JP Collins
@profjpc.bsky.social
Law prof at GW Law. New Yorker turned Virginian. Former SDNY clerk and litigator at Sullivan & Cromwell. Studying and writing about court admin and the judiciary. #LFGM #COYS Papers here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=22389
Belated start, but first entry in this year’s Advent of Beer
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Belated start, but first entry in this year’s Advent of Beer
🎄It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎅
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🎄It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎅
I guess we clean up alright
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I guess we clean up alright
Titanic passengers actively continuing cruise to New York
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Titanic passengers actively continuing cruise to New York
It doesn’t actually make my office any warmer but I’ll take anything at this point, it’s so bleeding cold in here
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It doesn’t actually make my office any warmer but I’ll take anything at this point, it’s so bleeding cold in here
Some sights (and purchases) around town
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Some sights (and purchases) around town
I wasn’t really a ham guy before but this ham changed me
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I wasn’t really a ham guy before but this ham changed me
Happy Thanksgiving from Louisiana!
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Louisiana!
Obligatory po’ boys
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Obligatory po’ boys
The last thing your civil rights see:
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The last thing your civil rights see:
This is St. Galler sausage erasure
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is St. Galler sausage erasure
The darker the better
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The darker the better
Love to live rent free inside Andy Oldham's head
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Love to live rent free inside Andy Oldham's head
The Gallagher Afterlife Tour, actually
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The Gallagher Afterlife Tour, actually
Btw here's what the median X user thinks of Judge Smith's opinion
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Btw here's what the median X user thinks of Judge Smith's opinion
Judge Smith is just firing off non sequitur gems like this
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Judge Smith is just firing off non sequitur gems like this
Also, this is hardly the biggest issue here, but this attack on Judge Brown particularly misses the mark. The original 3-judge CA5 panel affirmed Judge Brown, acknowledging that they had to under circuit precedent. They then had to go en banc to overrule their precedent and reverse Brown.
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Also, this is hardly the biggest issue here, but this attack on Judge Brown particularly misses the mark. The original 3-judge CA5 panel affirmed Judge Brown, acknowledging that they had to under circuit precedent. They then had to go en banc to overrule their precedent and reverse Brown.