Dr. Rachel J. Wechsler
@racheljwechsler.bsky.social
Associate Professor @ Mizzou Law, Faculty Scholar @ Middleton Center on Race, Citizenship & Justice. Teaching Crim Law & Family Law. Researching gender-based violence survivors’ interactions with criminal & family legal systems. Views my own.
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I'm excited to share that my new article, The Non-Punishment Principle and Restorative Justice, is forthcoming in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review! Thanks very much to everyone who provided feedback and support. Not yet on SSRN but I'm happy to share the latest draft if you e-mail me.
Excited to see this important work from @jdahlstrom765.bsky.social in print!
Excited to share that my Article, Digitial Servitude, is hot off the presses @BCLawReview! The Article examines how technology facilitates forced labor in the US by analyzing federal criminal and civil pleadings. bclawreview.bc.edu/articles/10.... 1/x
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Excited to see this important work from @jdahlstrom765.bsky.social in print!
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Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
I’m a Polio Survivor. I Don’t Want You to Get It.
Polio is once again a public health threat in the United States. Grace is disappointed, though not surprised.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
November 10, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
It’s not too late to submit an abstract or proposal for the Feminist Legal Theory CRN’s programming @ LSA conference in SF from May 28-31 2026! The deadline for abstracts and proposals for roundtables, etc. is October 8th, and you can submit yours here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It’s not too late to submit an abstract or proposal for the Feminist Legal Theory CRN’s programming @ LSA conference in SF from May 28-31 2026! The deadline for abstracts and proposals for roundtables, etc. is October 8th, and you can submit yours here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The real-life impact of Trump and Musk’s freeze on USAID
Drugs and food, intended for global aid, instead languished and rotted in warehouses — and some children withered and died.
Sweeping, damning investigation by my @washingtonpost.com colleagues.
Drugs and food, intended for global aid, instead languished and rotted in warehouses — and some children withered and died.
Sweeping, damning investigation by my @washingtonpost.com colleagues.
Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.
USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...
www.washingtonpost.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The real-life impact of Trump and Musk’s freeze on USAID
Drugs and food, intended for global aid, instead languished and rotted in warehouses — and some children withered and died.
Sweeping, damning investigation by my @washingtonpost.com colleagues.
Drugs and food, intended for global aid, instead languished and rotted in warehouses — and some children withered and died.
Sweeping, damning investigation by my @washingtonpost.com colleagues.
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"we cannot express our regrets profoundly enough, but it is our hope that you will use these two free passes to return to jurassic park"
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret on Sunday over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia and said those who returned home will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US
US Official Offers Regrets Over Detention of South Koreans
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Sunday expressed regret over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia.
bloom.bg
September 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"we cannot express our regrets profoundly enough, but it is our hope that you will use these two free passes to return to jurassic park"
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Holy sh*t! A reminder about pre and post vaccine preventable deaths. In addition to eliminating small pox, vaccines reduced deaths for mumps, rubella, hepatitis, tetanus, and diphtheria by 80-99%. By 2007 measles was no longer endemic, but of course that's no longer. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
September 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Holy sh*t! A reminder about pre and post vaccine preventable deaths. In addition to eliminating small pox, vaccines reduced deaths for mumps, rubella, hepatitis, tetanus, and diphtheria by 80-99%. By 2007 measles was no longer endemic, but of course that's no longer. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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“A close look at the so-called data reveals that the vast majority of the cited papers — all but about 40 — have little or nothing to do with the vaccines. They concern the consequences of COVID-19 infection, not the shots.”
*screams into the void*
*screams into the void*
The data package HHS offered to defend Kennedy’s decision is not the work of U.S. government scientists… “The compilation originated as material for a book titled “TOXIC SHOT: Facing the Dangers of the COVID ‘Vaccines’,” an anthology of essays by prominent anti-vaxxers.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Commentary: RFK Jr.'s cancellation of mRNA vaccine research is even worse than it first seemed
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used discredited and misrepresented studies to justify canceling research into life-giving vaccines.
www.latimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
“A close look at the so-called data reveals that the vast majority of the cited papers — all but about 40 — have little or nothing to do with the vaccines. They concern the consequences of COVID-19 infection, not the shots.”
*screams into the void*
*screams into the void*
@tommybennett.com should they break Kayfabe?
You haven't yet seen a justice ever say, "In this decision, Republican appointed justices are favoring a Republican president, giving their own party treatment very different than they would give a Democratic administration." That talk from any sitting justice is still taboo. I wonder for how long.
July 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@tommybennett.com should they break Kayfabe?
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NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
n.pr
July 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
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Another horrific story about the Trump administration killing a ton of people—including many children—for absolutely no reason.
The food that would save these people's lives is sitting in a warehouse in Rhode Island. The government wouldn't let it be shipped. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
The food that would save these people's lives is sitting in a warehouse in Rhode Island. The government wouldn't let it be shipped. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Another horrific story about the Trump administration killing a ton of people—including many children—for absolutely no reason.
The food that would save these people's lives is sitting in a warehouse in Rhode Island. The government wouldn't let it be shipped. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
The food that would save these people's lives is sitting in a warehouse in Rhode Island. The government wouldn't let it be shipped. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Congratulations to the 13 brave women who risked their careers and reputations to stand up to Cuomo’s sexual predation
June 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Congratulations to the 13 brave women who risked their careers and reputations to stand up to Cuomo’s sexual predation
Well that took longer than expected.
June 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Well that took longer than expected.
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Boasberg:
"Absent this relief, the Government could snatch anyone off the street, turn him over to a foreign country, and then effectively foreclose any corrective course of action."
An unassailable point.
The fact that the U.S. government is fighting this tells you what you need to know.
"Absent this relief, the Government could snatch anyone off the street, turn him over to a foreign country, and then effectively foreclose any corrective course of action."
An unassailable point.
The fact that the U.S. government is fighting this tells you what you need to know.
Significant ruling by Judge Boasberg for men sent to CECOT prison.
"The Government must facilitate the Class’s ability to seek habeas relief to contest their removal under the Act."
Important moment for the rule of law and against government lawlessness.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"The Government must facilitate the Class’s ability to seek habeas relief to contest their removal under the Act."
Important moment for the rule of law and against government lawlessness.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Boasberg:
"Absent this relief, the Government could snatch anyone off the street, turn him over to a foreign country, and then effectively foreclose any corrective course of action."
An unassailable point.
The fact that the U.S. government is fighting this tells you what you need to know.
"Absent this relief, the Government could snatch anyone off the street, turn him over to a foreign country, and then effectively foreclose any corrective course of action."
An unassailable point.
The fact that the U.S. government is fighting this tells you what you need to know.
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NEW: In 2024, Missouri voters amended the state's constitution to legalize abortion until fetal viability. But this week, as @maryrziegler.bsky.social explains, the MO Supreme Court reinstated abortion restrictions that effectively make the procedure impossible to access in the state.
Despite Constitutional Amendment, Abortion Still Out of Reach in Missouri
The Missouri Supreme Court reinstated restrictions on abortion this week, effectively making the procedure impossible to access in the state.
statecourtreport.org
May 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW: In 2024, Missouri voters amended the state's constitution to legalize abortion until fetal viability. But this week, as @maryrziegler.bsky.social explains, the MO Supreme Court reinstated abortion restrictions that effectively make the procedure impossible to access in the state.
Thanks @oxhrh.bsky.social for publishing our commentary on the implications of Trump’s executive actions for human trafficking @jdahlstrom765.bsky.social
Pouring Fuel on the Fire
Julie A. Dahlstrom & Rachel J Wechsler note that despite his anti-trafficking rhetoric, Trump's Executive Orders will exacerbate drivers of human trafficking. It has the implications for increasing victimisation & vulnerability.
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/pouring-fuel...
Julie A. Dahlstrom & Rachel J Wechsler note that despite his anti-trafficking rhetoric, Trump's Executive Orders will exacerbate drivers of human trafficking. It has the implications for increasing victimisation & vulnerability.
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/pouring-fuel...
Pouring Fuel on the Fire: Implications of Trump’s Executive Actions for Human Trafficking Victimization and Vulnerability | OHRH
Image credit: Hermes Rivera via Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/woman-in-white-coat-holding-yellow-and-black-signage-afofjVp6VsE
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
May 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Thanks @oxhrh.bsky.social for publishing our commentary on the implications of Trump’s executive actions for human trafficking @jdahlstrom765.bsky.social
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'The global tumult triggered by Trump has already distracted attention from the catastrophe in Gaza. Yet the longer it goes on, the more those who remain silent or cowed from speaking out will be complicit.'
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The west’s shameful silence on Gaza
The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu
on.ft.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
'The global tumult triggered by Trump has already distracted attention from the catastrophe in Gaza. Yet the longer it goes on, the more those who remain silent or cowed from speaking out will be complicit.'
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The intentional cruelty seemingly has no limits.
This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
wapo.st
April 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The intentional cruelty seemingly has no limits.
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Providence City Councilor Justin Roias: “Yesterday, ICE tased & detained a Providence resident with a pregnant U.S. citizen wife & a green card interview that same day.”
April 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Providence City Councilor Justin Roias: “Yesterday, ICE tased & detained a Providence resident with a pregnant U.S. citizen wife & a green card interview that same day.”
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They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.
April 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.
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Mahmoud Khalil's statement from detention. I suppose he's now our most prominent political prisoner
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
March 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Mahmoud Khalil's statement from detention. I suppose he's now our most prominent political prisoner
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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