Chris Sprigman
@cjsprigman.bsky.social
Murray and Kathleen Bring Prof., NYU Law. IP, antitrust. ssrn.com/author=370802. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. lex-lumina.com. All posts by my research assistant, Chad. https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=37891
About a dozen or more years ago, a few Manhattans into it at a bar on NYE with a friend, I made a modest and achievable New Year‘s resolution: to stop burning my mouth. So far, so good.
December 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
About a dozen or more years ago, a few Manhattans into it at a bar on NYE with a friend, I made a modest and achievable New Year‘s resolution: to stop burning my mouth. So far, so good.
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It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
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I find the emergence of this “Interim Docket” verbiage to be a bit boot-licky given justices’ complaints, even if the intent is to make the term more clinical.
December 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I find the emergence of this “Interim Docket” verbiage to be a bit boot-licky given justices’ complaints, even if the intent is to make the term more clinical.
Merry Christmas to all, except the suburban politicians, the NY Post, and everyone else who whined like spoiled little babies about congestion pricing, which is a huge success.
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Merry Christmas to all, except the suburban politicians, the NY Post, and everyone else who whined like spoiled little babies about congestion pricing, which is a huge success.
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Justice Kavanaugh v. the Kavanaugh Stop
Interesting that Justice Kavanaugh decided he had to add footnote 4 to his concurrence, which addresses the "State’s underlying objections to the activities of federal immigration officers when they make immigration stops."
![The State and the Government disagree about whether the immigration officers have violated the Constitution in making certain immigration stops and arrests. The basic constitutional rules governing that dispute are longstanding and clear: The Fourth Amendment requires that immigration stops must be based on reasonable suspicion of illegal presence, stops must be brief, arrests must be based on probable cause, and officers must not employ excessive force. Moreover, the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity. Cf. Whren v. United States, 517 U. S. 806, 813 (1996) (“[T]he Constitution prohibits selective enforcement of the law based on considerations such as race”). This application does not require us to delve into the parties’ underlying dispute and to determine whether any particular immigration encounter or series of encounters in Illinois has violated those basic constitutional principles.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iv73mapy52ilxfjnetqatnvu/bafkreiam3tsfxtxu4atn73qvjbdcuuxkcanqxsuj2cenme5r2dwisi2tgm@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Justice Kavanaugh v. the Kavanaugh Stop
The NY Post is a pestilence on NYC.
December 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The NY Post is a pestilence on NYC.
It's confusing b/c none of these people are even minimally decent. And yet some are more monstrous than others.
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It's confusing b/c none of these people are even minimally decent. And yet some are more monstrous than others.
This by @stevevladeck.bsky.social is helpful in delineating the big divide in today's progressive constitutionalism. Steve is in the "reform but preserve judicial supremacy" camp. Sam Moyn, Ryan Doerfler, and (less consequentially) I, are in the "judicial supremacy is the problem" camp. 1/
"Pulling the Supreme Court back from the cliff is something progressives should view as far preferable to the alternative—where it may not just be the Court that gets pushed over the edge and into oblivion, but our entire constitutional (and democratic) order."
Me in today's issue of "One First":
Me in today's issue of "One First":
198. Progressive Judicial Institutionalism
There's important daylight between those who are critical of the present degree of judicial power in the United States in general and those who are critical of the current Supreme Court, specifically.
www.stevevladeck.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This by @stevevladeck.bsky.social is helpful in delineating the big divide in today's progressive constitutionalism. Steve is in the "reform but preserve judicial supremacy" camp. Sam Moyn, Ryan Doerfler, and (less consequentially) I, are in the "judicial supremacy is the problem" camp. 1/
Margaret Brennan is proving herself a willing shill for CBS's new Trump-friendly owners.
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Margaret Brennan is proving herself a willing shill for CBS's new Trump-friendly owners.
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You know who's even more irked? is Democratic voters who have been screwed over once too often by disgraceful fake-left DC Democrats. I for one can't wait for @bradlander.bsky.social to take Goldman down
CNN: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line | CNN Politics
When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
You know who's even more irked? is Democratic voters who have been screwed over once too often by disgraceful fake-left DC Democrats. I for one can't wait for @bradlander.bsky.social to take Goldman down
Can we send Tim Kaine to the moon.
WELKER: Massie and Khanna say they are looking at options including impeachment and contempt for DOJ officials. Would you support those steps?
KAINE: I think that's premature
KAINE: I think that's premature
December 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Can we send Tim Kaine to the moon.
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
The scale of Israeli land thievery is really ... impressive?
Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The scale of Israeli land thievery is really ... impressive?
Let me elaborate, since the part of the Democratic base that thinks nothing whatsoever is possible and we shouldn't expect Dems to do anything has weighed in. Indeed, countermeasures are possible, and they should have been on the table already. 1/
Give me a break. They should have anticipated noncompliance and had a plan set to go. This is code for doing nothing.
The House Oversight Democrats have released a statement that they are reviewing all legal options after Donald Trump and the DOJ have violated federal law as they continue covering up the facts and the evidence about Jeffrey Epstein.
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Let me elaborate, since the part of the Democratic base that thinks nothing whatsoever is possible and we shouldn't expect Dems to do anything has weighed in. Indeed, countermeasures are possible, and they should have been on the table already. 1/
Give me a break. They should have anticipated noncompliance and had a plan set to go. This is code for doing nothing.
The House Oversight Democrats have released a statement that they are reviewing all legal options after Donald Trump and the DOJ have violated federal law as they continue covering up the facts and the evidence about Jeffrey Epstein.
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...
Joint Statement by Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin on Trump Administration Decision to Defy Epstein Files Transparency Act
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the f...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov
December 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Give me a break. They should have anticipated noncompliance and had a plan set to go. This is code for doing nothing.
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www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...
The corollary to the old maxim—If it’s broken, you have to fix it.
The corollary to the old maxim—If it’s broken, you have to fix it.
The American Presidency Can Never Be Trusted Again
It’s time for multiparty democracy and a limited executive.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...
The corollary to the old maxim—If it’s broken, you have to fix it.
The corollary to the old maxim—If it’s broken, you have to fix it.
I would love to see Schumer and congressional Democrats do something to hold Trump accountable for his zillionth violation of the law. Do I expect that they actually will do anything meaningful? No I do not.
Simply releasing a mountain of blacked out pages violates the spirit of transparency and the letter of the law. For example, all 119 pages of the document below were completely blacked out. We need answers as to why.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I would love to see Schumer and congressional Democrats do something to hold Trump accountable for his zillionth violation of the law. Do I expect that they actually will do anything meaningful? No I do not.
And just like that, one of the most repulsive, servile opportunists in the universe of Trumpist lickspittles is gone, her political career in shambles. With luck we'll never hear from her again and she'll live out her life as a social pariah. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
And just like that, one of the most repulsive, servile opportunists in the universe of Trumpist lickspittles is gone, her political career in shambles. With luck we'll never hear from her again and she'll live out her life as a social pariah. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
With the nation mired in chaos and moral squalor--a situation entirely of our own making--I'm amazed that people think the 250th gives us much to celebrate.
Major celebrations are on the way in 2026 for the country's 250th birthday. President Donald Trump is helping shape them.
Trump launches Freedom 250 to add his mark on USA 250 celebrations
Major celebrations are on the way in 2026 for the country's 250th birthday. President Donald Trump is helping shape them.
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
With the nation mired in chaos and moral squalor--a situation entirely of our own making--I'm amazed that people think the 250th gives us much to celebrate.
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i have never quite understood the praise for deneen's work because he honestly just seems like a crank
Patrick Deneen's Bullshit Case Against Liberalism
He distorts everything about this governing system and offers a scary 'aristopopulist' authoritarianism as an alternative
www.theunpopulist.net
December 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
i have never quite understood the praise for deneen's work because he honestly just seems like a crank
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The “deal” that UVA signed with Trump means that it is now unlawful for UVA administrators to do anything—anything at all—with the goal of addressing these shameful statistics.
Not because federal law prohibits it. But because UVA made the choice to go along with Trump/DOJ’s radical race agenda.
Not because federal law prohibits it. But because UVA made the choice to go along with Trump/DOJ’s radical race agenda.
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The “deal” that UVA signed with Trump means that it is now unlawful for UVA administrators to do anything—anything at all—with the goal of addressing these shameful statistics.
Not because federal law prohibits it. But because UVA made the choice to go along with Trump/DOJ’s radical race agenda.
Not because federal law prohibits it. But because UVA made the choice to go along with Trump/DOJ’s radical race agenda.
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Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...
Sam and Ryan are right. But I'd go further. It's not just the supreme court that must be replaced. We must replace the entire notion of a democratic order where courts have the final word on the meaning of the constitution. 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Sam and Ryan are right. But I'd go further. It's not just the supreme court that must be replaced. We must replace the entire notion of a democratic order where courts have the final word on the meaning of the constitution. 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This was fun!
Cox v. Sony. SCOTUS. Copyright law. Tune in to #Lawyer2Lawyer with host J.Craig Williams @legaltalknet.bsky.social and special guest @cjsprigman.bsky.social
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December 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This was fun!
Also, a bad song. Although sitting here right now, I'm having trouble thinking of a good racist song.
“Do they know it’s Christmas” is a very racist song.
December 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Also, a bad song. Although sitting here right now, I'm having trouble thinking of a good racist song.