'OK, so I lied about staring down a dictator, but I really did shoot my puppy,' is probably not the ideal way to introduce yourself as a viable candidate for national office.

Well, they make a measurable difference in administrative workload and time diverted from teaching and research, so there’s that.

The Mail+ has posted a piece about producers of a popular TV program refusing to “change tact,” and I think we have definitively witnessed the death of copy editing.

If I were President Biden, I’d be seeking an OLC opinion on whether there is a statutory or constitutional basis for insisting President Biden has discretion to delay a formal finding on int’l law compliance by an aid recipient when the deadline would affect POTUS’s int’l negotiating flexibility.

Apparently, shoe-wearing pets can smoke?

I’d like to be in that space.

Trump will announce his stance on abortion during Infrastructure Week.

Rather than cutting a “rule for the ages” from whole cloth, shouldn’t the obvious move be, “Without foreclosing the possibility that there might be some scope for an ‘official acts’ immunity from criminal prosecution, the acts alleged here fall clearly beyond that scope?”

Despite X's pathologies, I use it to link to my work, to work by others I recommend, and to contribute to public law convos within my expertise. If these show up in 1000+ feeds, it's a great day. I made a snarky comment about #Noem last night that's at 146,000 feeds and climbing.

She learned the, “Cruelty is good” lesson and the “Never admit a mistake” lesson. She just didn’t get to the, “Don’t shoot your puppy” lesson.

If you’re looking for the #PresidentialImmunity Clause in the Constitution, it’s right next to the Presidential #RemovalPower Clause.

My inclination is more often to read a SCOTUS oral argument transcript than to listen in real time, and I’m always blown away by SG Prelogar’s skills as an advocate. Her preparation and presentation are off-the-charts exceptional.

I live awfully close to a certain bridge I'd be happy to sell to anyone who thinks Alito is all about federalism.

Sara has been a lawyer's lawyer, as well as a scholar's scholar. She may know more about grand jury law than anyone else on earth.

Isn’t Harry Connick, Jr. the obvious choice?

Privileged to collaborate with Reed Shaw on a Washington Monthly piece explaining that admin agencies can use severability clauses to help defend new rules from being voided in toto rather than forego public interest ambitions in the rush to beat CRA deadline washingtonmonthly.com/2024/04/16/pro…

ICYMI: With Trump's Manhattan trial set to start Monday, it's a perfect time to listen to a Democracy's Chief Executive: The Podcast interview Carissa Byrne Hessick and I recorded last spring with Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!) and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law prof and former NY ADA Ric Simmons concerning the Bragg indictment! open.spotify.com/episode/1MeUAR…

Below is a photo of all the women voters in the Arizona Territory in 1864 standing next to all the women legislators voting for the 1864 #ArizonaAbortionBan .