Richard Heppner 🤷🏼♂️
@rlheppner.bsky.social
Law Prof at Duquesne Kline Law (Civ Pro, Fed Courts) • Former Appellate Attorney • English PhD (Modernism) • Posts too infrequently to have a brand. • Overeducated, overtired, underwhelmed. • see also id. @ 🐘, 🧵 • he/him
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I will be traveling on this famous Altoona curve today!
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I will be traveling on this famous Altoona curve today!
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Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
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Lotsa Far Sides here, but this one gets me.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Lotsa Far Sides here, but this one gets me.
Now this is a truly bonkers entry into the whole cake vs. pie fracas. Cheesecake is actually the worst cake. And I’m not afraid to say it.
I get a lot of hate for this view and in turn I'd only ask if you've ever had a pie as good as a typical cheesecake. The answer is no, you have not. Cheesecake invalidates the whole pie category. Hell, regular cake barely survives the cheesecake onslaught on the strength of carrot cake alone.
The dirty secret of pies is that they have the lowest ceiling potential of all sweets. Your best pie is merely fine. Your median pie is bad.
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Now this is a truly bonkers entry into the whole cake vs. pie fracas. Cheesecake is actually the worst cake. And I’m not afraid to say it.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I’m enough of a fuddy-duddy to dislike this use of “turn-of-the-century.”
This image of John Linneman's turn-of-the-century PC gaming setup is well on its way to becoming a gaming cultural icon: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/joh...
John Linneman's Retro PC Corner: From Meme to Cultural Icon
An image that may even outlive Digital Foundry itself.
www.digitalfoundry.net
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’m enough of a fuddy-duddy to dislike this use of “turn-of-the-century.”
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[Enter two other Senators with a Messenger.]
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
[Enter two other Senators with a Messenger.]
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
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Final version! Must read. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
Interim Orders, the Presidency, and Judicial Supremacy - Harvard Law Review
Article III protects federal judges with life tenure and salary guarantees. But politics still impacts federal courts, especially the Supreme Court.
harvardlawreview.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Final version! Must read. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
What perfect album came out the year I turned 16?
(I’m old.)
(I’m old.)
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
What perfect album came out the year I turned 16?
(I’m old.)
(I’m old.)
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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In the brief, Jane Manners argues that the history is clear: presidents don’t have unfettered authority to remove independent agency officials, such as FTC Commissioner Slaughter. Read: bit.ly/4nSvm9B
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In the brief, Jane Manners argues that the history is clear: presidents don’t have unfettered authority to remove independent agency officials, such as FTC Commissioner Slaughter. Read: bit.ly/4nSvm9B
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Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
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Reminds me of my favorite student response from a teaching evaluation form:
Q “What aspects of … Richard Heppner’s teaching could be changed to better support student learning?”
A “I don’t think Professor Heppner could teach this class better than he does.”
Q “What aspects of … Richard Heppner’s teaching could be changed to better support student learning?”
A “I don’t think Professor Heppner could teach this class better than he does.”
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Reminds me of my favorite student response from a teaching evaluation form:
Q “What aspects of … Richard Heppner’s teaching could be changed to better support student learning?”
A “I don’t think Professor Heppner could teach this class better than he does.”
Q “What aspects of … Richard Heppner’s teaching could be changed to better support student learning?”
A “I don’t think Professor Heppner could teach this class better than he does.”
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Would you ask a judge to declare a house haunted? What about suing a fortune-teller for mispredicting your future? Should the law even allow these claims?
If you write about law, believer or sceptic, you can contribute to our book on Supernatural Law: Regulating the Paranormal.
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If you write about law, believer or sceptic, you can contribute to our book on Supernatural Law: Regulating the Paranormal.
tinyurl.com/46jwmcnh
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Would you ask a judge to declare a house haunted? What about suing a fortune-teller for mispredicting your future? Should the law even allow these claims?
If you write about law, believer or sceptic, you can contribute to our book on Supernatural Law: Regulating the Paranormal.
tinyurl.com/46jwmcnh
If you write about law, believer or sceptic, you can contribute to our book on Supernatural Law: Regulating the Paranormal.
tinyurl.com/46jwmcnh
Watching BlueSky dive into document review.
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Watching BlueSky dive into document review.
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Isn’t that what Space Force does?
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Isn’t that what Space Force does?
These people are all so self-important. I like NEVER use the “high importance” flag for emails. These are full of them.
genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
These people are all so self-important. I like NEVER use the “high importance” flag for emails. These are full of them.
Isn’t that what Space Force does?
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Isn’t that what Space Force does?
Doe anyone else dislike this news-y stylistic tic?
"John shot the victim, officials say."
"The economy is rebounding, some economists posit."
I feel like putting the "officials say" or "some economists posit" at the end deemphasizes it, and leaves the impression that the foregoing is true.
"John shot the victim, officials say."
"The economy is rebounding, some economists posit."
I feel like putting the "officials say" or "some economists posit" at the end deemphasizes it, and leaves the impression that the foregoing is true.
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Doe anyone else dislike this news-y stylistic tic?
"John shot the victim, officials say."
"The economy is rebounding, some economists posit."
I feel like putting the "officials say" or "some economists posit" at the end deemphasizes it, and leaves the impression that the foregoing is true.
"John shot the victim, officials say."
"The economy is rebounding, some economists posit."
I feel like putting the "officials say" or "some economists posit" at the end deemphasizes it, and leaves the impression that the foregoing is true.
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i don't think my television needs an AI Concierge
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
i don't think my television needs an AI Concierge
No way this would ever be directly addressed by politics. What’ll happen is meat will just get more and more expensive, thanks either to climate- or regulatory-change.
i'm convinced if we ever tried to touch the rail of meat politics in America (something that's going to eventually need to happen in order to reduce CO2 emissions), it would lead to a huge right-wing shock
remembering the time a random catholic priest got mad at me about a hypothetical about the government restricting meat production on the other site
meat politics is going to be insane for the next Dem administration which takes climate change seriously, imo
meat politics is going to be insane for the next Dem administration which takes climate change seriously, imo
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
No way this would ever be directly addressed by politics. What’ll happen is meat will just get more and more expensive, thanks either to climate- or regulatory-change.