The Federalist Society Is Torn Between Its Legal Philosophy and Trump’s Demands

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...

Hegseth’s Own Lawyers Sound the Alarm on Trump’s Drug Boat Killings Career military officials say their opinions were ignored in the lead-up to the strikes.

Military lawyers within the Pentagon have taken issue with the legal justifications for the strikes, warning that the soldiers involved could be held personally liable for the killings.

How to Prevent Political Violence | Journal of Democracy Political violence is rising in wealthy democracies. Polarized societies and bitter party politics are putting candidates and election officials in serious peril. Political leaders, more than anyone…

Political violence is rising in wealthy democracies. Political leaders, more than anyone, have the power to stoke or stamp out this dangerous cycle of violence.

An appropriate topic for today. It couldn't come from a better scholar on this question! @allard.ubc.ca

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Pleased to see my article 'El derecho a la seguridad en tiempos iliberales' out in Teoria & Derecho teoriayderecho.tirant.com/index.php/te...

No One Was Supposed to Leave Alive Venezuelans deported by the Trump administration say they were tortured during four months in CECOT.

Venezuelans deported by the Trump administration tell Gisela Salim-Peyer that they were tortured during their months inside El Salvador’s megaprison.

Characteristically clear-eyed thinking on the dangers of "regulation by deal" from my colleague David Pozen. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...

In short, the agreement gives legal form to an extortion scheme _the first of its kind!-that defies the relevant statutes as well as the constitutional separation of powers and the First Amendment.

Fantastic and timely intervention by the indispensable Dave Pozen on the true meaning of the Columbia shakedown for higher ed: replacing the rule of law with regulation by deal, which ultimately undermines both regulation and education.

balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...

Joint Statement by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK:

"the war in Gaza must end now."

Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court

Book is here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

#BREAKING: By 5-4 vote, #SCOTUS puts on hold a Mass. district court temporary restraining order that had required the Department of Education to pay out grants for teacher training to schools with "DEI" policies.

Chief Justice Roberts and the three Democratic appointees dissent. (Link coming.)

Opinion | We Underestimate the Manosphere at Our Peril We underestimate the manosphere at our peril.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...

Really excited about this afternoon’s‬⁩ Goodhart Lecture by the inspiring Professor Antony Anghie - open to all. @cambridgelaw.bsky.social.

www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...

Sanewashing will be the OED word of the year for 2025

Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI launches Accelerator Fellowship The University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence is launching the Accelerator Fellowship Programme, a pioneering five-year initiative designed to address the ethical

NEW: The University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence is launching the Accelerator Fellowship Programme, a pioneering five-year initiative designed to address the ethical challenges posed by AI technologies.

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Press endangers judges Inaccurate report led to security threats, lady chief justice says

An inaccurate newspaper report that was followed up at prime minister’s questions two weeks ago has resulted in “extraordinarily serious security threats” to judges, the lady chief justice of England and Wales told the Lords constitution committee yesterday.

rozenberg.substack.com/p/press-enda...

Completing Humanity with Umut Özsu The LPE Project hosted a lunch talk on Thursday, February 20th, from 12:10–1:30 pm ET, featuring Umut Özsu, Professor of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University, to discuss his latest book…

Huge thanks to Umut Özsu for an incredible talk on international law and decolonization, to @samuelmoyn.bsky.social for a great discussion, and to everyone who joined us for such a rich and engaging conversation!

The recording is now available—watch here: lpeproject.org/events/compl...

Ukraine Fact Sheet - February 21, 2025: isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

Quote from the published article by our author Kim Lane Scheppele: "The US is no clearly on an autocratic path, paved by law."

The situation in the US 🇺🇸 is serious, with the constitutional and political order rapidly changing.

KIM LANE SCHEPPELE (kimlanelaw.bsky.social) explains in our editorial what has happened in the past few weeks and what is at stake.

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41 cases already.

Good quotes from Janina and Marko.

Criminally insane

Elon Musk Is President The world’s richest man has declared war on the federal government, and his influence appears unchecked.

The world’s richest man has declared war on the US government and, in just days, has moved to slash its size and reach, gaining access to its most sensitive secrets. He has also threatened to use his fortune to bankroll electoral challenges to anyone opposing him.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

"DOGE’s access to federal data is ‘an absolute nightmare,’ legal experts warn" #ELB Politico: Elon Musk’s headlong rush to take control of crucial federal agencies and functions — and to dismantle some of them virtually overnight — has stoked widespread alarm in Washington about the ...

“DOGE’s access to federal data is ‘an absolute nightmare,’ legal experts warn” electionlawblog.org?p=148460

GDPR/UKGDPR question - how is the adequacy decision for the US going to work if even a tenth of the rumours about what is happening to federal data are true?

"When voters eventually wake up to the damage done (usually too late, as the new autocrat has by that time destroyed any channel through which alternative views may be expressed) they have few options to resist because their constitutional system has been captured" verfassungsblog.de/what-is-rule...

Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

Your one-stop shopping for all documents in all cases challenging Trump Administration actions!

www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...