Professa Murray
@kalimurray.bsky.social
I am a law professor. The Only Patent Habermasian. Dedicated to bringing a knife to a knife fight, and her enduring porpoise. 🐬 Running her own neighborhood on BlueSky.
I am even more specific than @blakeprof.bsky.social: we fund everyone except ICE and CPB. They can live off of the fat of the BBBA until 2029, and then we kill ICE.
We could just not fund DHS and have separate funding bills for each agency in a new “Department of Not Being the Worst”
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM
I am even more specific than @blakeprof.bsky.social: we fund everyone except ICE and CPB. They can live off of the fat of the BBBA until 2029, and then we kill ICE.
The Jesuits have been on it. :)
Oh I LOVE that Georgetown Law just issued a gigantic fuck-you to the forces of fascism by naming Liz Magill as their new dean.
a woman is sitting at a table with her hands folded in front of her .
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with her hands folded in front of her .
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February 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The Jesuits have been on it. :)
What is crazy about being named Murray is that when your cousin does the 23 and Me, 30-40% of your genetic make-up ends up being Scots-Irish. So, dude, should I be proud of my “White” Identity? Sit down, stupid.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
What is crazy about being named Murray is that when your cousin does the 23 and Me, 30-40% of your genetic make-up ends up being Scots-Irish. So, dude, should I be proud of my “White” Identity? Sit down, stupid.
Let me introduce everyone to the 24th Amendment! C’mon down, Fighting 24th:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election…shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election…shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Thank you, Julie Johnson, for speaking out against the grotesquely misnamed SAVE act. We need you to keep fighting for us in the House.
February 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Let me introduce everyone to the 24th Amendment! C’mon down, Fighting 24th:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election…shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election…shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Speaking as an Apple News user here: (a) it is a pretty useful service; and (b) the user organizes the feed. You can deliberately select your Favorites and then it bases subsequent selections on your initial choices. You can have a feed entirely composed of “conservative choices.”
Christ. Aside from the very fucking basic 1A principles here, imagine a world in which the FCC actually had the authority to do this. How would a service like Apple News perfectly balance every viewpoint? They wouldn't. They'd just change the formula to appease whichever party is in power.
Free speech something something
February 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Speaking as an Apple News user here: (a) it is a pretty useful service; and (b) the user organizes the feed. You can deliberately select your Favorites and then it bases subsequent selections on your initial choices. You can have a feed entirely composed of “conservative choices.”
Thank you, Senate. Renee Good’s dead is not being investigated at all.
ELLISON: We're hoping we can gain cooperation perhaps in the Pretti matter, but we've been advised that the feds aren't investigating the Good matter and we haven't received any access to the evidence
PETERS: So in these two cases, you're being stonewalled?
ELLISON: That's a yes
PETERS: So in these two cases, you're being stonewalled?
ELLISON: That's a yes
February 12, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Thank you, Senate. Renee Good’s dead is not being investigated at all.
And this is why President Biden committed political malpractice by not stepping down before the Democrats could hold a primary vote: low information voters in a polarized environment need to beat over the head with new information.
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
And this is why President Biden committed political malpractice by not stepping down before the Democrats could hold a primary vote: low information voters in a polarized environment need to beat over the head with new information.
What I will say that Anti-Federalist theory of political pluralism—which is also resides sovereignty in the People themselves—is looking quite prescient.
Donald Trump, ICE, and CBP retreat defeated from another American city.
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
What I will say that Anti-Federalist theory of political pluralism—which is also resides sovereignty in the People themselves—is looking quite prescient.
Ice out of Minnesota; ICE and CPB funding constrained; and the death of Renee Good, and all other 16 officer-involved shootings, ideally by Congress.
These were my goals at the start.
These were my goals at the start.
HOMAN: “I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this (Minneapolis) surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been under way this week and will continue through the next week."
February 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Ice out of Minnesota; ICE and CPB funding constrained; and the death of Renee Good, and all other 16 officer-involved shootings, ideally by Congress.
These were my goals at the start.
These were my goals at the start.
The minimum is an investigation of an officer-involved shooting—whether it is a criminal or civil investigation. The Trump Admin refused to do minimum on Marimar Martinez and is refusing to do one on Renee Good. Both times it is because Kash Patel refused to contradict Pres. Trump.on his fantasies.
My latest on Marimar, but it is already well out of date (she had a press conference today and her shooter was confirmed to be on leave).
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"El Jefe" Supported CBP's Information War and Violent Attack on Marimar Martinez - emptywheel
Back in October, "El Jefe" applauded Charles Exum's shooting of Marimar Martinez and the false claims he used to slander his victim. And yet after it became clear that was all propaganda in November, ...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The minimum is an investigation of an officer-involved shooting—whether it is a criminal or civil investigation. The Trump Admin refused to do minimum on Marimar Martinez and is refusing to do one on Renee Good. Both times it is because Kash Patel refused to contradict Pres. Trump.on his fantasies.
I am so excited to read @chup.blakereid.org’s Separation of Copyright Powers, a particularly fervid moment of this Feed, when I speculated Elon Musk was after the copyright deposits at the Copyright Office. Memories, LOL.
Glad to finally post a preprint of Separation of Copyright Powers, my take on the © coup at the Library of Congress and the Copyright Office, and how we're not in Schoolhouse Rock anymore. (Thanks to @kalimurray.bsky.social and others on here for helpful conversations when it started going down!)
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February 11, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I am so excited to read @chup.blakereid.org’s Separation of Copyright Powers, a particularly fervid moment of this Feed, when I speculated Elon Musk was after the copyright deposits at the Copyright Office. Memories, LOL.
We were waiting for this shoe to drop is in the Infrostructure space when Billy Long quit in a blaze of glory. Who was Billy Long? A man whose only tax experience was in creating corrupt, tax shelters, but still found sharing tax information abhorrent.
So they can sue for $10 billion now, right?
Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
February 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
We were waiting for this shoe to drop is in the Infrostructure space when Billy Long quit in a blaze of glory. Who was Billy Long? A man whose only tax experience was in creating corrupt, tax shelters, but still found sharing tax information abhorrent.
I suspect the Democrats have a lurking issue in the University space, which we had pretty good universities, when we funded them and left the professors alone to create American greatness. All of this syllabus nitpicking, it seems to me, is pretty weird.
👇🎯 As always, ~every single problem in American higher education is downstream of the fact that we should
Fund.
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Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
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Like.
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as many others besides me have noted, this is downstream of the broader societal problem of educational finance being dependent on the largesse of obscenely wealthy psychopaths, cranks, and deviants
February 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I suspect the Democrats have a lurking issue in the University space, which we had pretty good universities, when we funded them and left the professors alone to create American greatness. All of this syllabus nitpicking, it seems to me, is pretty weird.
Hey, look nothing has changed in 15 days except Alex Pretti’s death is “under investigation” by DOJ.
As of right now, ICE is fully funded, Renee Good’s death remains without an investigation, Alex Pretti’s death is under investigation by DHS(?), Kristi Noem has not been impeached, and as of right now, ICE is still in Minnesota. Keep pushing, folks.
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Hey, look nothing has changed in 15 days except Alex Pretti’s death is “under investigation” by DOJ.
I just wanted to note that the reason why everyone said that a very narrow popular vote plurality was an anti-majoritarian device, the Electoral College, which was imposed in the Constitution as a device to uphold enslavement.
this is one of the big problems with a too-online campaign - they were utterly convinced they'd memed their way to victory rather than riding the global anti-incumbent backlash wave (where they did worse than most)
people the world over just wanted to throw the bums out, that's all it really was
people the world over just wanted to throw the bums out, that's all it really was
I really think when Trump won by larger than expected margins (though still small), many conservatives truly believed they had finally won a cultural soft power victory and burned a lot of the actual political capital they had on trying to seem inevitable, and now more people hate them every day.
February 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I just wanted to note that the reason why everyone said that a very narrow popular vote plurality was an anti-majoritarian device, the Electoral College, which was imposed in the Constitution as a device to uphold enslavement.
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
I point out no Democrat asked why an investigation is not even open on Renee Good’s death to repeat to everyone: an investigation is the bare minimum. And as I noted last week, the difference between how Renee’s death has been treated is simultaneously sexist and deeply misogynistic.
February 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I point out no Democrat asked why an investigation is not even open on Renee Good’s death to repeat to everyone: an investigation is the bare minimum. And as I noted last week, the difference between how Renee’s death has been treated is simultaneously sexist and deeply misogynistic.
I am mystified by his answer here because there is NO investigation of Renee Good’s death, civil or criminal, www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u.... If there is an active investigation, that is news to everyone.
February 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I am mystified by his answer here because there is NO investigation of Renee Good’s death, civil or criminal, www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u.... If there is an active investigation, that is news to everyone.
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Almost a year ago @joshtpm.bsky.social posted: “The situation at NIH and for biomedical research in the US is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.”
I can confirm that this remains true. It is today MUCH MUCH WORSE than the way everyone is acting in public.
I can confirm that this remains true. It is today MUCH MUCH WORSE than the way everyone is acting in public.
The situation at the NIH and for all biomedical and cancer cure research in the United States is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.
Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
February 7, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Almost a year ago @joshtpm.bsky.social posted: “The situation at NIH and for biomedical research in the US is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.”
I can confirm that this remains true. It is today MUCH MUCH WORSE than the way everyone is acting in public.
I can confirm that this remains true. It is today MUCH MUCH WORSE than the way everyone is acting in public.
Yes, DHS was so confident that the law is clear that it hid for at least six months, making agents come to a secret room, and they are so confident that instead of going through a notice and comment process, they re-issued this as a “guidance.” Total confidence.
February 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Yes, DHS was so confident that the law is clear that it hid for at least six months, making agents come to a secret room, and they are so confident that instead of going through a notice and comment process, they re-issued this as a “guidance.” Total confidence.
Here the technical details of administrative law are fuzzing up the picture: Todd Lyons issued a “guidance” that administrative warrants can be used. A “guidance” is a weak form of authority in administrative law.
this is incredibly frustrating. By framing this as a policy demand Dems are aiding a disinformation campaign that is intended to confuse the public about what is constitutionally required.
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Here the technical details of administrative law are fuzzing up the picture: Todd Lyons issued a “guidance” that administrative warrants can be used. A “guidance” is a weak form of authority in administrative law.
I am so excited about this reading!
Reading @kalimurray.bsky.social's essay re 18th cent enslavement & TM law 👇but also (as @law-and-humanities.bsky.social Arts Ed) Iinking Murray's use of literary theories of spectre & phantom to Winsome Pinnock's 'hauntology' in playwriting (see podcast at 13': shorturl.at/m71KW) shorturl.at/badOa
Seeing the Dead: Marks, Meaning and the Haunting of American Trademark Law | Texas Law Review
[Introduction] The retirement of trademarks such as “Uncle Ben” and “Aunt Jemima” during the fulcrum of the Black Lives Matter movement prompted scholars to reconsider how trademark law protected vari...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
I am so excited about this reading!
What is really funny to me is that President Trump wasn’t watching Turning Point’s halftime show either….
a woman wearing sunglasses and a black top is standing in the dark .
ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and a black top is standing in the dark .
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February 9, 2026 at 3:56 AM
What is really funny to me is that President Trump wasn’t watching Turning Point’s halftime show either….
You encourage Congress to try it all. Some of it will work, some of it will fail. Pres. John Quincy Adams, after his failed (?) Presidency, joined Congress and then spent from 1836 until 1844, fighting the Gag Rule, which banned anti-slavery petitions from being bought to the floor of Congress.
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
You encourage Congress to try it all. Some of it will work, some of it will fail. Pres. John Quincy Adams, after his failed (?) Presidency, joined Congress and then spent from 1836 until 1844, fighting the Gag Rule, which banned anti-slavery petitions from being bought to the floor of Congress.
For everyone joining my party: if I have one belief about Congressional Power is you don’t know anything until you fail, ok? Yes, it is hard to bring a personal bills, BUT guess what, it used to be hard to bring a discharge petition as well. Democracy is exercise…..
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
For everyone joining my party: if I have one belief about Congressional Power is you don’t know anything until you fail, ok? Yes, it is hard to bring a personal bills, BUT guess what, it used to be hard to bring a discharge petition as well. Democracy is exercise…..