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Nathan Richardson

@nathanrichardson.bsky.social

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Law prof @JacksonvilleU. Climate, air pollution, energy, & institutions. Dad. Formerly @UofSC Law, @RFF. Believe in a better South. Build houses. Hoya Saxa, the Peloponnesian War, X squared, Y squared, H2SO4.

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 2h

Mirror universe nazi Dick Tracy?

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 3h

LES UNCRUSTABLES

Sean Marotta @smmarotta.bsky.social · 6h

My brain is such that I see this an immediately think of @lexlanham.bsky.social.

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Smucker’s sues Trader Joe’s over alleged copycat crustless sandwiches

Jif peanut butter maker J.M. Smucker Company on Monday sued Trader Joe’s in federal court, accusing the national grocery chain of infringing trademarks tied to its popular Uncrustables brand of frozen sandwiches.

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Sean Marotta @smmarotta.bsky.social · 6h

My brain is such that I see this an immediately think of @lexlanham.bsky.social.

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Smucker’s sues Trader Joe’s over alleged copycat crustless sandwiches

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 6h

Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 8h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 1d

A conservative legal group has ended a discrimination lawsuit against the University of Michigan’s flagship law journal.

Conservative group ends discrimination lawsuit against Michigan Law Review

A conservative legal group has ended a discrimination lawsuit against the University of Michigan’s flagship law journal.

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Universal good cause exceptions

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Monetized prison rape prevention

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Monetized prison rape prevention

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 3d

(forgetting the word for antibiotics) do i need cancel culture

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

Sous les pavés, la plage!

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

A temporary monument? That's just speedrun Ozymandias.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 4d

You've probably seen the photos of the "Arc de Trump," spotted in the Oval Office.

Now read our story behind the models — and how initial plans for a temporary, triumphal arch have given way to Trump's desire to build a permanent monument.

Scoopy details at @washingtonpost.com:

Trump eyes a triumphal arch to mark America’s 250th anniversary

The arch would be constructed across from the Lincoln Memorial, on a small patch of federal land currently occupied by a traffic circle.

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 4d

Trump eyes a triumphal arch to mark America’s 250th anniversary

The arch would be constructed across from the Lincoln Memorial, on a small patch of federal land currently occupied by a traffic circle.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 4d

Some Republican is currently drafting a letter to the Government Accountability Office seeking an opinion on whether Nobel Peace Prize decisions are eligible for rescission under the Congressional Review Act

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 4d

A few conferences in my field do this and it is far superior.

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 4d

Tired: color revolutions
Wired: mascot revolutions

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 4d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 4d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 4d

“Baby in her placenta” is pretty bad for a HHS secretary but it’s arguably worse for a guy with six kids. It’s impossible to not learn this stuff as a dad if you’re even remotely paying attention just once.

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 4d

I mean there's commitment to the bit and then there's overplaying it. "Was the grink there?" level annoying bro behavior.

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 4d

The thing I can't process about Trump obstructing justice and impeachably corrupting the DOJ via DM isn't that he uses Truth Social for intragovernment communication, or even that he can't figure out how to send a DM on his own platform. It's that he uses his insult nicknames in official comms.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4d

Drake sitting there reading about how good the judge thought the song was and how everyone really enjoyed it

The song contains lyrics explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat and propulsive
bassline. "Not Like Us" went on to become a cultural sensation.

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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

So skinny you can't see it either

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Got it. Matches my read quite closely, and I'm writing on it in the narrow context of the attempt to withdraw the climate endangerment finding (which is essentially an invitation to the Court to overrule Massachusetts v. EPA). Will read and likely cite your paper!

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Got it--is it fair then to understand your suggestion to be a rejection of the current administration's Presidency+Court lawmaking strategy in favor of a more small-d democratic Presidency+Congress one?

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

I agree but--devil's advocate--isn't this what Congress did after Watergate, largely w/o success (see, e.g. War Powers Act, Impoundment Control Act)?

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Ah I see "stick to sports" has escaped containment. I sort of think this ship sailed somewhere around 1618.

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As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 5d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Demonstration of effectiveness of spaced armor against kinetic energy pretreating rounds

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 8d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Vidalia onion

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Some lucrative opportunities there, though. Have you checked LinkedIn? I hear also that some institutions may grant you tenure for that.