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Quinn Yeargain
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1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State. Contributor to The Downballot. I teach, write, and post about state constitutional law, institutional development, and criminal law. I write (infrequently) at guaranteedrepublics.substack.com.
Yes, absolutely!!
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Ugh! I rewrote the post several times to try to include both links in the post without going over the character limit, but it clearly didn't work. Thanks for letting me know! I included a third post in the original thread, and it's also linked here:
Petition for Proposed AALS Section on State Constitutional Law
To submit a proposal to the AALS to charter a new section, we must receive support from 50 full-time faculty members or professional staff from at least 25 member schools. The proposed bylaws are link...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
To submit a proposal for a new section, we need a petition with 50 signatories (who must be full-time faculty or professional staff from 25 member schools). Our proposed bylaws are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

To indicate your support, fill out the form below. We will follow up to confirm!
AALS Proposed Section on State Constitutional Law Bylaws
AALS Section on State Constitutional Law Section Bylaws Article I. Name and Purpose Section 1. This section shall be known as the “Section on State Constitutional Law.” Section 2. The purpose of th...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
yes, in my view it violates state law and they are civilly liable.
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
it's probably a leap too far to say that Northwestern's decision to stop providing hormonal intervention for minors constitutes "physical harm," such that Illinois's criminal prohibition on conspiracies against civil rights kicks in, but who's to say. there are so few cases interpreting those laws.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
amazing! you did it. I really look forward to hearing how folks like it. :)
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
amazing!! good luck!!
a man in a suit and tie says i just want to tell you all good luck
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says i just want to tell you all good luck
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November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
this is so exciting.
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
amazing how "don't hire your lover to be a special prosecutor (especially when you're responsible for setting his compensation) on the most important case of your career and one of the most important cases in American history" is a remotely controversial proposition
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
can confirm 🙂
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
how did we type basically the same thing at basically the same time
I'm making a practice problem workbook for criminal law, and I'm using names from Celtic, Roman, Greek, Nordic, etc., mythology, and that's a pretty endless well to draw from!
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I'm making a practice problem workbook for criminal law, and I'm using names from Celtic, Roman, Greek, Nordic, etc., mythology, and that's a pretty endless well to draw from!
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM