Bridget Dooling
@bridgetdooling.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Law, The Ohio State University. How firm thy friendship. Admin law, Legislation & Regulation. Former OMB/OIRA GWRegStudies GWLaw.🐝keeper. My views only.
Mais bien sûr!
French thieves have the finest taste
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Mais bien sûr!
I worked for someone like this and it soothed my soul.
Watching Columbo for the first time and as someone with a working class chip on his shoulder, seeing all these smug, monied elitists sneeringly underestimating and then being utterly destroyed by a shabby, brilliant little guy is absolutely cathartic.
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I worked for someone like this and it soothed my soul.
On the tube in London and on my way to an important event, I was in my head about it and fussing with my dress. A young woman came by before she got off at her stop. She said “you don’t need to feel anxious, you look really fantastic.”
Young people ❤️
Young people ❤️
One day when I was on the corner waiting for my son’s preschool bus to drop him off, a teenage girl walking home (the high school and the preschool got out at the same time) waved at me and said “I love your ENTIRE look EVERY DAY!”
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
On the tube in London and on my way to an important event, I was in my head about it and fussing with my dress. A young woman came by before she got off at her stop. She said “you don’t need to feel anxious, you look really fantastic.”
Young people ❤️
Young people ❤️
I keep thinking that if we do this right, dignity will be the word that defines the next decade. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I keep thinking that if we do this right, dignity will be the word that defines the next decade. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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New Paper: Presidential Control of the Civil Service.
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Presidential Control of the Civil Service
<p>Conventional wisdom treats the federal civil service as largely beyond the president’s reach. This Article challenges that assumption. Legal scholars too oft
papers.ssrn.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New Paper: Presidential Control of the Civil Service.
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Idk if I am fully up to this assignment, but I do have a working draft called haterade.doc so there’s that.
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Idk if I am fully up to this assignment, but I do have a working draft called haterade.doc so there’s that.
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Carve it into the shape of a turkey and we'll put it in an overfilled deep fryer.
what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Carve it into the shape of a turkey and we'll put it in an overfilled deep fryer.
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I beg of my fellow attorneys, trust yourselves. You’re trained to do legal research. You shouldn’t be using AI summaries but if you do, and get a case summary that sounds suspiciously on point and not only sounds like the exact question you asked the LLM, but is the answer you want, double check!
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I beg of my fellow attorneys, trust yourselves. You’re trained to do legal research. You shouldn’t be using AI summaries but if you do, and get a case summary that sounds suspiciously on point and not only sounds like the exact question you asked the LLM, but is the answer you want, double check!
Teaching Chadha today, hoooo boy the vestigial formalist in me used to be a believer but here in 2025 I simply cannot do it anymore, and so I’ll just remind folks to read @joshchafetz.bsky.social.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The <i>Chadha </i>Presidency
Where is Congress? Why hasn’t it reined in some of the worst abuses of the Trump Administration? This Article argues that a significant part of the answer to th
papers.ssrn.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Teaching Chadha today, hoooo boy the vestigial formalist in me used to be a believer but here in 2025 I simply cannot do it anymore, and so I’ll just remind folks to read @joshchafetz.bsky.social.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Chip in to keep @courtwatch.bsky.social a going concern!
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Chip in to keep @courtwatch.bsky.social a going concern!
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It's my fourth year teaching here at Michigan Law, and my fourth big game since moving to The School Up North. We love it here in Michigan, but our football loyalties remain unchanged. 🤓
Time to re-up my favorite welcome video: youtu.be/jWCFaJ0tMfE?...
Time to re-up my favorite welcome video: youtu.be/jWCFaJ0tMfE?...
The Game at Michigan Law
YouTube video by Michigan Law
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November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It's my fourth year teaching here at Michigan Law, and my fourth big game since moving to The School Up North. We love it here in Michigan, but our football loyalties remain unchanged. 🤓
Time to re-up my favorite welcome video: youtu.be/jWCFaJ0tMfE?...
Time to re-up my favorite welcome video: youtu.be/jWCFaJ0tMfE?...
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🚨ALERT🚨 We are entering the season in which I may earnestly wish you & your loved ones (a) a nice Thanksgiving; (b) a peaceful & bright December; and/or (c) health & happiness in the New Year. I really mean it. Govern yourselves accordingly.
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🚨ALERT🚨 We are entering the season in which I may earnestly wish you & your loved ones (a) a nice Thanksgiving; (b) a peaceful & bright December; and/or (c) health & happiness in the New Year. I really mean it. Govern yourselves accordingly.
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Me on DOJ’s behavior: “it’s malevolence *exacerbated* by incompetence. That’s problematic enough for the government’s credibility before federal district judges. But at some point soon, one suspects that the Supreme Court itself may well have to grapple with its consequences—or risk being duped.”
194. Another Bad Week for the Presumption of Regularity
Three different flashpoints highlight how much the Trump administration has done, in such short order, to undermine its own litigation efforts and to damage—perhaps irreparably—DOJ's credibility.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Me on DOJ’s behavior: “it’s malevolence *exacerbated* by incompetence. That’s problematic enough for the government’s credibility before federal district judges. But at some point soon, one suspects that the Supreme Court itself may well have to grapple with its consequences—or risk being duped.”
1000 times, yes!
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
1000 times, yes!
This was so fun but you know what’s even better is all the people who have DMed or texted or emailed to say hi. Admin law folks are the best.
What a rush to present this (and more) to over 1200 people today at our ABA Admin Law Conference!
Woo!!
Woo!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This was so fun but you know what’s even better is all the people who have DMed or texted or emailed to say hi. Admin law folks are the best.
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It's up! www.yalejreg.com/nc/trump-reg...
Trump Regulatory Policy: 2025 Compendium - Yale Journal on Regulation
As part of my prep for this year’s ABA Administrative Law Conference, I put together a list of the regulatory policy documents that have been issued since the start of President Trump’s second term. L...
www.yalejreg.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's up! www.yalejreg.com/nc/trump-reg...
What a rush to present this (and more) to over 1200 people today at our ABA Admin Law Conference!
Woo!!
Woo!!
It's up! www.yalejreg.com/nc/trump-reg...
Trump Regulatory Policy: 2025 Compendium - Yale Journal on Regulation
As part of my prep for this year’s ABA Administrative Law Conference, I put together a list of the regulatory policy documents that have been issued since the start of President Trump’s second term. L...
www.yalejreg.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
What a rush to present this (and more) to over 1200 people today at our ABA Admin Law Conference!
Woo!!
Woo!!
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Incredibly valuable.
It's up! www.yalejreg.com/nc/trump-reg...
Trump Regulatory Policy: 2025 Compendium - Yale Journal on Regulation
As part of my prep for this year’s ABA Administrative Law Conference, I put together a list of the regulatory policy documents that have been issued since the start of President Trump’s second term. L...
www.yalejreg.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Incredibly valuable.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
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The Against Generative AI bibliography over on my blog is now updated with full dates for each piece, making it easier to find new information (added almost daily): catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
Against Generative AI – Cate Denial
catherinedenial.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Against Generative AI bibliography over on my blog is now updated with full dates for each piece, making it easier to find new information (added almost daily): catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
Unanimous consent having a big, wild time lately!
! Chuck @schumer.senate.gov asks unanimous consent that the Senate immediately read and pass the bill to release the Epstein files, un-amended, "as soon as it comes over from the House." No objections. Motion succeeds. Bill is deemed to the Senate unanimously, will go to Trump to become law.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Unanimous consent having a big, wild time lately!
Reminded today that I don’t need huge blocks of time to crash through a bunch of work in 8-10 min segments.
Sometimes you just need to start.
I seem to learn and forget this over and over and over.
Sometimes you just need to start.
I seem to learn and forget this over and over and over.
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Reminded today that I don’t need huge blocks of time to crash through a bunch of work in 8-10 min segments.
Sometimes you just need to start.
I seem to learn and forget this over and over and over.
Sometimes you just need to start.
I seem to learn and forget this over and over and over.
@anneralph.bsky.social I just know we can find a way to bring these good people to our students.
Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
@anneralph.bsky.social I just know we can find a way to bring these good people to our students.