Joshua J. Freundel
@lawlawcoolj.bsky.social
Lawyer. Defender of the liberal order. Legal interpretation, Fed Courts, the First Amendment, and Halakhic jurisprudence. Sartorially competent.
It is not the job of a law scholar to upend clearly settled law with meager source material and convoluted textual readings, and doing so does not create a live debate.
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It is not the job of a law scholar to upend clearly settled law with meager source material and convoluted textual readings, and doing so does not create a live debate.
What happened to the plain meaning of the words?
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What happened to the plain meaning of the words?
This is just sad.
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is just sad.
By the logic of the fetal personhood movement, this baby can constitutionally be elected to the United States Senate.
August 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
By the logic of the fetal personhood movement, this baby can constitutionally be elected to the United States Senate.
Today in New York Times corrections
May 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today in New York Times corrections
A late entry in the contest for biggest sycophant
April 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A late entry in the contest for biggest sycophant
Already done :)
April 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Already done :)
At the zoo today. Several hundred spectators at the panda enclosure, and when Qing Bao started eating they all burst into cheers. More convinced than ever this would end the trade war within hours.
April 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
At the zoo today. Several hundred spectators at the panda enclosure, and when Qing Bao started eating they all burst into cheers. More convinced than ever this would end the trade war within hours.
I will not apologize for my buying habits.
April 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I will not apologize for my buying habits.
Signs are now up in Canadian stores alerting shoppers to American goods.
April 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Signs are now up in Canadian stores alerting shoppers to American goods.
This just makes intuitive sense. Investors are always trying to be the first to identify a new high-yield market.
April 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This just makes intuitive sense. Investors are always trying to be the first to identify a new high-yield market.
“Kazakhstan has superior potassium,
all other countries have inferior potassium”
all other countries have inferior potassium”
April 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“Kazakhstan has superior potassium,
all other countries have inferior potassium”
all other countries have inferior potassium”
Inside of you are two wolves (and one of them is simply wrong)
March 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Inside of you are two wolves (and one of them is simply wrong)
But did you know this
March 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
But did you know this
Speaking of the Auto-da-fé...
March 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Speaking of the Auto-da-fé...
As always, a question like this pales beneath the enormity of the administration's flouting of all legal norms, but: Does Karoline Leavitt not know what an aircraft carrier is?
March 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
As always, a question like this pales beneath the enormity of the administration's flouting of all legal norms, but: Does Karoline Leavitt not know what an aircraft carrier is?
You didn't ask for it, you get it anyway: introducing the SCOTUS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW MARCH MADNESS BRACKET! A tournament to decide the most important constitutional decision in the Supreme Court's history.
Mostly it's a fun way to argue about the relative merits of different historic cases.
Mostly it's a fun way to argue about the relative merits of different historic cases.
March 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
You didn't ask for it, you get it anyway: introducing the SCOTUS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW MARCH MADNESS BRACKET! A tournament to decide the most important constitutional decision in the Supreme Court's history.
Mostly it's a fun way to argue about the relative merits of different historic cases.
Mostly it's a fun way to argue about the relative merits of different historic cases.
People seem to forget how old this man is
March 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
People seem to forget how old this man is
I closely followed the debates around Section 3 and I don’t recall a single comment to the effect that disagreeing with them was scholarly malpractice. And it wouldn’t be, because in that instance the debate played out in law reviews with fully developed arguments.
March 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I closely followed the debates around Section 3 and I don’t recall a single comment to the effect that disagreeing with them was scholarly malpractice. And it wouldn’t be, because in that instance the debate played out in law reviews with fully developed arguments.
What does Elon Musk want a filibuster-proof supermajority for?
March 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What does Elon Musk want a filibuster-proof supermajority for?
Can we go back to freedom fries, at least that was funny
March 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Can we go back to freedom fries, at least that was funny
Unironically this at the White House Press Corp.
February 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Unironically this at the White House Press Corp.
Found this book in a secondhand shop. The author seems like a precocious fellow. I wonder what he’s up to now.
February 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Found this book in a secondhand shop. The author seems like a precocious fellow. I wonder what he’s up to now.
Whenever Yglesias pops up I like to remember that Google identifies him as an "American blogger" and think that this is as devastating an insult as a search engine could offer him
February 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Whenever Yglesias pops up I like to remember that Google identifies him as an "American blogger" and think that this is as devastating an insult as a search engine could offer him