Nicholas Handler
@nicholashandler.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, TAMU School of Law. Interested in administrative law, bureaucracy, civil procedure. Fairweather Jets fan. Opinions my own.
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SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2879963
Whole Secretary of War thing is giving off this energy:
September 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Whole Secretary of War thing is giving off this energy:
Continue to be amused at the administration’s strategy of owning the libs by spending lots of money on public works for Manhattan.
September 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Continue to be amused at the administration’s strategy of owning the libs by spending lots of money on public works for Manhattan.
As was foretold:
September 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
As was foretold:
JB Pritzker in 2027:
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
JB Pritzker in 2027:
“One of whom was doing a wheelie”
August 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“One of whom was doing a wheelie”
I'm excited that my next article, "The Administrative Law of McCarthyism," will be published in the Stanford Law Review. It explores how civil service law evolved in response to McCarthy era loyalty purges, and how courts drew on administrative law principles to fashion civil service protections.
August 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I'm excited that my next article, "The Administrative Law of McCarthyism," will be published in the Stanford Law Review. It explores how civil service law evolved in response to McCarthy era loyalty purges, and how courts drew on administrative law principles to fashion civil service protections.
He should activate Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott instead.
August 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
He should activate Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott instead.
This is the book!
August 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is the book!
So the pundit class is now just unironically devolving into this Dril tweet?
August 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
So the pundit class is now just unironically devolving into this Dril tweet?
Eager to hear from everyone who said Biden providing defensive weapons to Ukraine was bringing us to the brink of nuclear apocalypse, and that’s why needed to vote for Trump instead.
August 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Eager to hear from everyone who said Biden providing defensive weapons to Ukraine was bringing us to the brink of nuclear apocalypse, and that’s why needed to vote for Trump instead.
Wisconsinites: can you still get a Sneezer’s Big Boy plate out there?
August 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Wisconsinites: can you still get a Sneezer’s Big Boy plate out there?
Capital markets right now:
July 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Capital markets right now:
Guys elected mayor of major cities after being criminally convicted starter pack:
June 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Guys elected mayor of major cities after being criminally convicted starter pack:
Every few years this cartoon becomes real:
June 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Every few years this cartoon becomes real:
Zoos used to go hard.
June 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Zoos used to go hard.
One interesting note - the court remandson the grounds that the CSRA no longer functions as intended because the OSC is vacant and the MSPB lacks a quorum. But it also implies that those offices, even if filled, STILL wouldn't serve the intended function if they weren't adequately "independent."
June 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
One interesting note - the court remandson the grounds that the CSRA no longer functions as intended because the OSC is vacant and the MSPB lacks a quorum. But it also implies that those offices, even if filled, STILL wouldn't serve the intended function if they weren't adequately "independent."
So when they inevitably make an insane, three-hour Hollywood biopic about Musk, who’s playing him? My vote is Jesse Plemons.
May 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
So when they inevitably make an insane, three-hour Hollywood biopic about Musk, who’s playing him? My vote is Jesse Plemons.
This anecdote of Kurt Gödel learning about Article II of the Constitution for his citizenship exam feels like a fun one to share in the current moment.
May 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This anecdote of Kurt Gödel learning about Article II of the Constitution for his citizenship exam feels like a fun one to share in the current moment.