Jay Swanson
@jayswanson.bsky.social
Future of the Constitution Project at BCJ
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January 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Farm near Duivendrecht https://www.artic.edu/artworks/144467/
January 22, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Farm near Duivendrecht https://www.artic.edu/artworks/144467/
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If you book a hotel for $200, you should pay $200.
Today, we shut down hotel junk fees and surprise credit card holds. The price you see is the price you pay.
Today, we shut down hotel junk fees and surprise credit card holds. The price you see is the price you pay.
January 21, 2026 at 11:57 PM
If you book a hotel for $200, you should pay $200.
Today, we shut down hotel junk fees and surprise credit card holds. The price you see is the price you pay.
Today, we shut down hotel junk fees and surprise credit card holds. The price you see is the price you pay.
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Anthony is a lot nicer than me.
If you cite white supremacist segregationists in support of your position, that should be absolutely disqualifying in terms of both this specific debate and any other. This is a moral abomination.
If you cite white supremacist segregationists in support of your position, that should be absolutely disqualifying in terms of both this specific debate and any other. This is a moral abomination.
I’ve criticized Ilan for not doing source criticism. Now, he’s endorsing the Trump Administration’s bad historical methods. Not only are they just throwing random people’s opinions at the wall— long after the ratification of the 14th Amendment— but they’re citing white supremicist segregationists!
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Anthony is a lot nicer than me.
If you cite white supremacist segregationists in support of your position, that should be absolutely disqualifying in terms of both this specific debate and any other. This is a moral abomination.
If you cite white supremacist segregationists in support of your position, that should be absolutely disqualifying in terms of both this specific debate and any other. This is a moral abomination.
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[THIEF] If the movie is about anything, it's about Mann's attempt to give the audience a rush of excitement and have a hit, and at the same time be acclaimed a cinematic poet of despair. (1981)
January 20, 2026 at 5:39 PM
[THIEF] If the movie is about anything, it's about Mann's attempt to give the audience a rush of excitement and have a hit, and at the same time be acclaimed a cinematic poet of despair. (1981)
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“The federal government is not above the law.” https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/20/minnesota_ice_trump
“Not Above the Law”: Law Prof. Michele Goodwin Decries Violent ICE Activity in Minnesota
Federal agents carrying out the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration actions in Minnesota have been widely accused of using excessive force, arresting U.S. citizens, denying people access to le...
www.democracynow.org
January 20, 2026 at 3:59 PM
“The federal government is not above the law.” https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/20/minnesota_ice_trump
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Justice Jackson takes an interesting stand today. SCOTUS often waives the filing fees for indigent parties—but refuses to do so after they file multiple "frivolous" petitions. Jackson says that's unfair and dissents from the practice moving forward. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
January 20, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Justice Jackson takes an interesting stand today. SCOTUS often waives the filing fees for indigent parties—but refuses to do so after they file multiple "frivolous" petitions. Jackson says that's unfair and dissents from the practice moving forward. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
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I'll note that repealing Chadha was one of five suggested amendments agreed to by three highly politically diverse teams convened by the National Constitution Center (no. XXIX in the link). The rule of Chadha has no place in a constitutional republic. constitutioncenter.org/media/files/...
constitutioncenter.org
January 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I'll note that repealing Chadha was one of five suggested amendments agreed to by three highly politically diverse teams convened by the National Constitution Center (no. XXIX in the link). The rule of Chadha has no place in a constitutional republic. constitutioncenter.org/media/files/...
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Roofs, Washington Square - 1926
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104512
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104512
January 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Roofs, Washington Square - 1926
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104512
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104512
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Alexander Calder, Morning Star, 1943
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136804
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136804
January 16, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Alexander Calder, Morning Star, 1943
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136804
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136804
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This dude is intense and correct
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
This dude is intense and correct
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We think of the postwar world order as having been built by the US. But as Getachew makes clear, that world order was completed by the intellectual giants of the African, pan-African and African diaspora liberation movements.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
We think of the postwar world order as having been built by the US. But as Getachew makes clear, that world order was completed by the intellectual giants of the African, pan-African and African diaspora liberation movements.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
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Otto Freundlich, The Unity of Life and Death, 1936-38
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134840
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134840
January 14, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Otto Freundlich, The Unity of Life and Death, 1936-38
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134840
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134840
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Richard Anuszkiewicz, Radiant Green, 1965
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136071
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136071
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Richard Anuszkiewicz, Radiant Green, 1965
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136071
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136071
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Students at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis are walking out to protest ICE days after a clash between U.S. Border Patrol agents and protesters at the school.
📸: Jerry Holt
📸: Jerry Holt
January 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Students at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis are walking out to protest ICE days after a clash between U.S. Border Patrol agents and protesters at the school.
📸: Jerry Holt
📸: Jerry Holt
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sauvignon bloc
January 12, 2026 at 4:17 AM
sauvignon bloc
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Portrait of Orleans - 1950
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104088
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104088
January 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Portrait of Orleans - 1950
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104088
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104088
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A blistering critique of UVA’s presidential search process that also raises some serious concerns about Beardsley’s resume. That guy has got to go.
augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Inside Higher Ed frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president.
augustafreepress.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
A blistering critique of UVA’s presidential search process that also raises some serious concerns about Beardsley’s resume. That guy has got to go.
augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
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Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
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On Brooklyn Bridge by Albert Gleizes, 1917
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137435
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137435
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 AM
On Brooklyn Bridge by Albert Gleizes, 1917
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137435
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137435
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Evening - The Watch (after Millet) - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14559
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14559
January 10, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Evening - The Watch (after Millet) - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14559
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14559