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Nicholas Wallace

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Professor of Constitutional Law at Princeton Law School, specializing in the 18th Amendment. Former legal analyst for Crossfire.

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · Nov 26

folks please leave the comedy and “bits” on X, this site is for hard posting only. politics and complaining about customer service, that’s it

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 14h

beyond parody

"The mounted patrol is an important tool for public safety — one that helps bridge the trust gap between residents, some of whom have a less than generous view of police, and the officers tasked with protecting our city. Kids feel safer around officers on horseback, the presence of the animal offering comfort and evoking calm. This highly visible, less intimidating police presence does exactly what we want law enforcement to do: work in cooperation with the community.

And these horses aren’t just steeds, they’re living memorials bearing the names of officers who’ve died in the line of duty — the entrance to each stall is adorned with a photo and a tribute to the officer. In 2023, a horse was named in honor of Officer Ella French, who was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop in 2021.

Is Chicago really going to sell off Ella French’s horse?"

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 20h

Mask off moment for Edgewater NIMBYs

This morning, a trans person at the zoning committee told their story about being displaced from Missouri, and how we need to build more housing for other people like them who will seek refuge in Chicago. They were heckled by the crowd.

Chicago 🏳️‍⚧️🌱 @chicagotrans-plant.bsky.social · 20h

Says they need to add more housing or rents will only continue to climb and people will not be able to move here and be safe as they need to be.

An audience member yells at Alison to "leave Edgewater alone" and is escorted out of the room.

The only trans speaker was heckled by far the most.

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 23h

Shoutout to the data viz person using brown for gas. This is the way

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 2d

The reality is that for the guys who say stuff like this, being a cop in Chicago or New York is a great gig. The pay is good, benefits are great, and they get to spend 40 hours a week doing what they love (sitting in their cars watching YouTube videos on their phones)

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

I've written pretty critical stuff about Brandon Johnson in Chicago but cops said this exact same thing before his election and afaik it has not transpired at all

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 4d

For a while there every time a group of college students raised their voices they were accused of violating the first amendment via ol’ Hecklers veto. Thank god free speech is safe now

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 4d

Funny that you don’t hear the phrase “heckler’s veto” so much these days

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4d

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 4d

"Get paid to train your replacement!"

Outlier
Nick,

We think with your background in Law, you’re a great fit for Outlier AI—an AI freelance platform where law post-grads challenge the boundaries of AI and get paid while doing it.

You’ll be part of a team identifying edge cases that AI models can’t yet solve—helping shape how future models are trained and evaluated. The work is entirely remote, highly flexible (no minimum hours), and designed to challenge both the models—and you.

At Outlier AI (owned by Scale AI), we’re inviting brilliant minds like you to:

- Design challenging legal problems AI can't solve

- Learn where AI models break—and how to fix them

- Peer-review other experts’ work

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 4d

peter thiel (clutching chrome plated human skull) tell me oracle... does the world end in fire, or ice? the passionate flames of the activist thunberg, or the frozen doom yudkowski demands?

chatGPT: ✨ What a great question, Peter! ✨

Let's break that tough Q down 🕺, in your favorite epic style:

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magi processioner @magiprocessioner.bsky.social · 5d

FedSoc, the legal debate organization?

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 5d

shtop it

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 5d

Foreboding stuff from the lawyer arguing in favor of military occupation of Illinois

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 5d

Hamilton: “We can’t predict what might be necessary.”

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 5d

He appeared on a FedSoc panel in 2023 titled "Do States Enjoy a Special Solicitude?" One potentially fruitful exercise for a legal journalist would be to compare what he said about states rights then to what he's saying now in court.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICBs...

Do States Enjoy a Special Solicitude? [NLC 2023]

YouTube video by The Federalist Society

www.youtube.com

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 5d

The DOJ attorney arguing in favor of military occupation of Illinois is a Stanford FedSoc guy. Go figure

fedsoc.org/bio/eric-ham...

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5d

DOJ lawyer Eric Hamilton is now up. He says Chicago is seeing a "brazen new form of hostility from rioters targeting federal law enforcement. They are not protesters. They are the violent resistance to duly enacted immigration laws."

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 5d

Curious what happens to all the adjacent parking (which presumably was meant to serve the hospital). It doesn't seem to be part of the offering

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 5d

"we may be lame losers, but we're also morally vacuous, AND we suck at writing!" a lot to get into one headline!

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 5d

No criticism for this headline from the Chicago Tribune editorial board. It's a perfect headline, actually

Editorial: From The Free Press to CBS, Weiss’ principles are stellar journalistic ideals

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 6d

Ian. this is a family-friendly account

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 6d

Bill Belichick should coach a high school team next. His ability to connect with the younger generation would give him a huge edge

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 6d

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 6d

Meanwhile PJM is coming up with new ways to allow big gas facilities to jump all the solar and storage in the queue

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 6d

When I follow you I am saying that if you started a religious cult with you as the primary object of worship I would join it

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 6d

The "follow" dichotomy I always struggle with is "I want to see every single thing you post" vs. "I want you to know that I like and respect you." My Following feed is so overstuffed as it is, but I hate the idea that people I don't follow back might think that I don't appreciate them!

Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 6d

The "follow" button confounds "I'm looking at your content" and "I endorse this content." We need two different ways to signal the difference between the two.

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 6d

Exactly!

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 6d

Coffee has water in it, is what I'm telling myself

Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 6d

Just realized I have not had a single drop of water today. Only coffee. I don't feel drier or anything, but maybe that's because my brain is slowly shutting down

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 6d

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 6d

And here's @southsideweekly.bsky.social