First day of classes! I’ll be initiating ~100 students into the wild world of constitutional law, teaching a course in which VLS students co-author & publish pieces with students at the Nashville women’s prison, and co-teaching a 1-credit courtwatching practicum (+ new office door art). #anchordown

Hard to break through the noise these days, but if you want a different take on the democracy theme, my latest piece explores the values that should define the relationship between courts (as democratic institutions) and the people who use them #accesstojustice
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The government is arguing that being given a chance to shout “no, don’t send me into a war zone in a country I have no relationship to” at prison guards just before being put on the plane constitutes a “meaningful opportunity to be heard.”

Happy to see this article (papers.ssrn.com/abstract=296...) may finally be rendered irrelevant by the long overdue change in law it supported. Thanks to all who brought HB123 to this historic point and 🤞for Gov. Kemp's signature. deathpenaltyinfo.org/georgia-sena...

A note about posting and re-posting flashy clips, especially where local communities and politics are involved - a short 🧵

Thankful for the opportunity and excited to be featured in the latest episode of "Quantum Potential" with @VanderbiltU Provost Cybele Raver, talking about how and why it is so important to work toward a more people-centered justice system. open.spotify.com/episode/1H5Q...

I find it somewhat amusing that this is the default prompt on X - so fitting for these times.

Not the main point here, but this sentence contains multitudes: “When the Supreme Court eventually weighs in on the order, we will not learn whether it is constitutional. We will learn whether the Supreme Court is prepared to follow the Constitution.”

This semester in Con Law I, I played a song clip at the beginning of each class (starting wk 2) and asked the students to guess the relevance. Bonus points for anyone who wants to try - here’s the playlist for Fall 2024 😉 open.spotify.com/playlist/64D...

This fall, I piloted a new access to justice class at @vanderbiltlaw. It was intended to create a collaborative and two-way learning environment for law students (+ one divinity school student) and students incarcerated at the women's prison in Nashville - a 🧵

I think I may have hit the #workingmom trifecta by having my kids guest judge a legal design exercise (over their school break) in my #accesstojustice class, followed by a virtual class visit by legal design guru Margaret Hagan [+ candy for (almost) Valentine's Day] ❤️