Richard Kay
@richardkay80.bsky.social
Wallace Stevens Professor Emeritus, UConn Law. Constitutional Law; Comparative Law; Legal History. Boston resident, Red Sox, Celtics fan. (NOT the Daily Mail reporter.) https://law.uconn.edu/person/richard-s-kay
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Happy birthday to David Ortiz, who is 50.
Still can’t figure out why the Cardinals kept pitching to him in ‘13.
Still can’t figure out why the Cardinals kept pitching to him in ‘13.
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Happy birthday to David Ortiz, who is 50.
Still can’t figure out why the Cardinals kept pitching to him in ‘13.
Still can’t figure out why the Cardinals kept pitching to him in ‘13.
Emmanuel Clase is charged with accepting $5000 for throwing a ball on his first pitch. Clase's 2025 base salary was $4.5 million.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/n...
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2 Major League Baseball Pitchers Are Charged in Gambling Investigation
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November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Emmanuel Clase is charged with accepting $5000 for throwing a ball on his first pitch. Clase's 2025 base salary was $4.5 million.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/n...
A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’
A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’
Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides commemorate America’s founding, or undercut its founding principles?
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November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’
A possible record breaker for falsehoods per paragraph. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
“AUTOPEN”Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History. Taking office as a result of the most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States, Biden oversaw a series of unprece...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A possible record breaker for falsehoods per paragraph. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
This is QAnon stuff, very scary.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/us/politics/trump-conspiracy-probe-subpoenas.html
Trump Loyalists Push ‘Grand Conspiracy’ as New Subpoenas Land
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November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is QAnon stuff, very scary.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/us/politics/trump-conspiracy-probe-subpoenas.html
Not the most helpful data for Alberta separatists. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles
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November 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Not the most helpful data for Alberta separatists. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
" I think a majority of the court will be very worried ...about giving a president basically unconstrained tariff authority to raise revenue that Congress as a practical matter cannot reverse." A useful and measured analysis of this important case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
Opinion | Why It Will Be Hard for Five Justices to Bless Trump’s Tariffs
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November 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
" I think a majority of the court will be very worried ...about giving a president basically unconstrained tariff authority to raise revenue that Congress as a practical matter cannot reverse." A useful and measured analysis of this important case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
Red Sox Decline Mutual Option With Liam Hendriks
Red Sox Decline Mutual Option With Liam Hendriks
An Aussie who's easy to root for. Click over to MLB Trade Rumors to read more.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Red Sox Decline Mutual Option With Liam Hendriks
His ARM is a lot younger than 37. www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/red-...
Red Sox Decline Mutual Option With Liam Hendriks
An Aussie who's easy to root for. Click over to MLB Trade Rumors to read more.
www.mlbtraderumors.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
His ARM is a lot younger than 37. www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/red-...
She was fired over "PhArt” versus “PhAM?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
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Director of Philadelphia Art Museum Is Dismissed After Unpopular Rebranding
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November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
She was fired over "PhArt” versus “PhAM?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
A Baseball Hall of Fame without Roger Clemens or Barry Bonds (not to mention Pete Rose) is a joke.
(I also think Dewey should get in but that's a different kind of argument.)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/s...
(I also think Dewey should get in but that's a different kind of argument.)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/s...
Dwight Evans denied, but Roger Clemens is one of eight on Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Baseball Players Era ballot - The Boston Globe
The Hall announced Monday that Clemens, Barry Bonds, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield, and the late Fernando Valenzuela were on the ballot.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A Baseball Hall of Fame without Roger Clemens or Barry Bonds (not to mention Pete Rose) is a joke.
(I also think Dewey should get in but that's a different kind of argument.)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/s...
(I also think Dewey should get in but that's a different kind of argument.)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/s...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Russia can no longer be a defendant in ECHR cases for violations after September 2022. But apparently can find ways to be an "applicant!"
Excellent investigation of Russian misuse of international investigatory & judicial machinery.
Proud to publish this piece from my former student, who writes that Russia's lawfare in the European Court of Human Rights is "transforming [it] into an unwitting accomplice in one of the most sophisticated disinformation operations of the modern era.”
americansunlight.substack.com/p/russias-la...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Russia can no longer be a defendant in ECHR cases for violations after September 2022. But apparently can find ways to be an "applicant!"
So now you want to do MORE testing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Trump’s Test Threat Could Fuel Nuclear Tensions With China
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October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
So now you want to do MORE testing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
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Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day...
#stcrispinsday
But he’ll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day...
#stcrispinsday
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day...
#stcrispinsday
But he’ll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day...
#stcrispinsday
She "received the royal title Somdet Phra Nang Chao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat." Must have been tough to write her a check.
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Sirikit, Glamorous Queen of Thailand Who Wielded Power, Dies at 93
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October 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
She "received the royal title Somdet Phra Nang Chao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat." Must have been tough to write her a check.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/w...
We are really moving into 25th Amendment territory.
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Live Updates: Trump Cuts Off Trade Talks With Canada
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October 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We are really moving into 25th Amendment territory.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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He never shoulda took out Willoughby.
October 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
He never shoulda took out Willoughby.
In case you thought you could relax here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
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White House and Government Agencies Join Bluesky, Then Attack Democrats
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October 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In case you thought you could relax here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
It's hard to overstate Searle's influence on 20th century philosophy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
John Searle, Philosopher Who Wrestled With A.I., Dies at 93
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October 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's hard to overstate Searle's influence on 20th century philosophy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
”Ms. Badenoch proposed to abolish “stamp duty,” a tax Britons pay when they buy homes above a certain price." You'd think they'd have figured this out in 1765. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...
U.K. Conservatives Yearn for Thatcher and Wonder About Their Future
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October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
”Ms. Badenoch proposed to abolish “stamp duty,” a tax Britons pay when they buy homes above a certain price." You'd think they'd have figured this out in 1765. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...
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A découvrir : Cette excellente série de témoignages d'universitaires juristes réalisée par « En Chair(e) » (@enchaire.bsky.social )
Passionnant & savoureux.
Au menu, François Ost, Evelyne Serverin, Paul Lagarde...
Et évidemment Michel Troper (qui a fini par faire du droit... par inadvertance !)
Passionnant & savoureux.
Au menu, François Ost, Evelyne Serverin, Paul Lagarde...
Et évidemment Michel Troper (qui a fini par faire du droit... par inadvertance !)
Michel Troper - J'ai fait très peu de droit à Sciences Po - En Chair(e)/Chapitre 1
YouTube video by EnChair(e)
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October 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A découvrir : Cette excellente série de témoignages d'universitaires juristes réalisée par « En Chair(e) » (@enchaire.bsky.social )
Passionnant & savoureux.
Au menu, François Ost, Evelyne Serverin, Paul Lagarde...
Et évidemment Michel Troper (qui a fini par faire du droit... par inadvertance !)
Passionnant & savoureux.
Au menu, François Ost, Evelyne Serverin, Paul Lagarde...
Et évidemment Michel Troper (qui a fini par faire du droit... par inadvertance !)
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If I were Sam Kennedy this morning, I'd be asking baseball operations to explain how Cam Schlittler was available in the seventh round of the '22 Draft, was recommended by the area scout and wasn't selected.
He played his college games a mile and half from Fenway Park.
He played his college games a mile and half from Fenway Park.
October 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If I were Sam Kennedy this morning, I'd be asking baseball operations to explain how Cam Schlittler was available in the seventh round of the '22 Draft, was recommended by the area scout and wasn't selected.
He played his college games a mile and half from Fenway Park.
He played his college games a mile and half from Fenway Park.