Jake Charles
@jacobdcharles.bsky.social
Law prof, Pepperdine Law; Affiliated Scholar, Duke Center for Firearms Law. I write about constitutional law, especially the Second Amendment.
Bio: https://t.co/yVUcs14NoK
Papers: http://bit.ly/3HleQND
Bio: https://t.co/yVUcs14NoK
Papers: http://bit.ly/3HleQND
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Jake Charles
@jacobdcharles.bsky.social
· May 27
🧵 Exciting to have my new Penn Law Review piece on Ancillary Rights published! Many thanks to lots of people for feedback & criticism, esp. @danielrice.bsky.social for helping organize my thoughts.
The piece unpacks how & when rights extend to related conduct--
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The piece unpacks how & when rights extend to related conduct--
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Another day toiling away in this trying atmosphere…
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Another day toiling away in this trying atmosphere…
Reposted by Jake Charles
Just posted on @ssrn.bsky.social: a draft of my Foreword ("To Keep Government Generally Within the Bounds of Law") for the Harvard Law Review & @tamu.bsky.social Center on the Structural Constitution Symposium "Judicial Review in Jeopardy?" Abstract here, link in next post. Feedback welcome.
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Just posted on @ssrn.bsky.social: a draft of my Foreword ("To Keep Government Generally Within the Bounds of Law") for the Harvard Law Review & @tamu.bsky.social Center on the Structural Constitution Symposium "Judicial Review in Jeopardy?" Abstract here, link in next post. Feedback welcome.
Negotiating w terrorists is bad bc it emboldens them. But decent people agonize as hostages are executed while they refuse to cave to demands. I have a hard time blaming someone who sees the harm—& the sociopathic zeal for inflicting more—& says to pay the ransom bc they can’t stomach it any longer.
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Negotiating w terrorists is bad bc it emboldens them. But decent people agonize as hostages are executed while they refuse to cave to demands. I have a hard time blaming someone who sees the harm—& the sociopathic zeal for inflicting more—& says to pay the ransom bc they can’t stomach it any longer.
There was an unintentionally revealing moment in oral arguments earlier this Term in a case about a political candidate’s ability to challenge voting rules. Part of the GOP candidate’s arg relied on the notion that…Republicans typically make it harder to vote while Democrats make it easier…
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
There was an unintentionally revealing moment in oral arguments earlier this Term in a case about a political candidate’s ability to challenge voting rules. Part of the GOP candidate’s arg relied on the notion that…Republicans typically make it harder to vote while Democrats make it easier…
Oof just finishing up listening to the Trump tariffs oral arguments & Justice Alito is unbearably insufferable.
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Oof just finishing up listening to the Trump tariffs oral arguments & Justice Alito is unbearably insufferable.
Woke up in the mountain time zone, traveled home to teach in the pacific time zone, and now en route to the central time zone. Lots of traveling this time of year, but I had a blast speaking at ASU yesterday & am excited to head to the annual Con Law Colloquium at Loyola Chicago. ✈️✍️📖
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Woke up in the mountain time zone, traveled home to teach in the pacific time zone, and now en route to the central time zone. Lots of traveling this time of year, but I had a blast speaking at ASU yesterday & am excited to head to the annual Con Law Colloquium at Loyola Chicago. ✈️✍️📖
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Great day for many reasons, including getting this in the mail! With @jacobdcharles.bsky.social.
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Great day for many reasons, including getting this in the mail! With @jacobdcharles.bsky.social.
Wow had not seen this before. Walsh’s piece aged quite well on the diagnosis axis, quite poorly on the hypocrisy one.
When they say they’d never support Fuentes, ask them about what they used to say about Trump. This is from a now deleted piece on The Blaze from Matt Walsh
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Wow had not seen this before. Walsh’s piece aged quite well on the diagnosis axis, quite poorly on the hypocrisy one.
I COULD SMELL THE ONIONS AND MUSTARD 💀💀
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I COULD SMELL THE ONIONS AND MUSTARD 💀💀
Oof, SCOTUS gonna intervene fast. Can’t say you are relying on mystical things like “trial testimony,” which get approximately 0.0 percent respect from this Court
BREAKING
Judge Immergut issues an injunction BLOCKING the memo federalizing and deploying the National Guard until she issues a final opinion on the merits this Friday.
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Judge Immergut issues an injunction BLOCKING the memo federalizing and deploying the National Guard until she issues a final opinion on the merits this Friday.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Oof, SCOTUS gonna intervene fast. Can’t say you are relying on mystical things like “trial testimony,” which get approximately 0.0 percent respect from this Court
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Looking through the briefs in Trump v. Wilcox, the case in which the Supreme Court will overturn Humphrey’s Executor, and I come across this brief listing John Eastman as counsel of record. Wasn’t he disbarred for trying to help Trump overturn the 2020 election? www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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13th amendment says, whatttttttt
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 AM
13th amendment says, whatttttttt
Tell me you’ve never shopped for groceries without telling me you’ve never shopped for groceries
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Tell me you’ve never shopped for groceries without telling me you’ve never shopped for groceries
This is a fantastically reported story, illuminating the sad state of affairs in the NC judiciary.
The threat below is an ironic manifestation of the whole thrust of the piece: officials’ willingness to jettison longstanding norms in the pursuit of power, all without concern for the lasting harm.
The threat below is an ironic manifestation of the whole thrust of the piece: officials’ willingness to jettison longstanding norms in the pursuit of power, all without concern for the lasting harm.
NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...
October 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a fantastically reported story, illuminating the sad state of affairs in the NC judiciary.
The threat below is an ironic manifestation of the whole thrust of the piece: officials’ willingness to jettison longstanding norms in the pursuit of power, all without concern for the lasting harm.
The threat below is an ironic manifestation of the whole thrust of the piece: officials’ willingness to jettison longstanding norms in the pursuit of power, all without concern for the lasting harm.
It’s coincidentally also for the people of the age who look at this post & go, “hey, I resemble that remark.”
Bluesky: the website to be on if you’re the exact right age to remember when buying a ringtone was a thing, and thought it was really cool when it was.
October 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
It’s coincidentally also for the people of the age who look at this post & go, “hey, I resemble that remark.”
NEW: In Rahimi, the Supreme Court said the 2nd Am lets govt disarm those found to be a credible threat, but left open whether other kinds of restraining orders permit disarmament under fed law. Yesterday, the 9th Cir said yes they do, at least on the facts here.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
NEW: In Rahimi, the Supreme Court said the 2nd Am lets govt disarm those found to be a credible threat, but left open whether other kinds of restraining orders permit disarmament under fed law. Yesterday, the 9th Cir said yes they do, at least on the facts here.
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Good example for those teaching legal ethics & particularly ABA Model Rule 3.3's requirement of candor to the tribunal.
Lawyers are ethically required to "correct a false statement of material fact or law previously made to the tribunal by the lawyer."
Lawyers are ethically required to "correct a false statement of material fact or law previously made to the tribunal by the lawyer."
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Good example for those teaching legal ethics & particularly ABA Model Rule 3.3's requirement of candor to the tribunal.
Lawyers are ethically required to "correct a false statement of material fact or law previously made to the tribunal by the lawyer."
Lawyers are ethically required to "correct a false statement of material fact or law previously made to the tribunal by the lawyer."
Among the many disturbing things about the Callais oral args on the Voting Rights Act, I was struck by the seeming agreement that partisan gerrymandering is fine & a legit state interest—all bc Rucho said it was non-justiciable. But non-justiciable doesn’t mean it’s ok or consistent w/ the Const!
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Among the many disturbing things about the Callais oral args on the Voting Rights Act, I was struck by the seeming agreement that partisan gerrymandering is fine & a legit state interest—all bc Rucho said it was non-justiciable. But non-justiciable doesn’t mean it’s ok or consistent w/ the Const!
That's a lot of judges joining one opinion (which is really a dissent, though not styled as such).
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
That's a lot of judges joining one opinion (which is really a dissent, though not styled as such).
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🧵 The Supreme Court’s decision to hear another Second Amendment case this term is significant. Along w/ Wolford on Hawaii’s law concerning guns on private property, the justices will review, in US v. Hemani, whether the Const’n permits disarming drug users: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov
October 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🧵 The Supreme Court’s decision to hear another Second Amendment case this term is significant. Along w/ Wolford on Hawaii’s law concerning guns on private property, the justices will review, in US v. Hemani, whether the Const’n permits disarming drug users: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
🧵 The Supreme Court’s decision to hear another Second Amendment case this term is significant. Along w/ Wolford on Hawaii’s law concerning guns on private property, the justices will review, in US v. Hemani, whether the Const’n permits disarming drug users: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov
October 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🧵 The Supreme Court’s decision to hear another Second Amendment case this term is significant. Along w/ Wolford on Hawaii’s law concerning guns on private property, the justices will review, in US v. Hemani, whether the Const’n permits disarming drug users: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
Justice Thomas writes separately to argue that additur is constitutionally required in this instance.
Supreme Court rule 6-3 that the DOJ owing Trump $230 million is a bargain.
October 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Justice Thomas writes separately to argue that additur is constitutionally required in this instance.
This is the thing that really gets me. Call yourself a politician, say you're doing what you need for your party, or even for the causes you think are important, but don't stand up there and lie brazenly & persistently and then claim the mantle of faith.
I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is the thing that really gets me. Call yourself a politician, say you're doing what you need for your party, or even for the causes you think are important, but don't stand up there and lie brazenly & persistently and then claim the mantle of faith.
The fact that the majority found a standard that turns on "honest judgment" satisfied here exceeds all the possible bounds of credulity.
Judge Susan Graber, a Clinton appointee, asked her colleagues on the 9th Circuit to vacate the majority opinion “before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur.”
9th Circuit Rules for Trump, Allows National Guard to Deploy to Portland
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled for the Trump administration...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The fact that the majority found a standard that turns on "honest judgment" satisfied here exceeds all the possible bounds of credulity.
NEW: Last week, the 2d Cir created a split w/ the 9th Cir by rejecting a 2nd Am challenge to NY's law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases, holding that the law doesn't sufficiently implicate Bruen's plain-text prong to require analyzing historical trad'n.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
NEW: Last week, the 2d Cir created a split w/ the 9th Cir by rejecting a 2nd Am challenge to NY's law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases, holding that the law doesn't sufficiently implicate Bruen's plain-text prong to require analyzing historical trad'n.
ag.ny.gov/sites/defaul...
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