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When the government queries a massive database containing the information of hundreds of millions of people, how broad of a search occurs? And can the government even get a warrant to search that much?
I take that on in a forthcoming article, draft here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I take that on in a forthcoming article, draft here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
When the government queries a massive database containing the information of hundreds of millions of people, how broad of a search occurs? And can the government even get a warrant to search that much?
I take that on in a forthcoming article, draft here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I take that on in a forthcoming article, draft here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Something wild to me is that people are talking about Shai, Wemby, Luka etc. while the Joker just casually runs out 25-13-12 with a eFG of *.696*. And he’s absolutely nuking the field in every advanced metric (including 1st, 3rd and 4th in the major *defensive* metrics on b-ref).
Here are 11 observations about the first few weeks of a highly entertaining NBA season: www.theringer.com/2025/11/11/n...
11 Thoughts on the Bulls, Ja Morant Trades, and the NBA’s Wild Start
It’s early and it’s messy, but the NBA season is already bursting with intrigue. We’re back.
www.theringer.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Something wild to me is that people are talking about Shai, Wemby, Luka etc. while the Joker just casually runs out 25-13-12 with a eFG of *.696*. And he’s absolutely nuking the field in every advanced metric (including 1st, 3rd and 4th in the major *defensive* metrics on b-ref).
This little sigh from Romo is laugh out loud funny
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This little sigh from Romo is laugh out loud funny
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This formulation is popular: contrasting SCOTUS' intolerance of race as an admissions factor with SCOTUS' tolerance of race as a detention factor. There are, in fact, doctrinal, historical, and logical distinctions between the positions, that one could use to dismiss this comparison.
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"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This formulation is popular: contrasting SCOTUS' intolerance of race as an admissions factor with SCOTUS' tolerance of race as a detention factor. There are, in fact, doctrinal, historical, and logical distinctions between the positions, that one could use to dismiss this comparison.
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Kavanaugh's statements make the problem worse, not better. If the reason SCOTUS is using cryptic shadow docket orders is because "five" of them can't "reach a consensus or a compromise on a particular issue that might be difficult," then that order should not be precedential —there's no majority.
Brett Kavanaugh says there’s a good reason Supreme Court rulings can sometimes be so cryptic
In remarks to a judicial conference, Kavanaugh also defended Chief Justice John Roberts.
www.politico.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Kavanaugh's statements make the problem worse, not better. If the reason SCOTUS is using cryptic shadow docket orders is because "five" of them can't "reach a consensus or a compromise on a particular issue that might be difficult," then that order should not be precedential —there's no majority.
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Adelman is the absolute man for keeping Strawther in this game with Denver's season on the line. What a coach.
May 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Adelman is the absolute man for keeping Strawther in this game with Denver's season on the line. What a coach.
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I have a story about due process in a mass adjudicatory setting.
A while back, there was this group called the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints that had a compound in rural Texas. Well these FLDS folks dressed funny (like bonnets and long dresses and suspenders and corncob pipes funny).
A while back, there was this group called the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints that had a compound in rural Texas. Well these FLDS folks dressed funny (like bonnets and long dresses and suspenders and corncob pipes funny).
April 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I have a story about due process in a mass adjudicatory setting.
A while back, there was this group called the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints that had a compound in rural Texas. Well these FLDS folks dressed funny (like bonnets and long dresses and suspenders and corncob pipes funny).
A while back, there was this group called the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints that had a compound in rural Texas. Well these FLDS folks dressed funny (like bonnets and long dresses and suspenders and corncob pipes funny).
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I assume that representing AEA detainees in habeas counts towards the $100 million in pro bono under the "Ensuring fairness in our Justice System" category?
April 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I assume that representing AEA detainees in habeas counts towards the $100 million in pro bono under the "Ensuring fairness in our Justice System" category?
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I'm writing away, but —
If you're going to be dismissive about your colleagues in a United States Supreme Court opinion, you should damn well have to put your name to it. This being in a per curiam is ridiculous.
If you're going to be dismissive about your colleagues in a United States Supreme Court opinion, you should damn well have to put your name to it. This being in a per curiam is ridiculous.
April 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I'm writing away, but —
If you're going to be dismissive about your colleagues in a United States Supreme Court opinion, you should damn well have to put your name to it. This being in a per curiam is ridiculous.
If you're going to be dismissive about your colleagues in a United States Supreme Court opinion, you should damn well have to put your name to it. This being in a per curiam is ridiculous.
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
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Giving advice on how to deal with a grotesquely unfair but powerful decision maker is a lot harder than many people think.
It's right to be outraged, and it's fair to question Columbia's motives and messaging, but the dean is probably right that anyone who isn't a citizen is now at risk if the administration doesn't like their speech about Israel.
Great. Columbia J-school students from abroad are being told to obey in advance by their dean. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
March 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Giving advice on how to deal with a grotesquely unfair but powerful decision maker is a lot harder than many people think.
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I cannot overstate how much I love the fact that Williams & Connolly put *14* individual lawyers’ names in the signature block of their complaint.
W&C is sending a clear message: We are not afraid.
BRAVO.
W&C is sending a clear message: We are not afraid.
BRAVO.
Perkins Coie, which helped defeat Trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election, fights Trump's order targeting the firm as a violation of the 1st, 5th and 6th Amendments and the separation of powers.
"Perkins Coie cannot allow its clients to be bullied." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Perkins Coie cannot allow its clients to be bullied." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I cannot overstate how much I love the fact that Williams & Connolly put *14* individual lawyers’ names in the signature block of their complaint.
W&C is sending a clear message: We are not afraid.
BRAVO.
W&C is sending a clear message: We are not afraid.
BRAVO.
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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
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Girls Inc offers mentoring + leadership programs for school-age girls. The non-profit says it recently lost $70k in federal funding after being deemed "gender ideology." @nexton9news.bsky.social viewers have raised $65k. I'll match the next fifty $5 donations: fundraise.givesmart.com/e/7rCKyQ?vid...
March 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Girls Inc offers mentoring + leadership programs for school-age girls. The non-profit says it recently lost $70k in federal funding after being deemed "gender ideology." @nexton9news.bsky.social viewers have raised $65k. I'll match the next fifty $5 donations: fundraise.givesmart.com/e/7rCKyQ?vid...
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Nikola Jokić joins Wilt Chamberlain as the only player in NBA history to record 30/20/15 in a game 🔥
January 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Nikola Jokić joins Wilt Chamberlain as the only player in NBA history to record 30/20/15 in a game 🔥
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Zach Allen of the Broncos has 44 QB knockdowns this year, including nullified plays. No other defender has more than 32.
T.J.Watt 32
T.Hendrickson and G.Karlaftis 31
M.Garrett 30
G.Rousseau 28
T.J.Watt 32
T.Hendrickson and G.Karlaftis 31
M.Garrett 30
G.Rousseau 28
December 31, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Zach Allen of the Broncos has 44 QB knockdowns this year, including nullified plays. No other defender has more than 32.
T.J.Watt 32
T.Hendrickson and G.Karlaftis 31
M.Garrett 30
G.Rousseau 28
T.J.Watt 32
T.Hendrickson and G.Karlaftis 31
M.Garrett 30
G.Rousseau 28
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Jokic with a little bit of an off-game tonight. He ended up 17-14-5 with 2 steals. Granted, the Cavs have a good defense, and granted, that's only in the first half. But still.
December 6, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Jokic with a little bit of an off-game tonight. He ended up 17-14-5 with 2 steals. Granted, the Cavs have a good defense, and granted, that's only in the first half. But still.
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Patrick Surtain II was only targeted twice against the Falcons, with both throws ending up incomplete.
The other Broncos CBs were targeted 16 times for 12 catches and 154 yards.
The other Broncos CBs were targeted 16 times for 12 catches and 154 yards.
November 19, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Patrick Surtain II was only targeted twice against the Falcons, with both throws ending up incomplete.
The other Broncos CBs were targeted 16 times for 12 catches and 154 yards.
The other Broncos CBs were targeted 16 times for 12 catches and 154 yards.