Michael Perino
@professorperino.bsky.social
Law professor at St. John’s Law and writer (The Hellhound of Wall St.) who still believes in the rule of law and the American experiment
Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u... I guess I shouldn’t be surprised but you’d think that after all the stories of hallucinations in legal briefs lawyers would begin to take a bit more care when using #ChatGPT.
Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say
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November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u... I guess I shouldn’t be surprised but you’d think that after all the stories of hallucinations in legal briefs lawyers would begin to take a bit more care when using #ChatGPT.
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This is…brilliant.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is…brilliant.
The Comey Case Is a Comedy of Errors www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
This is what happens when the only qualification is blind loyalty.
This is what happens when the only qualification is blind loyalty.
Opinion | The Comey Case Is a Comedy of Errors
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November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The Comey Case Is a Comedy of Errors www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
This is what happens when the only qualification is blind loyalty.
This is what happens when the only qualification is blind loyalty.
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My paper with @vanloo.bsky.social and @lanemiles.bsky.social showing that more than 15% of US companies have potentially illegal interlocking board members is now published in the Columbia Law Review
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ANTICOMPETITIVE DIRECTORS - Columbia Law Review
“The practice of interlocking directorates is the root of many evils. It offends laws human and divine.” — Justice Louis Brandeis. Introduction Antitrust law prohibits competing corporations from shar...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My paper with @vanloo.bsky.social and @lanemiles.bsky.social showing that more than 15% of US companies have potentially illegal interlocking board members is now published in the Columbia Law Review
columbialawreview.org/content/anti...
columbialawreview.org/content/anti...
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Wait for it … and because there is an ongoing criminal investigation it would be inappropriate to publicly release any investigatory information.
Wait for it … and because there is an ongoing criminal investigation it would be inappropriate to publicly release any investigatory information.
Trump Demands Inquiry Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats
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November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Wait for it … and because there is an ongoing criminal investigation it would be inappropriate to publicly release any investigatory information.
Wait for it … and because there is an ongoing criminal investigation it would be inappropriate to publicly release any investigatory information.
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"On the first question, several jury members struggled to stifle laughter as Lairmore expanded on the hoagie’s alleged explosive properties. 'It was like, Oh, you poor baby,' the juror told me." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Deliberations
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
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November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"On the first question, several jury members struggled to stifle laughter as Lairmore expanded on the hoagie’s alleged explosive properties. 'It was like, Oh, you poor baby,' the juror told me." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The World According to John Irving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s...
“I could not, would not, in good conscience go to my birth country when there is such an authoritarian bully in the White House, and when the craven Republicans in the House and the U.S. Senate are complicit in their silence.”
“I could not, would not, in good conscience go to my birth country when there is such an authoritarian bully in the White House, and when the craven Republicans in the House and the U.S. Senate are complicit in their silence.”
The World According to John Irving
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November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The World According to John Irving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s...
“I could not, would not, in good conscience go to my birth country when there is such an authoritarian bully in the White House, and when the craven Republicans in the House and the U.S. Senate are complicit in their silence.”
“I could not, would not, in good conscience go to my birth country when there is such an authoritarian bully in the White House, and when the craven Republicans in the House and the U.S. Senate are complicit in their silence.”
Democrats were winning in the courts and in the court of public opinion. They threw away all the political momentum and leverage for what? To avoid photos of stranded Thanksgiving travelers?
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Democrats were winning in the courts and in the court of public opinion. They threw away all the political momentum and leverage for what? To avoid photos of stranded Thanksgiving travelers?
Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of A.I. Slop in Court Filings www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b... Robert Freund “is part of a growing network of lawyers who track down A.I. abuses committed by their peers, collecting the most egregious examples and posting them online.”
Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of A.I. Slop in Court Filings
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November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of A.I. Slop in Court Filings www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b... Robert Freund “is part of a growing network of lawyers who track down A.I. abuses committed by their peers, collecting the most egregious examples and posting them online.”
To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Solution to avoiding record-keeping requirements by auto-deleting on Signal was not to automatically save messages, it was to ask officials to take screenshots? Not suspicious at all.
Solution to avoiding record-keeping requirements by auto-deleting on Signal was not to automatically save messages, it was to ask officials to take screenshots? Not suspicious at all.
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Solution to avoiding record-keeping requirements by auto-deleting on Signal was not to automatically save messages, it was to ask officials to take screenshots? Not suspicious at all.
Solution to avoiding record-keeping requirements by auto-deleting on Signal was not to automatically save messages, it was to ask officials to take screenshots? Not suspicious at all.
Anyone notice the state seal of Virginia adorning the stage at #Spanberger HQ?
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Anyone notice the state seal of Virginia adorning the stage at #Spanberger HQ?
How Bad Is Finance’s Cockroach Problem? We May Be About to Find Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
Stayed tuned to the private credit market. “Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive, warned, ‘When you see one cockroach, there are probably more.’”
Stayed tuned to the private credit market. “Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive, warned, ‘When you see one cockroach, there are probably more.’”
Opinion | How Bad Is Finance’s Cockroach Problem? We May Be About to Find Out.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How Bad Is Finance’s Cockroach Problem? We May Be About to Find Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
Stayed tuned to the private credit market. “Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive, warned, ‘When you see one cockroach, there are probably more.’”
Stayed tuned to the private credit market. “Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive, warned, ‘When you see one cockroach, there are probably more.’”
Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Any psychologists want to comment on why you would expend all that time and effort to become Speaker only to cede all your power and make yourself servile and irrelevant?
Any psychologists want to comment on why you would expend all that time and effort to become Speaker only to cede all your power and make yourself servile and irrelevant?
Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself
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October 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Any psychologists want to comment on why you would expend all that time and effort to become Speaker only to cede all your power and make yourself servile and irrelevant?
Any psychologists want to comment on why you would expend all that time and effort to become Speaker only to cede all your power and make yourself servile and irrelevant?
The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
“Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians who project the stern-father archetype to their followers. Once the pants are lowered and the undies of the despot are glimpsed, there is no point of return.”
“Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians who project the stern-father archetype to their followers. Once the pants are lowered and the undies of the despot are glimpsed, there is no point of return.”
Opinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance
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October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
“Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians who project the stern-father archetype to their followers. Once the pants are lowered and the undies of the despot are glimpsed, there is no point of return.”
“Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians who project the stern-father archetype to their followers. Once the pants are lowered and the undies of the despot are glimpsed, there is no point of return.”
Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...
“President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.” This should surprise no one.
“President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.” This should surprise no one.
Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump
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October 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...
“President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.” This should surprise no one.
“President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.” This should surprise no one.
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Love this story so much.
Student journalists ftw 💪
Student journalists ftw 💪
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Love this story so much.
Student journalists ftw 💪
Student journalists ftw 💪
Well Trump and Santos both believe in the same things—lying habitually, fabricating a mythic past, and grifting at every opportunity.
What a thug trash administration.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case.
October 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Well Trump and Santos both believe in the same things—lying habitually, fabricating a mythic past, and grifting at every opportunity.
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Jack Smith speaks -- and he outlines a few of the horrors of Trumpism's assault on the Rule of Law, as a reminder of what has happened in the last 8 months (during two recent speeches):
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October 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Jack Smith speaks -- and he outlines a few of the horrors of Trumpism's assault on the Rule of Law, as a reminder of what has happened in the last 8 months (during two recent speeches):
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Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
So much for welcoming the huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
So much for welcoming the huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
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October 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
So much for welcoming the huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
So much for welcoming the huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
October 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Should They Just Go Ahead and Put Up a Gold Trump Sign on the Supreme Court? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
“Give a president total firing power and combine it with his pre-existing pardon power over federal crimes, and you’d allow the federal government to be run as a criminal enterprise.”
“Give a president total firing power and combine it with his pre-existing pardon power over federal crimes, and you’d allow the federal government to be run as a criminal enterprise.”
Opinion | Should They Just Go Ahead and Put Up a Gold Trump Sign on the Supreme Court?
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October 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Should They Just Go Ahead and Put Up a Gold Trump Sign on the Supreme Court? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
“Give a president total firing power and combine it with his pre-existing pardon power over federal crimes, and you’d allow the federal government to be run as a criminal enterprise.”
“Give a president total firing power and combine it with his pre-existing pardon power over federal crimes, and you’d allow the federal government to be run as a criminal enterprise.”
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The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...