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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 8h

“It feels like there’s been a real shift over the last six months or so in terms of the public just becoming aware of what data centers are,” said Ben Green, assistant professor of information at the University of Michigan. “And becoming increasingly skeptical.”

Towns are saying no to AI data centers. One got sued over it.

A developer sued a Michigan township after it voted against a data center proposal. Cities in Ohio and Missouri have explored data center bans.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 13h

How I Expect the Supreme Court to Kill Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Callais (If It Does So): Not By Direct Overruling but By Pretending They Are Simply Reinterpreting the Meaning of Section 2 electionlawblog.org?p=152471

How I Expect the Supreme Court to Kill Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Callais (If It Does So): Not By Direct Overruling but By Pretending They Are Simply Reinterpreting the Meaning of Section 2...

I’ve written of good reason to believe the Supreme Court is going to sap Section 2 of its power in the Louisiana v. Callais case, being argued on Wednesday. I won’t rehash those arguments here. Instea...

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Law + Tech News Bot @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org · 14h

TL;DR: Elon Musk faces increasing scrutiny from regulators as he pushes the boundaries of innovation in the transportation sector, raising significant questions about the intersection of technology and compliance.

Elon Musk vs. the regulators | TechCrunch

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.”

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 12h

“A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes from a library’s children & young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday… “I don’t regret standing up for the First Amendment in any way”

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13h

The lack of regulation is allowing untransparent and potentially harmful technologies, like AI-written police reports, to flourish. California, tell Governor Newsom he must sign SB 524. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

California, Tell Governor Newsom: Regulate AI Police Reports and Sign

Californians should urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign S.B. 524: a common-sense bill that takes important first-step reforms to regulate police reports written by generative AI. This is crucial, as

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Jonathon Booth @jboothhistory.bsky.social · 11h

This is a good idea. Especially if the list contains links to footage etc to be used in courts and at hearings

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11h

This is infuriating. She excuses the orders as "preliminary," but that's an argument for applying settled law or preserving the status quo. Allowing POTUS to disregard Congressional appropriations and fire independent agency heads are neither, they're a radical restructuring of Constitutional order.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Aoife Nolan @aoifenolan.bsky.social · 20h

Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 20h

Going on @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social shortly to talk about the Supreme Court’s ongoing reign of terror over our constitutional democracy

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20h

No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.

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ICYMI (Law) @icymilaw.org · 19h

ICYMI, this was yesterday's 🔥 news item among the law-type folks I know. See context at https://icymilaw.org/archive/2025-10-12.html#news (daily news digest). Article here 👇

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Fighting for the independence of the judiciary matters. We know this is true, because Trump is trying to take it away. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

When they Bukele the Courts

When Kilmar Abrego Garcia was first deported to El Salvador and his lawyers went to court, arguing an immigration judge had previously prohibited it, Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff,...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Nixon’s crimes look like harmless high school pranks compared to the now-daily unprecedented illegal & unconstitutional crimes being committed daily by this president & his staff

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 1d

Whatever you think of the propriety of their decision to talk to the NYT, the fact that federal judges did so — reportedly more than three dozen! — means they are pulling the proverbial fire alarm.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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David Brody @dbrody.bsky.social · 1d

For judges even to be talking to NYT, even anonymously, is a huge break in norms that signals a crisis in the judiciary.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not pro-Hamas. I'm not 'antifa' (other than thinking fascism is in fact, bad). I dont hate America. I've spent my career supporting the U.S. military.

But I'll be out on the 18th, because I support our Constitution, our freedoms, and the rule of law 🇺🇸

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

District court judges, appointed by presidents from Reagan to Biden (including Trump I), seem to understand the assignment more than most law firms. This is curious because the data shows that lawyers as a whole are more liberal on average than federal judges

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 3d

Perry asks directly whether the feds started the alleged violence in Chicago.

She asks whether it matters if the inability to execute the law was "caused by the federal agents."

Hamilton: "No, your honor."

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 1d

Me the parent: “Wash your hands. Wash your hands. Wash your hands or I’ll—y’know what threetwoone I’m doing it for you”

Me the lawyer: That’s hardly notice and an opportunity to cure

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

“Will OpenAI send police to your door if you advocate for AI regulation? Nathan Calvin, a lawyer who shapes policies surrounding the technology at Encode AI, claims OpenAI did just that.”

OpenAI allegedly sent police to an AI regulation advocate’s door

OpenAI reportedly wanted to find out if the advocates received funding from Elon Musk.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1d

ICYMI: On Oct. 10, Judge Paula Xinis held an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s habeas corpus case to determine whether the government is unlawfully detaining him for punitive and political reasons.

Read @rparloff.bsky.social's play-by-play of the hearing below

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 1d

In the week ahead Judge Xinis may order well Abrego Garcia's release (triggering immediate emergency appeals). To see why, here's my live account for @lawfaremedia.org of Friday's remarkable evidentiary hearing—in either text form or original bsky thread. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/abre...

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Important piece by Prof. Kate Andrias. This is why treating SCOTUS as the only word on the Constitution gives away our power as citizens.

As I frequently say “we are founders and framers” of the next iteration of democracy in this country.
GIFT LINK
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 1d

UNC ought to be very ashamed here, particularly b/c numerous courts have ruled that these federal guidelines are based on the President’s EO, which has been unconstitutionally vague under the First Amendment

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

www.dailytarheel.com/article/e9c7...

UNC ends Black Student Movement's 52-year 'co-ownership' of Upendo Lounge

BSM President Adam Sherif said administrators cited new federal guidelines that instruct all federally funded entities to ensure they are not engaging in "discriminatory practices, including those lab...

www.dailytarheel.com

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