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The unitary executive strikes again! Remember how it was all about The People being able to know where accountability for important decisions should lie? Ah, good times.

I was worried that there were not going to be too many journals opening for the fall cycle. I *did not* have on my bingo card that journals would already open and close before August 1!

NOOOOOOO!!! Do *not* take this advice if you are lucky enough to live in a jurisdiction w/ something approach blind justice. As long as systems are imperfect (so forever), good & bad guys alike are perfectly justified in claiming their rights. Browse the Innocence Project site if you have doubts.

Was great to be back on Doug Berman’s Drugs on the Docket podcast with my friend & colleague @joeljohnson13.bsky.social to break down the Hemani decision & the Supreme Court’s many Second Amendment failings. 👇 Full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... youtu.be/TfxIjlZFdNQ?...

U.S. v. Hemani Decision | S4 E3 Teaser | Drugs on the Docket #shorts #podcast #supremecourtYouTube video by The Ohio State University Moritz College of Lawyoutu.be

Permit less carry rapidly spread over the last decade and a half. Because of its recency, there’s been little systemic research on its effects. This new paper finds that it makes society meaningfully worse off.

It is a hate crime to send an email like this in July

Is this what they call a Freudian slip 😬

I forgot to get any pictures but we just had a fantastic discussion about the most recent Second Amendment cases & what to expect from the assault weapons case next Term with @kevinschascheck.bsky.social @msmith750.bsky.social @slukemorgan.bsky.social & many others at #SEALS2026

Nothing like digging into a trashy beach read to relax before a panel later today on the Second Amendment at #SEALS2026

Kinda wished I didn't ask this question because all it did was make me hyperaware of every sign-off now--& all the different ways people interpret it!

Fantastic piece by Daniel Harawa on the Court’s selective 2nd Am rules: “if the court wants to continue with this historical mode of const’l interpretation, it must confront how the more unsavory moments of our history shape our understanding of the Constitution.” www.scotusblog.com/2026/07/the-...

The history the court would rather not seewww.scotusblog.com

Not sure I've ever read a book review as devastating as Julius Goebel on Crosskey. For a small taste: "Let it be said at once that Mr. Crosskey's performance, measured by even the least exacting of scholarly standards, is in the reviewer's opinion without merit." www.jstor.org/stable/1119888

The Fifth Circuit is a hot mess.

It me. I include a nifty flow chart showing the eleventy billion (aka at least 12) questions and sub- & sub-sub questions that Bruen demands.

🚨 HUGE: The 3rd Cir creates a circuit split, becoming the first CoA to rule that assault weapon & large capacity magazine bans violate the Second Amendment. I haven’t had time to read it thru yet but the Supreme Court is set to hear this issue next Term. www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/242...

NEW: 9th Cir denies rehearing en banc in a facial Second Amendment challenge to CA's switchblade regulations. Unsurprisingly, VanDyke has a dissent that is a tantrum. Delusionally, he thinks Bruen is quite clear! Thanks for the hate-cite, though, I guess 🤷‍♂️ cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...

What are the best and worst email sign-offs? I usually use “Thanks” or “Best” but occasionally switch to “Sincerely” when those feel insufficient. “Regards” sounds a tad formal/old fashioned.

This dude has the audacity to talk about essential “habits of thought & culture” required for const’l democracy to work while repeatedly defending the party & president most vocally opposed to those values. How can one so utterly fail to see the biggest threat to the project of const’l democracy?