Valerie Hans
LightNews LightNews
banner
jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans
@jurygirl.bsky.social
6.4K followers 600 following 520 posts

Cornell Law School professor working on torts, psychology & law, jury decision-making. Fan of Eagles, Steelers & Niners, which makes some games difficult.

Videos

Valerie Hans is an American legal scholar and psychologist. She is the Charles F. Rechlin Professor of Law at Cornell Law School and has been the editor of the Annual Review of Law and Social Science. Trained as a social scientist, her major areas of study are the jury system, jury reform, and the application of social science to law. .. more

Law 64%
Economics 12%
Posts Replies Media Videos

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans, Charles W. Smith, W. Andy Knight , and 1 more

thetnholler.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
“This was a very very bad vote”

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 1d
Yep. Time to get the party we want.
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d
Prescient
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

Reposted by Juliet B. Schor, Valerie P. Hans, Anders Nilsson , and 2 more

sanders.senate.gov
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d
Tonight was a very bad night.

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans

nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d
Prescient
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans, Brian Murphy, David Darmofal

mikiesherrill.bsky.social
Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 1d
My statement on the proposed Senate deal

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 1d
Powerful statement by Cornell's AAUP about Cornell's agreement w fed government

aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans, James Goodwin

davidasuper.bsky.social
davidasuper.bsky.social @davidasuper.bsky.social · 1d
More chaos and cruelty in SNAP. A short 🧵. On Thursday, a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered USDA to issue full SNAP benefits for November by Friday, using unneeded extra funds in the child nutrition account. Several states responded by starting work on issuing full benefits. 1/

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 2d
Interested in hearing your thoughts about this, thanks.
barbmcquade.bsky.social Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 2d
Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The sandwich thrower was wrong. But Jeanine Pirro was, too.
To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.” That allegation was laughable.
www.msnbc.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Mark A. Lemley, Steve Peers , and 2 more

barbmcquade.bsky.social
Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 2d
Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The sandwich thrower was wrong. But Jeanine Pirro was, too.
To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.” That allegation was laughable.
www.msnbc.com

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans

arghavansallesmd.medsky.social
Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 3d
As I mentioned at my talk today for the @stanfordaaup.bsky.social teach-in, over 4,500 federal grants have been terminated at over 600 institutions. Those grants are valued at~$8B, with ~$3.5B being stolen from universities when those grants were terminated. The type of grants terminated varies +

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans, Philip N. Cohen

arielagross.bsky.social
Ariela Gross @arielagross.bsky.social · 3d
160 faculty from all 5 UC law schools signed this open letter detailing why the Trump demands to UCLA are unlawful, unconstitutional, and wrong: sites.google.com/view/uclawfa... Great to work with @fishkin.bsky.social @blakeprof.bsky.social @seanashiffrin.bsky.social on this statement.
Home
UC Law Faculty to Regents: Resist the Unlawful Demands
sites.google.com

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 3d
A sad day for Cornell.

I read the agreement.

Heard today: "When someone points a gun at your head, you give them your wallet."
gshans.bsky.social Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 3d
Cornell has reached an agreement to restore federal funding (I have not read it): statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
statements.cornell.edu

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 3d
Very interesting note from the Sandwich Guy's jury, showing their careful attention to the legal instructions.
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d
The note is pretty good evidence that the sandwich guy jurors carefully evaluated the legal merits of the DOJ’s case and weren’t collectively engaged in a nullification exercise.

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans

gshans.bsky.social
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 3d
Cornell has reached an agreement to restore federal funding (I have not read it): statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
statements.cornell.edu

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans

nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d
The note is pretty good evidence that the sandwich guy jurors carefully evaluated the legal merits of the DOJ’s case and weren’t collectively engaged in a nullification exercise.

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans

ryanjreilly.com
Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 3d
'Sandwich Guy' jury note and verdict form: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 4d
This is an outrage. We should not have to pay to file our taxes!!

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 9d
This is my favorite Halloween post!

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 10d
Important survey of cases

www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
www.justsecurity.org

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 10d
All my worries about the political situation in one article.

Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans

victorshi.bsky.social
Victor Shi @victorshi.bsky.social · 12d
This was published one year ago. Everything is, sadly, true today.

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 14d
Thanks!

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 14d
Great idea!!

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 17d
Analysis of Judge shopping at the Conference of Empirical Legal Studies

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 17d
I'd love to know more about how the deliberation proceeded with AI jurors.

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans, Melissa R. Michelson, Gerald Friedman , and 3 more

stephenking.bsky.social
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 18d
Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio, Will Jennings , and 11 more

paleofuture.bsky.social
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18d
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Valerie P. Hans, Gerald Friedman , and 1 more

maddow.msnbc.com
Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 18d
"nearly half..." ???

it's an open book test.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

jurygirl.bsky.social
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social · 20d
Fascinating experiment presented by Keng-Wei Fan testing educational interventions for Taiwanese lay judges on criminal sentencing. Clarke Young Scholars conference @cornelllaw.bsky.social

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Carly D. Ziter

trevondlogan.bsky.social
Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 22d
One thing to reflect on today is the joy, happiness, and absurdity that people had in the midst of a large scale national protest. Yes, protests are performative (of course they are!) but communal expressions of joy and excitement sustain movements.

We cannot miss that important historical lesson.