Marin K. Levy
@marinklevy.bsky.social
Professor of Law, Duke Law School; Academic Director of the Bolch Judicial Institute. Mother of sons & spinner of ⚖️🧵s.
"I must send you another birthday greeting and tell you how much I love you, that with each day I learn to extol your love and your worth more . . .
I believe, most beloved mother, that the improvement of the world, reform, can only arise when mothers like you are increased thousands of times." ❤️
I believe, most beloved mother, that the improvement of the world, reform, can only arise when mothers like you are increased thousands of times." ❤️
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"I must send you another birthday greeting and tell you how much I love you, that with each day I learn to extol your love and your worth more . . .
I believe, most beloved mother, that the improvement of the world, reform, can only arise when mothers like you are increased thousands of times." ❤️
I believe, most beloved mother, that the improvement of the world, reform, can only arise when mothers like you are increased thousands of times." ❤️
There are many fun facts about Justice Brandeis, but here's a particularly delightful one . . .
Did you know that he wrote to his Mother almost every day? And on one birthday, he wrote to her twice! 💌
(Here is the passage I love most . . . )
Did you know that he wrote to his Mother almost every day? And on one birthday, he wrote to her twice! 💌
(Here is the passage I love most . . . )
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There are many fun facts about Justice Brandeis, but here's a particularly delightful one . . .
Did you know that he wrote to his Mother almost every day? And on one birthday, he wrote to her twice! 💌
(Here is the passage I love most . . . )
Did you know that he wrote to his Mother almost every day? And on one birthday, he wrote to her twice! 💌
(Here is the passage I love most . . . )
This story is all kinds of fun . . .
The Highest Court in the Land
A converted storage room on the top floor of the Supreme Court building has become a place for justices and their clerks to get a run in—and a source of a great many tales.
www.si.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This story is all kinds of fun . . .
I just told this story and cited you!
October 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I just told this story and cited you!
We do! Though we also tell the rent-seeking story and note that some (local) lawyers love them . . .
October 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We do! Though we also tell the rent-seeking story and note that some (local) lawyers love them . . .
(And this is the very last bit, I promise!)
October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
(And this is the very last bit, I promise!)
(And even a little more than that . . . )
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
(And even a little more than that . . . )
(Just in case you are dying to know more!)
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
(Just in case you are dying to know more!)
FWIW, @williambaude.bsky.social and I are working on a piece about circuit precedent at this very moment. (We are in the “pro” camp 😊.)
October 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
FWIW, @williambaude.bsky.social and I are working on a piece about circuit precedent at this very moment. (We are in the “pro” camp 😊.)