Alyssa King
@alyssaesking.bsky.social
courts, arbitration, imperial legacies, and brooding omnipresences
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Upcoming deadlines to apply to Syracuse U's great Qualitative and Multi-Method Research 2-week summer program! Fellowships available to cover the costs! Pls circulate widely!
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Upcoming deadlines to apply to Syracuse U's great Qualitative and Multi-Method Research 2-week summer program! Fellowships available to cover the costs! Pls circulate widely!
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
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Paper now available here democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/lau...
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Paper now available here democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/lau...
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
Ummm....
in case you missed this hideous effort by trump's eeoc to force penn to disclose names of jewish students, faculty, staff & many others, here's @penamerica.bsky.social's statement
Trump Administration’s Legal Effort to Compel Disclosure of Jewish Names at the University of Pennsylvania is a “Shocking Abuse of Power”
PEN America today called on the federal court in Philadelphia to deny the Trump administration’s attempt to enforce a subpoena against the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the names and other id...
pen.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Ummm....
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Two full PhD scholarships in Hong Kong history at the University of Bristol:
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/17/h...
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/17/h...
Hong Kong History Centre Studentship 2026 – Hong Kong History Centre
www.hkhistory.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Two full PhD scholarships in Hong Kong history at the University of Bristol:
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/17/h...
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/17/h...
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if you are considering submitting an application for this position, you still have just under 2 weeks to do so
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
if you are considering submitting an application for this position, you still have just under 2 weeks to do so
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
Well this is timely:
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Well this is timely:
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NEW — Rashida Tlaib and 20 other members of Congress have introduced a resolution to officially recognize Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
NEW — Rashida Tlaib and 20 other members of Congress have introduced a resolution to officially recognize Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
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@leandra2848.bsky.social: "Making the Most of VAPs and Fellowships: A Guide for Law Schools and Aspiring Legal Academics" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... <== a helpful guide to anticipate and navigate the hidden deadlines inherent in VAP programs
Making the Most of VAPs and Fellowships: A Guide for Law Schools and Aspiring Legal Academics
This Article is intended for both (1) Visiting Assistant Professors and Fellows (collectively VAPs) who plan to go on the tenure-track legal-academic market, an
papers.ssrn.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
@leandra2848.bsky.social: "Making the Most of VAPs and Fellowships: A Guide for Law Schools and Aspiring Legal Academics" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... <== a helpful guide to anticipate and navigate the hidden deadlines inherent in VAP programs
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Starting Oct. 20, the judiciary "will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations. Until the ongoing lapse in government funding is resolved, federal courts will maintain limited operations necessary to perform the Judiciary’s constitutional functions"
www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju...
Starting Oct. 20, the judiciary "will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations. Until the ongoing lapse in government funding is resolved, federal courts will maintain limited operations necessary to perform the Judiciary’s constitutional functions"
www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju...
Judiciary Funding Runs Out; Only Limited Operations to Continue
The judicial branch announced that beginning on Monday, Oct. 20, it will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations.
www.uscourts.gov
October 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Starting Oct. 20, the judiciary "will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations. Until the ongoing lapse in government funding is resolved, federal courts will maintain limited operations necessary to perform the Judiciary’s constitutional functions"
www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju...
Starting Oct. 20, the judiciary "will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations. Until the ongoing lapse in government funding is resolved, federal courts will maintain limited operations necessary to perform the Judiciary’s constitutional functions"
www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju...
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If you want some descriptive statistics of litigation in the federal courts, my co authored article providing them is out in JELS!
doi.org/10.1111/jels...
doi.org/10.1111/jels...
No Adjudication
Using the complete record of all federal civil docket sheets for cases filed in a two-year period, recently made available by the SCALES-OKN project, we find that most cases that enter the federal sy...
doi.org
September 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you want some descriptive statistics of litigation in the federal courts, my co authored article providing them is out in JELS!
doi.org/10.1111/jels...
doi.org/10.1111/jels...
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A Compact for Control:
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @uchicagolaw.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @uchicagolaw.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A Compact for Control (opinion)
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
www.insidehighered.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A Compact for Control:
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @uchicagolaw.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @uchicagolaw.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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My student-led team, schoolstorylab.com, has just rec'd IRB approval for this yr’s project, an inquiry into READING. (We built on @liznorell.bsky.social's survey.) It will take less than 10 min. & is open to ANY STUDENT in ANY COUNTRY, 18 years or older. Plz share widely!
forms.gle/yscpm2vubiEH...
forms.gle/yscpm2vubiEH...
School Story Lab
schoolstorylab.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My student-led team, schoolstorylab.com, has just rec'd IRB approval for this yr’s project, an inquiry into READING. (We built on @liznorell.bsky.social's survey.) It will take less than 10 min. & is open to ANY STUDENT in ANY COUNTRY, 18 years or older. Plz share widely!
forms.gle/yscpm2vubiEH...
forms.gle/yscpm2vubiEH...
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If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.
CFP: A Time of Monsters
The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...
contingentmagazine.org
October 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.
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Ife Thompson is researching Black British English in the courtroom and is running a survey for UK lawyers 👇🏽
www.linkedin.com/posts/ife-th...
www.linkedin.com/posts/ife-th...
Black British English in the Courtroom | Ife Thompson
🌟 Calling all UK lawyers! 🌟
I’m researching Black British English (also known as UK slang) in UK courtrooms for my upcoming book. 🏛️
If you could spare a few minutes to complete this survey, it woul...
www.linkedin.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Ife Thompson is researching Black British English in the courtroom and is running a survey for UK lawyers 👇🏽
www.linkedin.com/posts/ife-th...
www.linkedin.com/posts/ife-th...
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As predicted, here is Judge Lamberth’s order suspending the RIF at USAGM and VOA. He pulls no punches; worth a read:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
As predicted, here is Judge Lamberth’s order suspending the RIF at USAGM and VOA. He pulls no punches; worth a read:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Sighs in Cantonese
Breaking News: A Justice Dept. official is pushing prosecutors to investigate a group funded by George Soros, the billionaire Democratic donor whom President Trump has demanded be thrown in jail.
Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation
The directive suggests department leaders are following orders from the president, a major break from decades of past practice meant to insulate the agency from political interference.
nyti.ms
September 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sighs in Cantonese
Jerry was endlessly curious. He loved the world and the people in it.
Professor Jerome Cohen – widely respected as the world’s top China law expert – has died at the age of 95.
HKFP revisits our exclusive 2020 interview with the first American to practice law in China. buff.ly/zPJGtUK
HKFP revisits our exclusive 2020 interview with the first American to practice law in China. buff.ly/zPJGtUK
EXCLUSIVE: China expert Jerome Cohen – ‘We can’t give up… when Xi leaves the scene, there will be a return to a better life’
Professor Jerome Cohen – widely respected as the world’s top China law expert – was once feted as “a friend of China” who advocated US engagement with the country amid Cold War hostilit…
hongkongfp.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Jerry was endlessly curious. He loved the world and the people in it.
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We cannot make the headlines blunter people www.theverge.com/policy/77979...
September 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We cannot make the headlines blunter people www.theverge.com/policy/77979...
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“Gaza is burning,” Israel’s Defense Minister Katz declared.
As Israel’s ground offensive inside Gaza City begins, Israeli international law scholars continue to address grave violations of int’l law.
We’ve updated our synopsis today, documenting their analyses:
verfassungsblog.de/internationa...
As Israel’s ground offensive inside Gaza City begins, Israeli international law scholars continue to address grave violations of int’l law.
We’ve updated our synopsis today, documenting their analyses:
verfassungsblog.de/internationa...
September 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“Gaza is burning,” Israel’s Defense Minister Katz declared.
As Israel’s ground offensive inside Gaza City begins, Israeli international law scholars continue to address grave violations of int’l law.
We’ve updated our synopsis today, documenting their analyses:
verfassungsblog.de/internationa...
As Israel’s ground offensive inside Gaza City begins, Israeli international law scholars continue to address grave violations of int’l law.
We’ve updated our synopsis today, documenting their analyses:
verfassungsblog.de/internationa...
State content!
News! We're hiring three (more!) developers. One will build a brand new system to help Virginians access the courts. Two will expand RECAP to include state content.
We welcome joint applications if you and a colleague work well together. Please help us spread the word: free.law/hiring/
We welcome joint applications if you and a colleague work well together. Please help us spread the word: free.law/hiring/
Current Positions at Free Law Project
Free Law Project is the leading nonprofit using technology and data to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive. Creators of CourtListener, RECAP, and Bots.law.
free.law
September 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
State content!
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Applications for our paid Fall 2025 Internship are open!
The intern will work with the Editorial Team at Lawfare to deliver analysis from leading experts to our audience.
Apply here: www.lawfaremedia.org/internfall2025
The intern will work with the Editorial Team at Lawfare to deliver analysis from leading experts to our audience.
Apply here: www.lawfaremedia.org/internfall2025
August 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Applications for our paid Fall 2025 Internship are open!
The intern will work with the Editorial Team at Lawfare to deliver analysis from leading experts to our audience.
Apply here: www.lawfaremedia.org/internfall2025
The intern will work with the Editorial Team at Lawfare to deliver analysis from leading experts to our audience.
Apply here: www.lawfaremedia.org/internfall2025
Umm
NEW: "The electronic case filing system used by the federal judiciary has been breached in a sweeping cyber intrusion that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states, according to two people with knowledge of the incident."
Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack
The identities of confidential court informants are feared compromised in a series of breaches across multiple U.S. states.
www.politico.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Umm