Alan Chen
@profalankchen.bsky.social
Thompson G. Marsh Law Alumni Prof, Denver Law; Research & write about free speech, qualified immunity, & ⚾; pro bono litigator; diehard Cleveland Guardians fan (he/him)
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Alan Chen
@profalankchen.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Justin Marceau & I are truly honored to have Martha Nussbaum's wonderful review of our book, Truth and Transparency: Undercover Investigations in the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge 2024), published in the Holiday Issue of @nybooks.com Link (though paywalled) www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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won a World Series and an MVP in the same season, multiple times:
Joe DiMaggio: 1939, 1941, 1947
Shohei Ohtani: 2024, 2025
Joe Morgan: 1975, 1976
Mickey Mantle: 1956, 1962
Joe DiMaggio: 1939, 1941, 1947
Shohei Ohtani: 2024, 2025
Joe Morgan: 1975, 1976
Mickey Mantle: 1956, 1962
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
won a World Series and an MVP in the same season, multiple times:
Joe DiMaggio: 1939, 1941, 1947
Shohei Ohtani: 2024, 2025
Joe Morgan: 1975, 1976
Mickey Mantle: 1956, 1962
Joe DiMaggio: 1939, 1941, 1947
Shohei Ohtani: 2024, 2025
Joe Morgan: 1975, 1976
Mickey Mantle: 1956, 1962
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This is real news. Reporters, please report on it.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
Government has no business policing media for viewpoint bias or balance. The FCC must repeal its news distortion policy, urges a bipartisan group of 11 former FCC Chairs, Commissioners & other top officials in a petition we filed today with @protectdemocracy.org
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is real news. Reporters, please report on it.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
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Just posted on @ssrn.bsky.social: a draft of my Foreword ("To Keep Government Generally Within the Bounds of Law") for the Harvard Law Review & @tamu.bsky.social Center on the Structural Constitution Symposium "Judicial Review in Jeopardy?" Abstract here, link in next post. Feedback welcome.
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Just posted on @ssrn.bsky.social: a draft of my Foreword ("To Keep Government Generally Within the Bounds of Law") for the Harvard Law Review & @tamu.bsky.social Center on the Structural Constitution Symposium "Judicial Review in Jeopardy?" Abstract here, link in next post. Feedback welcome.
Daniel Espino selected for AFL All Star Game! 👀 @enosarris.bsky.social @dvr.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Daniel Espino selected for AFL All Star Game! 👀 @enosarris.bsky.social @dvr.bsky.social
My adopted home state!
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
My adopted home state!
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Elections (still) matter.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
Safeguarding Democracy Project
The Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law promotes research, collaboration, and advocacy aimed at ensuring continued free and fair elections in the United States, conducted in accordance with dem...
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Elections (still) matter.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
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Nothing beats a good election.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Nothing beats a good election.
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I mean this is so far pretty close to a 10 out of 10 night for Democrats. Winning everywhere! Statewide in PA and GA, huge margin in VA gov race. Sherrill tracking double digits as well! Mamdani above 50% in a the highest turnout in NYC since 1969. Big pick ups in VA House of Delegates.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I mean this is so far pretty close to a 10 out of 10 night for Democrats. Winning everywhere! Statewide in PA and GA, huge margin in VA gov race. Sherrill tracking double digits as well! Mamdani above 50% in a the highest turnout in NYC since 1969. Big pick ups in VA House of Delegates.
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Two of the media organizations that have really "met the moment" in national coverage are Teen Vogue and WIRED.
Along with student-run college newspapers in general. And scores of local start-ups.
The main hope for journalism (in its dark times) is the next wave of journalists.
Along with student-run college newspapers in general. And scores of local start-ups.
The main hope for journalism (in its dark times) is the next wave of journalists.
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Two of the media organizations that have really "met the moment" in national coverage are Teen Vogue and WIRED.
Along with student-run college newspapers in general. And scores of local start-ups.
The main hope for journalism (in its dark times) is the next wave of journalists.
Along with student-run college newspapers in general. And scores of local start-ups.
The main hope for journalism (in its dark times) is the next wave of journalists.
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José Ramírez is a finalist for the AL MVP Award alongside Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh.
Ramírez finished fifth in MVP voting last season. He was also a finalist in 2017, 2018 and 2020.
Ramírez finished fifth in MVP voting last season. He was also a finalist in 2017, 2018 and 2020.
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
José Ramírez is a finalist for the AL MVP Award alongside Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh.
Ramírez finished fifth in MVP voting last season. He was also a finalist in 2017, 2018 and 2020.
Ramírez finished fifth in MVP voting last season. He was also a finalist in 2017, 2018 and 2020.
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The Journal of Free Speech Law is holding its second annual Aspiring Free Speech Scholars Workshop next October. Deadline for submission is Aug. 16, 2026. Details here: tinyurl.com/aspiring-fre...
tinyurl.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Journal of Free Speech Law is holding its second annual Aspiring Free Speech Scholars Workshop next October. Deadline for submission is Aug. 16, 2026. Details here: tinyurl.com/aspiring-fre...
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never! here's this week's link roundup, with stories on the zealot heading the NC Supreme Court, the real fight against sex trafficking, Suriname going less green, the invention of antifa, a new genocide in Darfur, a new Covid virus in Brazil, board game news, & more: meadowparty.com/blog/2025/11...
November 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
never! here's this week's link roundup, with stories on the zealot heading the NC Supreme Court, the real fight against sex trafficking, Suriname going less green, the invention of antifa, a new genocide in Darfur, a new Covid virus in Brazil, board game news, & more: meadowparty.com/blog/2025/11...
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Healthcare but only for my friends
November 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Healthcare but only for my friends
Fun fact - after last night, the Cleveland baseball team has dropped from having 40% of the World Series Game 7 extra innings losses in MLB history to only 33%!!
November 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Fun fact - after last night, the Cleveland baseball team has dropped from having 40% of the World Series Game 7 extra innings losses in MLB history to only 33%!!
As a Guardians fan, my heart goes out to the entire nation of Canada tonight.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
As a Guardians fan, my heart goes out to the entire nation of Canada tonight.
Mentioned this in WS game chat, but during Game 3, Smoltz said (definitively) fly ball rates go up during extra innings, presumably because everyone is trying to end the game with one swing. Is there evidence to support this or was this a Smoltz fever dream? @enosarris.bsky.social @dvr.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Mentioned this in WS game chat, but during Game 3, Smoltz said (definitively) fly ball rates go up during extra innings, presumably because everyone is trying to end the game with one swing. Is there evidence to support this or was this a Smoltz fever dream? @enosarris.bsky.social @dvr.bsky.social
“Ohtani’s hobbies are baseball and sleep.”
Same!!
Same!!
October 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“Ohtani’s hobbies are baseball and sleep.”
Same!!
Same!!
True fact-this game started in Ebbets Field.
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
True fact-this game started in Ebbets Field.
Coming up - 2022 Guardians Straw, Clement, Gimenez!
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Coming up - 2022 Guardians Straw, Clement, Gimenez!
I don’t recall a musical performance going with the Standing Up To Cancer ceremony in the past….
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I don’t recall a musical performance going with the Standing Up To Cancer ceremony in the past….
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Lindsey Halligan has a broadcast journalism degree from Regis University in Denver. I am confident they covered how "off the record" works.
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Lindsey Halligan has a broadcast journalism degree from Regis University in Denver. I am confident they covered how "off the record" works.
Sorry for all my friends and family who are Mariners fans. They had a great season!!
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Sorry for all my friends and family who are Mariners fans. They had a great season!!
And that, kids, is why you don’t bunt.
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
And that, kids, is why you don’t bunt.