Marin K. Levy
@marinklevy.bsky.social
Professor of Law, Duke Law School; Academic Director of the Bolch Judicial Institute. Mother of sons & spinner of ⚖️🧵s.
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You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
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Evergreen post.
Paul Clement: “If there’s no judicial review, then this is all kind of a joke.”
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Evergreen post.
Paul Clement: “If there’s no judicial review, then this is all kind of a joke.”
January 21, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Paul Clement: “If there’s no judicial review, then this is all kind of a joke.”
Important question from the Chief and now Justice Kagan in the Cook argument — what is the point of the for cause requirement for removal if reinstatement is off the table as a remedy?
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Important question from the Chief and now Justice Kagan in the Cook argument — what is the point of the for cause requirement for removal if reinstatement is off the table as a remedy?
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
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By day and night he wrongs me, every hour
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
January 16, 2026 at 2:27 AM
By day and night he wrongs me, every hour
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
Sam (age 9): What’s your quiet signal in class?
Me: We don’t have one in law school.
Sam: What do you do when your students get loud?
(❤️)
Me: We don’t have one in law school.
Sam: What do you do when your students get loud?
(❤️)
January 15, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Sam (age 9): What’s your quiet signal in class?
Me: We don’t have one in law school.
Sam: What do you do when your students get loud?
(❤️)
Me: We don’t have one in law school.
Sam: What do you do when your students get loud?
(❤️)
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I have never cheered harder for a tiny red dot.
The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states.
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
January 14, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I have never cheered harder for a tiny red dot.
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Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Big article by @schwartzesque.bsky.social out in the Times this morning . . .
Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Big article by @schwartzesque.bsky.social out in the Times this morning . . .
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Where can I cancel my two weeks free trial of 2026 before the deadline?
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Where can I cancel my two weeks free trial of 2026 before the deadline?
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No more, no more.
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
No more, no more.
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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Today at 2:30 ET:
I'll be the minority witness at a (twice-postponed) hearing before Senator Cruz's subcommittee, titled "Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable."
Here's a link to the witness statements, and where you should also be able to find live video this afternoon:
I'll be the minority witness at a (twice-postponed) hearing before Senator Cruz's subcommittee, titled "Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable."
Here's a link to the witness statements, and where you should also be able to find live video this afternoon:
Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
www.judiciary.senate.gov
January 7, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Today at 2:30 ET:
I'll be the minority witness at a (twice-postponed) hearing before Senator Cruz's subcommittee, titled "Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable."
Here's a link to the witness statements, and where you should also be able to find live video this afternoon:
I'll be the minority witness at a (twice-postponed) hearing before Senator Cruz's subcommittee, titled "Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable."
Here's a link to the witness statements, and where you should also be able to find live video this afternoon:
With all that is going on in the world, it might be easy to overlook that the D.C. Circuit appears to have changed its Special Panel (aka Motions Panel) so that it's no longer in place for a month.
I think this change is both really important and really good.
(A quick courts 🧵 . . . )
I think this change is both really important and really good.
(A quick courts 🧵 . . . )
January 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
With all that is going on in the world, it might be easy to overlook that the D.C. Circuit appears to have changed its Special Panel (aka Motions Panel) so that it's no longer in place for a month.
I think this change is both really important and really good.
(A quick courts 🧵 . . . )
I think this change is both really important and really good.
(A quick courts 🧵 . . . )
Always read @oonahathaway.bsky.social (and @ichotiner.bsky.social) . . .
January 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Always read @oonahathaway.bsky.social (and @ichotiner.bsky.social) . . .
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Happy Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary for all who celebrate! 🎉🎉🎉
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/y...
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/y...
www.supremecourt.gov
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Happy Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary for all who celebrate! 🎉🎉🎉
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/y...
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/y...
All the way down to the scone factory . . .
December 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
All the way down to the scone factory . . .
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Oh this broke my heart today —
“I feel so cheated and so sad that I don’t get to keep living the wonderful life I had with this kind, funny, handsome genius I managed to find.”
“A Battle with My Blood” by Tatiana Schlossberg
“I feel so cheated and so sad that I don’t get to keep living the wonderful life I had with this kind, funny, handsome genius I managed to find.”
“A Battle with My Blood” by Tatiana Schlossberg
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Oh this broke my heart today —
“I feel so cheated and so sad that I don’t get to keep living the wonderful life I had with this kind, funny, handsome genius I managed to find.”
“A Battle with My Blood” by Tatiana Schlossberg
“I feel so cheated and so sad that I don’t get to keep living the wonderful life I had with this kind, funny, handsome genius I managed to find.”
“A Battle with My Blood” by Tatiana Schlossberg
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At least 11 congressmen from 1865-1871 were arguably not citizens under Trump's interpretation of 14th A, our research finds. Yet no one challenged their eligibility to serve. Why not? Obviously, b/c no one who drafted or ratified the 14th A shared Trump's view.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Dog That Didn't Bark: Eligibility To Serve In Congress And The Original Understanding Of The Citizenship Clause
President Donald J. Trump's 2025 Executive Order restricting birthright citizenship has prompted new interest in the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment'
papers.ssrn.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
At least 11 congressmen from 1865-1871 were arguably not citizens under Trump's interpretation of 14th A, our research finds. Yet no one challenged their eligibility to serve. Why not? Obviously, b/c no one who drafted or ratified the 14th A shared Trump's view.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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‘Asterisk’ comes from a Geek word meaning “little star.”
*Greek
*Greek
December 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
‘Asterisk’ comes from a Geek word meaning “little star.”
*Greek
*Greek
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fascinating new birthright citizenship research from Amanda Frost and Emily Eason — in a reconstruction period rife with eligibility challenges, nobody challenged 12 members of Congress who would fail Trump’s citizenship clause test
Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
fascinating new birthright citizenship research from Amanda Frost and Emily Eason — in a reconstruction period rife with eligibility challenges, nobody challenged 12 members of Congress who would fail Trump’s citizenship clause test
Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Oh what a special one this is . . .
Fifty years ago today — Dec. 19, 1975 — the great John Paul Stevens joined the Supreme Court of the United States. ❤️
Fifty years ago today — Dec. 19, 1975 — the great John Paul Stevens joined the Supreme Court of the United States. ❤️
December 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Oh what a special one this is . . .
Fifty years ago today — Dec. 19, 1975 — the great John Paul Stevens joined the Supreme Court of the United States. ❤️
Fifty years ago today — Dec. 19, 1975 — the great John Paul Stevens joined the Supreme Court of the United States. ❤️