Sachin S. Pandya
@sachinspandya.bsky.social
law professor | work law | anti-discrimination
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The first national database of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) and anti-SLAPP disputes.
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Yes, they are. "Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations..." 31 USC 1341. It's not even close.
www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...
www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...
Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay
A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.
www.axios.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Yes, they are. "Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations..." 31 USC 1341. It's not even close.
www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...
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We have a brand new paper, again by a team of crack undergrads, about the networks of these anti-wind lawyers. The Marcella case happened to be first. 10/n
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/legal-e...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/legal-e...
Legal Entanglements: Mapping Connections of Anti-Offshore Wind Groups and their Lawyers in the Eastern United States
Today we released a new CDL report: “Legal Entanglements: Mapping Connections of Anti-Offshore Wind Groups and their Lawyers in the Eastern United States,” a deep look into litigation efforts against ...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu
August 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We have a brand new paper, again by a team of crack undergrads, about the networks of these anti-wind lawyers. The Marcella case happened to be first. 10/n
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/legal-e...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/legal-e...
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An extraordinary and unusual dissent from Justice Jackson in the Diamond Energy case accusing SCOTUS of bias toward big business at the ongoing expense of "less powerful litigants." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![seems pervasive.8 And even the mere “appearance” of favoritism, founded or not, can “undermin[e] confidence in the
integrity of the judiciary.” Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar,
575 U. S. 433, 454 (2015); cf. Republican Party of Pa. v.
Degraffenreid, 592 U. S. ___, ___ (2021) (slip op., at 9)
(THOMAS, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari) (arguing
that state efforts to prevent voter fraud are important even
“where allegations [of fraud] are incorrect,” because “‘[c]onfidence in the integrity of our electoral process is essential
to the functioning of our participatory democracy’”).
It may be difficult for the public to know exactly what to
make of the Court’s decision to address the fleeting legal
issue presented here. For its part, the Court does not explain why it is so eager to resolve this highly factbound,
soon-to-be-moot dispute. See ante, at 22–23. For some, this
silence will only harden their sense that the Court softens
its certiorari standards when evaluating petitions from
moneyed interests, looking past the jurisdictional defects or
other vehicle problems that would typically doom petitions
from other parties. This Court’s simultaneous aversion to
hearing cases involving the potential vindication of the
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have “criticized the ‘probusiness’ characterization of the Roberts court as
a simplistic, insufficiently nuanced, and unhelpful way to characterize or
understand the court’s jurisprudence”). 8 E.g., E. Pollman, The Supreme Court and the Pro-Business Paradox,
135 Harv. L. Rev. 220, 223 (2021) (“Corporations have often pushed for
rights and challenged external rules and regulations that create responsibility, and as the Supreme Court in recent years has appeared to take
a friendly stance toward their claims, it has developed a ‘pro-business’
reputation”); F. Salmon, The Most Pro-Business Supreme Court Ever,
Axios (Aug. 4, 2022);](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreicj5w3vtx27u5rnqjqstpxqw2cdjeidzv54vwx65vhblftn6duezq@jpeg)
June 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
An extraordinary and unusual dissent from Justice Jackson in the Diamond Energy case accusing SCOTUS of bias toward big business at the ongoing expense of "less powerful litigants." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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There's a lot of chatter around the proposal being inserted into a budget bill that would put a moratorium on any AI legislation being passed by the states for the next 10 years. I thought I'd say a bit about why this is an absolutely disastrous move.
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Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
www.404media.co
May 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
There's a lot of chatter around the proposal being inserted into a budget bill that would put a moratorium on any AI legislation being passed by the states for the next 10 years. I thought I'd say a bit about why this is an absolutely disastrous move.
www.404media.co/republicans-... 1/n
www.404media.co/republicans-... 1/n
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NEW: In a SCATHING decision, Judge Briones of the Western District of Texas absolutely SAVAGED the government over this case, tearing to shreds ICE’s hearsay “evidence” that this husband and wife were in Tren de Aragua as “completely and wholly unsubstantiated” — and ordered their immediate release!
April 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
NEW: In a SCATHING decision, Judge Briones of the Western District of Texas absolutely SAVAGED the government over this case, tearing to shreds ICE’s hearsay “evidence” that this husband and wife were in Tren de Aragua as “completely and wholly unsubstantiated” — and ordered their immediate release!
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Any efforts to take down disparate impact, even if mired in court, will essentially kill all efforts to make AI systems less biased. We know what happens when we don't mitigate bias in AI, and I can assure it's not meritocracy and equality of opportunity.
April 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Any efforts to take down disparate impact, even if mired in court, will essentially kill all efforts to make AI systems less biased. We know what happens when we don't mitigate bias in AI, and I can assure it's not meritocracy and equality of opportunity.
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If the DOJ is going to punish its attorneys for being candid with the courts, it stands to reason that courts can no longer assume DOJ attorneys will fulfill their duty of candor.
DOJ places attorney on leave after struggling in Maryland migrant case
The DOJ has placed on leave the attorney who argued on behalf of the U.S. in a lawsuit brought by a man who was deported to El Salvador in error, sources told ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
If the DOJ is going to punish its attorneys for being candid with the courts, it stands to reason that courts can no longer assume DOJ attorneys will fulfill their duty of candor.
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
February 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
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BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
January 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
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An examination of more than 1,200 federal judges and state supreme court justices turned up dozens of judges who chose not to recuse when facing potential appearances of impropriety involving familial financial connections.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests
Ambiguous — and unenforced — recusal standards mean few checks and balances for top judges when cases involve their family members.
propub.li
January 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
An examination of more than 1,200 federal judges and state supreme court justices turned up dozens of judges who chose not to recuse when facing potential appearances of impropriety involving familial financial connections.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
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NEW: “It may be just a car to some, but for my family it was sanity, peace of mind stolen from us.”
In Connecticut, tow companies can sell people’s cars after 15 days. For low-income residents, the consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car.
w/ @ctmirror.org
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In Connecticut, tow companies can sell people’s cars after 15 days. For low-income residents, the consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car.
w/ @ctmirror.org
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Gone in 15 Days: How the Connecticut DMV Allows Tow Companies to Sell People’s Cars
A law intended to deal with abandoned vehicles is making it hard for low-income people to get their cars back after they’re towed. The consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car.
propub.li
January 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: “It may be just a car to some, but for my family it was sanity, peace of mind stolen from us.”
In Connecticut, tow companies can sell people’s cars after 15 days. For low-income residents, the consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car.
w/ @ctmirror.org
propub.li/3DDzcC6
In Connecticut, tow companies can sell people’s cars after 15 days. For low-income residents, the consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car.
w/ @ctmirror.org
propub.li/3DDzcC6
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American brands routinely use staffing agencies to find workers for warehouses and factories. Some of those agencies exploit undocumented migrants, sometimes with impunity, to fuel America’s on-demand economy, a New York Times investigation found.
The Middlemen Linking Migrants in the U.S. to Your Shopping Cart
The incoming Trump administration promises an immigration crackdown. But for years, the on-demand economy has been fueled by unscrupulous staffing agencies exploiting migrant workers.
nyti.ms
November 17, 2024 at 7:18 PM
American brands routinely use staffing agencies to find workers for warehouses and factories. Some of those agencies exploit undocumented migrants, sometimes with impunity, to fuel America’s on-demand economy, a New York Times investigation found.