Cristina Carmody Tilley
@cristinatilley.bsky.social
Fellow, Princeton Program in Law and Normative Thinking
Law Prof, University of Iowa College of Law, opinions my own
Tort law, individual rights, media law, law and feminism
Law Prof, University of Iowa College of Law, opinions my own
Tort law, individual rights, media law, law and feminism
Why, oh why, can't we de-voice these apex wannabe-powerbrokers and just wait for actual voters to do the work of listening, thinking, and voting? The chattering class writes FOR MONEY, not for democracy.
J-MART, on Newsom:
“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
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“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Why, oh why, can't we de-voice these apex wannabe-powerbrokers and just wait for actual voters to do the work of listening, thinking, and voting? The chattering class writes FOR MONEY, not for democracy.
Pleased to review recent thoughts on insurance and tort law from the great @notthattombaker.bsky.social. Check it out here:
torts.jotwell.com/price-and-pr...
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Price and Prejudice - Torts
Tom Baker, What Is Insurance for Tort Law?, 111 Va. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2025), available at SSRN.Cristina TilleyIt is a truth rarely acknowledged by tort theorists that personal injury lawyers in ...
torts.jotwell.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Pleased to review recent thoughts on insurance and tort law from the great @notthattombaker.bsky.social. Check it out here:
torts.jotwell.com/price-and-pr...
torts.jotwell.com/price-and-pr...
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Judges are the last line of defense for truth, especially in a political environment where disinformation is a tool to amass power. Former federal judge @judgeluttig.bsky.social joins us at 11 a.m. EST. #Velshi
November 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Judges are the last line of defense for truth, especially in a political environment where disinformation is a tool to amass power. Former federal judge @judgeluttig.bsky.social joins us at 11 a.m. EST. #Velshi
The fifty-year ascent of inside baseball journalism has created a club of "cool kid" reporters who perform for each other instead of finding and communicating information to citizens.
Count me as among those who think it's better if reporters were kicked out of WH in addition to the Pentagon.
It would diminish the access journalism, people getting some morsel of a non-scoop--competing for it--in return for being nice. They'd instead compete more on exposing the horror show.
It would diminish the access journalism, people getting some morsel of a non-scoop--competing for it--in return for being nice. They'd instead compete more on exposing the horror show.
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The fifty-year ascent of inside baseball journalism has created a club of "cool kid" reporters who perform for each other instead of finding and communicating information to citizens.
This is the fourth or fifth time the GooMeta industrial complex has tried to force smartglasses on the market. Consumers keep rejecting them, and the companies keep pushing them . . . makes you wonder who stands to benefit from this "innovation."
“I'm not saying these are glasses for creeps, but I can't help but feel like one while wearing them.”
Reader, they are for creeps.
Reader, they are for creeps.
I Can't Help Feeling Like a Creep Wearing Meta's New Gen 2 Glasses
Meta's new display-less smart glasses are quite good, but the vibes are off.
www.wired.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is the fourth or fifth time the GooMeta industrial complex has tried to force smartglasses on the market. Consumers keep rejecting them, and the companies keep pushing them . . . makes you wonder who stands to benefit from this "innovation."
Is the problem here that academics are not interdisciplinary? Or that actual human beings are not imaginative? Whether she calls it a second shift or a squeeze, it wasn't real to her until SHE was pumping on the train. Easy to miss the literature when you don't think it pertains to you.
JFC. This is why everyone - EVERYONE - should have to be interdisciplinary. FFS!! The second shift as a term/concept was not only coined by sociologists, it is a FOUNDATIONAL concept in women's and gender studies.
BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Is the problem here that academics are not interdisciplinary? Or that actual human beings are not imaginative? Whether she calls it a second shift or a squeeze, it wasn't real to her until SHE was pumping on the train. Easy to miss the literature when you don't think it pertains to you.
Unconscionable
October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Unconscionable
Curious if the NYTimes has succeeded in winning conservative subscribers, as their evolving op-ed and news mix seems designed to do
October 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Curious if the NYTimes has succeeded in winning conservative subscribers, as their evolving op-ed and news mix seems designed to do
The whole premise of the interview is that the party needs to do a better job pandering to whichever voters will put it over the top and allow it to recapture power. The goal is power and the policies are the instrument, which seems backwards.
There's a lot to unpack, digest and consider here, though some of the solutions they suggest seem unworkable.
But it's striking to me that they dismiss @aoc.bsky.social as "AOC at the Met gala," when she is actually an example of a working-class candidate with great communication skills who wins.
But it's striking to me that they dismiss @aoc.bsky.social as "AOC at the Met gala," when she is actually an example of a working-class candidate with great communication skills who wins.
Opinion | Can Economic Populism Save the Democratic Party?
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The whole premise of the interview is that the party needs to do a better job pandering to whichever voters will put it over the top and allow it to recapture power. The goal is power and the policies are the instrument, which seems backwards.
Biggest problem, all respect to the objections raised here, is that the preference of the editorial board appears to be dictating coverage decisions by actual news reporters and editors.
The NY Times prefers centrism, and does shoddy empirics to support what they prefer. There are so many problems with the empirical claims in this article. The biggest problem is with what the Times' analysis does not consider .... 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Biggest problem, all respect to the objections raised here, is that the preference of the editorial board appears to be dictating coverage decisions by actual news reporters and editors.
What am I missing? Why are smart people whose business interests are premised on authority and accuracy not loudly shunning tech that is at best, not ready for prime time, and at worst, designed to vitiate human enterprise?
"Deloitte’s member firm in Australia will pay the government a partial refund for a $290,000 report that contained alleged AI-generated errors, including references to non-existent academic research papers and a fabricated quote from a federal court judgment."
October 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
What am I missing? Why are smart people whose business interests are premised on authority and accuracy not loudly shunning tech that is at best, not ready for prime time, and at worst, designed to vitiate human enterprise?
Just what law needs . . . more unbridled capitalism . . .
Lawyers and law schools are not at all prepared for what's coming: www.ft.com/content/2e36.... PE firms and their consultants are quite explicit about the goal--roll up practices the same way they have done in healthcare.
See also scholarship.law.tamu.edu/cgi/viewcont....
See also scholarship.law.tamu.edu/cgi/viewcont....
Private equity overcomes California hurdle to expansion in US legal market
Lobbyists watered down legislation that would have frozen investor-owned firms out of largest state
www.ft.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Just what law needs . . . more unbridled capitalism . . .
NYT, is this the uninhibited, robust, and wide-open coverage you promised us sixty years ago? Feckless.
We know the NYTimes buried No Kings as the 4th story on its digital site. The print paper just has a photo and article on p.23. Yet plugs a B Stiller movie and how Team Felon likes so social media. Article buried on p A23. BOOTLICKERS. Maybe it is. the “failing NYTimes.”
October 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NYT, is this the uninhibited, robust, and wide-open coverage you promised us sixty years ago? Feckless.
J.B. is getting better and better
Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.
October 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
J.B. is getting better and better
What, honestly, are these firms after? If they want warm bodies, anyone should do. And if they want proven talent, they need to wait til 2L. What they're going to get by seeking "good" first-semester 1Ls are students with generational polish or elite undergrad credentials. Maybe that's the point?
My first draft for 1L legal writing was so bad that the instructor—I kid you not—wrote a note at the top asking if I was doing okay.
My first semester was my worst, like many other 1st gen law students I bet.
I graduated 2nd in my class and have done well enough since.
Law firms are being idiots.
My first semester was my worst, like many other 1st gen law students I bet.
I graduated 2nd in my class and have done well enough since.
Law firms are being idiots.
This is madness. Today we had to send a message to our 1L students telling them it’s not a great idea to use the first drafts of their first legal writing assignments because the new OCI timeline is so early they are wondering if they should.
#LegalWriting
#LegalWriting
October 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What, honestly, are these firms after? If they want warm bodies, anyone should do. And if they want proven talent, they need to wait til 2L. What they're going to get by seeking "good" first-semester 1Ls are students with generational polish or elite undergrad credentials. Maybe that's the point?
One justification for First Amendment bars on press regulation is that the market can incentivize quality journalism without allowing gov't imposition of orthodoxy. But in recent decades, the market has rewarded a lot of lazy, low-quality coverage. Refreshing to see consumers punishing dreck.
FWIW these numbers are a) print only and b) from June
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
October 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
One justification for First Amendment bars on press regulation is that the market can incentivize quality journalism without allowing gov't imposition of orthodoxy. But in recent decades, the market has rewarded a lot of lazy, low-quality coverage. Refreshing to see consumers punishing dreck.
I actually think she believes this, and I can see how she considers it a theoretically principled stance. But so long as her colleagues in the majority are practiced in being unprincipled, and so long as the country yearns for clear signals, her excessively academic approach grows less tenable daily
Who is falling for this? Not federal judges, certainly.
Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I actually think she believes this, and I can see how she considers it a theoretically principled stance. But so long as her colleagues in the majority are practiced in being unprincipled, and so long as the country yearns for clear signals, her excessively academic approach grows less tenable daily
Haha and all, but Frog and Toad already has the capacity to radicalize children by depicting quiet care and everyday humanity. Let it do that work without turning it into yet another forum for partisan contestation.
October 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Haha and all, but Frog and Toad already has the capacity to radicalize children by depicting quiet care and everyday humanity. Let it do that work without turning it into yet another forum for partisan contestation.
Were judges ever meant to save democracy? It was precisely when we delegated the job of civic worldbuilding to the federal courts that we stopped talking to each other and doing democracy ourselves. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Were judges ever meant to save democracy? It was precisely when we delegated the job of civic worldbuilding to the federal courts that we stopped talking to each other and doing democracy ourselves. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Good to be reminded that "the press" comprises more than celebrity talking heads . . . so many real people experiencing real indignity as they try to document what is happening on our streets and in our neighborhoods
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
October 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Good to be reminded that "the press" comprises more than celebrity talking heads . . . so many real people experiencing real indignity as they try to document what is happening on our streets and in our neighborhoods
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We must come to terms with the fact that it was a huge mistake to leave the online world largely unchecked, and that we urgently need to deal with a fragmented, radicalized and instrumentalized reality in many countries simultaneously and take action instead of remaining in shock or relativization.
September 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We must come to terms with the fact that it was a huge mistake to leave the online world largely unchecked, and that we urgently need to deal with a fragmented, radicalized and instrumentalized reality in many countries simultaneously and take action instead of remaining in shock or relativization.
Thrilled to be a part of this stellar lineup!
@sarahlawsky.bsky.social, @joshchafetz.bsky.social, Maeve Glass (Columbia), and @cristinatilley.bsky.social. Such a great line up and so excited to bring this series to @tulanelaw.bsky.social this year! 2/2
September 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thrilled to be a part of this stellar lineup!
Is it really so strange? I mean, it's just "in for a penny, in for a pound" thinking . . . and refreshing that the trailing spouse pledged not to cling to an old life where his identity was more self-defined. Haven't read the book, not commenting on ACB work, just resisting the easy hot take.
This is from Justice Barrett’s new book. I’ll just observe that it‘s a very strange metaphor to use to describe the decision to move to Washington D.C. to become a Supreme Court Justice. www.cbsnews.com/news/book-ex...
September 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Is it really so strange? I mean, it's just "in for a penny, in for a pound" thinking . . . and refreshing that the trailing spouse pledged not to cling to an old life where his identity was more self-defined. Haven't read the book, not commenting on ACB work, just resisting the easy hot take.
This guy too, though he probably has more money to spend . . .
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/d...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/d...
September 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This guy too, though he probably has more money to spend . . .
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/d...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/d...
I ordinarily try to read the Times with grace, as reporters and editors contend with unprecedented challenges and are acquitting themselves better than many of their peers. But the mayoral coverage stretches credulity.
Mamdani is way ahead with NY Jewish voters, but you’d never know it from the @NYTimes portside.org/2025-09-04/w...
Why Does The New York Times Keep Ignoring Polls Showing Mamdani Leading With Jewish Voters?
In the months leading up to New York assemblymember Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in the June 24 Democratic primary, the New York Times—as I documented at the time—used innuendo, sectarian framing, an...
portside.org
September 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I ordinarily try to read the Times with grace, as reporters and editors contend with unprecedented challenges and are acquitting themselves better than many of their peers. But the mayoral coverage stretches credulity.