William Myers

@themyersproject.bsky.social

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Political Scientist talking judicial politics, political behavior, and federalism. Book Review Co-Editor at Publius. Otherwise football, Legos, and board games. Show me pictures of food.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h

Italians, your white card has been revoked. Stefani Germanotta is a perfidious latin

Illegal aliens and Latin hookers twerking at the SuperBowl.

Not a single white person or English translation at the Super Bowl.

This isn’t White enough for me.

Cant even watch a Super Bowl anymore because immigrants have literally ruined everything.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

From the @academemagazine.bsky.social archives: Hank Reichman's "Eight Myths About Tenure."

"Tenure, for nearly a century the strongest bulwark in defense of academic freedom, protecting independent scholarship from shifting political winds & whims of scholarly fashion, is under withering assault."

Eight Myths about Tenure

Myths about tenure help keep not only the public but much of the professoriate from recognizing the harsh reality that tenure, under sustained assault, is in danger of becoming a myth itself.

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 2d

I did convey how over the course of US history the protection & coverage of legal citizenship shifted arbitrarily to cover & uncover different groups based on politics. But I could only explain it via a book that took me 16 years to write. Pre-order now for March 24 delivery. More: shorturl.at/qZXae

cover of Anna O. Law's Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship--African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants on Oxford University PRess. The cover has a picture of a figure standing behind the US flag.

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Beau Baumann 🍎 @beaubaumann.bsky.social · 5d

1/x @jedshug.bsky.social and I have put up an updated version of our paper, "Quasi-Judicial: A History and Tradition," up on SSRN.

This paper shows that the quasi-judicial function from Humphrey's Executor is simpatico w/ both originalism and a history-and-tradition approach.

Quasi-Judicial: A History and Tradition

<div> <p>The Supreme Court’s recent removal cases have revived a foundational question in constitutional law: whether all administration must be controlled by

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

holy shit

Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 6d

In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 6d

In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 8d

Reading the astounding preliminary report of Illinois Accountability Commission on the federal abuses of Midway Blitz. Every state touched by the ICE assault needs to create a body like this just to preserve / consolidate the factual record. ilac.illinois.gov/content/dam/...

Executive Summary
The announcement of Operation Midway Blitz on September 8, 2025, was part of a calculated
campaign to sow fear and chaos in an American city that the Trump Administration saw as
noncompliant with its policies on immigration. President Trump and federal officials at his direction
spent months ramping up their immigration enforcement tools, testing out new tactics, and
threatening to come for Chicago and Illinois. Even before the inauguration, President-elect Trump’s
‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan said the Administration’s immigration enforcement was “going to start
right here in Chicago, Illinois.” The Trump Administration's first publicized aggressive enforcement
effort of 2025 was in Chicago with Operation Safeguard, just days after the January
inauguration.

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Rhi B 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @rhib.bsky.social · 8d

Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...

Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005. CBP’s misconduct scandal is so long-running that today it would be old enough to drink.

In total, according to CBP’s own discipline reports, over the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 — the last year numbers are available — at least 4,913 CBP officers and Border Patrol agents have been arrested themselves, some multiple times. (In 2018 alone, a single CBP employee was arrested five times.) To put that number in perspective:

• The population of CBP agents and officers who have been arrested would make it roughly the nation’s fourth largest police department — equal to the size of the entire Philadelphia police.

• Indeed, for much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States.

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Andrew Little @anthlittle.bsky.social · 10d

For those not on the train yet, another Claude code usage to make academic life marginally less annoying: "we are submitting this paper to [JOURNAL], find their formatting requirements and make a new .tex file called submission.tex which meets these requirements"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11d

An extraordinary document. Read it.

“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”

On January 8, 2026, petitioner Juan T.R. filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.' The Court issued an order requiring respondents to file an answer no later
than January 12, 2026. See 28 U.S.C. § 2243 (requiring judges to either "forthwith award
the writ" or order the respondent to show cause, within three days, why the writ should not be granted).

Respondents failed to answer. Accordingly, the Court granted the writ in part
and ordered respondents to afford Juan a bond hearing within seven days or, failing
that, to immediately release him from detention. ECF No. 4.
Respondents neither held a bond hearing within the required time nor released
Juan. ECF No. 6. The Court then issued a show-cause order and scheduled a hearing at
which it ordered the personal appearance of Todd Lyons, Acting Director of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE"). ECF No. 7. The Court noted,
however, that if the parties filed a stipulation indicating that Juan had been released, the
Court would cancel the hearing and would not require Lyons to appear. Id. The parties
have now filed such a stipulation (ECF No. 9), and thus, as promised, the Court will
cancel the hearing, and Lyons will not be required to appear.
That does not end the Court's concerns, however. Attached to this order is an
appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. The extent of
ICE's noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated. This list is confined
to orders issued since January 1, 2026, and the list was hurriedly compiled by
extraordinarily busy judges. Undoubtedly, mistakes were made, and orders that
should have appeared on this list were omitted.
This list should give pause to anyone —no matter his or her political
beliefs— who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in

January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence. The
Court warns ICE that future noncompliance with court orders may result in future
show-cause orders requiring the personal appearances of Lyons or other government
officials. ICE is not a law unto itself. ICE has every right to challenge the orders of this
Court, but, like any litigant, ICE must follow those orders unless and until they are
overturned or vacated
Juan asks that the Court schedule a hearing at which he may present evidence
and argument concerning the hardships that he has suffered as a result of respondents'
failure to abide by the January 14 order. See In re Tetracycline Cases, 927 F.2d 411, 413
(8th Cir. 1991) ("Civil contempt sanctions may be imposed for either or both of two
distinct purposes, to coerce compliance with a court order, and to compensate the
complainant for actual losses sustained by him as a result of the defendants'
contumacy." (quoting In re Chase & Sanborn Corp., 872 F.2d 397, 400-01 (11th Cir.1989))).
The Court will not schedule a hearing at this time. If Juan wants to seek monetary
sanctions, he may file a properly supported motion to that effect.
ORDER
Based on the foregoing, and on all of the files, records, and proceedings herein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the hearing currently scheduled for Friday, January
30, 2026, at 1:00 pm in Courtroom 15 (MPLS) is CANCELED.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14d

I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.

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404 Media @404media.co · 15d

Why Minneapolis? How are they choosing their targets?

404 Media also recently learned Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets based on addresses, and ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.

‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid

Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15d

Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.

William Myers @themyersproject.bsky.social · 19d

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 19d

Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 19d

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 19d

Please share - multiple summer 2026 in-person undergrad internship opportunities at @pewresearch.org!
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Apply soon!
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The summer undergraduate internship is a paid opportunity during the summer of 2026. Interns are expected to work a minimum of 30 hours/week and are paid $18.50/hour. This internship is available to undergraduate students with an interest in public opinion, survey research, and data science.

Pew Research Center is an office-based workplace, with all staff working in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).  Staff have the flexibility to work remotely up to two days per week. A modest relocation stipend is available for candidates who need it.

Internship dates: June 1-Aug. 14, 2026 (with alternative dates of June 15-Aug. 28, 2026 also available)

Education/Training/Experience

College students who are pursuing a bachelor’s or associate degree and have completed a minimum of two years (in other words, rising juniors and seniors).

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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 24d

New blog post! In November, I was honored to deliver the inaugural Tamar Frankel lecture at Boston University Law School. These were my remarks:

www.businesslawprofessors.com/2026/01/corp...

Corporate Governance Authoritarianism

In November, I was honored to deliver the inaugural Tamar Frankel Lecture at Boston University Law School. Professor Frankel is a trailblazer in corporate

www.businesslawprofessors.com

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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 25d

Looking forward to seeing folks at #spsa2026 this week! If you need a searchable schedule, I got you covered:

openelections.net/spsa2026/ske...

SPSA 2026 Conference Schedule

openelections.net

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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 28d

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

YouTube video by Federal Reserve

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 28d

FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29d

The leading cause of death among ICE officers? COVID-19.

How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?

According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.

www.motherjones.com

William Myers @themyersproject.bsky.social · Jan 10

All credit goes to Greg Goelzhauser and David Konisky. I first saw it in their State of American Federalism article from 2020.

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William Myers @themyersproject.bsky.social · Jan 10

Punitive federalism really taking off.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Jan 9

The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.

January 9, 2026
THE HONORABLE TIM WALZ
Governor of Minesota
130 State Capitol
75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bivd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
THE HONORABLE JACOB FREY
Mayor of the City of Minneapolis
City Hail
350S. Fifth St., Room 330
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Dear Governor Walz and Mayor Frey,
It is my responsibility as Secretary of Agriculture to ensure sound stewardship of taxpayer dollars by climinating fraud, waste and abuse in all programs funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The widespread and systemic fraud associated with federal benefit programs in the State of Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis demonstrate an inability to handle federal resources without additional oversight and accountability measures in place.
During your tenures as Governor of Minnesota and Mayor of Minneapolis, numerous non-profits and businesses have defrauded the federal government in what a federal prosecutor in Minnesota called "a staggering, industrial-scale fraud".! Most notably, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit— Feeding Our Future defrauded U.S. taxpayers of nearly $250 million in federal funds given to them by the Minnesota Department of Education.? This fraud scheme involved USDA funding provided to the State of Minnesota to feed hungry children under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). As of late November, 78 defendants had been charged in what the Department of Justice characterized as the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country?
Other recent examples of'alleged fraud in Minnesota include exploitation of the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program", a scheme to defraud the Housing Stabilization
1-Whut te know about Minnesoca' "industrial-scale fraad" scandal, as more charges are fled and Trump weighs in, "CES Nows (Dic. 19, 3025) available at ht:/www.cbsnews.com/news/atas-do-know-alonesota-frawf-candal
were-changes-fled-
tump-water.
/Federal Jury Finds Feeding Our Future Masternind and Co-D…

Services Program", and alleged fraud in daycare centers*, Your Administrations have refused additional accountability and oversight, claiming that criticism of rampant fraud and abuse is
"racist."
While the full extent of fraud in Minnesota is not yet known, it is clear that, under your leadership-
or lack thereof fraudsters can take advantage of federal funds and the American
taxpayer with impunity. This necessitates federal action to protect taxpayer dollars until adequate safeguards can be established.
Despite a staggering, wide-reaching fraud scandal, your Administrations refuse to provide basic information or take common sense mcasures to stop fraud. In fact, rather than conlin your SNAP rolls are accurate to prevent continuing fraud, you asked the courts to block USDA's directive to recertify the State's SNAP recipients. Recent news reports also emerged that the Minnesota Department of Human Services repeatedly reported incorrect information about SNAP to the federal government.? The Trump administration refuses to allow such fraud to continuc.
Therefore, because of your failed Icadership and abysmal financial management oversight, 1 am notifying you that, effective immediately, I am suspending payments on all active awards and any future awards from USDA to the State of Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis, currently totaling over $129.18 million. Within 30 days, you shall provide USDA with payment justifications for all federal dollar expenditures from January 20, 2025, to the present. Going forward, all transactions on awards to the State of Minnesota or the City of Minneapolis will require such payment justification. If those payment justifications are not received, awards will remain suspended.
While your Administrations have turned a blind eye to documented fraud, the Trump Administration has made clear that fraud, waste, and abuse are unacceptable. The American people deserve to know that their taxpayer dollars are helping those in need-not criminals. …

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Jan 9

The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · Jan 8

They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.

Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.

Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.

Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Jan 8

"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."

Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota

www.nytimes.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Jan 8

Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota

www.nytimes.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Jan 8

BREAKING: Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and the FBI won't work jointly on probe.

Follow for live updates.

Live updates: State investigators say they can't access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case

Protesters in Minneapolis gathered to protest the killing of motorist Renee Nicole Macklin Good by an ICE officer. Mayor Jacob Frey said federal agents should leave the city.

bit.ly

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Jan 8

Trump pulls out of long list of international organizations, conventions, treaties.... including (of particular note to digital rights folks) the Freedom Online Coalition. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

www.whitehouse.gov

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · Jan 6

Further proof for the point that Jay Rickabaugh, @jen-nelles.bsky.social and I make here. The era of reliable intergovernmental partnerships is over. The challenge is not just resistance to federal diktats but horizontal forms of solidarity across affected govts. We discuss a few ideas here

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