Edward Swaine
edswaine.bsky.social
Edward Swaine
@edswaine.bsky.social
Law professor. Personal account/views only. Vonnegut: "you've got to be kind."
food for thought
December 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
will now read everything this reporter writes, albeit with some concern that it's agitprop
December 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Vanity Fair b-roll
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
what's that about a work ethic?
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
this reads like the "assembling the team" part of suicide squad without the redemption arc
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
it's worse than i thought
December 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Encouraging in some regards. Not just because L lawyers raised concerns; also, because they were asked, and at least to some degree, heeded.
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"Is the water warm, General?"
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Whatever his level of fitness, these stunts always remind me of Jack Palance deciding that the way to prove he deserved an Oscar was a one-armed push-up -- acting was for punks.
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Robo-George, what's with the "farewell address"? If you think you know so much, aren't you going to keep the job forever? 5/n
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Robo-George, you've run a business. Can't we at least wheel and deal? 4/n
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Robo-George, any thoughts on creeping foreign influence? They're offering all this free stuff. 3/n
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Any valedictory thoughts, robo-George, on whether national hatred and bellicosity is a good idea? Lots of people do it, and it wins votes! 2/n
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hey, robo-George: any thoughts on despotism and presidential tyranny? Your own words, this time. And no unrelated graphics. 1/n
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This doesn't say watched *voluntarily* and this was shown every year in elementary school, which means I saw it 9 or 10 times by the time I got out.

P.S. They didn't have gifs in his day.
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
There are four types of guys online. No exceptions.
December 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Any US National Security Strategy exhibits tensions, but this has one b/w a "predisposition to non-interventionism" and anti-globalism.

Nations that exercise their sovereignty by building int'l institutions may be failing to prioritize their own interests...and, maybe, need help finding their way?
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
dodged a bullet when they switched the ceremony from Potbelly
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Note the connection with disobeying lawful orders discussions. As @asharangappa.bsky.social observed quite recently, broad presidential immunity was rested partly on beliefs that lower-level officers would disobey unlawful commands.

In fact, the example at SCOTUS oral argument was SEAL Team 6.
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM