Grant Hayden
@granthayden.bsky.social
SMU Law School professor who does labor law, voting rights, and, somewhat reluctantly, corporate governance. Old man basketball player and lapsed art historian. ⚖️🏀🖼️
Recent book: https://a.co/d/6UVA0sj
Other stuff: https://tinyurl.com/SMUbio
Recent book: https://a.co/d/6UVA0sj
Other stuff: https://tinyurl.com/SMUbio
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a beautifully written and powerful piece from University of Minnesota Law professor Emmanuel Mauleón on the stakes of how the legal profession responds in this moment.
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Whistling at the Edge of Law
The whistle is sounding in Minneapolis. The question before the legal profession is whether we will hear it, amplify it, and act accordingly, or instead insist that the ground eroding beneath our feet...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
a beautifully written and powerful piece from University of Minnesota Law professor Emmanuel Mauleón on the stakes of how the legal profession responds in this moment.
lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
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Can sanctuary/"woke" cities use bankruptcy to politically resist Trump's cutting off of federal funds? My latest essay, "Bankruptcy as Political Resistance" unpacks that question. In short, it's possible for some cities to do so although the road would be messy. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Bankruptcy as Political Resistance
<p>Litigation against President Trump for withholding federal funds from cities in his “war on woke” has taken place either in Article III courts under the Admi
papers.ssrn.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Can sanctuary/"woke" cities use bankruptcy to politically resist Trump's cutting off of federal funds? My latest essay, "Bankruptcy as Political Resistance" unpacks that question. In short, it's possible for some cities to do so although the road would be messy. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Can avatars deliver babies? Because that’s one of the most pressing needs in said rural communities that are also maternity care deserts.
February 3, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Can avatars deliver babies? Because that’s one of the most pressing needs in said rural communities that are also maternity care deserts.
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My New One at @slate.com on the 50th Anniversary of the Buckley v. Valeo Decision: “One Supreme Court Case Is Most Responsible for Our Oligarchy. It’s Not the One You Think.” slate.com/news-and-pol...
January 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
My New One at @slate.com on the 50th Anniversary of the Buckley v. Valeo Decision: “One Supreme Court Case Is Most Responsible for Our Oligarchy. It’s Not the One You Think.” slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter to Minnesota Law CommunityJanuary 25
January 25, 2026 To the Minnesota Law Community: We, the undersigned faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School, write in our individual capacities to address the federal government's ongoin...
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January 25, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Last week I discussed my paper "Rebuilding American Higher Education: from an Engine of Inequality to a Pillar of the Public Interest" (coauthored @andrewelrod.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social) w/@perrybaconjr.bsky.social at @newrepublic.com
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Trump Is Destroying Higher Ed. Here’s How Democrats Can Rebuild It
University of Utah professor Marshall Steinbaum says American higher education should be reformed so we don’t have well-funded colleges for rich students and underfunded ones that lower-income people ...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Last week I discussed my paper "Rebuilding American Higher Education: from an Engine of Inequality to a Pillar of the Public Interest" (coauthored @andrewelrod.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social) w/@perrybaconjr.bsky.social at @newrepublic.com
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"Anybody get a classic old car from parents? Still looked great, but you couldn't get anyone to do serious work on it, not that you could afford, so you decided to just run it into the ground. And it kept on going, right until it crapped out on the highway at 65 mph.
Anyway, welcome to Con Law I!"
Anyway, welcome to Con Law I!"
January 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM
"Anybody get a classic old car from parents? Still looked great, but you couldn't get anyone to do serious work on it, not that you could afford, so you decided to just run it into the ground. And it kept on going, right until it crapped out on the highway at 65 mph.
Anyway, welcome to Con Law I!"
Anyway, welcome to Con Law I!"
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Among the litany of problems with SCOTUS's decision to stay the Texas map: the majority never acknowledges that "the" partisan impetus to adopt the map as a whole does not in any way preclude the improper use of race as a means to get there.
Which is exactly what the trial court found. In detail.
Which is exactly what the trial court found. In detail.
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Among the litany of problems with SCOTUS's decision to stay the Texas map: the majority never acknowledges that "the" partisan impetus to adopt the map as a whole does not in any way preclude the improper use of race as a means to get there.
Which is exactly what the trial court found. In detail.
Which is exactly what the trial court found. In detail.
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oh no starbucks's biggest sales day of the year is this week...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
oh no starbucks's biggest sales day of the year is this week...
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My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Mamdani's line that billionaires spent more to oppose his candidacy than he proposed to tax them really says it all.
Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.
Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Mamdani's line that billionaires spent more to oppose his candidacy than he proposed to tax them really says it all.
Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.
Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.
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They are preparing to fight for our freedom.
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
They are preparing to fight for our freedom.
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Four bull elk took time away from mating to join the No Kings protest in Estes Park, Colorado. That’s how serious this is.
October 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Four bull elk took time away from mating to join the No Kings protest in Estes Park, Colorado. That’s how serious this is.
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This is my effort to collect in one place the top 3 reasons (imho) why 'the free market' should not even be a starting point for analysis - especially normative (legal,policy) reasoning. Also includes a brief account of how the modern idea of the self coordinating market emerged in fits and starts.
Hello! Here is my essay (still a draft) for a symposium held in the spring at the university of chicago. (Please note that the title of the symposium was set by the law review; I chose my essay title.) Comments are welcome.
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New essay: law & the self-coordinating market idea
Essay for the University of Chicago Law Review Symposium, held in April 2025, on “Law & Economics vs. Law & Political Economy: A Debate” (draft) Law & the scm idea uchi l re…
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October 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is my effort to collect in one place the top 3 reasons (imho) why 'the free market' should not even be a starting point for analysis - especially normative (legal,policy) reasoning. Also includes a brief account of how the modern idea of the self coordinating market emerged in fits and starts.