I emerged from the primordial soup to become a law prof.
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Last Notes npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Every time I see the story of the death of a woman related to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, I think of those conlaw scholars who were telling everyone how they were overreacting. I've thought about it a lot lately. https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-abortion-ban-amber-thurman-death npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Very comforted to know that if I donated $200 to President George W. Bush, the President who hired Alberto Gonzales as AG, I'm now vicariously a marxist. This game of "all the liberals" in academia is fun. Let's keep playing. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg "Excuse me, are you masking to shield your identity or to protect yourself?" Satire https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-19/zero-tolerance-at-uc-campuses-in-new-order-banning-encampments-masking-blocking-paths npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Hahahaha. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-sorry-if-my-past-actions-made-me-seem-like-a-good-person npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg I almost said I put too much garlic on my pizza. Just had to check my temperature. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Is JD becoming a Drag on the Ticket? npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Very excited about my new Tax Law article publication, "A Tipping Point," exploring the 3,000 reasons why not taxing tips is economically ridiculous. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg AC Company to Sainted Italian Mother: We'll be out today! Mom: You sure? I am elderly. AC Company: Absolutely! * Time passes* AC Company: We won't be out today. Me: You've done this before. Three times. To an elderly woman. Why lie? AC Company: *Click* npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Sometimes second careers don't work out. The former Campbell's executive's short career as a litigator is one example. He kept filing soup, and was eventually canned. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg I'm just an unbiased, objective law professor, but I think it was a mistake to replace Biden on the ticket, a mistake to pick Waltz as VP, and, while I am no fan of Trump, he is playing the smarter game right now. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg My night: 1. Incur minor self-inflicted head injury. 2. Step on floor barefoot. Feel floor move. 3. Look under foot. See bug. 4. Kill bug. 5. Bug moves. 6. Kill bug again. 7. Bug stays dead. 8. Feel relief bug was real, not a hallucination caused by concussion. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Bar Exam Takers, Visualize your success. Visualize walking out of the bar exam in a few days proud of your hard work. The NCBE are cruel, sadistic, and greedy. Show them you can rise above them, and be way more professional in the process. You got this! #barexam https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/872/857/635/357/173/original/a8d92f38d1b03db6.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg The path is clear: Romney/Manchin 2024 by Aaron Sorkin #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg There can be only one true replacement for Justice Alito when he chooses to retire: Judge Aileen Cannon. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Company: Pick a password! Comp: Stronger! Comp: You used that PW 8 years ago. Comp: Finally. Now do 2FA and select pics that don't show monkeys. *Five minutes later* Comp: We regret to inform you your data has been breached and posted to the dark web. https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/12/business/att-customers-massive-breach/index.html npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg This seems bad. Looking for the law professors who said not to panic after Dobbs and the immunity decision to provide soothing tweets. #Satire https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/720/515/535/576/518/original/3da0c4b685b27a76.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Are you telling me that I've been eating elderberry gummies by the truckloads when all I needed to do was run for President to boost my immunity? #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg "Pro consumer regulations are bad. We know, we are experts in getting gifts from rich people. And statutory interpretation. Therefore, we have replaced Chevron deference with Skidmore deference but with a pro-business Hawk Tuah gloss." --SCOTUS, probably. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg The hiring committee has brought you two diverse candidates for the faculty position. And, while neither did great on their job talk, they both have great placements and high scholarly impact scores. #Satire https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/692/140/607/034/100/original/d815ca4ecc2cccdc.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Very pleased to announce my new article, "Quo pro quid." My article explains why bribing public offices is wealth maximizing and paying the bribe afterwards avoids inefficient lock-in. Forthcoming. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg 2026: Good news, tenured professors. We've secretly been recording your classes and now AI likenesses of you will be teaching them instead of you. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Happy Father's Day out there to all the kind, decent fathers out there. #FathersDay. To my own, I thank you for teaching me the hardest lessons of life by being a terrible example. #FathersDay. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Company: Pick a password. Comp: No, a stronger PW. Comp: Stronger! Comp: You used that PW 8 years ago. Comp: Finally. Now do 2FA and select pics that don't show monkeys. *Five minutes later* Comp: We regret to inform you your data has been breached and posted to the dark web. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Very pleased to announce my new article, "why I'm not wealthy: A New Brandeisian perspective." #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg CAN WE CHANGE LLM AS AN ACRONYM FOR EITHER "master of laws" or "large language models." EITHER ONE, THANKS! ANTICIPATING FIRST LLM IN LLM. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg It's good to see people finally being concerned with journal Board members forcibly pulling articles the journal published. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg "Whoever leaked the Dobbs decision is running around putting flags all over my properties," Alito said. "We must investigate." "I did a zillow search and found the person!" a sheep bleated shortly thereafter. #Satire #SCOTUS npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg "When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I want to think about is Rudy in my cup," said no one ever. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/476/495/297/621/849/original/c19a7a4c7c69bdd0.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg In what he describes as a demonstration of his judicial ethics, Justice Alito promises that his wife will be recused from all future election cases before the Supreme Court. #Satire #SCOTUS npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Good news, graduates! Given the logistics of graduation (security, finding replacement speakers, etc.) LPB U has entered into a contract with Ticketmaster! Please go to Ticketmaster dot com to pay for your graduation seats. You will be called up in order of ticket price. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg The only thing I'll say about the professor refusing to submit grades is that if I tried that, I wouldn't worry about being fired. I would worry about starting my car and the condition of my tires. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Narrator: There was a little going back. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/391/826/422/107/802/original/c9792adcee81bb06.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg The photographers in the midst of protests, at risk of police throwing them down and destroying equipment, are amazing in their ability to keep cool and take amazing photographs. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/may/02/university-protests-gaza-student-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Gosh, maybe on January 6th we should have declared the Capitol a University. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Very excited to present the Columbia University entering stats: 1,454 entering students. 19% first gen. 21% received pell grants. 2% arrest rate. 1% injury from police brutality. 2% banned from campus after 1st year. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Police do not care if you are a professor. Once they decide to take you down, they also don't care where your face lands, your glasses land, or whether you live or die (unless cameras are rolling). Their goal is control at that moment. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Breaking: The University of Southern California has closed its campus and will not hold classes out of an abundance of caution. We are concerned someone might utter a word we don't like based upon the education and training we provided to them. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Good news, UT! The fired DEI administrators have been replaced with new hires! #Satire https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/328/395/756/923/090/original/c502fab01d10887e.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Antitrust Professors: If you are against this noncompete rule, please sign this petition that also pledges that you will not work for another University for 10 years after you leave your present one. #Antitrust #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Breaking: After finding that Graduation holds a clear and present danger, Columbia President Shafik asks NYPD to break up USC Graduation. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Also, we are no longer holding classes! In fact, we are taking our BALL AND GOING HOME. HAPPY NOW??? --Sincerely, USC https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/300/817/501/069/810/original/f055d0256c28722a.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Check out USC 's Resistance to Genocide Interdisciplinary minor curriculum if you're interested. See the courses. https://catalogue.usc.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=7496 npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Friend (at aquarium with me): Ooh, look! Otters! Me: A harbor seal, too. Friend: NO, those are all otters. Me *Singing*: No, one of these things is not like the otters.... npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg It is a sad world in which some mourn only their own, dehumanize those who are different, and yet claim moral superiority by pointing out that such thinking is the fault of others, but a virtue in themselves. As if one innocent life lost is worth more or less than another's. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg San Bernardino sheriffs: Uh...her father killed her! Video: Officer to other officers: "Stop shooting her!!!" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/01/california-police-video-shooting-15-year-old-girl-savannah-graziano npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Lettuce be happy this didn't get too bananas. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dole-plc-announces-mutual-termination-100000914.html #Antitrust #Econtwitter npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Look, just tell me which law school I should boycott hiring clerks from due to this story. #Satire https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/judge-james-ho-wife-mifepristone-abortion-pill?CMP=share_btn_url npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Looking forward to writing an antitrust piece called "Through Microsoft's Windows: How Apple Developed Its Core Strategy." #Satire #Antitrust npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg My name is Bond. No Bond. #Satire https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/119/129/009/534/963/original/89ba7fff3ae2e6ac.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Beware the Ids of March. #IdesOfMarch npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg *Frantically looking up whether Kate Middleton ever worked for Boeing* #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Bad news: My partnership in a private university focused on the entertainment industry has ended. It was the Colorado School of Mimes. I am a silent partner. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Very pleased to publish my first conservative antitrust piece, "Why Quality Doesn't Matter if Output Increases: A story of Boeing." #Satire #Antitrust npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/058/519/328/352/810/original/4bf94879afd1e6ba.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/058/348/967/138/635/original/5a825954009a62b5.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/058/321/009/255/314/original/29500895bb984942.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg "THE #SOTU IS STRONG!" https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/058/197/120/953/118/original/86b5515c2781fb85.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg It's not well known, but spies are an elite group. Known only by letters, they get reputations based on information they obtain. Spy A and Spy B were good, but their colleague was well-known for their Spy C takes. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg On narrow mountain roads, if two competing expeditions (equipped with guides, supplies, and mules) block each other going opposite directions, the party at the lower altitude has right of way. The party with the high ground is be obligated to back dat ass up. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Breaking: Secretary-General of the UN practices using passive voice for promising future as AP reporter. #Satire https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/018/265/987/136/352/original/02672efe122cf76b.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg She should not be a clerk. But she is one. And that clerkship is increasingly valuable in the legal academy. I think a law school should offer her a position after her clerkship, provided she only utter racial epithets for historical accuracy. Satire https://wapo.st/3OUf8OG npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Well, you just know if you're dressing in State Farm attire it's not going to completely cover you. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/950/809/459/105/063/original/8edbaf91f624bbc2.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg I tried to get my best friend familiar with Colorado ski resorts. But it was to know a Vail. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Who wore it better? #SuperBowl https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/916/208/000/911/647/original/87e3be105d479910.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg The Super Bowl should have been on January 1st. This way, we could have Usher in the new year. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg "My name is RFK Jr. I have enough money to blow on a Super Bowl Ad. You may not know me..." npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg "Look, I've got a blank space, and I'll write your name." #Kelce #SuperBowl #SuperBowl2024 https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/915/837/274/333/893/original/722cef27c32c74b1.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg SCOTUS: Alito asks, "of course the President is not an officer, but is he a gentleman?" #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg In my forthcoming article, I explain why "Fast Car" is about coauthors, one senior and one entry, with the car being the metaphor for an article idea. #Satire https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/882/785/085/009/459/original/7ff62e0b339042c0.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg If you think January has been long remember February has an extra day in it this year as well. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg "I wrote our breakup song already and it's called Travis-tee." https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/836/942/009/253/356/original/d276f00cbfd763e0.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg 🎵 Lovely Lady Liberty With her book of recipes And the finest one she's got Is the great American melting pot The great American melting pot. What good ingredients, Liberty and immigrants. 🎵 --Schoolhouse Rock https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/758/274/042/544/366/original/1738d9c30419f313.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Farewell, #AALS2024. A friend helped make my badge fun. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/714/873/439/960/188/original/07ff95fad4a1bced.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Teacher: What was a primary cause of the Civil War? High School Student: Are you a democratic plant? Why would you ask this? npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Despite his fame and saving Christmas, Rudolph was not popular on the dating scene at the North Pole. While sweet and helpful, something about him set off red lights. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Public Service Announcement: Holiday means wrapping gifts. A lot of that gift wrap goes into landfills. By one estimate, a landfill near me is completely full due to my attempts to wrap one gift. For some reason, the wrapping paper does not fit any other gift. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg While Henry Kissinger committed war crimes and was complicit through his policies of the murder of thousands upon thousands of innocent people, it's important to remember he was a yankees fan. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/500/894/503/121/600/original/bd8ff00527ec00cb.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Talk of war crimes means absolutely nothing when you can live a long life after committing them without any worry of law. https://www.justsecurity.org/87043/is-henry-kissinger-a-war-criminal/ https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/497/694/742/250/032/original/8c24ed5a875442a1.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg When you cook your stuffing in the turkey, do not bind the legs together. You need to make sure at least one of the legs is pointed to the ceiling. It will make the turkey cook faster. And you'll have a leg up. #Thanksgiving #Turkey npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg The Voting Rights Act is like the SCOTUS Code of Ethics. You don't need enforcement. People are nice and will just voluntarily comply! #Satire #SCOTUS #lawtwitter npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Whether you are whole-heartedly voting for President Joe Biden in 2024, reluctantly voting for him, or not voting for him at all, the fact you gave $25 to him in 2000 still makes you very very liberal and practically a communist. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Quitting the legal academy to start a new business. A niche burger delivery business, where a cool Korean War military ambulance delivers your food. I call it M*A*S*H*burger npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Ah, a classic. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/404/494/603/771/759/original/40e6c904d6f4f612.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Scare someone at the WSJ Opinion Page or Chamber of Commerce. #antitrust https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/331/036/660/566/793/original/668a34c8d28894d4.png npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg I learned today that when a Hospital explodes the proper procedure is to debate with as much misinformation as possible who exploded it all the while ignoring the cries for help from the Hospital as innocent people die. I also learned today that to some winning that argument -- on who exploded the hospital -- appears to be vitally more important than the lives of the people in the hospital. Which still does not have aid. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Well, I was wondering how this month could get worse. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/jada-pinkett-smitth-will-smith-write-new-book-separation-1235759351/ npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg You see a child on the street, hungry and dehydrated; or carried away by a kidnapper and assaulted. Is there anything that child could have done to deserve any of those atrocities? Would you first ask where the child was from and their parent's belief system before giving aid? Suppose see two children in the same situation. Would you only object in one instance and not the other? npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg For those of you looking at the solar eclipse, remember you are obligated to sing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" while watching. #Eclipse2023 npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg This has been a test of the #EmergencyAlertSystem. Had this been an actual emergency, members of Congress would have tweeted about it, blaming the other party from the safety of a bunker as the rest of us died. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg So, for those of you teaching at 1:20 p.m. central time, are you going to pretend to be a zombie walk out of your classroom as you say "Faculty meeting?" #EmergencyAlertSystem #FEMA #lawtwitter #AcademicChatter npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg As the first genetically modified cow to have genius-level IQ, Bessie knew she had to write her memoirs. She also knew that some people would feel ill just reading them. Some people, she realized, can't have diary. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg The Federalist's awkward relationship with Taylor Swift. https://post.news/@/lawprofblawg/2Vyy8YEI66BC6exQXIRoYOeH3wn npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg New from WSJ Opinion: Totally disappointed to see Lina Khan's FTC grasping at straws to get Amazon. They are going to have a hard time proving Amazon is an online superstore when it clearly has delivery trucks and Whole Foods. #satire #antitrust #lawtwitter npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg To those of you wondering if YOU SHOULD think about ancient Rome more or even at all, I quote the B-52s. Rome if you want to. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Breaking: Senate Jury votes 30-0 that Paxton is a ruggedly good looking man and we're so sorry please forgive us!!!!! #PaxtonTrial #PaxtonImpeachmentTrial npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Breaking: #TXlege acquitted of all charges of taking its job seriously. What? Too early? #PaxtonImpeachmentTrial #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Breaking: Senate Jurors send query out to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick about how long they should deliberate to make it look like they are weighing evidence. #kenpaxtontrial #kenpaxtonimpeachment #TXLege #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg News: Tenure dead! No money for raises! Can't teach history! College president paid $3MM dollars! Football Coach paid $5MM News from the Faculty Senate: Things be groovy! #Lawtwitter #AcademicChatter npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Breaking: NRA makes massive donation to Hunter Biden's defense fund. #Satire npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg Going to write a novel about a man trying to find a rapid EV charger that actually works. He'll be chased be evil villains opposed to his EV habits. Eventually, he dies when he can't find a working charger and the last scene of the movie is a pan in to the charger which reads "Network error." npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg My doctor put me on Cipro. I immediately sent him a prescription for Cipro, too. I like to reCiprocate. npub1k9cax0zavh4l00m6rsmhx50nxd3hw0q0pz0hyf0tjqcndmyqej6s26kzeg Lawprofblawg If you're tweeting today that AR-15 isn't the problem and that it's not even the most powerful gun or that 2nd Amendment rights shall not be abridged or AR stands for armalite, I already understand you think that gun is far more important than the lives lost repeatedly to it.