James L. Dohr Professor of Law (retired) at Columbia University, and author of Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition
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9 Jul 2025
The gov't has been very effective in pitting us against each other. We can/must do better - protect the rights of one group w/o doing so at the expense of another. Jews vs. African Americans, cis women vs. trans women. Rights are not a zero-sum game. youtu.be/T_tP8G6Ky1s
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7 Jul 2025
Be ready for Trump to start ramping things up after passing the horrendous tax/spend bill over the weekend - I break down one of the moves he's likely to start making - the unconstitutional suspension of laws passed by Congress that he doesn't "like". youtu.be/Xf8PMm4DqRA
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2 Jul 2025
Every day I wake up, "ok, what horrors today?" But @columbia's General Counsel must be feeling this in a very special way: she got hammered this week with multiple disasters. Yet, Felice Rosan has been behind pretty much all of Columbia's unforced errors. youtu.be/N-QlR5tg1mg
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27 Jun 2025
I break down: @zohrankmamdani is not a communist, there is a difference between socialism and communism, and he can't have his US citizenship stripped and be deported. Yet, the kinds of attacks against him should peak our attention. youtu.be/ISnoDVf6H3I
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27 Jun 2025
Reading the SCOTUS cases from this term as a whole, one take away: the dignity of & harm caused to some (eg trans ppl, preg ppl & POC) are invisible to the maj of the Ct, while the dignity & rights of others are hyper-visible (religious conservatives & white ppl).
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24 Jun 2025
I break down the Supreme Court's order yesterday that allowed the DHS to deport migrants to countries in which it is likely they will be tortured - in violation of US and int'l law. youtu.be/XCTSKViFhnM
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20 Jun 2025
Judge Farbiarz just ordered that Mahmoud Khalil be released from immigration detention. Finally.
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19 Jun 2025
What's the relationship of emancipation to freedom? Is being "freed" = to being "free"? My book, "Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Slavery's Abolition", seeks to answer, and in this talk I make the case for reparations for slavery. #Juneteenth youtu.be/Q5UU0Qzu8cg
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19 Jun 2025
What's at stake in the case challenging Trump's decision to federalize the National Guard in LA - the law, unfortunately, is pretty much on Trump's side, giving him unchecked power to decide when we're in an emergency situation. I explain. youtu.be/-FsIvKZ8ksw
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18 Jun 2025
SCOTUS decision in Skrmetti suffers from the worst kind of what Justice Blackmun called "sterile formalism", playing word games rather than acknowledging that the TN legislature targeted trans minors & the law's plain meaning is about denying medical care to trans minors.
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18 Jun 2025
It's time to ratchet up our Spidey Sense ... stuff is happening that makes me want to urge all of us to be especially careful. youtu.be/z_rqPfk3ZZ4
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Katherine Franke retweeted
11 Jun 2025
In a big win, a federal judge granted Mahmoud Khalil’s request for a preliminary injunction, after concluding that he would continue to suffer irreparable harm if he remains detained.
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Katherine Franke retweeted
11 Jun 2025
Some personal news that's also professional: Today is my last day at the Deseret News. Tomorrow, I start my new job as managing editor of SCOTUSblog.
I feel lucky to be moving from one dream job to another, and I will miss everyone at Deseret. It's been an amazing 11 years. 🐝
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10 Jun 2025
The gov't doesn't have the exclusive power to (mis)interpret the law, the people can give it meaning too under the principle of popular sovereignty. The law doesn't treat protests ag immigration raids as a "rebellion" & I explain why (and provide signs!). youtu.be/bIEhD2hw2oM
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10 Jun 2025
Reposting a 'splainer on the possibility of Trump federalizing the National Guard - given what's going on in LA right now.
30 Apr 2025
I break down Monday's EO that signals the Trump admin's plans to deploy federal and Nat'l Guard troops to quell public protests - violating the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, and what we might do to head this off. youtu.be/x7jInSCJrwM
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8 Jun 2025
Calling in the National Guard in LA to suppress protests against ICE arrests: yes we shd protest, but with awareness that this is part of the gov't's plan - provoking protests as a manufactured "crisis" that then necessitates a suspension of "normal law". youtu.be/MsuGWFgNg14
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