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Carissa Byrne Hessick
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It's a big deal that DA Gascon is leaving the California District Attorneys Association.We at @ppp_unc have been studying prosecutor associations. Our work is not yet done, but so far
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I'm curious whether folks who complain about Ginni Thomas's political activism have thought about the gender implications of saying that people with very successful spouses need to pipe down and
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I completely understand why people are angry about this. But the truth is that the criminal justice system routinely fails to prosecute people who are obviously guilty of crimes. It’s
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I'm not interested in laying blame on anyone for the filibuster or it's selective demise.But I am *very* interested in Bryan's first point about the filibuster and constitutional design. A
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I appreciate that most people want to talk about this as Turley being hypocritical. But we should also see this as a serious breach of academic ethics and professionalism.https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1351170067908722689 Turley
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So this thread I wrote this morning was discovered by a bunch of election fraud truthers. It’s really depressing to read their comments.https://twitter.com/cbhessick/status/1349699750547755012 Among other things, it is incredibly clear
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For all of the smart people (including some lawyers who follow me!) who keep saying that they have unanswered questions about problems with the election, please read this. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-attorney-georgia-fraud/20
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So strange that Law & Crime article questioning whether the Capitol rioters could be prosecuted for felony murder and it *never discusses* the most obvious predicate felony—burglary https://lawandcrime.com/legal-analysis/could-the-cap
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I have seen so many people (including folks on #lawtwitter) comparing what happened at the Capitol yesterday with the violence and property damage that happened in some cities during protests
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Let’s talk about this story. It discusses a NJ bill that is designed to make sentencing less harsh. The bill is being held up because a lawmaker introduced an amendment
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One thing that I really like about traditional legal scholarship is that it asks the writer to deal with legal issues in the abstract.That helps to ensure that legal principles
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I pay $900 a month on my student loansI graduated from law school in 2002I drive a Subaruhttps://twitter.com/michaelbd/status/1328169952558395393 As a professor at a public university, I make a lot more
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