Blake Emerson
@blakeprof.bsky.social
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law.
Administrative law, political theory. Author: The Public’s Law. Personal views only. https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/blake-emerson
Administrative law, political theory. Author: The Public’s Law. Personal views only. https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/blake-emerson
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Who originally came up with the “perfectly pleasant bureaucrat/sexy murder poet” divide among philosophers on Twitter back in the day? That was the good stuff.
December 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Who originally came up with the “perfectly pleasant bureaucrat/sexy murder poet” divide among philosophers on Twitter back in the day? That was the good stuff.
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So many of my older Jewish friends and relatives, including much of my own family, supported the Anti-Defamation League, literally for generations, for reasons including:
— They cared about civil rights
— They cared about fighting antisemitism
— They understood that the two are inseparable
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— They cared about civil rights
— They cared about fighting antisemitism
— They understood that the two are inseparable
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Top ADL civil rights lay leader quits, accusing group of being ‘useful idiot’ for Trump
Joe Berman cites failure to respond aggressively to antisemitism on the right, narrowing of focus from broader civil rights issues to antisemitism and anti-Zionism only
www.timesofisrael.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
So many of my older Jewish friends and relatives, including much of my own family, supported the Anti-Defamation League, literally for generations, for reasons including:
— They cared about civil rights
— They cared about fighting antisemitism
— They understood that the two are inseparable
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— They cared about civil rights
— They cared about fighting antisemitism
— They understood that the two are inseparable
1/
True of most Christmas songs (and J Press).
It's only fitting that a Jew wrote my favorite Christmas song of recent times
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California Christmastime
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California Christmastime
California Christmastime - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"
YouTube video by racheldoesstuff
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December 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
True of most Christmas songs (and J Press).
Trump announces DOJ will be renamed Department of Redaction.
December 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Trump announces DOJ will be renamed Department of Redaction.
If my boss sent a condescending email like this, in response to justified criticism, I would never take them seriously, ever again.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If my boss sent a condescending email like this, in response to justified criticism, I would never take them seriously, ever again.
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Bari Weiss is what happens when that normal thing steals upon oldsters--fear of youth and the new frontiers of freedom youth explore--who, because they are Boomers shaped by '60s insurgencies, can't handle thinking themselves "conservative," and have to call it "rebellion." Her constituency.
December 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Bari Weiss is what happens when that normal thing steals upon oldsters--fear of youth and the new frontiers of freedom youth explore--who, because they are Boomers shaped by '60s insurgencies, can't handle thinking themselves "conservative," and have to call it "rebellion." Her constituency.
Congratulations to Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social. I often despair that the Court can be pulled away from the abyss, but his brief shows it (sometimes) can. Whatever your thoughts on the Court in general, these interventions really matter. A proud moment for the legal academy.
How a Scholar Nudged the Supreme Court Toward Its Troop Deployment Ruling
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Congratulations to Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social. I often despair that the Court can be pulled away from the abyss, but his brief shows it (sometimes) can. Whatever your thoughts on the Court in general, these interventions really matter. A proud moment for the legal academy.
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“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
A great noir novel should come out of the torrential rain we are about to get on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles.
December 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
A great noir novel should come out of the torrential rain we are about to get on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles.
The Court did something good today. The Court is also responsible for the authoritarian mess we’re in, and has made it substantially worse over the past 6 months.
a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .
ALT: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The Court did something good today. The Court is also responsible for the authoritarian mess we’re in, and has made it substantially worse over the past 6 months.
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On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
I didn’t do the reading but can throw some bs together and then get my trans teacher fired for not doing the assignment. Win win!
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I didn’t do the reading but can throw some bs together and then get my trans teacher fired for not doing the assignment. Win win!
The kernel of truth here is that AI is a deskilling, proletarianization, and exploitation process.
Peter Navarro: "In an age of AI when all the white collar jobs are going away pretty damn quick, I think maybe it's a good time for people to think about having good blue collar jobs ... give tariffs a chance, because they're working"
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The kernel of truth here is that AI is a deskilling, proletarianization, and exploitation process.
So the new admin policy is, apparently, if we don’t think you are a “citizen” because of your race or ethnicity, we claim your birth certificate is a fraud and deport you any way, even if a judge says “don’t you dare.” It’s Obama birtherism writ large.
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
So the new admin policy is, apparently, if we don’t think you are a “citizen” because of your race or ethnicity, we claim your birth certificate is a fraud and deport you any way, even if a judge says “don’t you dare.” It’s Obama birtherism writ large.
In the United States of America, you don’t have to apologize for being Bari Weiss anymore.
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
In the United States of America, you don’t have to apologize for being Bari Weiss anymore.
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Death Panel Presents: Health Fascism and the Anti-State State. A close analysis of the first year of Trump and RFK’s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again,” the damage it’s caused, and how to stop it
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December 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Death Panel Presents: Health Fascism and the Anti-State State. A close analysis of the first year of Trump and RFK’s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again,” the damage it’s caused, and how to stop it
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The Defiant appears to be firing into the empty sea, perhaps to stop the waves from washing over its absurdly low helipad?
Trump Class battleship illustration, as released by the White House.
December 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The Defiant appears to be firing into the empty sea, perhaps to stop the waves from washing over its absurdly low helipad?
I keep buying books about fascism and my family is getting the wrong impression
December 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I keep buying books about fascism and my family is getting the wrong impression
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December 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Plz join us for one or both of these interesting webinars--the first one is taking place already next week! For deets, see ads below. @narosenblum.bsky.social @nicholashandler.bsky.social @nicholasbednar.bsky.social @blakeprof.bsky.social @jedshug.bsky.social
The worrying thing here is that Heritage is still an extremely well funded org and there is an increasingly vocal/empowered group of actual fascists who are likely to step into these roles.
This is a pretty shocking mass exodus. Heritage's legal department is basically a ghost ship at this point. And I have to imagine they'll really have to dredge the absolute bottom of the barrel to restaff it at this point. reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Breaking: Cully Stimson and Hans von Spakovsky Resign From Heritage
The Meese Center is basically empty now.
reason.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The worrying thing here is that Heritage is still an extremely well funded org and there is an increasingly vocal/empowered group of actual fascists who are likely to step into these roles.
Called the Bismarck class
President Trump will announce on Monday a new type of large warship he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.”
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’
The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Called the Bismarck class
I’d love to know what “context” or “critical voices” Weiss means to add about the facially unlawful (and, in some cases, contrary to court order) summary removal of persons to a torture site.
The New York Times updated their story with a statement from Bari Weiss:
December 22, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I’d love to know what “context” or “critical voices” Weiss means to add about the facially unlawful (and, in some cases, contrary to court order) summary removal of persons to a torture site.
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Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants