Marcia McCormick
@marciamccormick.bsky.social
Getting too old for this @#$%. SLU lawprof, cosplaying as a responsible adult temporarily: worklaw, conlaw, gender & sexuality. Kids say I'm a little bit chaotic. More at marciamccormick.com
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This article captures the scale at which academic freedom is being repressed at TX A&M, but also the chaotic way the new rules are being implemented.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
This article captures the scale at which academic freedom is being repressed at TX A&M, but also the chaotic way the new rules are being implemented.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Once again the underlying conduct is a horror, but it's unbelievably jarring to see literal propaganda and Orwellian doublespeak in official government communication.
the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Once again the underlying conduct is a horror, but it's unbelievably jarring to see literal propaganda and Orwellian doublespeak in official government communication.
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In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
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The United States Government’s position is that it is unlawful to watch law enforcement and you will be assaulted, it is treasonous to oppose their work and you will be executed for it, the President of the United States will defame you in death, and they will say “good job, law enforcement” on CNN.
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The United States Government’s position is that it is unlawful to watch law enforcement and you will be assaulted, it is treasonous to oppose their work and you will be executed for it, the President of the United States will defame you in death, and they will say “good job, law enforcement” on CNN.
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"ghost jobs" -- positions companies advertise that they never plan to fill, just to harvest your data, make themselves look like they're growing, etc.
columbialawreview.org/content/ghos...
columbialawreview.org/content/ghos...
GHOST JOBS - Columbia Law Review
Introduction A tight employment market, economic uncertainty, and the rising (and often clumsy) use of artificial intelligence in hiring have coagulated into a witches’ brew of turmoil for job seekers...
columbialawreview.org
January 25, 2026 at 1:48 PM
"ghost jobs" -- positions companies advertise that they never plan to fill, just to harvest your data, make themselves look like they're growing, etc.
columbialawreview.org/content/ghos...
columbialawreview.org/content/ghos...
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We're now tracking about as many anti-trans bills for 2026 as we saw for the entirety of 2022.
It's a similar case for anti-LGBTQ+ bills in general.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
It's a similar case for anti-LGBTQ+ bills in general.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Big Compilation Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Sheet
docs.google.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 AM
We're now tracking about as many anti-trans bills for 2026 as we saw for the entirety of 2022.
It's a similar case for anti-LGBTQ+ bills in general.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
It's a similar case for anti-LGBTQ+ bills in general.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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The EEOC has just voted 2-1 to remove the entirety of its employer guidance on sexual harassment because portions of it protected trans people.
This administration is pro sexual harassment while simultaneously claiming they protect women.
This administration is pro sexual harassment while simultaneously claiming they protect women.
January 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The EEOC has just voted 2-1 to remove the entirety of its employer guidance on sexual harassment because portions of it protected trans people.
This administration is pro sexual harassment while simultaneously claiming they protect women.
This administration is pro sexual harassment while simultaneously claiming they protect women.
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Saint Louis University has launched the search for the university’s next executive vice president and provost.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/rvAA7Xw
Learn more: https://loom.ly/rvAA7Xw
January 21, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Saint Louis University has launched the search for the university’s next executive vice president and provost.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/rvAA7Xw
Learn more: https://loom.ly/rvAA7Xw
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Two significant externalities to the lack of a civil remedy against federal officials:
1) There won't be litigation and discovery showing the extent and depth of the abuses in the immigration crackdown
2) Precedent won't be creating to prevent a repeat of those abuses
1) There won't be litigation and discovery showing the extent and depth of the abuses in the immigration crackdown
2) Precedent won't be creating to prevent a repeat of those abuses
January 19, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Two significant externalities to the lack of a civil remedy against federal officials:
1) There won't be litigation and discovery showing the extent and depth of the abuses in the immigration crackdown
2) Precedent won't be creating to prevent a repeat of those abuses
1) There won't be litigation and discovery showing the extent and depth of the abuses in the immigration crackdown
2) Precedent won't be creating to prevent a repeat of those abuses
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My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support.
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
Pow Wow Grounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support.
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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I've just posted my latest essay w/ @jessicasilbey.bsky.social, titled "How AI Destroys Institutions." We argue that AI systems are designed in ways that degrade & are likely to destroy our crucial civic institutions like the rule of law, universities & a free press. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How AI Destroys Institutions
Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies
papers.ssrn.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I've just posted my latest essay w/ @jessicasilbey.bsky.social, titled "How AI Destroys Institutions." We argue that AI systems are designed in ways that degrade & are likely to destroy our crucial civic institutions like the rule of law, universities & a free press. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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What the fuck are we actually doing here?
January 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
What the fuck are we actually doing here?
Hey Con Law and Fed Courts students!
For the law nerds among us, my colleague Harrison Stark wrote an excellent piece explaining if and how these state created remedies would work.
statedemocracy.law.wisc.edu/featured/202...
statedemocracy.law.wisc.edu/featured/202...
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Hey Con Law and Fed Courts students!
Hey employment discrimination students!
These authors wanted to know whether mothers face discrimination in hiring, even when they are equally qualified as other applicants.
So they ran two experiments...
So they ran two experiments...
January 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Hey employment discrimination students!
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
There are bigger things going on today, but I am a little alarmed that the entire website for the Department of Labor's Inspector General appears to be offline.
January 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM
There are bigger things going on today, but I am a little alarmed that the entire website for the Department of Labor's Inspector General appears to be offline.
Literal Deconstruction!
This month's 11th Hour column in the print New Republic is about Trump's threatened sale of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, the "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal." We have since learned Trump is preparing to bypass the GSA and demolish it before sale. Please spread the word.
December 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Literal Deconstruction!
It's a little foggy this morning on Chicago.
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It's a little foggy this morning on Chicago.
YES!!
Continuing our tour through the best Christmas movies ever.
a woman talking to a child with the words " life is pain get used to it " below her
Alt: Geena Davis telling her daughter "Life is pain, get used to it" in The Long Kiss Goodnight.
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
YES!!
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Fun fact: When he was general counsel, the current OU president co-authored an article that begins with:
"When must a professor's academic freedom yield to a public university's interests as an employer and its own academic autonomy?"
digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/olr/vol50/is...
"When must a professor's academic freedom yield to a public university's interests as an employer and its own academic autonomy?"
digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/olr/vol50/is...
December 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Fun fact: When he was general counsel, the current OU president co-authored an article that begins with:
"When must a professor's academic freedom yield to a public university's interests as an employer and its own academic autonomy?"
digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/olr/vol50/is...
"When must a professor's academic freedom yield to a public university's interests as an employer and its own academic autonomy?"
digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/olr/vol50/is...
Happy solstice. From here there will be more light.
December 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy solstice. From here there will be more light.