Noah Chauvin
@noahchauvin.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Studies free speech, surveillance, and the production of legal scholarship.
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Noah Chauvin
@noahchauvin.bsky.social
· Dec 23
New paper alert! "The Capture of the Congressional Intelligence Committees" argues that instead of being a meaningful check on the intelligence community, the intelligence committees have become the spy agencies' biggest boosters on Capitol Hill.
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This week, @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Michael Smith
(@msmith750.bsky.social) spoke about his recently published article, “Ethics and Originalism,” at the 25th Annual Symposium for the St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice and Ethics.
(@msmith750.bsky.social) spoke about his recently published article, “Ethics and Originalism,” at the 25th Annual Symposium for the St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice and Ethics.
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
This week, @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Michael Smith
(@msmith750.bsky.social) spoke about his recently published article, “Ethics and Originalism,” at the 25th Annual Symposium for the St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice and Ethics.
(@msmith750.bsky.social) spoke about his recently published article, “Ethics and Originalism,” at the 25th Annual Symposium for the St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice and Ethics.
Really looking forward to speaking at Georgia State this spring!
I am more thrilled about this amazing lineup of speakers this spring at Georgia State than I can articulate!
Our intellectual community is bustling with activity. I look forward to welcoming this crew to Atlanta and engaging with their scholarship.
Our intellectual community is bustling with activity. I look forward to welcoming this crew to Atlanta and engaging with their scholarship.
January 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Really looking forward to speaking at Georgia State this spring!
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The final version of the article is available here! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I aimed to keep my proposals feasible and modest. The goal is to reduce headaches and inefficiency on both sides of the author/editor relationship. Feel free to share with any editors you know!
I aimed to keep my proposals feasible and modest. The goal is to reduce headaches and inefficiency on both sides of the author/editor relationship. Feel free to share with any editors you know!
January 27, 2026 at 12:09 AM
The final version of the article is available here! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I aimed to keep my proposals feasible and modest. The goal is to reduce headaches and inefficiency on both sides of the author/editor relationship. Feel free to share with any editors you know!
I aimed to keep my proposals feasible and modest. The goal is to reduce headaches and inefficiency on both sides of the author/editor relationship. Feel free to share with any editors you know!
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Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Michael Smith @msmith750.bsky.social, whose article “Editing Legal Scholarship” was just published in the University of Detroit Mercy Law Review!
January 27, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Michael Smith @msmith750.bsky.social, whose article “Editing Legal Scholarship” was just published in the University of Detroit Mercy Law Review!
You couldn’t say that Apollo is *loving* the weather.
January 26, 2026 at 11:32 PM
You couldn’t say that Apollo is *loving* the weather.
One of the better slides I've ever made, I think.
January 26, 2026 at 8:37 PM
One of the better slides I've ever made, I think.
My essay "Can States Force ICE to Take Off the Masks?" is now published in the Southern California Law Review Postscript.
It argues that states lack the authority to ban ICE agents wearing masks--something that 18 states and many localities have considered or tried.
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It argues that states lack the authority to ban ICE agents wearing masks--something that 18 states and many localities have considered or tried.
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January 25, 2026 at 10:11 PM
My essay "Can States Force ICE to Take Off the Masks?" is now published in the Southern California Law Review Postscript.
It argues that states lack the authority to ban ICE agents wearing masks--something that 18 states and many localities have considered or tried.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It argues that states lack the authority to ban ICE agents wearing masks--something that 18 states and many localities have considered or tried.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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This is outrageous and un-American. Full stop. Let's start with the basics: being an observer or a protester does not make you a "domestic terrorist," as I explained shortly after an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Good. 1/12 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
January 24, 2026 at 3:12 PM
This is outrageous and un-American. Full stop. Let's start with the basics: being an observer or a protester does not make you a "domestic terrorist," as I explained shortly after an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Good. 1/12 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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Great piece from @orinkerr.bsky.social in @lawfaremedia.org explaining why ICE should not be able to enter homes with administrative warrants.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
Can ICE Enter a Home to Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?
A tentative take, on both the rights and the remedies.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Great piece from @orinkerr.bsky.social in @lawfaremedia.org explaining why ICE should not be able to enter homes with administrative warrants.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
My paper "The Unconstitutional Attempt to Criminalize Naming ICE Agents" is now published in the UCLA Law Review Discourse.
You can check the paper out here:
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You can check the paper out here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
January 22, 2026 at 9:42 PM
My paper "The Unconstitutional Attempt to Criminalize Naming ICE Agents" is now published in the UCLA Law Review Discourse.
You can check the paper out here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
You can check the paper out here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Tracy Pearl @tpearl.bsky.social has been invited to join Marshall Shapo’s Torts hornbook, Principles of Tort Law, as a co-author! Be on the lookout for the 5th edition, slated to come out later this year.
January 17, 2026 at 4:05 PM
@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Tracy Pearl @tpearl.bsky.social has been invited to join Marshall Shapo’s Torts hornbook, Principles of Tort Law, as a co-author! Be on the lookout for the 5th edition, slated to come out later this year.
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It's a good day for the First Amendment.
JUST IN: Judge denies Trump administration's bid to throw out @StanfordDaily lawsuit claiming deportation drive aimed at pro-Palestinian students is chilling 1st Amendment rights. Judge Noel Wise (CAND/Biden). Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order – #75 in Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation v. Rubio (N.D. Cal., 5:25-cv-06618) – CourtListener.com
ORDER DENYING [66] MOTION TO DISMISS signed by Judge Noel Wise on 1/16/2026. (akw, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/16/2026)
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January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
It's a good day for the First Amendment.
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I’m convinced this is driven in no small part bc of the law review system.
Article acceptances are made by (structurally) ill-informed students. “This is awesomely new” might make a referee roll their eyes, but prob has an impact on student editors.
Article acceptances are made by (structurally) ill-informed students. “This is awesomely new” might make a referee roll their eyes, but prob has an impact on student editors.
Beware the legal scholar who starts every paper of their career with the premise that you are all rubes and everyone for all of time has been wrong, except them.
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I’m convinced this is driven in no small part bc of the law review system.
Article acceptances are made by (structurally) ill-informed students. “This is awesomely new” might make a referee roll their eyes, but prob has an impact on student editors.
Article acceptances are made by (structurally) ill-informed students. “This is awesomely new” might make a referee roll their eyes, but prob has an impact on student editors.
My book review essay, "Understanding Free Speech Values at the Supreme Court," is now published in the Rutgers University Law Review Commentaries.
Check it out! 👇
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Check it out! 👇
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
My book review essay, "Understanding Free Speech Values at the Supreme Court," is now published in the Rutgers University Law Review Commentaries.
Check it out! 👇
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Check it out! 👇
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Last week's AALS Annual Meeting featured eleven @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social faculty members who presented their works-in-progress, spoke on panels, served as commentators and moderators, and organized section programming.
January 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Last week's AALS Annual Meeting featured eleven @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social faculty members who presented their works-in-progress, spoke on panels, served as commentators and moderators, and organized section programming.
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NAACP LDF: DHS "has already falsely characterized Ms. Good as a domestic terrorist in a shameful and cowardly effort to deflect its own responsibility for this indefensible killing."
"DHS has demonstrated a callous disregard for our public safety and well-being, and we condemn it unequivocally."
"DHS has demonstrated a callous disregard for our public safety and well-being, and we condemn it unequivocally."
LDF Condemns Federal Law Enforcement Killing in Minneapolis
Today, following an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis involving 2,000 federal agents, which an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official claimed was their largest operation “...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:31 AM
NAACP LDF: DHS "has already falsely characterized Ms. Good as a domestic terrorist in a shameful and cowardly effort to deflect its own responsibility for this indefensible killing."
"DHS has demonstrated a callous disregard for our public safety and well-being, and we condemn it unequivocally."
"DHS has demonstrated a callous disregard for our public safety and well-being, and we condemn it unequivocally."
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Article I of the Constitution plainly does not permit offensive military hostilities without Congress’s approval— and that’s before we ever get to any international law principles.
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Article I of the Constitution plainly does not permit offensive military hostilities without Congress’s approval— and that’s before we ever get to any international law principles.
Made it to New Orleans for AALS! Unfortunately, my bag did not. So if you see me walking around dressed like a guy who already has tenure, no need to congratulate me.
January 6, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Made it to New Orleans for AALS! Unfortunately, my bag did not. So if you see me walking around dressed like a guy who already has tenure, no need to congratulate me.
AI told me that my article has a 60% chance of being published by the Harvard Law Review, so maybe it’s not an entirely useless technology.
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
AI told me that my article has a 60% chance of being published by the Harvard Law Review, so maybe it’s not an entirely useless technology.
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I have to laugh when people talk as if we at Cato only recently discovered that the federal government abuses its powers on law enforcement, the border and counterterrorism.
"Abolish the Department of Homeland Security." We published that 14 years ago, and it was far from a new theme for us then.
"Abolish the Department of Homeland Security." We published that 14 years ago, and it was far from a new theme for us then.
Abolish the Department of Homeland Security
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December 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I have to laugh when people talk as if we at Cato only recently discovered that the federal government abuses its powers on law enforcement, the border and counterterrorism.
"Abolish the Department of Homeland Security." We published that 14 years ago, and it was far from a new theme for us then.
"Abolish the Department of Homeland Security." We published that 14 years ago, and it was far from a new theme for us then.
New paper alert! "The Capture of the Congressional Intelligence Committees" argues that instead of being a meaningful check on the intelligence community, the intelligence committees have become the spy agencies' biggest boosters on Capitol Hill.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 AM
New paper alert! "The Capture of the Congressional Intelligence Committees" argues that instead of being a meaningful check on the intelligence community, the intelligence committees have become the spy agencies' biggest boosters on Capitol Hill.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
That's the stuff.
December 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
That's the stuff.
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Grades are in, so time for a year-end retrospective on the stuff I managed to get published in the past year! Here's a photo of most of the publications--a couple pieces are online-only or were too hard to find in my stacks.
As for specifics, in the order I threw them on the desk...:
As for specifics, in the order I threw them on the desk...:
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Grades are in, so time for a year-end retrospective on the stuff I managed to get published in the past year! Here's a photo of most of the publications--a couple pieces are online-only or were too hard to find in my stacks.
As for specifics, in the order I threw them on the desk...:
As for specifics, in the order I threw them on the desk...:
I've posted a draft of a (short!) essay written for the Heterodox Academy on teaching constitutional law during moments of constitutional crisis.
As I told @msmith750.bsky.social, who provided helpful comments on an earlier draft, I'm ~85% convinced by my thesis.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
As I told @msmith750.bsky.social, who provided helpful comments on an earlier draft, I'm ~85% convinced by my thesis.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Teaching Past Constitutional Crisis
Constitutional law is often values-driven. Constitutional law teachers must be upfront with their students about this fact, but should encourage their students
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December 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I've posted a draft of a (short!) essay written for the Heterodox Academy on teaching constitutional law during moments of constitutional crisis.
As I told @msmith750.bsky.social, who provided helpful comments on an earlier draft, I'm ~85% convinced by my thesis.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
As I told @msmith750.bsky.social, who provided helpful comments on an earlier draft, I'm ~85% convinced by my thesis.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....