Jessica Silbey
@jessicasilbey.bsky.social
Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar in Law, Associate Dean, Boston University School of Law
https://www.bu.edu/law/profile/jessica-silbey/
https://www.bu.edu/law/profile/jessica-silbey/
Keith Dresser's wife here. "Boss" requires context. I'll leave it there. But also, he knows more about these recipes than anyone. So go to the source! (Tip: he's not on bsky)
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Keith Dresser's wife here. "Boss" requires context. I'll leave it there. But also, he knows more about these recipes than anyone. So go to the source! (Tip: he's not on bsky)
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"What I see in this decision is the court’s attempt to buy time, through procedural mechanisms, to avoid deciding a question that it would rather see decided by the political process," says @jessicasilbey.bsky.social.
June 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"What I see in this decision is the court’s attempt to buy time, through procedural mechanisms, to avoid deciding a question that it would rather see decided by the political process," says @jessicasilbey.bsky.social.
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It features pieces from @orlylobel.bsky.social, @ariezra.bsky.social, Aleksander Goranin, @matthewsag.bsky.social, Peter K. Yu, @jessicasilbey.bsky.social, @nicholson.bsky.social, and @saragerke.bsky.social!
July 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It features pieces from @orlylobel.bsky.social, @ariezra.bsky.social, Aleksander Goranin, @matthewsag.bsky.social, Peter K. Yu, @jessicasilbey.bsky.social, @nicholson.bsky.social, and @saragerke.bsky.social!
If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me."
February 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me."
"But any assistant U.S. attorney would know that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials, in this way.
February 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"But any assistant U.S. attorney would know that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials, in this way.
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Let’s not pretend this is some complex legal question only special elites like JD Vance can understand. Everyone can see what Trump and Musk are claiming power to do — raze the federal bureaucracy to the ground in contravention of the congressional statutes that build, regulate, and protect it.
February 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Let’s not pretend this is some complex legal question only special elites like JD Vance can understand. Everyone can see what Trump and Musk are claiming power to do — raze the federal bureaucracy to the ground in contravention of the congressional statutes that build, regulate, and protect it.
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The infiltrator’s name is John Williams.
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The infiltrator’s name is John Williams.
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...