Christine Farley
@christinefarley.bsky.social
Law professor in DC. IP, tech law, contracts, art law, & advertising law. wcl.american.edu/faculty/farley
Beautiful day in DC for a peaceful protest against tyranny
October 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Beautiful day in DC for a peaceful protest against tyranny
“In a few weeks’ time—when we turn to our regular docket—we will decide cases of far less import with far more process and reflection.” If I have reason to refer to any case this term I will introduce it with this quote from Kagan’s dissent in yesterday’s emergency stay in DOS v. AIDS Vaccine
September 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“In a few weeks’ time—when we turn to our regular docket—we will decide cases of far less import with far more process and reflection.” If I have reason to refer to any case this term I will introduce it with this quote from Kagan’s dissent in yesterday’s emergency stay in DOS v. AIDS Vaccine
bit of good news to report: Pam Bondi's brother lost the election to be President of the DC Bar in a landslide. Brad Bondi got only 3,490 votes (who are these people?) while Diane Seltzer (@whatajlp.bsky.social) earned 34,982 votes! Congratulations Diane!
June 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
bit of good news to report: Pam Bondi's brother lost the election to be President of the DC Bar in a landslide. Brad Bondi got only 3,490 votes (who are these people?) while Diane Seltzer (@whatajlp.bsky.social) earned 34,982 votes! Congratulations Diane!
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DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one
June 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one
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Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
June 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
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President Trump’s just-released budget would eliminate funding for the Legal Services Corporation, putting at risk essential legal protections for veterans, seniors and children across the country.
Learn what’s at stake and how you can help protect access to justice: www.lsc.gov/act #LSCMatters
Learn what’s at stake and how you can help protect access to justice: www.lsc.gov/act #LSCMatters
May 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
President Trump’s just-released budget would eliminate funding for the Legal Services Corporation, putting at risk essential legal protections for veterans, seniors and children across the country.
Learn what’s at stake and how you can help protect access to justice: www.lsc.gov/act #LSCMatters
Learn what’s at stake and how you can help protect access to justice: www.lsc.gov/act #LSCMatters
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BREAKING: Texas Republicans just passed a major book banning bill.
They say it’s about protecting kids from “filth.”
But when I questioned the bill author, he admitted that it could ban classics like Romeo and Juliet, Catcher in the Rye, and Lonesome Dove.
They say it’s about protecting kids from “filth.”
But when I questioned the bill author, he admitted that it could ban classics like Romeo and Juliet, Catcher in the Rye, and Lonesome Dove.
May 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
BREAKING: Texas Republicans just passed a major book banning bill.
They say it’s about protecting kids from “filth.”
But when I questioned the bill author, he admitted that it could ban classics like Romeo and Juliet, Catcher in the Rye, and Lonesome Dove.
They say it’s about protecting kids from “filth.”
But when I questioned the bill author, he admitted that it could ban classics like Romeo and Juliet, Catcher in the Rye, and Lonesome Dove.
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The government is surveilling US senators and the phone companies are illegally failing to report it
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Phone companies failed to warn senators about surveillance, Wyden says
Government surveillance of lawmakers, though legal, raises concerns that members of Congress cannot effectively legislate when they are being spied on.
www.politico.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The government is surveilling US senators and the phone companies are illegally failing to report it
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder
The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.
www.newyorker.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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After breaking into the US Institute of Peace (USIP) Monday, DOGE members immediately got to work taking down signs to erase the independent agency.
Photos taken yesterday shared directly with me:
Photos taken yesterday shared directly with me:
March 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
After breaking into the US Institute of Peace (USIP) Monday, DOGE members immediately got to work taking down signs to erase the independent agency.
Photos taken yesterday shared directly with me:
Photos taken yesterday shared directly with me:
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walking by the DOJ building in DC
May 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
walking by the DOJ building in DC
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Trump pardon attorney taking “hard look” at defendants convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Whitmer. The effort to rewrite history and normalize political violence continues.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
U.S. Justice Department pardon lawyer pledges 'hard look' at plot to kidnap Michigan governor
The U.S. Justice Department’s new pardon attorney says he is going to take a “hard look” at two men who are in prison for leading a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.
www.detroitnews.com
May 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Trump pardon attorney taking “hard look” at defendants convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Whitmer. The effort to rewrite history and normalize political violence continues.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
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The Hungarian government is about to pass a law that will allow it to destroy the tiny online outlets that represent the last vestiges of independent Hungarian press
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
Viktor Orbán’s crackdown on free press does not only affect Hungary. It affects all of Europe
The so-called “Transparency Law”, currently pending approval, significantly undermines freedom of expression in Hungary — and its impacts are unlikely stop at the country’s borders.
444.hu
May 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Hungarian government is about to pass a law that will allow it to destroy the tiny online outlets that represent the last vestiges of independent Hungarian press
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
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Not just student data. DOJ apparently requested any email or text where faculty or staff discussed the Trump DEI EOs -- something that would target lots of pure political speech.
May 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Not just student data. DOJ apparently requested any email or text where faculty or staff discussed the Trump DEI EOs -- something that would target lots of pure political speech.
hypo: EO says “soldiers will be quartered in private homes.” Courts uniformly find 3rd Am violation & gov’t never appeals. W/o nationwide injunction any non plaintiff might still get quartered soldiers until everyone sues?
May 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
hypo: EO says “soldiers will be quartered in private homes.” Courts uniformly find 3rd Am violation & gov’t never appeals. W/o nationwide injunction any non plaintiff might still get quartered soldiers until everyone sues?
Quote skeet with a picture of the airplane you'll accept as bribe
May 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Quote skeet with a picture of the airplane you'll accept as bribe
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Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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NEW: DeSantis directed the University of Florida to cancel a nearly-complete search for its next dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences — because the governor believed the finalists were not in alignment with the state's opposition to DEI
U. of Florida Calls Off Dean Search After DeSantis Intervenes
A spokesperson said the governor’s office stepped in after a right-wing group posted videos of the finalists on social media and claimed they were “radical progressives with disdain for Florida’s DEI ...
www.chronicle.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
NEW: DeSantis directed the University of Florida to cancel a nearly-complete search for its next dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences — because the governor believed the finalists were not in alignment with the state's opposition to DEI
In Alcon Entm't v. Tesla, producers of Blade Runner 2049 sued Musk for copyright & trademark infringement for his AI-generated cybercab promotions. This quote made it into the district court's tentative ruling:
April 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In Alcon Entm't v. Tesla, producers of Blade Runner 2049 sued Musk for copyright & trademark infringement for his AI-generated cybercab promotions. This quote made it into the district court's tentative ruling:
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Scoop: DOGE officials met with leadership at the National Gallery of Art this week to discuss the museum's legal status www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
DOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum’s Legal Status
The move is the latest from Elon Musk’s unofficial cost-cutting agency to exert influence beyond traditional federal agencies.
www.bloomberg.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Scoop: DOGE officials met with leadership at the National Gallery of Art this week to discuss the museum's legal status www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
1st: are there no adults in the GA GOP?
2nd: tax payer dollars can pay people to doctor photos for a joke, but not cure cancer?
2nd: tax payer dollars can pay people to doctor photos for a joke, but not cure cancer?
Trump’s approval on immigration is negative for the first time in basically ever, and this is how these clowns are responding. They’re desperate.
April 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
1st: are there no adults in the GA GOP?
2nd: tax payer dollars can pay people to doctor photos for a joke, but not cure cancer?
2nd: tax payer dollars can pay people to doctor photos for a joke, but not cure cancer?
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Everyone needs to understand what Elon and DOGE are building, an AI driven panopticon that will know everything about you and will be used to ensure compliance with their fascist agenda. They are creating a unified database of everything the federal government has on every single American.
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March 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Everyone needs to understand what Elon and DOGE are building, an AI driven panopticon that will know everything about you and will be used to ensure compliance with their fascist agenda. They are creating a unified database of everything the federal government has on every single American.
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lol. Court: and Alito will say what he will say
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from deporting foreign nationals under the Alien Enemies Act. Thomas, Alito dissent.
April 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
lol. Court: and Alito will say what he will say