Jack Lerner
@jacklerner.bsky.social
Professor at UCI Law, director of UCI IP Arts & Tech Clinic, interested in copyright, documentary, freedom of expression, voting rights, justice. He/him.
https://mastodon.social/@jacklerner
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https://ipat.law.uci.edu
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https://endrapontrial.org
https://ipat.law.uci.edu
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It’s hard to comprehend the amount of courage contained in Ruby Bridges’ six year-old frame 65 years ago today.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It’s hard to comprehend the amount of courage contained in Ruby Bridges’ six year-old frame 65 years ago today.
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Are you an attorney or a law student? Interested in volunteering with us to help expand the Government Lawyers Database? Please let us know via this form: forms.gle/xrsBFWqsDVMe...
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Are you an attorney or a law student? Interested in volunteering with us to help expand the Government Lawyers Database? Please let us know via this form: forms.gle/xrsBFWqsDVMe...
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The ability to be "objective" or "neutral" about secret police disappearing kids would, in any rational system, be disqualifying. That the opposite is true is an indictment of journalism, and one reason that the mainstream media is distrusted.
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The ability to be "objective" or "neutral" about secret police disappearing kids would, in any rational system, be disqualifying. That the opposite is true is an indictment of journalism, and one reason that the mainstream media is distrusted.
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Now that Dems have capitulated, at the very least they should now make every future extension of funding contingent on Trump following the law. Any lawbreaking must be met with: No more votes from us, period.
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Now that Dems have capitulated, at the very least they should now make every future extension of funding contingent on Trump following the law. Any lawbreaking must be met with: No more votes from us, period.
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
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yo, even John Yoo thinks that this shit is illegal www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
October 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
yo, even John Yoo thinks that this shit is illegal www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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I used to be a one-issue 2028 voter, which issue being you will prosecute and jail all of them; I add an issue: If that ballroom carbuncle is completed, it must be razed.
October 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I used to be a one-issue 2028 voter, which issue being you will prosecute and jail all of them; I add an issue: If that ballroom carbuncle is completed, it must be razed.
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There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.
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The Supreme Court announcing that a president cannot not be held criminally liable for virtually anything he does in office based on nothing in the text, structure, or history of the Constitution was extremely bad, IMHO
October 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Supreme Court announcing that a president cannot not be held criminally liable for virtually anything he does in office based on nothing in the text, structure, or history of the Constitution was extremely bad, IMHO
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there is a new scandal as bad or worse than what got trump impeached the first time about every 48 hours
October 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
there is a new scandal as bad or worse than what got trump impeached the first time about every 48 hours
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On Saturday October 18th, I’m asking you to attend the No King’s March in your local communities. We have witnessed the increasing authoritarianism and its policies in our country. We dissent.
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
On Saturday October 18th, I’m asking you to attend the No King’s March in your local communities. We have witnessed the increasing authoritarianism and its policies in our country. We dissent.
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ofc it was Michael Barbaro
October 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
ofc it was Michael Barbaro
THE DRAKE v UMG CASE HAS BEEN DISMISSED IN FULL.
Judge Vargas just issued a 38-page opinion dismissing all counts. This is excellent news for anyone opposed to treating rap lyrics as factual assertions, particularly in the context of diss tracks.
bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.ed...
Judge Vargas just issued a 38-page opinion dismissing all counts. This is excellent news for anyone opposed to treating rap lyrics as factual assertions, particularly in the context of diss tracks.
bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.ed...
bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
THE DRAKE v UMG CASE HAS BEEN DISMISSED IN FULL.
Judge Vargas just issued a 38-page opinion dismissing all counts. This is excellent news for anyone opposed to treating rap lyrics as factual assertions, particularly in the context of diss tracks.
bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.ed...
Judge Vargas just issued a 38-page opinion dismissing all counts. This is excellent news for anyone opposed to treating rap lyrics as factual assertions, particularly in the context of diss tracks.
bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.ed...
The UCI Law Clinics hosted a wonderful screening of
@ninetyminuteslater.bsky.social, Cyndy Fujikawaʻs heartbreaking profile of Vanessa Marquezʻs life and tragic death. With @susanseager.bsky.social.
We wrote about it here: ipat.law.uci.edu/uci-law-clin...
@ninetyminuteslater.bsky.social, Cyndy Fujikawaʻs heartbreaking profile of Vanessa Marquezʻs life and tragic death. With @susanseager.bsky.social.
We wrote about it here: ipat.law.uci.edu/uci-law-clin...
October 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The UCI Law Clinics hosted a wonderful screening of
@ninetyminuteslater.bsky.social, Cyndy Fujikawaʻs heartbreaking profile of Vanessa Marquezʻs life and tragic death. With @susanseager.bsky.social.
We wrote about it here: ipat.law.uci.edu/uci-law-clin...
@ninetyminuteslater.bsky.social, Cyndy Fujikawaʻs heartbreaking profile of Vanessa Marquezʻs life and tragic death. With @susanseager.bsky.social.
We wrote about it here: ipat.law.uci.edu/uci-law-clin...
From 1851 to 2025. This image shows where we are right now as a country—and it’s not pretty. I can’t believe we’re here. But we will hold onto hope, and keep on struggling, organizing, speaking out, and acting with love and nonviolent resistance. And we will win.
October 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
From 1851 to 2025. This image shows where we are right now as a country—and it’s not pretty. I can’t believe we’re here. But we will hold onto hope, and keep on struggling, organizing, speaking out, and acting with love and nonviolent resistance. And we will win.
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Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
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If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
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In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
www.mediaite.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
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I cannot emphasize enough that this administration shouldn’t get 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 from the Dems until they start obeying the law.
Not. One.
Optics matter: if you want people to turn out next election despite troops in the streets, then show them it matters.
Do your goddamn jobs and hold the line.
Not. One.
Optics matter: if you want people to turn out next election despite troops in the streets, then show them it matters.
Do your goddamn jobs and hold the line.
October 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that this administration shouldn’t get 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 from the Dems until they start obeying the law.
Not. One.
Optics matter: if you want people to turn out next election despite troops in the streets, then show them it matters.
Do your goddamn jobs and hold the line.
Not. One.
Optics matter: if you want people to turn out next election despite troops in the streets, then show them it matters.
Do your goddamn jobs and hold the line.
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this is as open an admission that an entire agency is engaging in routine constitutional violations that I can imagine
Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…
October 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
this is as open an admission that an entire agency is engaging in routine constitutional violations that I can imagine
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Very Trump-era story.
1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum.
2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property!
3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property.
4. The person who did the right thing was fired.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...
1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum.
2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property!
3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property.
4. The person who did the right thing was fired.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...
After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Very Trump-era story.
1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum.
2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property!
3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property.
4. The person who did the right thing was fired.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...
1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum.
2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property!
3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property.
4. The person who did the right thing was fired.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...
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Today is Vanessa Guillén Day named in honor of a US Soldier who was murdered by a supervisor who had been sexually harassing her. Her family spent years pushing legislation to protect US military women from SA/SH by changing the process to make them more likely to get justice. Hegseth just undid it🤬
October 1, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Today is Vanessa Guillén Day named in honor of a US Soldier who was murdered by a supervisor who had been sexually harassing her. Her family spent years pushing legislation to protect US military women from SA/SH by changing the process to make them more likely to get justice. Hegseth just undid it🤬
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Holocaust survivors today in Yad Vashem Square 🇮🇱
Veronika Cohen, from Hungary
“It seems we have lost our soul as a people. Yom Kippur is an opportunity to purify our soul from sins between man and God, but not from sins between man and his fellow — and that is what we need to start working on”
Veronika Cohen, from Hungary
“It seems we have lost our soul as a people. Yom Kippur is an opportunity to purify our soul from sins between man and God, but not from sins between man and his fellow — and that is what we need to start working on”
October 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Holocaust survivors today in Yad Vashem Square 🇮🇱
Veronika Cohen, from Hungary
“It seems we have lost our soul as a people. Yom Kippur is an opportunity to purify our soul from sins between man and God, but not from sins between man and his fellow — and that is what we need to start working on”
Veronika Cohen, from Hungary
“It seems we have lost our soul as a people. Yom Kippur is an opportunity to purify our soul from sins between man and God, but not from sins between man and his fellow — and that is what we need to start working on”
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would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Trump obtains another settlement as YouTube agrees to pay $24.5 million
Alphabet settles with Trump instead of fighting lawsuit over January 6 suspension.
arstechnica.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!