Alexandra Natapoff
@anatapoff.bsky.social
Harvard law professor, criminal law scholar, author of 'Punishment Without Crime' and 'Snitching,' creator of video casebook CRBW
Happy to share new resource, The Rule of Law Teaching Project w/videos by constitutional law professors from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, NYU & more, RuleofLaw101.org. @leahlitman.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @jmchacon.bsky.social @richardre.bsky.social Trailer here: youtu.be/ILpR3UMlwOM?...
Meet the Law Professors in the Rule of Law Teaching Project
YouTube video by Rule of Law 101
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January 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Happy to share new resource, The Rule of Law Teaching Project w/videos by constitutional law professors from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, NYU & more, RuleofLaw101.org. @leahlitman.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @jmchacon.bsky.social @richardre.bsky.social Trailer here: youtu.be/ILpR3UMlwOM?...
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"May you rest in peace, compadre." Bruno Bosteels has a beautiful essay to Joshua Clover, who we just lost. He ends, with Clover, quoting Marx to Ruge: “And when everything is at an end give me your hand so that we may begin again from the beginning.” Adieu ami!
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Value Theory for the End of the World
Poet, communist, cat-lover, teacher, music critic, roadrunner, critical theorist, Marxist: though not necessarily in this order, Joshua Clover was all those things--and more. To me, however, he was fi...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"May you rest in peace, compadre." Bruno Bosteels has a beautiful essay to Joshua Clover, who we just lost. He ends, with Clover, quoting Marx to Ruge: “And when everything is at an end give me your hand so that we may begin again from the beginning.” Adieu ami!
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
An illuminating analysis from @olatij.bsky.social who has studied Title VI for thirty years.
March 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
An illuminating analysis from @olatij.bsky.social who has studied Title VI for thirty years.
Police aren't actually prosecutors as I explain here: bit.ly/3DPbQtR Until this disturbing story from @mulchy.bsky.social I couldn't even think of a jurisdiction that lets police direct-file felonies, only misdemeanors. But police lack absolute immunity so malicious prosecution might be available.
A lieutenant who once faced discipline for allegedly punching a 13-year-old is now one of the officers approving felony charges in Chicago’s new bypass program, which allows police to file more charges without a prosecutor’s review.
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New Chicago Prosecutor Empowers Police to File More Charges Without Review
In a predominantly Black area of Chicago, police can now directly file gun charges without a prosecutor’s approval. The new program rolls back a process that serves to check misconduct.
boltsmag.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Police aren't actually prosecutors as I explain here: bit.ly/3DPbQtR Until this disturbing story from @mulchy.bsky.social I couldn't even think of a jurisdiction that lets police direct-file felonies, only misdemeanors. But police lack absolute immunity so malicious prosecution might be available.