David Schraub
@schraubd.bsky.social
Sometimes lawyer. Sometimes law professor. All the time awesome. Associate Prof. at Lewis & Clark Law (con law and anti-discrimination). http://dsadevil.blogspot.com
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I'll name a TV series containing a memorable elevator scene.
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I'll name a TV series containing a memorable elevator scene.
Those of you who aren't sports fans might not know just how corrupt FIFA is. It is COMICALLY corrupt. Like, almost *United States Supreme Court* level corrupt.
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Those of you who aren't sports fans might not know just how corrupt FIFA is. It is COMICALLY corrupt. Like, almost *United States Supreme Court* level corrupt.
I think this dovetails well with the anti-corruption message Dems should concentrate on.
How much money has Trump, his family, and his lackeys looted from the taxpayers already? And SCOTUS—in the tank for corrupt pols generally and Trump specifically—will be a primary obstacles to getting it back.
How much money has Trump, his family, and his lackeys looted from the taxpayers already? And SCOTUS—in the tank for corrupt pols generally and Trump specifically—will be a primary obstacles to getting it back.
The Roberts Six have thoroughly politicized the Court and turned it into a reliable arm of the RNC.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I think this dovetails well with the anti-corruption message Dems should concentrate on.
How much money has Trump, his family, and his lackeys looted from the taxpayers already? And SCOTUS—in the tank for corrupt pols generally and Trump specifically—will be a primary obstacles to getting it back.
How much money has Trump, his family, and his lackeys looted from the taxpayers already? And SCOTUS—in the tank for corrupt pols generally and Trump specifically—will be a primary obstacles to getting it back.
Josh Blackman is primarily useful for stripping the faux-legal veneer from conservative jurisprudence and just saying what they mean aloud, in all of its ugly lawlessness and partisan triumphalism. His post about the Texas redistricting SCOTUS decision is a great illustration.
Razzle Dazzle Racism
Today the Supreme Court decided the Texas redistricting case by a 6-3 vote. I'll get to my analysis later, but…
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December 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Josh Blackman is primarily useful for stripping the faux-legal veneer from conservative jurisprudence and just saying what they mean aloud, in all of its ugly lawlessness and partisan triumphalism. His post about the Texas redistricting SCOTUS decision is a great illustration.
The latest Nathaniel dispatches, including winning the nighttime sleep battle via submission.
Defeating Your Baby By Submission
I've sometimes joked that parenting a baby is basically a cargo cult. They take one extra-long nap with their arms grasping the crib bars an...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The latest Nathaniel dispatches, including winning the nighttime sleep battle via submission.
Would you rather have $1 billion, or one dollar that magically doubled in value every day?
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Would you rather have $1 billion, or one dollar that magically doubled in value every day?
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
I have an article coming out arguing that SCOTUS treats partisan gerrymandering as not just permissible but a constitutional entitlement. States *must* be allowed to partisan gerrymander even when doing so would violate other constitutional rules (like the prohibition on racial discrimination).
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I have an article coming out arguing that SCOTUS treats partisan gerrymandering as not just permissible but a constitutional entitlement. States *must* be allowed to partisan gerrymander even when doing so would violate other constitutional rules (like the prohibition on racial discrimination).
One of the most common & least impressive rhetorical moves is “my trite conservative talking points have extra credibility because I used to be a kneejerk leftist!”
So, you used to have simplistic, unreflective politics and now … you still do? What do you think the through line is?
So, you used to have simplistic, unreflective politics and now … you still do? What do you think the through line is?
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
One of the most common & least impressive rhetorical moves is “my trite conservative talking points have extra credibility because I used to be a kneejerk leftist!”
So, you used to have simplistic, unreflective politics and now … you still do? What do you think the through line is?
So, you used to have simplistic, unreflective politics and now … you still do? What do you think the through line is?
When I was on @uchilrev.bsky.social, we had an article submitted whose basic idea was to let govts finance projects by selling instruments that’d pay out if the project *wasn’t* completed (or completed on time).
The idea is that this would incentivize gov to be more efficient (to avoid the payout).
The idea is that this would incentivize gov to be more efficient (to avoid the payout).
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
When I was on @uchilrev.bsky.social, we had an article submitted whose basic idea was to let govts finance projects by selling instruments that’d pay out if the project *wasn’t* completed (or completed on time).
The idea is that this would incentivize gov to be more efficient (to avoid the payout).
The idea is that this would incentivize gov to be more efficient (to avoid the payout).
Anthony Joshua/Jake Paul will be a highly revealing fight. To clarify, between the fact that boxing always has had a corruption problem, and the sports betting explosion has exacerbated corruption in sports across the board, it will reveal just how brazen betting-related corruption can get.
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Anthony Joshua/Jake Paul will be a highly revealing fight. To clarify, between the fact that boxing always has had a corruption problem, and the sports betting explosion has exacerbated corruption in sports across the board, it will reveal just how brazen betting-related corruption can get.
She shouldn’t have to keep doing this by herself, and she isn’t. www.reuters.com/world/us/min...
December 3, 2025 at 4:40 AM
She shouldn’t have to keep doing this by herself, and she isn’t. www.reuters.com/world/us/min...
This is a methodical brief dismantling Judge Ho's cartoonishly hackish dissent in the Texas A&M drag case. Ho knows full well the drag ban is unconstitutional; his dissent is pure grievance politics pretending like SCOTUS has abandoned viewpoint-neutrality rules for Christian speech on campus.
Geese, Ganders, and Pterodactyls: Amicus Brief in Fifth Circuit En Banc Rehearing of West Texas A&M Drag Ban Case
From a brief filed yesterday by Joshua J. Bennett (Baker & Hostetler LLP) on behalf of Dale Carpenter, the Cato...
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This is a methodical brief dismantling Judge Ho's cartoonishly hackish dissent in the Texas A&M drag case. Ho knows full well the drag ban is unconstitutional; his dissent is pure grievance politics pretending like SCOTUS has abandoned viewpoint-neutrality rules for Christian speech on campus.
How often is it the case that group A has a slur-word for group B, that group B doesn't know about (most members of group B would not be familiar with the word at all)?
I have a potential example in mind in the post, but in general is this extremely common? Extremely rare? I'm genuinely not sure!
I have a potential example in mind in the post, but in general is this extremely common? Extremely rare? I'm genuinely not sure!
The Tomb of the Unknown Slur
There is a Yiddish word, "shvartze", that literally translates to "black" but is generally understood as a derogatory slur for Black peopl...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
How often is it the case that group A has a slur-word for group B, that group B doesn't know about (most members of group B would not be familiar with the word at all)?
I have a potential example in mind in the post, but in general is this extremely common? Extremely rare? I'm genuinely not sure!
I have a potential example in mind in the post, but in general is this extremely common? Extremely rare? I'm genuinely not sure!
Headline in 44pt font: “Dem leaders say Trump can do whatever he wants!”
Body text, paragraph 20: “Dem leaders said that while congressional Republicans let Trump do whatever he wants, once Dems retake power there will be full investigations and prosecutions.”
I feel like this happens constantly.
Body text, paragraph 20: “Dem leaders said that while congressional Republicans let Trump do whatever he wants, once Dems retake power there will be full investigations and prosecutions.”
I feel like this happens constantly.
No one would ever mistake me for a Jeffries defender but this headline really did him dirty. What he DID say is that even though the Republicans will shut down impeachment he expects future criminal prosecutions
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Headline in 44pt font: “Dem leaders say Trump can do whatever he wants!”
Body text, paragraph 20: “Dem leaders said that while congressional Republicans let Trump do whatever he wants, once Dems retake power there will be full investigations and prosecutions.”
I feel like this happens constantly.
Body text, paragraph 20: “Dem leaders said that while congressional Republicans let Trump do whatever he wants, once Dems retake power there will be full investigations and prosecutions.”
I feel like this happens constantly.
Every day in December ends the same way: "Whelp, it's almost midnight -- I probably should call it an evening [checks watch, it is 7:30]."
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Every day in December ends the same way: "Whelp, it's almost midnight -- I probably should call it an evening [checks watch, it is 7:30]."
This nonsense—students converting grade-grousing into crying “discrimination”—is being increasingly normalized. It happens everywhere in academia. It’s happened to me at L&C.
The core difference is places where the admin still respects professors as professionals (like L&C) and places that don’t.
The core difference is places where the admin still respects professors as professionals (like L&C) and places that don’t.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This nonsense—students converting grade-grousing into crying “discrimination”—is being increasingly normalized. It happens everywhere in academia. It’s happened to me at L&C.
The core difference is places where the admin still respects professors as professionals (like L&C) and places that don’t.
The core difference is places where the admin still respects professors as professionals (like L&C) and places that don’t.
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the Michelin man is kinda like a Greek god in the sense that he presides over tires and which restaurants are good
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
the Michelin man is kinda like a Greek god in the sense that he presides over tires and which restaurants are good
This is the ideal warrior’s body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is the ideal warrior’s body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
I have my neuroses, but one I do not have at all is caring about this sort of peer pressure (especially on gender, but really on most things) and let me tell you it makes my life so much better.
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I have my neuroses, but one I do not have at all is caring about this sort of peer pressure (especially on gender, but really on most things) and let me tell you it makes my life so much better.
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it’s incredible how both people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Israel and people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Gaza managed to be wrong
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
it’s incredible how both people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Israel and people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Gaza managed to be wrong
Brb, browsing the internet collecting facts to win an argument with a person I just made up in my head.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Brb, browsing the internet collecting facts to win an argument with a person I just made up in my head.
I guess it’s time to reup my Star Wars hot take, which is that RotJ is wildly underrated given that, in a franchise called “Star Wars”, it has by far the best spaceship battle sequence.
(Also, EU forever, the Thrawn trilogy and Rogue/Wraith Squadron books are Star Wars at its best).
(Also, EU forever, the Thrawn trilogy and Rogue/Wraith Squadron books are Star Wars at its best).
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I guess it’s time to reup my Star Wars hot take, which is that RotJ is wildly underrated given that, in a franchise called “Star Wars”, it has by far the best spaceship battle sequence.
(Also, EU forever, the Thrawn trilogy and Rogue/Wraith Squadron books are Star Wars at its best).
(Also, EU forever, the Thrawn trilogy and Rogue/Wraith Squadron books are Star Wars at its best).
Urging the US to topple Maduro is like urging Iran to overthrow Netanyahu. It’s not that the target isn’t a schmuck, but why would anyone believe the regime changer is even interested in, much less capable of, replacing him with someone better?
November 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Urging the US to topple Maduro is like urging Iran to overthrow Netanyahu. It’s not that the target isn’t a schmuck, but why would anyone believe the regime changer is even interested in, much less capable of, replacing him with someone better?
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Right, exactly.
What the Mamdani meeting demonstrates, hopefully, is that 'normalizing Trump' doesn't happen because Libs are closet fascists but because politicians have more complex incentives than 'stand up to the fascist at every turn', and if you do try to play that game alone, you lose badly
What the Mamdani meeting demonstrates, hopefully, is that 'normalizing Trump' doesn't happen because Libs are closet fascists but because politicians have more complex incentives than 'stand up to the fascist at every turn', and if you do try to play that game alone, you lose badly
And look, this makes me realize I really don’t know what the answer is. Snub Trump and lose billions of dollars in funding for NYC? Or “stand up to him” and … what?
But the lack of reflection and twisting themselves into knots I’m seeing here is funny
But the lack of reflection and twisting themselves into knots I’m seeing here is funny
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Right, exactly.
What the Mamdani meeting demonstrates, hopefully, is that 'normalizing Trump' doesn't happen because Libs are closet fascists but because politicians have more complex incentives than 'stand up to the fascist at every turn', and if you do try to play that game alone, you lose badly
What the Mamdani meeting demonstrates, hopefully, is that 'normalizing Trump' doesn't happen because Libs are closet fascists but because politicians have more complex incentives than 'stand up to the fascist at every turn', and if you do try to play that game alone, you lose badly