Nicholas Wallace
@wallace.bsky.social
Professor of Constitutional Law at Princeton Law School, specializing in the 18th Amendment. Former legal analyst for Crossfire.
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Nicholas Wallace
@wallace.bsky.social
· Nov 26
folks please leave the comedy and “bits” on X, this site is for hard posting only. politics and complaining about customer service, that’s it
Die Hard was a good movie. They should make another one
December 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Die Hard was a good movie. They should make another one
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Really hard to imagine this opinion coming down the way it did if Illinoisans hadn't rallied to protect their neighbors and Pritzker hadn't publicly and forcefully resisted the administration.
December 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Really hard to imagine this opinion coming down the way it did if Illinoisans hadn't rallied to protect their neighbors and Pritzker hadn't publicly and forcefully resisted the administration.
Oh no a law professor changed reality for the better with his Opinions. We’re never going to hear the end of this
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Oh no a law professor changed reality for the better with his Opinions. We’re never going to hear the end of this
Only tangentially related but there’s a company that takes money from poor people and gives it to rich people and it’s called Robinhood
disney should go back to making movies about how it’s ok to steal from rich people
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Only tangentially related but there’s a company that takes money from poor people and gives it to rich people and it’s called Robinhood
Just had an altercation with a guy I caught tearing town my neighbor’s “everyone is welcome here” sign yesterday. I said something lame like “not cool man” and he immediately started raving about “illegals.” This is in a very diverse Chicago neighborhood
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Just had an altercation with a guy I caught tearing town my neighbor’s “everyone is welcome here” sign yesterday. I said something lame like “not cool man” and he immediately started raving about “illegals.” This is in a very diverse Chicago neighborhood
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This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
This is the one cool trick of the grievance right. Harass academics in the name of free speech. Preferences for white people in the name of intellectual diversity. etc
The most impressive thing about Bari is her ability to violate ethical principles while indignantly claiming to defend them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is the one cool trick of the grievance right. Harass academics in the name of free speech. Preferences for white people in the name of intellectual diversity. etc
Using the pornhub AI chat bot to draft all my legal filings
An attorney couldn't stop using Grok (?!) to help draft filings, producing "a flood of tainted filings" & apparently triggering the implosion of a law firm & 3 lawyers' careers 🤖😵 The court called her misconduct "particularly egregious & prolific"
cases.justia.com/federal/dist...
cases.justia.com/federal/dist...
cases.justia.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Using the pornhub AI chat bot to draft all my legal filings
This is what Blueskyism means, to me
December 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is what Blueskyism means, to me
Tribune opinion page is so obnoxious that even when they write something I agree with, the bad writing makes me reconsider my position
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Tribune opinion page is so obnoxious that even when they write something I agree with, the bad writing makes me reconsider my position
Untested take: Online shopping makes people miserable. None of the sensory engagement and dopamine reward of walking through a store and talking to salespeople. You just empty your bank account and get a gross little box a few days later
UMich consumer sentiment (current conditions) at 50.4 is a new all-time low -- going back to data from the 1970s.
U.S MICHIGAN CONSUMER SENTIMENT (DEC) ACTUAL: 52.9 VS 53.3 PREVIOUS; EST 53.5
December 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Untested take: Online shopping makes people miserable. None of the sensory engagement and dopamine reward of walking through a store and talking to salespeople. You just empty your bank account and get a gross little box a few days later
economy is for sure about to collapse
In a first, many top law firms this year are recruiting summer associates during students' first semester. Some are dangling ‘jumbo offers’ and ‘loyalty’ bonuses for students who do two summer stints back-to-back, keeping them out of other firms' reach reut.rs/44U44cD
December 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
economy is for sure about to collapse
embarrassing confession: I do not have a podcast
December 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
embarrassing confession: I do not have a podcast
Me: Rudolph you have to stop. You sleigh too tough. Your nose too shiny. they'll kill you
Rudolph:
Rudolph:
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Me: Rudolph you have to stop. You sleigh too tough. Your nose too shiny. they'll kill you
Rudolph:
Rudolph:
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Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
Again, this violates state law: "a law enforcement agency or official may not... support, or assist in any capacity with an immigration agent's enforcement operations, including any collateral assistance such as ... establishing a security or traffic perimeter surrounding such operations"
In a second example of local police securing a path for Bovino's caravan today, Evanston cops just assisted with the feds' departure by blocking and directing traffic.
December 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Again, this violates state law: "a law enforcement agency or official may not... support, or assist in any capacity with an immigration agent's enforcement operations, including any collateral assistance such as ... establishing a security or traffic perimeter surrounding such operations"
"a law enforcement agency or official may not... participate, support, or assist in any capacity with an immigration agent's enforcement operations, including any collateral assistance such as ... establishing a security or traffic perimeter surrounding such operations"
5 ILCS 805/15
video streamed to facebook shows multiple chicago police cars ostensibly block community members + rapid responders from following a caravan of roughly 10 border patrol suvs, including one carrying greg bovino.
before this, the streamer followed agents from i-55 all the way up lsd to edgewater.
before this, the streamer followed agents from i-55 all the way up lsd to edgewater.
December 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"a law enforcement agency or official may not... participate, support, or assist in any capacity with an immigration agent's enforcement operations, including any collateral assistance such as ... establishing a security or traffic perimeter surrounding such operations"
anyone have any tips for destressing?Feeling a lot of stress these days, between job, family, and $700,000 in online sports gambling debt
December 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
anyone have any tips for destressing?Feeling a lot of stress these days, between job, family, and $700,000 in online sports gambling debt
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I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Martin O'Malley is reportedly preparing for another White House run, per Politico
December 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Martin O'Malley is reportedly preparing for another White House run, per Politico
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The “Michigan mountains” on full display this morning over the steamy lake, it’s -16F with the windchill
December 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The “Michigan mountains” on full display this morning over the steamy lake, it’s -16F with the windchill
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
would
December 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
would