Lori Hoetger
@profloriann.bsky.social
Asst. Prof @ UNL Law, JD/PhD in psych. I like crim law/pro, law & psych, and legal decision-making. Mom of 3, PD in my heart.
My husband asked, "wouldn't it be funny if after all this they end up losing?" about:
A. The stranger things kids in their fight vs. Vecna; or
B. Ohio State
A. The stranger things kids in their fight vs. Vecna; or
B. Ohio State
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 AM
My husband asked, "wouldn't it be funny if after all this they end up losing?" about:
A. The stranger things kids in their fight vs. Vecna; or
B. Ohio State
A. The stranger things kids in their fight vs. Vecna; or
B. Ohio State
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🚨 I’ve been keeping this under wraps until published and it’s out today.
Do judges with background in law enforcement act differently at bail time? Our groundbreaking NYC study estimates that when they set bail, it is a full 32% higher on average compared to other judges. Check it out and share.
Do judges with background in law enforcement act differently at bail time? Our groundbreaking NYC study estimates that when they set bail, it is a full 32% higher on average compared to other judges. Check it out and share.
Judicial Professional Background and Pretrial Detention Outcomes | Journal of Law and Courts | Cambridge Core
Judicial Professional Background and Pretrial Detention Outcomes
www.cambridge.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚨 I’ve been keeping this under wraps until published and it’s out today.
Do judges with background in law enforcement act differently at bail time? Our groundbreaking NYC study estimates that when they set bail, it is a full 32% higher on average compared to other judges. Check it out and share.
Do judges with background in law enforcement act differently at bail time? Our groundbreaking NYC study estimates that when they set bail, it is a full 32% higher on average compared to other judges. Check it out and share.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
This husker volleyball game is not for the faint of heart
December 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This husker volleyball game is not for the faint of heart
I have drop-in hours all day for my students to ask last minute questions before tomorrow's exam, so I'm playing calming instrumental music instead of blaring my normal early 2000s punk pop in the hopes it'll send calming vibes. I don't think it's working.
December 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I have drop-in hours all day for my students to ask last minute questions before tomorrow's exam, so I'm playing calming instrumental music instead of blaring my normal early 2000s punk pop in the hopes it'll send calming vibes. I don't think it's working.
Well if this isn't the most adorable thing ever
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Well if this isn't the most adorable thing ever
I would love to be able to make an Air Bud connection in a legal argument. Just A+ all around.
www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
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Missouri's redistricting drama renews focus on direct democracy … and 'Air Bud'
The road to redistricting in Missouri has been wild and winding, but its tie to a 1997 kids' movie starring a basketball-playing golden retriever might be the most unexpected development of all.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I would love to be able to make an Air Bud connection in a legal argument. Just A+ all around.
www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
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NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Very pleased to say that my new article, "The Two Tests of Search Law: What Is the Jones Test, and What Does That Say About Katz?", has just been published in final form by the Wash. U. L. Rev. You can now download it from here:
wustllawreview.org/2025/11/12/t...
Abstract below.
wustllawreview.org/2025/11/12/t...
Abstract below.
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Very pleased to say that my new article, "The Two Tests of Search Law: What Is the Jones Test, and What Does That Say About Katz?", has just been published in final form by the Wash. U. L. Rev. You can now download it from here:
wustllawreview.org/2025/11/12/t...
Abstract below.
wustllawreview.org/2025/11/12/t...
Abstract below.
Somehow, we millennials are getting blamed for this.
The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. Nothing could be bought any more with a penny, as the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents. nyti.ms/48bFd5K
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Somehow, we millennials are getting blamed for this.
This Nebraska volleyball team is unreal levels of good. Just so much fun to watch.
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This Nebraska volleyball team is unreal levels of good. Just so much fun to watch.
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🚨New article alert! Aaaand it’s a timely one!
We tested how Latina immigrants' attitudes toward police and judges differed based on their documentation status and history of family deportations.
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/BNE9D...
Or read the explainer 🧵 below...
We tested how Latina immigrants' attitudes toward police and judges differed based on their documentation status and history of family deportations.
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/BNE9D...
Or read the explainer 🧵 below...
October 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🚨New article alert! Aaaand it’s a timely one!
We tested how Latina immigrants' attitudes toward police and judges differed based on their documentation status and history of family deportations.
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/BNE9D...
Or read the explainer 🧵 below...
We tested how Latina immigrants' attitudes toward police and judges differed based on their documentation status and history of family deportations.
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/BNE9D...
Or read the explainer 🧵 below...
Now do one that shows the ACTUAL change in crime rates too!
I mean, we are living in two different realities now, and this really hasn't always been the case.
October 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Now do one that shows the ACTUAL change in crime rates too!
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NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
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New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
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I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵
September 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵
Happy Constitution Day! Let's celebrate while we still have one
September 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Happy Constitution Day! Let's celebrate while we still have one
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New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...
Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching
New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.
www.404media.co
September 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...
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Great piece. It’s not just NYPD.
Your Data Will Be Used Against You
They’re Watching You www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Your Data Will Be Used Against You
They’re Watching You www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | What You Need to Know About Police Surveillance
New tools allow law enforcement agencies to track us at an unimaginable scale.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Great piece. It’s not just NYPD.
Your Data Will Be Used Against You
They’re Watching You www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Your Data Will Be Used Against You
They’re Watching You www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
Welp I know what quote I'll be putting on the screen when we talk about the role of race in Terry stops
Only Justice Kavanaugh even bothers to write anything to justify this horrifying action.
And it is not in any way reassuring.
And it is not in any way reassuring.
![Here, those circumstances include: that there is an extremely high number and percentage of illegal immigrants in the Los Angeles area; that those individuals tend to gather in certain locations to seek daily work; that those individuals often work in certain kinds of jobs, such as day labor, landscaping, agriculture, and construction, that do not require paperwork and are therefore especially attractive to illegal immigrants; and that many of those illegally in the Los Angeles area come from Mexico or Central America and do not speak much English. Cf.
Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S., at 884-885 (listing "[a]ny number of factors" that contribute to reasonable suspicion of illegal presence). To be clear, apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion; under this Court's case law regarding immigration stops, however, it can be a](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifgfmq7p7tyrinjm5duehmap4bn63brcma57itj7bvm34m3rsup4q@jpeg)
September 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Welp I know what quote I'll be putting on the screen when we talk about the role of race in Terry stops
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If you have already or will successfully defend a legal psychology dissertation in 2025, apply for the @ap-ls.org
Dissertation Award by December 31! Winners will be invited to present their research at the AP-LS Annual Conference in March 2026!
More info here: ap-ls.org/awards/awards/dissertation
Dissertation Award by December 31! Winners will be invited to present their research at the AP-LS Annual Conference in March 2026!
More info here: ap-ls.org/awards/awards/dissertation
September 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If you have already or will successfully defend a legal psychology dissertation in 2025, apply for the @ap-ls.org
Dissertation Award by December 31! Winners will be invited to present their research at the AP-LS Annual Conference in March 2026!
More info here: ap-ls.org/awards/awards/dissertation
Dissertation Award by December 31! Winners will be invited to present their research at the AP-LS Annual Conference in March 2026!
More info here: ap-ls.org/awards/awards/dissertation