Carlos Chévere Lugo
@carloschevere.bsky.social
Lawyer-Law Professor-History Lover
Studying constitutional law, state constitutional law, American legal history, and territorial law ❤️🇵🇷
Studying constitutional law, state constitutional law, American legal history, and territorial law ❤️🇵🇷
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It is my pleasure to announce my most recent publication, “Peremptory Norms and the Right to Self-Determination: The Case of Puerto Rico,” co-authored with my 🇵🇷 colleague, Associate Professor Sigrid Vendrell-Polanco.
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A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper.
A New Orleans man who had his murder conviction tossed wins election as city’s chief record keeper
A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper.
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Too many treat loss of public education as unfortunate collateral damage. But there is no greater democratic institution than the one responsible for renewing faith in and principles of democracy for each generation.
We lose public education, we lose the long game, the short game, the whole goddamn game, people.
"Should the school privatization agenda succeed, our education systems would be beyond all recognition—exponentially more stratified, segregated, and sectarianized than they are now, further balkanizing an already bitterly divided nation."
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November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Too many treat loss of public education as unfortunate collateral damage. But there is no greater democratic institution than the one responsible for renewing faith in and principles of democracy for each generation.
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The Supreme Court made up the "major questions doctrine," under which the Court gets extra powers when things are a Big Deal and what's a Big Deal is up to the Justices.
Why not make up a new "signature policies" rule where a president can put things beyond the court's reach, like a franchise tag.
Why not make up a new "signature policies" rule where a president can put things beyond the court's reach, like a franchise tag.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Supreme Court made up the "major questions doctrine," under which the Court gets extra powers when things are a Big Deal and what's a Big Deal is up to the Justices.
Why not make up a new "signature policies" rule where a president can put things beyond the court's reach, like a franchise tag.
Why not make up a new "signature policies" rule where a president can put things beyond the court's reach, like a franchise tag.
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“Eva has entered the chat: Ohio debuts AI election assistant” electionlawblog.org?p=153038
"Eva has entered the chat: Ohio debuts AI election assistant" #ELB
Cleveland.com: When Ohio’s local election officials have a question about how to handle a ballot issue or process a voter file, they no longer have to dig through manuals. They can ask Eva. Eva — shor...
electionlawblog.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“Eva has entered the chat: Ohio debuts AI election assistant” electionlawblog.org?p=153038
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1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
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New from @francescadnunz.bsky.social: Texas Department of Public Safety and ICE signed a pair of agreements that will authorize state police within DPS’s Criminal Investigations and Highway Patrol divisions to effectively operate as ICE agents, on a statewide basis.
Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump
The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
www.texasobserver.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
New from @francescadnunz.bsky.social: Texas Department of Public Safety and ICE signed a pair of agreements that will authorize state police within DPS’s Criminal Investigations and Highway Patrol divisions to effectively operate as ICE agents, on a statewide basis.
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"The longest government shutdown in history....threatened food assistance for 43 million Americans, a stark reminder that the people affected are often not those in the halls of power," @kornbergmaya.bsky.social, author of forthcoming book Stuck, wrote in @thehill.com. bit.ly/3Xz0obS/
In a Congress full of millionaires, raising money becomes the job
This system is preventing some candidates from running while also driving others out of office once they’re elected.
thehill.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"The longest government shutdown in history....threatened food assistance for 43 million Americans, a stark reminder that the people affected are often not those in the halls of power," @kornbergmaya.bsky.social, author of forthcoming book Stuck, wrote in @thehill.com. bit.ly/3Xz0obS/
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Tuesday's the big day
How many Republicans will defy Trump and vote to release the Epstein files?
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said he expects a "deluge" of Republicans to join the Tuesday vote to release the Epstein files, adding it could be "100 or more."
www.motherjones.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Tuesday's the big day
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The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
Trump calls for an Epstein investigation into everyone but him
The Department of Justice has launched a probe targeting prominent Democrats.
www.motherjones.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
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State constitutions guarantee rights above and beyond those guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, and those rights are interpreted by state courts. Subscribe to State Court Report to learn more: go.statecourtreport.org/subscribe.
Constitutional Change Is Happening — State Court Systems Explained
YouTube video by State Court Report
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November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
State constitutions guarantee rights above and beyond those guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, and those rights are interpreted by state courts. Subscribe to State Court Report to learn more: go.statecourtreport.org/subscribe.
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youngkin serving the commonwealth by conspiring with the white house to destroy one of its flagship educational institutions
And there need to be hearings on what Youngkin did with the DOJ. Get that tall shitass under oath.
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
youngkin serving the commonwealth by conspiring with the white house to destroy one of its flagship educational institutions
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Such an important point, from p. 11 of Jim Ryan's letter (link below). Universities, law firms, & NGOs have been inundated w EOs & other demands since Jan. 20th insisting that they cease any behavior inconsistent w the "president's priorities." But the president is not the law, not in this country!
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Such an important point, from p. 11 of Jim Ryan's letter (link below). Universities, law firms, & NGOs have been inundated w EOs & other demands since Jan. 20th insisting that they cease any behavior inconsistent w the "president's priorities." But the president is not the law, not in this country!
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my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
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No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist views spark fears companies and capital will flee, but top real estate CEOs say it's not true.
cnb.cx
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
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“Lawmakers who once championed hemp now want to criminalize it again—not because it’s dangerous, but because they don’t trust adults to make their own choices. That’s not public health; it’s paternalism dressed up as policy.”
Jeffrey Singer @cato.org #drugwar
Jeffrey Singer @cato.org #drugwar
Congress Reopens the Government—and Reignites Prohibition
Once again, Washington’s distrust of adults outweighs its respect for liberty.
www.cato.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived the criminal case against the Trump 2020 fake electors, ruling that AG Ford was correct to bring the case in Clark County. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived the criminal case against the Trump 2020 fake electors, ruling that AG Ford was correct to bring the case in Clark County. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Tremane Wood is alive in spite of the Supreme Court, which, this morning, rejected his request to block Oklahoma from executing him at 10am as punishment for a murder he did not commit
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commuted the sentence to life in prison at 9:59
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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commuted the sentence to life in prison at 9:59
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trema...
Oklahoma Didn’t Kill Tremane Wood, No Thanks to the Supreme Court
The justices used to struggle with the constitutionality of the death penalty. Now, they rubber-stamp it.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Tremane Wood is alive in spite of the Supreme Court, which, this morning, rejected his request to block Oklahoma from executing him at 10am as punishment for a murder he did not commit
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commuted the sentence to life in prison at 9:59
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trema...
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commuted the sentence to life in prison at 9:59
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trema...
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Today was publication day for my new article!
"How Workplace Equity Laws Perpetuate Inequity": arguing that when work laws benefit some people but not others, the burden to prove membership in a group perpetuates the inequities that the law wanted to solve.
open.mitchellhamline.edu/cgi/viewcont...
"How Workplace Equity Laws Perpetuate Inequity": arguing that when work laws benefit some people but not others, the burden to prove membership in a group perpetuates the inequities that the law wanted to solve.
open.mitchellhamline.edu/cgi/viewcont...
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Today was publication day for my new article!
"How Workplace Equity Laws Perpetuate Inequity": arguing that when work laws benefit some people but not others, the burden to prove membership in a group perpetuates the inequities that the law wanted to solve.
open.mitchellhamline.edu/cgi/viewcont...
"How Workplace Equity Laws Perpetuate Inequity": arguing that when work laws benefit some people but not others, the burden to prove membership in a group perpetuates the inequities that the law wanted to solve.
open.mitchellhamline.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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"The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about random vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in illegal US military strikes."
Funny how more honest language is also more concise.
Funny how more honest language is also more concise.
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about random vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in illegal US military strikes."
Funny how more honest language is also more concise.
Funny how more honest language is also more concise.
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What an incredible honor and privilege it has been to teach American Constituonal Law at the University of Warsaw.
Our common bond— a love for democracy and appreciation for the rule of law— is important to foster and strengthen, especially when there are challenges to our shared cherished values.
Our common bond— a love for democracy and appreciation for the rule of law— is important to foster and strengthen, especially when there are challenges to our shared cherished values.
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
What an incredible honor and privilege it has been to teach American Constituonal Law at the University of Warsaw.
Our common bond— a love for democracy and appreciation for the rule of law— is important to foster and strengthen, especially when there are challenges to our shared cherished values.
Our common bond— a love for democracy and appreciation for the rule of law— is important to foster and strengthen, especially when there are challenges to our shared cherished values.
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Jesus Christ, I would have been fired into the sun by the US Attorney if I pulled this shit
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Jesus Christ, I would have been fired into the sun by the US Attorney if I pulled this shit