William Baude
@williambaude.bsky.social
Harry Kalven, Jr. Professor, University of Chicago Law School. Podcaster and Blogger at Divided Argument.
Northern Michigan man’s crossword puzzle to be published in the New York Times upnorthlive.com/news/local/n...
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Northern Michigan man’s crossword puzzle to be published in the New York Times upnorthlive.com/news/local/n...
New amicus brief with Steve: “Sovereign immunity is for sovereigns.”
Now online:
A new amicus brief by @williambaude.bsky.social and me, filed today in the Supreme Court in Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corp., on sovereign immunity and the "arm of the State" doctrine:
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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A new amicus brief by @williambaude.bsky.social and me, filed today in the Supreme Court in Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corp., on sovereign immunity and the "arm of the State" doctrine:
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
New amicus brief with Steve: “Sovereign immunity is for sovereigns.”
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Great exchange on Madisonian liquidation between @jrakove.bsky.social and @williambaude.bsky.social here.
Rakove: jach.law.wisc.edu/madisonian-l...
Baude: jach.law.wisc.edu/liquidation-...
Rakove: jach.law.wisc.edu/madisonian-l...
Baude: jach.law.wisc.edu/liquidation-...
Madisonian Liquidation Unliquidated
by Jack Rakove
William Baude’s provocative essay on “Constitutional Liquidation,” published five years ago, is the best treatment of the subject. Whether the liquidation of constitutional indeterminac...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Great exchange on Madisonian liquidation between @jrakove.bsky.social and @williambaude.bsky.social here.
Rakove: jach.law.wisc.edu/madisonian-l...
Baude: jach.law.wisc.edu/liquidation-...
Rakove: jach.law.wisc.edu/madisonian-l...
Baude: jach.law.wisc.edu/liquidation-...
“Liquidation, Then and Now,” my end of an exchange with Jack Rakove is now published: jach.law.wisc.edu/liquidation-...
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“Liquidation, Then and Now,” my end of an exchange with Jack Rakove is now published: jach.law.wisc.edu/liquidation-...
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New amicus brief, now on @ssrn.bsky.social!
Submitted today in King v. Bon Charge, No. 1:25-cv-105-SB (D. Del. filed Jan. 24, 2025), exploring how Rule 4(k)(2) personal jurisdiction applies after Fuld v. PLO.
Download it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Submitted today in King v. Bon Charge, No. 1:25-cv-105-SB (D. Del. filed Jan. 24, 2025), exploring how Rule 4(k)(2) personal jurisdiction applies after Fuld v. PLO.
Download it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
New amicus brief, now on @ssrn.bsky.social!
Submitted today in King v. Bon Charge, No. 1:25-cv-105-SB (D. Del. filed Jan. 24, 2025), exploring how Rule 4(k)(2) personal jurisdiction applies after Fuld v. PLO.
Download it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Submitted today in King v. Bon Charge, No. 1:25-cv-105-SB (D. Del. filed Jan. 24, 2025), exploring how Rule 4(k)(2) personal jurisdiction applies after Fuld v. PLO.
Download it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New Paper: When the Executive Has Unclean Hands, with Samuel Bray.
(Short, timely, but hopefully more than that too.)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
(Short, timely, but hopefully more than that too.)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New Paper: When the Executive Has Unclean Hands, with Samuel Bray.
(Short, timely, but hopefully more than that too.)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
(Short, timely, but hopefully more than that too.)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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FWIW, @williambaude.bsky.social and I are working on a piece about circuit precedent at this very moment. (We are in the “pro” camp 😊.)
October 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
FWIW, @williambaude.bsky.social and I are working on a piece about circuit precedent at this very moment. (We are in the “pro” camp 😊.)
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Looking forward to this event today . . .
October 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Looking forward to this event today . . .
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The governor is correct that Trump's behavior is clearly authoritarian, and we all, including members of the press, should feel comfortable saying so.
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The governor is correct that Trump's behavior is clearly authoritarian, and we all, including members of the press, should feel comfortable saying so.
Dungeon Crawler Carl books ranked (from best):
Dungeon Crawler Carl (#1)
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (#3)
The Gate of the Feral Gods (#4)
This Inevitable Ruin (#7)
The Butchers Masquerade (#5)
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (#6)
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (#2)
Dungeon Crawler Carl (#1)
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (#3)
The Gate of the Feral Gods (#4)
This Inevitable Ruin (#7)
The Butchers Masquerade (#5)
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (#6)
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (#2)
October 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Dungeon Crawler Carl books ranked (from best):
Dungeon Crawler Carl (#1)
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (#3)
The Gate of the Feral Gods (#4)
This Inevitable Ruin (#7)
The Butchers Masquerade (#5)
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (#6)
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (#2)
Dungeon Crawler Carl (#1)
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (#3)
The Gate of the Feral Gods (#4)
This Inevitable Ruin (#7)
The Butchers Masquerade (#5)
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (#6)
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (#2)
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Call for Papers for 15th Annual Fed Courts Junior Scholars conference is now up: law.ku.edu/junior-facul.... Lots of advanced notice, hope you will consider submitting!
Will work on distributing this to various listservs and blogs, but please share if you are able.
Will work on distributing this to various listservs and blogs, but please share if you are able.
15th Annual Junior Faculty Federal Courts Workshop
April 24, 2026| KU School of Law
law.ku.edu
October 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Call for Papers for 15th Annual Fed Courts Junior Scholars conference is now up: law.ku.edu/junior-facul.... Lots of advanced notice, hope you will consider submitting!
Will work on distributing this to various listservs and blogs, but please share if you are able.
Will work on distributing this to various listservs and blogs, but please share if you are able.
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My God
AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My God
I have one perhaps foolish question, which is whether the proposition that aliens have the same free speech rights as citizens can be squared with the Supreme Court’s (dubious) summary affirmance in Bluman v FEC.
AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I have one perhaps foolish question, which is whether the proposition that aliens have the same free speech rights as citizens can be squared with the Supreme Court’s (dubious) summary affirmance in Bluman v FEC.
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Sat down with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social to talk start of a new SCOTUS term, end of an unprecedented summer on the shadow docket, & 20 years of Chief Justice John Roberts
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opinion | ‘Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Sat down with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social to talk start of a new SCOTUS term, end of an unprecedented summer on the shadow docket, & 20 years of Chief Justice John Roberts
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
On calling balls and strikes:
September 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
On calling balls and strikes:
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Final thought: sometimes you just don’t have the power to stop a bad thing from happening. But beliefs about law can be powerful, and to that end, I considered it worth fighting this. If this goes the wrong way, it would be on par with Dred Scott. But Dred Scott happened.
September 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Final thought: sometimes you just don’t have the power to stop a bad thing from happening. But beliefs about law can be powerful, and to that end, I considered it worth fighting this. If this goes the wrong way, it would be on par with Dred Scott. But Dred Scott happened.
A start-of-term exchange on the Supreme Court between me, @kateshaw.bsky.social and @stevevladeck.bsky.social
(I was hoping for “one of the great Chief Justices in history” as the title.)
Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
(I was hoping for “one of the great Chief Justices in history” as the title.)
Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opinion | ‘Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A start-of-term exchange on the Supreme Court between me, @kateshaw.bsky.social and @stevevladeck.bsky.social
(I was hoping for “one of the great Chief Justices in history” as the title.)
Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
(I was hoping for “one of the great Chief Justices in history” as the title.)
Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Bombshell! - Caleb Nelson, one of the most respected originalist scholars in the country, comes out against the unitary executive interpretation of Article II democracyproject.org/posts/must-a...
September 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Bombshell! - Caleb Nelson, one of the most respected originalist scholars in the country, comes out against the unitary executive interpretation of Article II democracyproject.org/posts/must-a...
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Just posted a new essay with @williambaude.bsky.social and Sam Bray -
"Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis" (forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review).
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis" (forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review).
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis
<p><span>In a crisis of authority, where it is unclear whether executive officials will comply with judicial decisions, the courts may seem to have limited reme
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September 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Just posted a new essay with @williambaude.bsky.social and Sam Bray -
"Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis" (forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review).
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis" (forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review).
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New paper, with @marinklevy.bsky.social and Sam Bray: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New paper, with @marinklevy.bsky.social and Sam Bray: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....