Jerry Edwards
@jerryedwards.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law. Formerly an ACLUFL Attorney. I nerd out over free expression, academic freedom, and American history.
All opinions are my own, not my employer's, and are correct, probably.
All opinions are my own, not my employer's, and are correct, probably.
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Jerry Edwards
@jerryedwards.bsky.social
· Aug 15
I am excited to announce that my article, Academic Freedom's Inflection Point, will be published in the Boston College Law Review in 2026. The SSRN link is below. I plan to make revisions to address feedback & new developments (ex. a terrible govt speech opinion). Comments are welcome & appreciated!
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pepperidge farm remembers
Remember when Lowry blurted out the N-word on TV and everyone rushed to his defense that it was an accident
Rich Lowry is a bigoted piece of shit whose existence makes America a worse place. He's vapid patrician gentility used to mask gutter racism. He's a Brooks Brothers pocket square used to wipe Nick Fuentes' ass.
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
pepperidge farm remembers
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
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www.nber.org/papers/w34524
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December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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The case for a stock trading ban
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The case for a stock trading ban
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Wow
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Wow
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The theme of this Reprint Day is "Whimsical Court Reform."
Article here: digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview/vo...
Article here: digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview/vo...
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The theme of this Reprint Day is "Whimsical Court Reform."
Article here: digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview/vo...
Article here: digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview/vo...
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I’m still unsure about using an indictment as a document of undisputed evidence as a prelude for military action without congressional authorization, but I’m just a simple country law professor.
Marco Rubio on Maduro: "He's into the drug business. By the way, it's not me saying it. I'm not just making this up. This was an indictment that came out of the Southern District of New York back in 2020. An indictment! It was undisputed."
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I’m still unsure about using an indictment as a document of undisputed evidence as a prelude for military action without congressional authorization, but I’m just a simple country law professor.
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I know the racism doesn't care and it's not the main point, but Omar has lived in the United States since she was 13, thirty years ago. She became a citizen when she was 17, twenty five years ago. She's an American by law but also just substantively, she's spent her entire adult life as an American.
In case you were wondering, this oped is even worse than the headline
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I know the racism doesn't care and it's not the main point, but Omar has lived in the United States since she was 13, thirty years ago. She became a citizen when she was 17, twenty five years ago. She's an American by law but also just substantively, she's spent her entire adult life as an American.
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They’ll be passing a federal Racial Integrity Act any day now, rolling back a century of progress that was hardly complete but certainly better than the Jim Crow and eugenics they crave to restore.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
They’ll be passing a federal Racial Integrity Act any day now, rolling back a century of progress that was hardly complete but certainly better than the Jim Crow and eugenics they crave to restore.
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Pete Hegseth is a testament to the power of white supremacy. People have spent years in prison for far less and yet he’s free and just chugging along at his job he’s not qualified for. Sheesh
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Pete Hegseth is a testament to the power of white supremacy. People have spent years in prison for far less and yet he’s free and just chugging along at his job he’s not qualified for. Sheesh
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Today being Giving Tuesday, I hope people on here--especially so many Philly people--will consider giving to GLEC--the Germantown Life Enrichment Center.
GLEC is one part community center, with meeting & sports areas, and one part housing provider.
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GLEC is one part community center, with meeting & sports areas, and one part housing provider.
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www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Today being Giving Tuesday, I hope people on here--especially so many Philly people--will consider giving to GLEC--the Germantown Life Enrichment Center.
GLEC is one part community center, with meeting & sports areas, and one part housing provider.
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www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
GLEC is one part community center, with meeting & sports areas, and one part housing provider.
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www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
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I think we need to recognize how extraordinary it is for a modern day president to be THIS explicitly racist. It really is.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I think we need to recognize how extraordinary it is for a modern day president to be THIS explicitly racist. It really is.
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Welp. I came across my first absolutely hallucinated “case” where it wasn’t checked (and wouldn’t even need to be shepardized) because it “cites” to a Supreme Court opinion written by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the year 1944. Help me I can’t law anymore
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Welp. I came across my first absolutely hallucinated “case” where it wasn’t checked (and wouldn’t even need to be shepardized) because it “cites” to a Supreme Court opinion written by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the year 1944. Help me I can’t law anymore
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December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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New to @ssrn.bsky.social: Bill Eskridge and I have posted The Unitary Executive and the Due Process State (Notre Dame L. Rev. Reflection, forthcoming). This essay explores what's at stake for administrative justice as the Supreme Court reconsiders Humphrey's Executor. Link below⬇️
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
New to @ssrn.bsky.social: Bill Eskridge and I have posted The Unitary Executive and the Due Process State (Notre Dame L. Rev. Reflection, forthcoming). This essay explores what's at stake for administrative justice as the Supreme Court reconsiders Humphrey's Executor. Link below⬇️
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Surely, this cannot be constitutional? I don’t know the answer other than the Supreme Court will say “nbd.”
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.
More coming soon.
More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Surely, this cannot be constitutional? I don’t know the answer other than the Supreme Court will say “nbd.”
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Very nice blog post on NWern's capitulation by Northwestern Law alum @howardwasserman.bsky.social It's aptly titled, "Screw U, NU": prawfsblawg.com/screw-u-nu/
Screw U, NU
That did not take long. Northwestern Interim President Henry Bienen announced its settlement in an email to the community on the Friday night of Thanksgiving weekend (when, Heidi Kitrosser said, yo…
prawfsblawg.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Very nice blog post on NWern's capitulation by Northwestern Law alum @howardwasserman.bsky.social It's aptly titled, "Screw U, NU": prawfsblawg.com/screw-u-nu/
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I do not think that anyone should be thinking about TPUSA when grading. I realize I am speaking from relative privilege but also feel that that is an intolerable situation that anyone with means should be trying to escape from, and whatever political economy is responsible for it needs to change.
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I do not think that anyone should be thinking about TPUSA when grading. I realize I am speaking from relative privilege but also feel that that is an intolerable situation that anyone with means should be trying to escape from, and whatever political economy is responsible for it needs to change.
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For once a decent oped in the nyt (other than @jamellebouie.net ’s which are always great) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
And I’m not just saying this because it’s a tune I’ve been playing for years…
And I’m not just saying this because it’s a tune I’ve been playing for years…
Opinion | Americans Won’t Have Faith in the Rule of Law Until the Law Works for Them
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
For once a decent oped in the nyt (other than @jamellebouie.net ’s which are always great) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
And I’m not just saying this because it’s a tune I’ve been playing for years…
And I’m not just saying this because it’s a tune I’ve been playing for years…
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TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
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The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.
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many of the states with universities that have entered into "agreements" with the regime have robust civil rights laws, including protection against discrimination on the basis of gender identity/expression. the Illinois Attorney General could make an example out of Northwestern. he really should.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
many of the states with universities that have entered into "agreements" with the regime have robust civil rights laws, including protection against discrimination on the basis of gender identity/expression. the Illinois Attorney General could make an example out of Northwestern. he really should.
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This is infuriating on so many levels, but partly because it ignores Congressional intent to penalize immigrants who followed the rules. And partly because these are people who have done nothing wrong beyond trying to negotiate a broken system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is infuriating on so many levels, but partly because it ignores Congressional intent to penalize immigrants who followed the rules. And partly because these are people who have done nothing wrong beyond trying to negotiate a broken system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Look, there is no way to avoid TPUSA. You can give trolls a C-, B, B+. It won't matter. They can even get an A overall but if you give the feedback the very constructive OU instructor did, you're on the list. The assignment could be 2% of the grade (it might be in that class!). There is no defense.
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Look, there is no way to avoid TPUSA. You can give trolls a C-, B, B+. It won't matter. They can even get an A overall but if you give the feedback the very constructive OU instructor did, you're on the list. The assignment could be 2% of the grade (it might be in that class!). There is no defense.
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President Hernandez was responsible for smuggling 500 TONS of cocaine into the United States! He was the top dog; the Pablo Escobar figure! He wasn’t just “selling drugs in that country.”
Reporter: You have made so clear how you want to keep drugs out of the US—
Trump: Right
Reporter: Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?
Trump: If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president
Trump: Right
Reporter: Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?
Trump: If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
President Hernandez was responsible for smuggling 500 TONS of cocaine into the United States! He was the top dog; the Pablo Escobar figure! He wasn’t just “selling drugs in that country.”
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Chief Bovino is not a political appointee. He is a civil servant, subject to the same requirements to be nonpartisan as any other employee. These messages are being broadcast from an official government account.
![Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh •9h “BREAKING: Gov. Tim Walz says Somalians are ESSENTIAL to the Minnesota community - despite STEALING millions or even billions in taxpayer dollars.
‘They bring diversity and ENERGY to a place like Minnesota!’ Pathetic. Somalians LEECH - DEPORT THEM.”
Response from Gregory Bovino’s official account: “Waltz is of the same class as newsome, stein, pritzker - gubners [governors] who choose illegal aliens over their own citizens. Amazing incompetence”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreihst32abq4yk2kvsi3sg5bjedowsscsf5lfojdskehwivjizr2tme@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Chief Bovino is not a political appointee. He is a civil servant, subject to the same requirements to be nonpartisan as any other employee. These messages are being broadcast from an official government account.