Joe Dunman
@joedunman.bsky.social
Asst. Prof @Louisville Law (torts, writing, religion, employment)
Former: Mng. Attny @Ky. Comm. on Human Rights, prof @MoreheadState, and lawyer for KY plaintiffs in Obergefell.
Scholarship:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2147917
Former: Mng. Attny @Ky. Comm. on Human Rights, prof @MoreheadState, and lawyer for KY plaintiffs in Obergefell.
Scholarship:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2147917
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"A Texas A&M University appeals panel has unanimously ruled that the school was “not justified” when it fired a lecturer who had been accused of teaching a course that recognized more than two genders...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Texas A&M Was Wrong to Fire Professor Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"A Texas A&M University appeals panel has unanimously ruled that the school was “not justified” when it fired a lecturer who had been accused of teaching a course that recognized more than two genders...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
This is a great guide to the vast difference in quality among 1L exam answers, but I’ll add one more piece of advice: ask each professor what a good answer looks like to them. Kerr’s A+ may be different than Dunman’s A+, even if just a little bit (perhaps structurally rather than substantively).
Especially for the 1Ls out there, preparing for their 1st set of law school exams, I wrote this post back in 2007 about how to get a good grade on a law school issue spotter. The post, "Bad Answers, Good Answers, and Terrific Answers," is available here:
volokh.com/posts/116838...
volokh.com/posts/116838...
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is a great guide to the vast difference in quality among 1L exam answers, but I’ll add one more piece of advice: ask each professor what a good answer looks like to them. Kerr’s A+ may be different than Dunman’s A+, even if just a little bit (perhaps structurally rather than substantively).
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Make MTG mean Magic: The Gathering again
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Make MTG mean Magic: The Gathering again
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““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
We can just do things. We’re not merely passive observers of the world around us.
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We can just do things. We’re not merely passive observers of the world around us.
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“How to Monetize Your Own Failures Through the Magic of Bigotry”
As first reported by @msjpauly.bsky.social and @pablo.show, the Harris County GOP gave Riley Gaines $25,000 to speak at the 2025 Lincoln Reagan Dinner with Gov. Greg Abbott. Here's a little more context on that, plus Gaines' relationship with the Texas GOP: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Harris County GOP paid anti-trans activist Riley Gaines $25K to speak
Business is booming for Riley Gaines.
www.chron.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“How to Monetize Your Own Failures Through the Magic of Bigotry”
5-0
a man wearing glasses and a red shirt with a cardinals logo
Alt: UofL basketball coach Pat Kelsey.
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
5-0
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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Around 40 children adopted during National Adoption Day in Jefferson County
Around 40 children adopted during National Adoption Day in Jefferson County
Friday was National Adoption Day at Jefferson County Circuit Court, where about 40 young people were adopted by their foster families.
www.wlky.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Around 40 children adopted during National Adoption Day in Jefferson County
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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I'm so heartened to hear that Raffi took time to share his wisdom. No doubt these lucky students learned a lot--both in terms of nuts-and-bolts lawyering skills and professionalism and decency. Our students need more, good adjuncts like him.
A quick 🧵 with some tips for lawyers who want to.
A quick 🧵 with some tips for lawyers who want to.
I finished teaching my class on Texas trial and appellate procedure.
It's such a privilege to get to talk at these young(er) folks for three months and share some of what I love about my job with them. I hope they think of at least one or two of my stories one day facing a tough issue.
It's such a privilege to get to talk at these young(er) folks for three months and share some of what I love about my job with them. I hope they think of at least one or two of my stories one day facing a tough issue.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I'm so heartened to hear that Raffi took time to share his wisdom. No doubt these lucky students learned a lot--both in terms of nuts-and-bolts lawyering skills and professionalism and decency. Our students need more, good adjuncts like him.
A quick 🧵 with some tips for lawyers who want to.
A quick 🧵 with some tips for lawyers who want to.
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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CALL FOR PAPERS! The University of Louisville Law Review is hosting a symposium on Defense of Democratic Institutions and is seeking contributing scholars. Paper deadline is December 15. uofllawreview.org/symposium-1
University of Louisville Law Review
The University of Louisville Law Review holds an annual symposium that features the works of authors in a specific area of the law.
uofllawreview.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS! The University of Louisville Law Review is hosting a symposium on Defense of Democratic Institutions and is seeking contributing scholars. Paper deadline is December 15. uofllawreview.org/symposium-1
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#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
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"And I guess that’s why I hate AI in the classroom as much as I do. Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection."
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"And I guess that’s why I hate AI in the classroom as much as I do. Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection."
Pretty embarrassing logo placement for Kentucky's other big university.
We partnered with @pablo.show to investigate Riley Gaines' rise to MAGA stardom. @msjpauly.bsky.social dug up docs that reveal the right-wing funders behind her ascent and spoke to puzzled teammates who wonder what happened to her.
Read ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
Watch/listen www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKUl...
Read ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
Watch/listen www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKUl...
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
ow.ly
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Pretty embarrassing logo placement for Kentucky's other big university.
Avs not too concerned about defense tonight.
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Avs not too concerned about defense tonight.
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Everyone sees a constitutional fight. The only reason this law was passed was to set up a case to give conservatives on SCOTUS the opportunity to overrule Stone v Graham and McCreary County v ACLU since it has already formally ditched the Lemon test and gutted endorsement. It's 100% test case.
Texas schools are hanging the Ten Commandments in classrooms under a new law. Some see a moral guide — others see a constitutional fight.
Beliefs clash among students, parents and teachers as the Ten Commandments go up in Texas classrooms
A new Texas law says every public school classroom must display a poster listing the Ten Commandments.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Everyone sees a constitutional fight. The only reason this law was passed was to set up a case to give conservatives on SCOTUS the opportunity to overrule Stone v Graham and McCreary County v ACLU since it has already formally ditched the Lemon test and gutted endorsement. It's 100% test case.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
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Remember, O Lord, what thou hast wrought in us and not what we deserve
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Remember, O Lord, what thou hast wrought in us and not what we deserve
It did not occur to me, a person whose brain has not been totally turned to mush by online propaganda, that federal courts letting state courts make their own state law is actually bad for federalism.
Judge Oldham's call for the end of certifying questions from CA5 to state Supreme Courts includes this somewhat inexplicable shot at this here website.
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It did not occur to me, a person whose brain has not been totally turned to mush by online propaganda, that federal courts letting state courts make their own state law is actually bad for federalism.
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#UPDATE: A fourth Indiana Senate Republican has experienced a swatting attempt amid the legislature's contentious mid-decade redistricting fight. www.indystar.com/story/…
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
#UPDATE: A fourth Indiana Senate Republican has experienced a swatting attempt amid the legislature's contentious mid-decade redistricting fight. www.indystar.com/story/…
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#NEW: A third Republican senator from Indiana has been targeted in a swatting incident the morning of Nov. 20 as pressure on redistricting holdouts continues to mount. www.indystar.com/story/…
Police thwart 'swatting' attempt of 3rd Indiana lawmaker, amid Trump's redistricting push
Sen. Spencer Deery was notified that someone had falsely reported domestic abuse at his address and threatened violence to officers who responded.
www.indystar.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
#NEW: A third Republican senator from Indiana has been targeted in a swatting incident the morning of Nov. 20 as pressure on redistricting holdouts continues to mount. www.indystar.com/story/…