Dylan Farrell-Bryan
@dfarrellbryan.bsky.social
Sociologist. Immigration, labor, & bureaucracy. PhD @Penn, JD @YaleLawSch (in progress)
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Explainer on First Amendment and Other Legal Issues in Deportation of Palestinian Student Activist(s)
By @ahilantoolong.bsky.social and @adambcox.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/109012/legal...
By @ahilantoolong.bsky.social and @adambcox.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/109012/legal...
Explainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s)
"Khalil’s case involves an assertion of government power over lawful permanent residents far beyond what we have seen in decades, if ever."
www.justsecurity.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Explainer on First Amendment and Other Legal Issues in Deportation of Palestinian Student Activist(s)
By @ahilantoolong.bsky.social and @adambcox.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/109012/legal...
By @ahilantoolong.bsky.social and @adambcox.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/109012/legal...
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Fascinating and extremely useful thread:
🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration?
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
February 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Fascinating and extremely useful thread:
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Today, @lookheron.bsky.social argues that, if we are lucky, a left-liberal coalition may soon have the chance to build new and better institutions out of the wreckage.
However, unless policy scholars work on developing relatively detailed proposals now, we will squander this opportunity.
However, unless policy scholars work on developing relatively detailed proposals now, we will squander this opportunity.
On Writing Down Our Dreams During a Living Nightmare
When it's time to rebuild from the wreckage of the Trump-Musk rampage, the left may have the opportunity to implement a truly transformative agenda. However, unless we have relatively detailed…
lpeproject.org
February 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today, @lookheron.bsky.social argues that, if we are lucky, a left-liberal coalition may soon have the chance to build new and better institutions out of the wreckage.
However, unless policy scholars work on developing relatively detailed proposals now, we will squander this opportunity.
However, unless policy scholars work on developing relatively detailed proposals now, we will squander this opportunity.
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okay, so, the thing is, the orderly, civil, and negotiated process by which unions strike is the compromise position and if you give up the compromise position, you give up the orderly, negotiated, civil parts of the bargain
Trump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
February 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
okay, so, the thing is, the orderly, civil, and negotiated process by which unions strike is the compromise position and if you give up the compromise position, you give up the orderly, negotiated, civil parts of the bargain
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this is the "merit" two-step. first, you strongly imply or state outright that the presence of anyone who isn't a straight, able-bodied white man is unfair "DEI," then you argue that just because an institution is all-male and lily-white doesn't mean there is discrimination. that's just merit!
Opinion | DEI and Disparate Impact
The next step in restoring meritocracy is to reject the theory that proportionate outcomes equal fairness.
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
this is the "merit" two-step. first, you strongly imply or state outright that the presence of anyone who isn't a straight, able-bodied white man is unfair "DEI," then you argue that just because an institution is all-male and lily-white doesn't mean there is discrimination. that's just merit!
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if the president can say “i don’t like the department of energy,” and within a week it’s closed, then the constitution means nothing, and the president’s entire claim to power is the loyalty of the military. either he is constrained by the constitution or he’s a dictator, there isn’t a middle ground
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
if the president can say “i don’t like the department of energy,” and within a week it’s closed, then the constitution means nothing, and the president’s entire claim to power is the loyalty of the military. either he is constrained by the constitution or he’s a dictator, there isn’t a middle ground
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Kind of delicious that after all that it turns out the humanities are load bearing for the republic and we’re all going to die because a bunch of bros never bothered to take a history class
February 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kind of delicious that after all that it turns out the humanities are load bearing for the republic and we’re all going to die because a bunch of bros never bothered to take a history class
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I am having trouble regulating my moods because everything is simultaneously so terrifying and so stupid.
February 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I am having trouble regulating my moods because everything is simultaneously so terrifying and so stupid.
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Law is one method for structuring, enhancing, or limiting political power. A few too many lawschool brained profs/lawyers think it is much more; it is not. A few too many political scientists and very online folks think it is meaningless; it is not.
Use tools to the extent they've useful.
Use tools to the extent they've useful.
I'm not a lawyer because I think laws are a magic panacea that stops evil.
I'm a lawyer because the law reflects our values and when good people stand up and fight for what's right the law becomes better.
I'm a lawyer because the law reflects our values and when good people stand up and fight for what's right the law becomes better.
January 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Law is one method for structuring, enhancing, or limiting political power. A few too many lawschool brained profs/lawyers think it is much more; it is not. A few too many political scientists and very online folks think it is meaningless; it is not.
Use tools to the extent they've useful.
Use tools to the extent they've useful.
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Finding myself asking myself a lot of nauseating questions I’d once have laughed off as paranoid. Cheerful stuff like “what sort of orders is the military ultimately prepared to follow if the president finally abandons the pretense of operating under law?”
January 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Finding myself asking myself a lot of nauseating questions I’d once have laughed off as paranoid. Cheerful stuff like “what sort of orders is the military ultimately prepared to follow if the president finally abandons the pretense of operating under law?”
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Today, @epopppp.bsky.social reflects on the current predicament of many academics: if the recent past is no longer a useful guide to seeking change in the present, what good is policy-adjacent scholarship?
In This Brave New World, Does Scholarship Still Matter?
If the recent past is no longer a useful guide to seeking change in the present, what good is policy-adjacent scholarship?
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Today, @epopppp.bsky.social reflects on the current predicament of many academics: if the recent past is no longer a useful guide to seeking change in the present, what good is policy-adjacent scholarship?
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Story idea: start a running tally of the cost of all of these shenanigans, like the debt clock or something. Be specific on what the American people are owed back, with financial penalties and interest.
January 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Story idea: start a running tally of the cost of all of these shenanigans, like the debt clock or something. Be specific on what the American people are owed back, with financial penalties and interest.
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Like 8000 different groups are doing a shitton of small but important work to resist right now and it is far more useful for you to get plugged in with one of them than it is to wonder aloud where the protests are
January 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Like 8000 different groups are doing a shitton of small but important work to resist right now and it is far more useful for you to get plugged in with one of them than it is to wonder aloud where the protests are
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There’s a tendency of some to roll their eyes at arguments that Trump is breaking the law. “Of course he is! But calling it illegal didn’t work last time.” (Really?) If you give you give up on law, you’re unilaterally disarming against an authoritarian movement that will surely invoke law against us
January 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
There’s a tendency of some to roll their eyes at arguments that Trump is breaking the law. “Of course he is! But calling it illegal didn’t work last time.” (Really?) If you give you give up on law, you’re unilaterally disarming against an authoritarian movement that will surely invoke law against us
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Great organizations to follow for news, analysis commentary and information on all things related to immigration.
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December 6, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Great organizations to follow for news, analysis commentary and information on all things related to immigration.
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