Hannah Walser
@hkpmw.bsky.social
Thinking about people thinking about other people. First Amendment, interpretive methodologies, criminal law, law & philosophy. PhD (English) —> JD —> Furman Fellowship at NYU Law. Philly homer; mayor of the quiet car. she/her. hwalser.wordpress.com
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Hannah Walser
@hkpmw.bsky.social
· Apr 4
“Interpretive Facts: Textualism, Empiricism, and the Law-Fact Divide” is now available on SSRN! The article will be published next spring/summer, so I have lots of time to incorporate suggestions. 😊
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I think a lot about the anonymous note that Judge Young included at the beginning of his AAUP v. Rubio opinion: “Trump has pardons and tanks … what do you have?” The pardons may be more dangerous than the tanks.
"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I think a lot about the anonymous note that Judge Young included at the beginning of his AAUP v. Rubio opinion: “Trump has pardons and tanks … what do you have?” The pardons may be more dangerous than the tanks.
This great land of ours is home to a vast diversity of upper respiratory viruses and this semester I have had them all
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This great land of ours is home to a vast diversity of upper respiratory viruses and this semester I have had them all
Hi @fetterman.senate.gov! I urge you not to accept the bad deal that Republicans are offering. Democrats made a strong showing in last week’s elections. This is the moment to hold firm and show your constituents that you’re not Trump’s pawn. Thx!!
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Hi @fetterman.senate.gov! I urge you not to accept the bad deal that Republicans are offering. Democrats made a strong showing in last week’s elections. This is the moment to hold firm and show your constituents that you’re not Trump’s pawn. Thx!!
Turning on the charm in pursuit of a taste of lemon cake
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Turning on the charm in pursuit of a taste of lemon cake
This is it! We’ve finally found the thing that will turn me into the Joker!
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is it! We’ve finally found the thing that will turn me into the Joker!
Part of me wants to explain why Justice Jackson might have done this, but most of me thinks the Court deserves these “SCOTUS gives Trump green light to starve kids” headlines
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Part of me wants to explain why Justice Jackson might have done this, but most of me thinks the Court deserves these “SCOTUS gives Trump green light to starve kids” headlines
This is what gets to me. If you have any capacity for empathy, even one of these stories is excruciating to read. I don’t use the word “evil” often, but blithely allowing this to continue is evil.
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is what gets to me. If you have any capacity for empathy, even one of these stories is excruciating to read. I don’t use the word “evil” often, but blithely allowing this to continue is evil.
Continually amazed that a grown adult can say these things out loud—let alone in front of the Supreme Court—without shriveling up in shame
SG Sauer starts with some complete client service codswallop, none of which is true. Off to a hot start here. 2/
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Continually amazed that a grown adult can say these things out loud—let alone in front of the Supreme Court—without shriveling up in shame
Don’t sleep yet
My hunger’s whet
I’ve laid the ground
Now I’m making rounds
Wanna know what’s next?
Colossal success
Justice is coming
Know it and relax
My hunger’s whet
I’ve laid the ground
Now I’m making rounds
Wanna know what’s next?
Colossal success
Justice is coming
Know it and relax
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Don’t sleep yet
My hunger’s whet
I’ve laid the ground
Now I’m making rounds
Wanna know what’s next?
Colossal success
Justice is coming
Know it and relax
My hunger’s whet
I’ve laid the ground
Now I’m making rounds
Wanna know what’s next?
Colossal success
Justice is coming
Know it and relax
TORRES - Collect (Official Music Video)
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November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Did somebody say Malbec
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Did somebody say Malbec
Polls are open till 8, Philly, get out there #noexcuses
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Polls are open till 8, Philly, get out there #noexcuses
Reposted by Hannah Walser
It's impossible to overstate how much of what ICE is doing on the ground reflects this completely preposterous conflation of hostile *speech* and hostile *conduct.*
The First Amendment protects—or, at least, is supposed to protect—the former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.
The First Amendment protects—or, at least, is supposed to protect—the former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's impossible to overstate how much of what ICE is doing on the ground reflects this completely preposterous conflation of hostile *speech* and hostile *conduct.*
The First Amendment protects—or, at least, is supposed to protect—the former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.
The First Amendment protects—or, at least, is supposed to protect—the former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.
Had a dream that I was trying to have a Zoom meeting with a law school dean from an Airbnb where my and my husband’s entire extended families were also staying 😱
November 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Had a dream that I was trying to have a Zoom meeting with a law school dean from an Airbnb where my and my husband’s entire extended families were also staying 😱
Working toward this but instead of Fabergé eggs it’s fountain pens
Bleeding Gums Murphy - Fabergé Egg Addiction
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November 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Working toward this but instead of Fabergé eggs it’s fountain pens
A nice thing to find in one’s pocket
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A nice thing to find in one’s pocket
I just realized I failed to include an actual link to the essay, which is super embarrassing. Here it is! lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I just realized I failed to include an actual link to the essay, which is super embarrassing. Here it is! lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Henri Rousseau critters at the Barnes Foundation: topiary (+ human) edition
November 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Henri Rousseau critters at the Barnes Foundation: topiary (+ human) edition
Henri Rousseau critters at the Barnes Foundation: wild animal edition
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Henri Rousseau critters at the Barnes Foundation: wild animal edition
Henri Rousseau critters at the Barnes Foundation: domestic animal edition
November 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Henri Rousseau critters at the Barnes Foundation: domestic animal edition
LLMs specialize in a particular kind of bad writing: vapid, emotionally presumptuous, lacking in formal discipline. Many people seem to read these features as authenticity. For me (and I suspect for most humanities-trained folks) they produce instant revulsion. This makes me wonder (1/2)
A really good piece. I especially appreciated this paragraph, on how the maudlin discourse around LLM art repackages clichés as universals
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
LLMs specialize in a particular kind of bad writing: vapid, emotionally presumptuous, lacking in formal discipline. Many people seem to read these features as authenticity. For me (and I suspect for most humanities-trained folks) they produce instant revulsion. This makes me wonder (1/2)
A really good piece. I especially appreciated this paragraph, on how the maudlin discourse around LLM art repackages clichés as universals
November 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A really good piece. I especially appreciated this paragraph, on how the maudlin discourse around LLM art repackages clichés as universals
Reposted by Hannah Walser
The occupied city winning because its diverse prosperous team came through thanks to guys who don’t usually get the glory is what we’re going for here, I think.
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The occupied city winning because its diverse prosperous team came through thanks to guys who don’t usually get the glory is what we’re going for here, I think.
Next year, if there is a next year, I’m going to dress as Separation of Powers, drenched in blood
JUST IN: Anonymous 3-judge 7th Circuit panel permanently blocks Judge Sara Ellis' order, in anti-ICE protest litigation, that required Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino to provide daily, in-person report to court. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Next year, if there is a next year, I’m going to dress as Separation of Powers, drenched in blood
This will be my Halloween costume too, apparently, because l’esprit continues its slow drip, long after it would’ve been useful
If I ever needed a drag name, I think I’d choose Esprit De L’Escalier
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This will be my Halloween costume too, apparently, because l’esprit continues its slow drip, long after it would’ve been useful