JP Collins
@profjpc.bsky.social
Law prof at GW Law. New Yorker turned Virginian. Former SDNY clerk and litigator at Sullivan & Cromwell. Studying and writing about court admin and the judiciary. #LFGM #COYS Papers here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=22389
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How Trump Is Making the Federal Judiciary Younger, Whiter, and More Republican
Trump’s first year of second-term judicial nominations could have been worse. It is still very bad.
ballsandstrikes.org
Trump's 2025 judicial appointments year in review: it was bad, but could have been worse.
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just an awful pregame show for the lions/vikes who the fuck are these people
December 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
just an awful pregame show for the lions/vikes who the fuck are these people
So is this new Neil Diamond movie, like, a Spinal Tap style spoof or are they serious?
December 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
So is this new Neil Diamond movie, like, a Spinal Tap style spoof or are they serious?
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December 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
December 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
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still my favorite christmas post
December 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
still my favorite christmas post
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Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
First crack at Yorkshire puddings for Christmas dinner
December 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
First crack at Yorkshire puddings for Christmas dinner
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Santa Tweet! Santa Tweet!
December 24, 2023 at 6:32 PM
Santa Tweet! Santa Tweet!
Ah, the “traditional way,” like when Obama got to replace Justice Scalia, right?
The comments on this video on TikTok are so interesting to me because it is a lot of people saying that we can’t do this because what if Republicans try it to or what if Republicans reverse it. “We have to change the court the traditional way.”
did a video a few days ago making the case for supreme court expansion www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjB_...
December 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Ah, the “traditional way,” like when Obama got to replace Justice Scalia, right?
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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People who've never been to law school don't realize that "you dope" is a specifically legal term
December 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People who've never been to law school don't realize that "you dope" is a specifically legal term
Forwarding to the GW provost
That’s not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Forwarding to the GW provost
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Former Sen. Ban Sasse (R-Neb.) shares that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is "gonna die." www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-ep...
Former GOP Sen. Ben Sasse Says He Has Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer And Is 'Gonna Die'
www.huffpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Former Sen. Ban Sasse (R-Neb.) shares that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is "gonna die." www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-ep...
Advent of Beer entry 14 (also, turkeys):
December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Advent of Beer entry 14 (also, turkeys):
Happy Festivus!
a group of men are sitting at a table in a diner
ALT: a group of men are sitting at a table in a diner
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Happy Festivus!
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ICYMI: “Anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-woman beliefs have been pretty common among Trump nominees, but taking issue with disabled people because they might not be able to have enough sex is a new one. Variety is the spice of life!”
Trump's 2025 judicial appointments year in review: it was bad, but could have been worse.
How Trump Is Making the Federal Judiciary Younger, Whiter, and More Republican
Trump’s first year of second-term judicial nominations could have been worse. It is still very bad.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
ICYMI: “Anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-woman beliefs have been pretty common among Trump nominees, but taking issue with disabled people because they might not be able to have enough sex is a new one. Variety is the spice of life!”
Advent of Beer entry 13:
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Advent of Beer entry 13:
Carl, who knows *a ton* about judicial appointments, has been enormously friendly, helpful, and encouraging to me. I don’t know what else he gives his thoughts on, but count me among those who will happily listen
If you're a law professor and you're not doing this, you're not doing your job.
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Carl, who knows *a ton* about judicial appointments, has been enormously friendly, helpful, and encouraging to me. I don’t know what else he gives his thoughts on, but count me among those who will happily listen
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With the trade of Jeff McNeil, the Mets have now moved on from their five longest-tenured players from last season. No one who played for the Mets last decade is still with them.
Mets' longest-tenured players entering this offseason:
December 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
With the trade of Jeff McNeil, the Mets have now moved on from their five longest-tenured players from last season. No one who played for the Mets last decade is still with them.
I'm fine (in theory) with getting rid of players if you think the team needs a reset, but, you know, we need some new players to replace them, too. So, like, when does that happen?
@JeffPassan tweeted
Trade news: The A’s are acquiring second baseman Jeff McNeil from the New York Mets, sources tell ESPN.
Trade news: The A’s are acquiring second baseman Jeff McNeil from the New York Mets, sources tell ESPN.
December 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I'm fine (in theory) with getting rid of players if you think the team needs a reset, but, you know, we need some new players to replace them, too. So, like, when does that happen?
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Franks on Dobbs and Bruen
Mary Anne Franks (George Washington University - Law School) has posted THE SUPREME COURT AS DEATH PANEL: THE NECROPOLITICS OF BRUEN AND DOBBS on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Two decisions in 2022, issued only a day apart, represent a dramatic and deadly escalation of the…
Mary Anne Franks (George Washington University - Law School) has posted THE SUPREME COURT AS DEATH PANEL: THE NECROPOLITICS OF BRUEN AND DOBBS on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Two decisions in 2022, issued only a day apart, represent a dramatic and deadly escalation of the…
Franks on Dobbs and Bruen
Mary Anne Franks (George Washington University - Law School) has posted THE SUPREME COURT AS DEATH PANEL: THE NECROPOLITICS OF BRUEN AND DOBBS on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Two decisions in 2022, issued only a day apart, represent a dramatic and deadly escalation of the Supreme Court's politicized jurisprudence. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, the Court declared that the Constitution has always protected a right to armed self-defense in public as well as in the home.
legaltheoryblog.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Franks on Dobbs and Bruen
Mary Anne Franks (George Washington University - Law School) has posted THE SUPREME COURT AS DEATH PANEL: THE NECROPOLITICS OF BRUEN AND DOBBS on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Two decisions in 2022, issued only a day apart, represent a dramatic and deadly escalation of the…
Mary Anne Franks (George Washington University - Law School) has posted THE SUPREME COURT AS DEATH PANEL: THE NECROPOLITICS OF BRUEN AND DOBBS on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Two decisions in 2022, issued only a day apart, represent a dramatic and deadly escalation of the…