Kim Lane Scheppele
@kimlanelaw.bsky.social
Tracking autocratic legalism around the world from Princeton University.
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The Hungarian foreign minister, who advocates zero tolerance for anti-Semitism, met with a Lithuanian politician who is under criminal investigation for openly anti-Semitic statements, writes 444.hu. Žemaitaitis’ remarks have been condemned by Israel, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.S.
Lithuania: The Political Rise of an Antisemite by Dr. Carl Yonker - Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry
The October 2024 parliamentary elections in Lithuania marked a shift in the country’s political landscape. The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), under the leadership of Vilija Blinkevičiūtė...
cst.tau.ac.il
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The Hungarian foreign minister, who advocates zero tolerance for anti-Semitism, met with a Lithuanian politician who is under criminal investigation for openly anti-Semitic statements, writes 444.hu. Žemaitaitis’ remarks have been condemned by Israel, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.S.
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Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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A lot of news today, but don't miss the two big threats-to-democracy ones:
1. SCOTUS will decide whether states can count ballots post marked by, but received after, election day. Given vote-mode polarization in recent years, this could matter a lot
1. SCOTUS will decide whether states can count ballots post marked by, but received after, election day. Given vote-mode polarization in recent years, this could matter a lot
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A lot of news today, but don't miss the two big threats-to-democracy ones:
1. SCOTUS will decide whether states can count ballots post marked by, but received after, election day. Given vote-mode polarization in recent years, this could matter a lot
1. SCOTUS will decide whether states can count ballots post marked by, but received after, election day. Given vote-mode polarization in recent years, this could matter a lot
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Was Project 2025 in fact an Opus Dei project? Of course it was. And the key tie in was the man responsible for Project 2025, Kevin Roberts, an Opus Dei acolyte.
Kevin Roberts and the Opus Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation is a regular at the Opus Dei hub in DC
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Was Project 2025 in fact an Opus Dei project? Of course it was. And the key tie in was the man responsible for Project 2025, Kevin Roberts, an Opus Dei acolyte.
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BREAKING: Judge Talwani will be issuing a second order — aside from the Rhode Island TRO — to "protect against the government's position" that the states suing over SNAP benefits are not "parties" to the R.I. litigation. It will be stayed to run concurrently w/ the R.I. order's current admin stay.
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
BREAKING: Judge Talwani will be issuing a second order — aside from the Rhode Island TRO — to "protect against the government's position" that the states suing over SNAP benefits are not "parties" to the R.I. litigation. It will be stayed to run concurrently w/ the R.I. order's current admin stay.
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DOJ really upset the federal judge in Massachusetts (hearing the multistate SNAP case) with its Sunday filing at the First Circuit in the other SNAP case —>
Talwani: "In an abundance of caution, is there any reason this court should not issue an order parallel to the R.I. one" to ensure the states have the same protection?
"I'm concerned," she reiterates, about the First Circuit filing. "This is a sentence in the filing to the First Circuit."
"I'm concerned," she reiterates, about the First Circuit filing. "This is a sentence in the filing to the First Circuit."
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
DOJ really upset the federal judge in Massachusetts (hearing the multistate SNAP case) with its Sunday filing at the First Circuit in the other SNAP case —>
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“The Omnibus fails to meet the constitutional standards the EU’s own legal order demands”.
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
“The Omnibus fails to meet the constitutional standards the EU’s own legal order demands”.
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Ed Martin seemed to explicitly link the pardons to his “No MAGA left behind” mantra—tweeting the news in reply to a post that said exactly that.
In addition to his role as pardon attorney, Martin leads the Weaponization Working Group, which probes alleged “politicization” of the Justice Department.
In addition to his role as pardon attorney, Martin leads the Weaponization Working Group, which probes alleged “politicization” of the Justice Department.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Ed Martin seemed to explicitly link the pardons to his “No MAGA left behind” mantra—tweeting the news in reply to a post that said exactly that.
In addition to his role as pardon attorney, Martin leads the Weaponization Working Group, which probes alleged “politicization” of the Justice Department.
In addition to his role as pardon attorney, Martin leads the Weaponization Working Group, which probes alleged “politicization” of the Justice Department.
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Looks like this is real. About 40% of the flight at 8k feet, then bumped up to 10k, and then finally went up higher, but only to 20k feet. Much slower than normal flight and likely burned a lot more fuel. But the view out the window was probably impressive.
www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Looks like this is real. About 40% of the flight at 8k feet, then bumped up to 10k, and then finally went up higher, but only to 20k feet. Much slower than normal flight and likely burned a lot more fuel. But the view out the window was probably impressive.
www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
The US government is trying as hard as it can to ensure that Americans starve. The USG is threatening states that are trying to help.
Here's the unbelievable "undo" letter USDA sent: www.fns.usda.gov/snap/updated...
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The US government is trying as hard as it can to ensure that Americans starve. The USG is threatening states that are trying to help.
Trump's erasure of Black history extends now to Europe. Not only was the recognition of Black soldiers who died liberating Europe erased but so was the acknowledgment that the burials in this cemetery were performed by Black soldiers for whom it was traumatic work. Read the whole thread.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump's erasure of Black history extends now to Europe. Not only was the recognition of Black soldiers who died liberating Europe erased but so was the acknowledgment that the burials in this cemetery were performed by Black soldiers for whom it was traumatic work. Read the whole thread.
Read every word. This is what the US government is doing to terrorize a major American city. Authoritarianism is here. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Read every word. This is what the US government is doing to terrorize a major American city. Authoritarianism is here. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.
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A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Journalists for NYT document tortures to dozens of Venezuelans Trump sent to El Salvador earlier this year.
The piece is based on the testimonies of 40 people and on doctors who said their injuries are consistent and credible
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
The piece is based on the testimonies of 40 people and on doctors who said their injuries are consistent and credible
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Journalists for NYT document tortures to dozens of Venezuelans Trump sent to El Salvador earlier this year.
The piece is based on the testimonies of 40 people and on doctors who said their injuries are consistent and credible
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
The piece is based on the testimonies of 40 people and on doctors who said their injuries are consistent and credible
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
US government announcement of the results of the Trump-Orban summit: www.state.gov/releases/202.... It mostly lists what Hungary will buy from the US in the future.
U.S.-Hungary Relations Reach New Heights - United States Department of State
Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, U.S.-Hungary relations continue to reach new heights of cooperation and achievement. This partnership is built on mut...
www.state.gov
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
US government announcement of the results of the Trump-Orban summit: www.state.gov/releases/202.... It mostly lists what Hungary will buy from the US in the future.
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Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
Here's a report written by 100s of former members of the US intelligence community, assessing the US now the way that they used to assess other countries to determine their political trajectories. Sober, fact-filled analysis that reaches alarming conclusions. open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline
The Steady State | October 16, 2025
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Here's a report written by 100s of former members of the US intelligence community, assessing the US now the way that they used to assess other countries to determine their political trajectories. Sober, fact-filled analysis that reaches alarming conclusions. open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Here's an important essay about learning how to talk across political divides, which is also good training in how to do ethnographic interviewing. More of us should learn how to open minds, starting with our own. open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
I Talked to a Trump Voter for Two Hours. Here’s What Happened.
The protest was "No Kings", but our conversation was the change.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Here's an important essay about learning how to talk across political divides, which is also good training in how to do ethnographic interviewing. More of us should learn how to open minds, starting with our own. open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
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Jim Comey's appendix of Trump attacks was 60 pages (tho it did not claim to be comprehensive).
Tish James' is 113 pages.
Tish James' is 113 pages.
![Appendix of Public Statements of President Donald J. Trump About or Concerning AG James or this Case 1
No. Date/Time
(ET)
Location Speaker Comment / Post Link
2019–20212
1 3/13/2019
10:26 AM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump All part of the Witch Hunt Hoax. Started by little Eric Schneiderman &
Cuomo. So many leaving New York! [Replying to @GOP statement: The
NY Attorney General called President Trump an “illegitimate president.”
She has proven to have a vendetta against @realDonaldTrump & is using
her position of power to baselessly smear the President & the work he’s done
for the American people.]
https://perma.c
c/4NS6-UGEV
2 3/13/2019
10:26 AM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump RT @DiamondandSilk: AG Letitia James of New York is abusing her power
by targeting the POTUS. Using the Attorney General office as a weapon to
deliberately target the President because of Political Bias should be against
the Law and a violation of the Hatch Act!
https://perma.c
c/553N-C2GE
3 4/29/2019
8:18 AM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump The NRA is under siege by Cuomo and the New York State A.G., who are
illegally using the State’s legal apparatus to take down and destroy this very
important organization, & others. It must get its act together quickly, stop the
internal fighting, & get back to GREATNESS - FAST!
https://perma.c
c/6RA9-DE98
4 7/1/2019
12:10 PM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump It is very hard and expensive to live in New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo
uses his Attorney General as a bludgeoning tool for his own purposes. They
sue on everything, always in search of a crime. I even got sued on a
Foundation which took Zero rent & expenses & gave away...
https://perma.c
c/Q477-7HSN
5 7/1/2019
12:10 PM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump ....more money than it had. Going on for years, originally brought by
Crooked Hillary’s Campaign Chair, A.G. Eric Schneiderman, until forced to
https://perma.c
c/89EZ-UP7B
1 This appendix reflects the best efforts of counsel to compile all of the President’s statements relevant to…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreifytqdmsve5ggk4sft62qf7l55rkqv5wjq7zrjumzb4a3p4w73r5u@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jim Comey's appendix of Trump attacks was 60 pages (tho it did not claim to be comprehensive).
Tish James' is 113 pages.
Tish James' is 113 pages.
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Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
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DOGE and others in the administration want to build a giant database of records by haphazardly combining info the government collected for one purpose, like paying taxes, and use it for another purpose, like targeting immigrants. We can't let this happen. takebackctrl.org/get-a-warrant
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
DOGE and others in the administration want to build a giant database of records by haphazardly combining info the government collected for one purpose, like paying taxes, and use it for another purpose, like targeting immigrants. We can't let this happen. takebackctrl.org/get-a-warrant
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A shining light has gone from the world. Alison was as compassionate as she was brilliant, with an infectious spirit of generosity. I got a chance to see her present her research on the life and death of Harlan Joseph and I really hope that this amazing project will eventually be published.
I've been waiting to comment publicly on this until the university made its announcement, but the Department of History at Princeton is devastated by the recent death of our wonderful colleague Alison Isenberg.
Alison Isenberg, distinguished urban historian and co-founder of Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities, dies
A public memorial and celebration of Isenberg’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the University Chapel.
www.princeton.edu
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A shining light has gone from the world. Alison was as compassionate as she was brilliant, with an infectious spirit of generosity. I got a chance to see her present her research on the life and death of Harlan Joseph and I really hope that this amazing project will eventually be published.