for the First Time. Will They Play Nice?

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Nov 21

It is real:

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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · Nov 18

Happy birthday to David Ortiz, who is 50.

Still can’t figure out why the Cardinals kept pitching to him in ‘13.

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Nov 10

Looks like very few things you can't bet on in the new online world

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Nov 10

Hard to figure, isn't it?

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Nov 10

Emmanuel Clase is charged with accepting $5000 for throwing a ball on his first pitch. Clase's 2025 base salary was $4.5 million.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/n...

2 Major League Baseball Pitchers Are Charged in Gambling Investigation

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Nov 10

A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’

Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides commemorate America’s founding, or undercut its founding principles?

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Nov 9

A possible record breaker for falsehoods per paragraph. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

“AUTOPEN”Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History. Taking office as a result of the most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States, Biden oversaw a series of unprece...

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Nov 9

Oy vey.

A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’

Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides commemorate America’s founding, or undercut its founding principles?

www.nytimes.com

Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Nov 9

This is QAnon stuff, very scary.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/us/politics/trump-conspiracy-probe-subpoenas.html

Trump Loyalists Push ‘Grand Conspiracy’ as New Subpoenas Land

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Nov 6

Not the most helpful data for Alberta separatists. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...

Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · Nov 6

" I think a majority of the court will be very worried ...about giving a president basically unconstrained tariff authority to raise revenue that Congress as a practical matter cannot reverse." A useful and measured analysis of this important case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...