Arlington still open on time! Fingers crossed

... and others could relate, or not, as they chose.

... the essay as something universal. And... it kind of doesn't work because his thoughts aren't universal, so he gets a lot of pushback along the lines of "What! No! This isn't universal." But... it might work better, or be more interesting, if he acknowledged that he was writing about himself...

Piece strikes me as an example of a broader tendency in online writing where the author's writing about something deeply personal, but doesn't want to come out and say that he's writing about himself because that veers into territory that's too sensitive for his family, so he tries to frame...

How to get Mass. to embrace YIMBYism - The Boston Globe Letting property owners decide how to use their own land is a far greater level of local control than allowing local governments to impose one-size-fits-all regulations.

In this new @bostonglobe.com article, I argue Massachusetts should reject rent control (a terrible counterproductive policy) and instead address housing shortages by ending exclusionary zoning: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/o...

8. N.b. that an honorarium of $4000 is available to authors of accepted papers. /end

7. acific Legal Foundation welcomes papers that look at the text and original meaning of the Constitution to understand this question, as well as papers exploring the current doctrine, popular understanding, and potential impact of a truly colorblind Constitution.

6. Against this backdrop, this research roundtable seeks to explore this concept of Constitutional colorblindness.

5. ...and a recent Pacific Legal Foundation review of academic literature on the colorblind Constitution found far more scholarly articles critical of the colorblind Constitution than the reverse.

4. Yet in recent years, the idea that the Constitution is colorblind has come under attack. Corporate diversity trainers routinely claim that praise for colorblindness is a “microaggression..."

3. Harlan’s rebuke to the majority opinion upholding Louisiana’s “separate but equal” system of segregated railroads has resounded ever since as a battle cry for equal protection under the law

2. "Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law,” Justice John Marshall Harlan famously wrote in dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.

The Colorblind Constitution Pacific Legal Foundation seeks proposals for academic papers to be presented at a scholarly research roundtable on “The Colorblind Constitution” to be held in the fall of 2025.

1. Pacific Legal Foundation today published a Call for Papers on the Colorblind Constitution: pacificlegal.org/call-for-pap...

Keeping the Voodsmas spirit alive! Huge thanks @thebookstoregal.bsky.social
@stigsbrowne.bsky.social
@alisonsomin.bsky.social
@purpleplatypup.bsky.social
@married2thelob.bsky.social
@kazurcher.bsky.social
@thegoldenratio4.bsky.social, Ashley, Liz, Debbie and Bridget for the gorgeous cards!

Ramaswamy “seems to think that halving the number of bureaucrats will halve the number of forms that need to be filled out.” But it’s conceivable instead that halving the number of FDA employees processing approvals “would mean that approving new drugs would be delayed twice as long.”

A regal and noble countenance

A sliding glass door is filled with Voodsmas cards!

My window is so full of Voodmas Joy! Thank you @alisonsomin.bsky.social and @ozcarmel.bsky.social (those sticks are amazing Carmel, I love them!!!)
Voods must be very pleased with himself for inspiring so much happiness around the world. 💜🌲🐾

MATT GERTZ IS NOT MATT GAETZ

Thinking of @mattgertz.bsky.social today🙏🤣

Breast cancer: Rachel Davies dies after life-extending drug denied Rachel Davies could not access the life-extending drug because it is not available in Wales.

Just a reminder that public insurers like UK’s NHS *also* make choices about what drugs and procedures to cover on which life and death hinge. If you think that these choices somehow disappear with MFA, then you are addicted to magical thinking. www.bbc.com/news/article...

apologies for not tagging @fedsoc.bsky.social, have found them, followed, and tagged now

The Future of Civil Rights Enforcement at the EEOC, OFCCP, and DOJ Federal civil rights enforcement in the employment area is handled by the Equal Employment Opportuni...

Curious about what civil rights enforcement will look like in the next administration? If yes, I have a Fed Soc webinar for you! Details at link: fedsoc.org/events/the-f...

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night (except the majority opinion in Noel Canning)!!

Happy start of Desk Drawer Hand Lotion/Lip Gloss season to all who celebrate.

Camp form just asked me if my child has been exposed to any communicable diseases in the last three months, and my pedantic lawyer brain is overheating over here.

(She is a human who ventures out into society regularly? Like, yes, of course she's been exposed to communicable diseases?)

Deeply crushed by all the retailers from whom I bought a poke bowl or a latte in 2018 who didn't send me a $5 coupon for my birthday month today. Y'all are dead to me.

Rulemaking by Adjudication Pacific Legal Foundation seeks papers for a symposium titled "Rulemaking by Adjudication," to be held at Pacific Legal Foundation's Arlington office in Spring 2025. ...

6. Here's a link to the Call for Papers with details about how to submit a proposal: pacificlegal.org/call-for-pap...

5. ... a process that's retrospective and particular?

4. But using adjudication poses particular problems, including potential constitutional due process questions. Generally, legislating is prospective and general; adjudication, by contrast, is retrospective and particular. Is it fair and consistent with due process to make new rules through...

3. Supreme Court precedent generally allows agencies to create rules either through notice and comment rulemaking or adjudication.

2. Ever since Loper-Bright v. Raimondo overturned Chevron, agencies might be more likely to create new rules through adjudication rather than notice and comment rulemaking.