Justin Levitt
@justinlevitt.bsky.social
If you're eligible & want to vote, making sure you can, it's meaningful, and it sticks. Pro-democracy, pro-republic. He/his. Loyola law prof, former WH, former DOJ, former Natl Voter Protection Dir, forever NJDevils fan
This will, unfortunately, not be the last opportunity for material. (Though it may well be the last opportunity for Halligan to provide it as a lawyer.)
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This will, unfortunately, not be the last opportunity for material. (Though it may well be the last opportunity for Halligan to provide it as a lawyer.)
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Yeah, but also what about Barreto surreptitiously hoarding that sweet Soros cash without so much as hosting a great junket conference for the field?
Jerry Smith blowing some big whistles here.
Jerry Smith blowing some big whistles here.
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Yeah, but also what about Barreto surreptitiously hoarding that sweet Soros cash without so much as hosting a great junket conference for the field?
Jerry Smith blowing some big whistles here.
Jerry Smith blowing some big whistles here.
Well, there's no basis to undo (or even pause) California.
So yeah, I'm going to continue to maintain my capacity for surprise if/when SCOTUS does lawless things. Because the alternative seems like letting them off the hook pretty easy.
So yeah, I'm going to continue to maintain my capacity for surprise if/when SCOTUS does lawless things. Because the alternative seems like letting them off the hook pretty easy.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Well, there's no basis to undo (or even pause) California.
So yeah, I'm going to continue to maintain my capacity for surprise if/when SCOTUS does lawless things. Because the alternative seems like letting them off the hook pretty easy.
So yeah, I'm going to continue to maintain my capacity for surprise if/when SCOTUS does lawless things. Because the alternative seems like letting them off the hook pretty easy.
You're (obvs) not wrong about the possibility.
But it doesn't seem particularly likely that a majority of the Callais Court is likely to favor a _greater_ use of race in redistricting. And TX is dead to rights under existing law.
Put differently: hard to see a stay as law, rather than pure power.
But it doesn't seem particularly likely that a majority of the Callais Court is likely to favor a _greater_ use of race in redistricting. And TX is dead to rights under existing law.
Put differently: hard to see a stay as law, rather than pure power.
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
You're (obvs) not wrong about the possibility.
But it doesn't seem particularly likely that a majority of the Callais Court is likely to favor a _greater_ use of race in redistricting. And TX is dead to rights under existing law.
Put differently: hard to see a stay as law, rather than pure power.
But it doesn't seem particularly likely that a majority of the Callais Court is likely to favor a _greater_ use of race in redistricting. And TX is dead to rights under existing law.
Put differently: hard to see a stay as law, rather than pure power.
The opinion is also both really smart and really careful. It takes Purcell and the obligation to weigh the timing of coming elections seriously.
These judges came loaded for bear.
These judges came loaded for bear.
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The opinion is also both really smart and really careful. It takes Purcell and the obligation to weigh the timing of coming elections seriously.
These judges came loaded for bear.
These judges came loaded for bear.
The opinion is full of delicious snark.
And so obviously right on the law where the illegally partisan DOJ letter that triggered the whole nonsense was so obviously wrong.
redistricting.lls.edu/wp-content/u...
And so obviously right on the law where the illegally partisan DOJ letter that triggered the whole nonsense was so obviously wrong.
redistricting.lls.edu/wp-content/u...
redistricting.lls.edu
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The opinion is full of delicious snark.
And so obviously right on the law where the illegally partisan DOJ letter that triggered the whole nonsense was so obviously wrong.
redistricting.lls.edu/wp-content/u...
And so obviously right on the law where the illegally partisan DOJ letter that triggered the whole nonsense was so obviously wrong.
redistricting.lls.edu/wp-content/u...
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I decided to convert dollars to centimeters. That allows us to visualize, for example, the distance between having no money and being at poverty level — about four city blocks.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I decided to convert dollars to centimeters. That allows us to visualize, for example, the distance between having no money and being at poverty level — about four city blocks.
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