Evidence of why rankings are highly problematic says rankings are highly problematic.
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh calls US News law school rankings "highly problematic" cnn.it/3H4iD0k
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Which statement could be a headline?
The U.S. economy ____ predicted, sparking fears of recession.
a. grew more than
b. grew less than
c. grew as
d. all of the above
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The next execution in Texas is set for Feb. 1. I’ll be back here sometime Jan. 30 (Monday), to post a piece I am publishing about that (in what is, in my experience, the best progressive newspaper with a distinguished history in that giant state). Until then bless up my people!🤚🏽
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New and improved version of Bespoke Antitrust coauthored with the great and good @HarryFirst1st now available papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf
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Office of chief trial counsel has filed 11 disciplinary charges seeking disbarment of Prof. John Eastman, alleging he planned & assisted Trump in executing a strategy, unsupported by facts or law, to overturn the 2020 presidential election
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Well this is certainly one way to hide the poor.
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We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing “the” labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated. Instead, use wording such as people with mental illnesses. And use these descriptions only when clearly relevant.
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Avian flu outbreak at Spanish mink farm sets off global alarm bells
“We are playing with fire.”
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Elon Musk's Twitter wants you to think liberals are exaggerating Florida's book ban. But they aren't. The policy treats all classroom books as banned until they can be combed over by censors.
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Sometimes I wake up early because someone schedules an early meeting. When they fail to show, it is a reminder why I refuse to schedule early meetings often.
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Sometimes tweets call out to me as perfect for just one person.
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OK, you can only write with ONE type of pen for the rest of your life, which one are you picking? (ignoring the ink color)
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Paying out partnership distributions while pulling a bonus from an associate who hit their hours at home
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We are suspending the faculty & staff basketball league due to the number of flagrant fouls, committed mostly by the economists, and injury-related work absences, claimed mostly by the humanities. We look forward to the faculty & staff dodgeball league starting in mid-February.
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"Antitrust goals like consumer welfare."
For more than 80 years, consumer welfare was never the goal of antitrust. And it shouldn't be now.
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Instead of wedding UMC to antitrust goals like consumer welfare, the new statement shows the FTC has no desire to be constrained by such economic nonsense. 
So how will a defendant be able to refute the FTC's claims of unfairness? Good luck with that one.
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One of the first things I tell students in my criminal procedure class. Always ask for a lawyer. Always!
Alec Baldwin Didn’t Have to Talk to the Police. Neither Do You.
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SCOOP: The Justice Department’s antitrust division is promoting Manish Kumar, the chief of its San Francisco office, to acting head of criminal enforcement.
He worked on price-fixing cases against Starkist, Bumble Bee Foods + its CEO.
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Wow Pete Buttigieg’s DOT is investigating Southwest for ‘unfair and deceptive practices’ relating to flights it scheduled but knew it couldn’t deliver. Finally! Good for Pete!
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It is a great book as well.
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, starring Humphrey Bogart as a gold prospector consumed by greed, was released on this day in 1948. This film is notable for many reasons. THREAD:
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universities: “we can’t afford new tenure-track hires”
also universities: “we are proud to welcome 3 new HR coordinators and 6 additions to our public relations team!”
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So they moving it brick by brick or...
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Good morning! Bad news: after receiving threats from State Bar prosecutors, it seems likely they will put me in jail for 6 months if I follow through with bringing an Easy Bake Oven lawyer into a physical courtroom. Hearing and fresh cookies postponed!
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My Supreme Myths Podcast with the always thoughtful Professor on the religion clauses and the Roberts Court.
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Breaking News: Classified documents found in each of the 157 houses President Carter built for Habitat for Humanity.
#satire #ClassifiedDocuments #lawtwitter
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Ticketmaster says that artists have control over ticket prices, and some academics believe this. As if dynamic pricing and fees don't exist.
Let's find an artist willing to charge zero. Let's see what happens to ticket prices.
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"I write theory papers and a theory-heavy newsletter"
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In news that will shock literally nobody ...
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Good morning! Bad news: after receiving threats from State Bar prosecutors, it seems likely they will put me in jail for 6 months if I follow through with bringing a robot lawyer into a physical courtroom. DoNotPay is postponing our court case and sticking to consumer rights:
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we selected five well-known consumers brands...and we tarnished 'em!
& justin sevier #tarnishmyths #INTAsymposium
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I'm excited that my article, The Immigration Shadow Docket, has been published by ! I have been thinking about & working on this article for years, and it feels wonderful that it is finally out in the world. So many people to thank - please see the very long author note!
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In The Immigration Shadow Docket, @BrooklynLaw Prof. @faizawsayed analyzes the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)’s near-exclusive use of nonprecedential, unpublished decisions. She argues this practice inhibits immigration law’s development and leaves noncitizens in limbo. (1/2)
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Me: my client didn’t pay for the seafood because it made him sick
Judge: is that a defense?
Me: a counterclam
Judge: get out
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Breaking News: Classified documents found in each of the 157 houses President Carter built for Habitat for Humanity.
#satire #ClassifiedDocuments #lawtwitter
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How pretty is this?
My primary contribution is a 250ish page chapter on securities compliance.
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Thrilled to hear from our very own Prof Danieli Evans at our faculty workshop today! A 2012 YLS JD grad (and law PhD candidate), Prof Evans is a prolific scholar in the area of law & inequality.
bit.ly/3SAKXf0
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Good news 🗞️ #reggae/ fans: My two-hour, 20,000 word interview of Dennis Seaton—the most comprehensive interview of Musical Youth’s lead singer in existence—will most likely be published next month. A YouTube video of the interview will also be available & posted🙏🏽
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In case you missed the Contrarian Law Professor briefing this morning, today's topic is fare jumpers.
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Update: Nearly 40 fare jumpers in five minutes this morning.
I asked the Metro attendant if he cared about people stealing. He said, verbatim, “That’s not my job.” twitter.com/herandrews/sta…
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That's one gun for every person in the U.S. PERSON, not adult.
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Replying to @lawprofblawg
Estimated 350,000,000+ weapons in US did not kill anyone in the past 24 days. It’s not the guns that are the problem.
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