Dru Stevenson
@drustevenson.bsky.social
Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law - Houston. Academic research now focuses on firearms regulation. I won't follow accounts or reply to their posts if I can't tell who they are IRL. #Housky #lawsky #gvp #gvr
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Federal appeals courts in 2026 will be considering major gun questions, navigating a landscape that’s still coming into focus after the US Supreme Court’s game-changing Bruen decision.
Major Gun Cases in 2026 Pose Questions for Courts Nationwide
Federal appeals courts in 2026 will be considering major gun questions, navigating a landscape that’s still coming into focus after the US Supreme Court’s game-changing Bruen decision.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Federal appeals courts in 2026 will be considering major gun questions, navigating a landscape that’s still coming into focus after the US Supreme Court’s game-changing Bruen decision.
I had to Google the word Gigachad, which I'd never heard before.
Decades of the white nationalist movement evolving to adapt to current political trends has brought them to this moment.
December 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I had to Google the word Gigachad, which I'd never heard before.
My mother passed away last night. 😔 She was 92.
December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My mother passed away last night. 😔 She was 92.
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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It’s stopping short of formally buying the target.
Nvidia, joining Big Tech deal spree, to license Groq technology, hire executives
It’s stopping short of formally buying the target.
reut.rs
December 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It’s stopping short of formally buying the target.
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Let’s see those Christmas stacks! 🎄📚
December 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Let’s see those Christmas stacks! 🎄📚
I admit I usually avoid social media on holidays like Christmas, but I admit I do like seeing professors post pictures of the cool academic books they received as gifts 😊
December 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I admit I usually avoid social media on holidays like Christmas, but I admit I do like seeing professors post pictures of the cool academic books they received as gifts 😊
Excited about this book that was delivered today
December 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Excited about this book that was delivered today
Conclave
Name your fav Christmas film
December 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Conclave
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
Kinda bummed to hear we went through a Golden Era and I somehow didn't notice
Sullivan & Cromwell co-chair Robert Giuffra Jr. worries that the legal industry’s golden age is over.
Sullivan & Cromwell’s Robert Giuffra on AI, Mamdani, Font Choice
Sullivan & Cromwell co-chair Robert Giuffra Jr. worries that the legal industry’s golden age is over.
bit.ly
December 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Kinda bummed to hear we went through a Golden Era and I somehow didn't notice
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Jevons paradox behavior plus error fixing has been my base case for the impact of AI on legal services demand. Bullish!
Is it just me or is AI making MORE legal work to respond to AI bad legal advice?
December 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Jevons paradox behavior plus error fixing has been my base case for the impact of AI on legal services demand. Bullish!
😯
A ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which held the federal government is liable for flood damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, applies directly to six test cases but opens the door to more claims for compensation.
Appeals court rules in favor of upstream homeowners in Hurricane Harvey flooding case
The ruling Monday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which held that the federal government is liable for flood damage caused by Harvey in 2017, applies directly to six test cases but opens the door to thousands of more claims for compensation.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
😯
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In case you wanted to hear some positive news...
This year, 33 states passed 89 strong gun safety laws to curb gun violence.
This year, 33 states passed 89 strong gun safety laws to curb gun violence.
December 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
In case you wanted to hear some positive news...
This year, 33 states passed 89 strong gun safety laws to curb gun violence.
This year, 33 states passed 89 strong gun safety laws to curb gun violence.
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JUST IN: A federal judge ordered Texas to pay $1.2 million in atty’s fees the plaintiffs in a successful challenge to Texas’ HB 900/ the READER Act. #txlege
Background: www.expressnews.com/politics/art...
Background: www.expressnews.com/politics/art...
December 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
JUST IN: A federal judge ordered Texas to pay $1.2 million in atty’s fees the plaintiffs in a successful challenge to Texas’ HB 900/ the READER Act. #txlege
Background: www.expressnews.com/politics/art...
Background: www.expressnews.com/politics/art...
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“there are only 7 full-time book critics left in the US: three at NYT ( Jacobs, Garner, Szalai), 2 at WaPo(Rothfeld, Charles), 1 each at WSJ (Sacks), NY mag (Chu), Slate (Miller)
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
Criticism Is Literature. Why Is It Vanishing?, by Adam Morgan
What do the best book reviews do? What is the current state of the critical ecosystem? Chicago Review of Books founder Adam Morgan takes stock of book reviewing in the US.
worldliteraturetoday.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“there are only 7 full-time book critics left in the US: three at NYT ( Jacobs, Garner, Szalai), 2 at WaPo(Rothfeld, Charles), 1 each at WSJ (Sacks), NY mag (Chu), Slate (Miller)
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
I'm loving the new Google News Audio Briefing!
New feature. Impressed so far.
New feature. Impressed so far.
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm loving the new Google News Audio Briefing!
New feature. Impressed so far.
New feature. Impressed so far.
Amazing
New Orleans has also produced an incredible absolute reduction in homicide rates of 40.7/100 K population (-56%) from its peak to 2025. I applauded all cities reductions and underscore that nationwide policies and forces are at play. But Baltimore , St Louis & New Orleans deserve special love!
We mostly see year to date comparisons of homicides for cities. The overall % reductions in the past few years is historic. But St Louis & Baltimore have had the largest absolute reduction in rates per 100K Pop from their 12-mo rolling peak to 2025 - 44.9 (-44%) and 39.5 (61%) respectively.
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Amazing
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Can anyone think of a death rate from ANY cause in a major city drop by ~40/100K population per year over a 3-year period? St Louis and Baltimore did what many thought couldn’t be done to lower their homicide rates. 👏👏🙌
We mostly see year to date comparisons of homicides for cities. The overall % reductions in the past few years is historic. But St Louis & Baltimore have had the largest absolute reduction in rates per 100K Pop from their 12-mo rolling peak to 2025 - 44.9 (-44%) and 39.5 (61%) respectively.
Looking at the historic reduction in US homicides from many angles. I appreciate the Real-Time Crime Index data - 12-month rolling trends for 570 cities 2018-2025. But this graph from U Chicago Crime Lab made me appreciate what Baltimore and St Louis have accomplished from their peak to 2025.
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Can anyone think of a death rate from ANY cause in a major city drop by ~40/100K population per year over a 3-year period? St Louis and Baltimore did what many thought couldn’t be done to lower their homicide rates. 👏👏🙌
Something about our current Supreme Court has had me thinking about the Legal Process School of the 1960's, and on a whim I bought this old book
December 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Something about our current Supreme Court has had me thinking about the Legal Process School of the 1960's, and on a whim I bought this old book
This is a long shot, but do any of my friends here have a copy of Bruce Allen Murphy's biography of Abe Fortas that you'd be willing to sell?
December 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is a long shot, but do any of my friends here have a copy of Bruce Allen Murphy's biography of Abe Fortas that you'd be willing to sell?
Wut
December 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Wut
A surprising number of scholars in the #GVP space have been outspoken in their opposition to gun buybacks, which I find unfortunate, and of course gun-rights absolutists oppose any reduction in the firearms in circulation. Glad to see Australia doing this: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Here's what we know about the new gun buyback scheme
Days after the Bondi terror attack, the federal government has announced a new national buyback scheme.
www.abc.net.au
December 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A surprising number of scholars in the #GVP space have been outspoken in their opposition to gun buybacks, which I find unfortunate, and of course gun-rights absolutists oppose any reduction in the firearms in circulation. Glad to see Australia doing this: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Great 🧵
Today my colleagues at Everytown Law filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in Hemani, a challenge to the federal unlawful drug user prohibitor, making a variety of methodological points about the proper application of originalism in Second Amendment cases.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
December 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Great 🧵
Reposted by Dru Stevenson
You may have seen stories that claim new groups—from liberals to LGTBQ+ people—are buying guns in droves. But our analysis of economic and consumer data shows that is not true. Instead, it shows that those who are buying are struggling financially.
Learn more at guns-down.org/demand-2025.
Learn more at guns-down.org/demand-2025.
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You may have seen stories that claim new groups—from liberals to LGTBQ+ people—are buying guns in droves. But our analysis of economic and consumer data shows that is not true. Instead, it shows that those who are buying are struggling financially.
Learn more at guns-down.org/demand-2025.
Learn more at guns-down.org/demand-2025.