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Dan Farbman
Профиль VivelyLaw Professor at BC Law, Historian of social movements and local government. Writing a book about Abolitionist Lawyering.
Currently writing about political realignment in the 1840s and 50s. And boy does this ever feel familiar.
G Elliott Morristhis is why left-wing democrats are winning so many elections recently www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-07...
This chart is so satisfying. Cherry on top of these last two months of unexpectedly amazing Boston baseball pleasure.
StatsThe Red Sox 31-5 run started with a 4-game sweep of the Yankees, and over this timeframe, the Yankees offense has been the worst in MLB. There are some incredible dark arts at work here.
The abolitionists were super patriotic. And super mad about the stuff their country did.
Jonathon BoothWilliam Lloyd Garrison on the Declaration (shortly before burning the Constitution)
Happy Loving Critique of Our Flawed Nation State Day. nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech titled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” a call for the promise of liberty be applied equally to all Americans. Douglass’s speech empha...nmaahc.si.eduIt’s never great when Justices pull a Bradwell and start talking about “the nature of things.” Tends to age poorly.
Jay WillisClarence Thomas's concurring opinion in the trans sports ban case in West Virginia contains some of the ugliest transphobic stuff I have ever seen in a legal opinion. Straight-up gleeful. Vile man. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
If you think for a second, it's pretty wild that we all agree to be governed by a Court where everything turns on what Lyman Trumbull said or how Calvin's Case was decided. Originialism insists that we quibble over the dead hands rather than govern with our own. open.substack.com/pub/postcard...
An Originalist Relation to the UniverseAn Emersonian Polemicopen.substack.comVery excited to be part of putting this together. Let us know if you want to come to Banff to talk about the history/theory of radical legal advocacy. (Space is limited, but we’ll do our best to include as many as are interested.)
Legal History BlogI mean, Bolling is clearly wrong as a matter of originalism. But that says more about originalism…
Gabriel MalorJustice Thomas, writing only for himself, says that the Fifth Amendment's due process clause does not guarantee equal protection.
Just to be very clear, SFFA did not overrule the line of cases that allow for policies like this or the 10% plan in Texas. The DOJ is free to argue whatever it wants, and god knows that SCOTUS could well accept DOJ's arguments. But this interpretation of SFFA is entrepenurial (and also very bad).
BillReverse disparate impact is such a fucking evil policy. The justice department’s position is that you can’t do class-based affirmative action because Black people tend to be poorer, so this would unfairly benefit Black people. Just resegregation. thecollegeinvestor.com/82214/doj-fi...
Watching the OG tip in highlights is bringing this very painful moment into my brain a lot. youtube.com/shorts/Wewro...
Most Painful Memory in Knicks History (1993.06.02) #shortsYouTube video by MJ23 His Airness Foreveryoutube.com