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Anna O Law

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Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Under contract w/ @OUPPolitics: The Politics of Mobility: Voluntary & Involuntary Migrations, 1619-1882. 1st book: The Immigration Battle in American Courts. Home cook, eater, wine drinker, foodie

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Had some good XO sauce. Never cooked with it before. Sautéed/steamed local littlenecks with fresh ginger, white onions, sea beans, garlic, Shaoxing wine, and XO sauce.

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So who is Small Gretch and Medium Gretch?

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I'm absolutely loving the mental image conjured by describing the behavior of the likes of John Roberts as "digging through the trash bins of history like racist raccoons looking for leftover oppression". Really wish I'd developed the skills to draw that.

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Remember: Texas is not a red state. Texas is a massively voter-suppressed state, with a lot of people working very hard and very thanklessly to fix that.

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Anna O Law's avatar Anna O Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
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Had some good XO sauce. Never cooked with it before. Sautéed/steamed local littlenecks with fresh ginger, white onions, sea beans, garlic, Shaoxing wine, and XO sauce.

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Anna O Law's avatar Anna O Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
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They might. 4 justices traditionally have to vote for certiorari, to decide to decide. Not sure how the cert rule would change if more than 9 justices. Grant/denial of cert can be strategic to let lower ct decision stand or avoid adverse SCOTUS ruling. Best book: HW Perry’s Deciding to Decide.

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The SCOTUS is the only court in the federal judicial hierarchy with certiorari, or the ability to pick and choose cases to hear or not. Size has nothing to do with it.

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HOT FIREFLY SUMMER ⚡⚡⚡

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Anna O Law's avatar Anna O Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
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Took me a minute to realize this is not a political post.

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Sometimes when I need a bit of hope I think about these people

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Seeing even this small snippet put in plain language is just devastating:

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The GOP push to destabilize the 2024 election has already begun, with lawsuits filed in a host of states around familiar Trump talking points: mail-in ballots, supposed voter-registration fraud, etc. “This is how you build a story that enables political interference in the post-election process." 🎁

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This is so spot on from Julia.

I talk *A LOT* about rules, but the formal rules I often discuss only take this discussion so far. There are other factors at play as well. Good stuff. Recommended reading for the day.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Trying to stay out of the Biden internet debate, but wrote this piece about how the formal rules of the nomination process aren't really the problem. It's all about the informal ruleswww.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-replacement-president-race-democrat-history-rcna160923

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Seconding this as a rule of thumb. What people are looking for is a candidate/process that will *ensure* a win against Trump. There is none. It's going to be a close, nasty election and post-election no matter who the Dems run.

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Additionally, of course, folks like Omar and AOC are young enough that they'll actually have to live through everything a Trump presidency brings and then some, while the centrists will probably retire and die in bed three weeks later, surrounded by family.

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I don't have a strong preference on Biden because of how much uncertainty there is, but seeing stuff like this cross my path is going to kill me. I'm begging people to learn how parties work. You can't Aaron Sorkin your way out of this.

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You're right. Many, not all, people lack empathetic imagination to understand how a policy can have very negative effects unless it directly affects THEM and their loved ones. This makes it very hard to sound the alarm of the atrocious shit that may soon descend.

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An introvert's (me) perfect day today: No appointments on the calendar for the next two days. Only wake up in the morning, make coffee, and write (a blog post for a new book). Feels great to have the 15 year book manuscript off my desk for a few months while the OUP reviewers read.

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Because I've spent 21+ years studying US immigration policy and law, I have no doubt DHS would abuse it's power and be the federal agency that does the most harm to the most people. This agency is awash in resources & capacity to surveil immigrants AND citizens. See for details: shorturl.at/XfQZp

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Want to get an idea of the array of resources DHS has to surveil and incarcerated migrants and citizens alike? Here:

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Anna O Law's avatar Anna O Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
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You all think I'm posting this to be funny. I'm not. In the face of entrenched institutional and structural discrimination, I will do what I can, but not overwork myself.

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Good morning! We are hiring an editorial assistant. This is a great job to learn the fundamentals of editorial acquisitions at a UP. It’s also a great job for you if you simply cannot get enough of my stupid jokes, because boy howdy do I make a ton of them in meetings. jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimor...

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ʝꪖꪀꪊᦓ ᥅ꪮᦓꫀ 🍉's avatar ʝꪖꪀꪊᦓ ᥅ꪮᦓꫀ 🍉 @janus.bsky.social
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how it feels to live in america

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Anna O Law's avatar Anna O Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
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You all think I'm posting this to be funny. I'm not. In the face of entrenched institutional and structural discrimination, I will do what I can, but not overwork myself.

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Want to get an idea of the array of resources DHS has to surveil and incarcerated migrants and citizens alike? Here:

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Anna O Law's avatar Anna O Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
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New Yorkers: I don't care if you're not vegan (I'm not). Went w/ two vegan friends to Spicy Moon in West Village because I love Sichuan. Vegan restaurants are a bimodal distribution, either "meh" to "Sweet Jesus". This was the latter. Recommend: scallion pancakes, sesame noodles, kung pao tofu.

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An introvert's (me) perfect day today: No appointments on the calendar for the next two days. Only wake up in the morning, make coffee, and write (a blog post for a new book). Feels great to have the 15 year book manuscript off my desk for a few months while the OUP reviewers read.

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It would be like the first time, so much chaos in every sector that people putting out fires are overextended and public attention is divided, jumping from one manufactured crisis to another.

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Let's think about the group Trump hates the most: non-white migrants. Add his (and those around him) penchant for performative cruelty. Remember child separation at the border as policy? Now let's think about what would happen to migrants and non-white people if he wins again. Connect the dots.

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To call the Roberts court “a conservative Warren court,” and thus suggest a false equivalence on how the two exercise judicial power, misses that one was up against entrenched racism, defiant states, and no democracy. The only thing the Roberts court is up against is … a slightly modern society.

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“Trump didn't get the post-debate polling bounce some advisers hoped for. Yes, his numbers inched up nationally. But he's still neck-and-neck with Biden, despite overwhelming Democratic fears about his age.” www.axios.com/2024/07/10/t...

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Because I've spent 21+ years studying US immigration policy and law, I have no doubt DHS would abuse it's power and be the federal agency that does the most harm to the most people. This agency is awash in resources & capacity to surveil immigrants AND citizens. See for details: shorturl.at/XfQZp

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DHS is 100000% the Federal agency to worry about the most, in a second Trump administration. They're hardly under control in the best of times.

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