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We're delighted to hear it! Your students might also enjoy this exchange between @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social and @lookheron.bsky.social on the merits and limitations of the Biden Administration's update to regulatory CBA:
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Rewiring Regulatory Review
Last month, the Biden Administration released a long-awaited overhaul of the regulatory review process. Although these changes are aimed at a highly technical and behind-the-scenes process…
lpeproject.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We're delighted to hear it! Your students might also enjoy this exchange between @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social and @lookheron.bsky.social on the merits and limitations of the Biden Administration's update to regulatory CBA:
lpeproject.org/blog/rewirin...
lpeproject.org/blog/some-sh...
lpeproject.org/blog/rewirin...
lpeproject.org/blog/some-sh...
And in a new article, @alvinvelazquez.bsky.social considers the extent to which cities like San Francisco, New York, and Chicago can use bankruptcy to politically resist Trump’s withholding of federal funds.
Bankruptcy as Political Resistance
<p>Litigation against President Trump for withholding federal funds from cities in his “war on woke” has taken place either in Article III courts under the Admi
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November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
And in a new article, @alvinvelazquez.bsky.social considers the extent to which cities like San Francisco, New York, and Chicago can use bankruptcy to politically resist Trump’s withholding of federal funds.
At @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, Andrew Perry helps makes sense of Mamdani’s upcoming budget, by looking at the constraints and opportunities of NYC’s unique public spending model.
Mamdani's First Budget | Andrew Perry
Image and reality of New York City’s finances
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
At @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, Andrew Perry helps makes sense of Mamdani’s upcoming budget, by looking at the constraints and opportunities of NYC’s unique public spending model.
At @legalform.bsky.social, @mariethogersen.bsky.social discusses international law’s fetishistic character.
International Law as Ideology: A Commodity Form Approach — Marie Thøgersen
‘Doctrinal international legal scholars contribute to the reproduction of [a] fantasy: They reproduce and give legitimacy to particular ideas as autonomous forces, reifying the dynamics of so…
legalform.blog
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
At @legalform.bsky.social, @mariethogersen.bsky.social discusses international law’s fetishistic character.
In @thenation.com, @brettchristophers.bsky.social discusses how to understand the effects of private equity and whether the industry’s moment is drawing to a close.
Can We Blame Private Equity for Everything?
Did PE firms make the world worse? Or was it something else?
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In @thenation.com, @brettchristophers.bsky.social discusses how to understand the effects of private equity and whether the industry’s moment is drawing to a close.
In @dissentmag.bsky.social, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social makes the case for a third reconstruction.
The Case for a Third Reconstruction - Dissent Magazine
The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking.
dissentmagazine.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In @dissentmag.bsky.social, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social makes the case for a third reconstruction.
In a new report for from @publicenterprise.bsky.social, Advait Arun offers a comprehensive analysis of the capital structure of the AI sector and tackles the question that every policymaker should be asking: What happens in a bust?
Bubble or Nothing
Policymakers concerned about the deployment of clean energy and compute-focused infrastructure over the long term need a framework for managing the uncertainty in the AI sector's investment landscape—...
publicenterprise.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In a new report for from @publicenterprise.bsky.social, Advait Arun offers a comprehensive analysis of the capital structure of the AI sector and tackles the question that every policymaker should be asking: What happens in a bust?
From @knightcolumbia.org, a new CFP for Lawyering Without Law: The Legal Profession in an Age of Authoritarianism. Abstracts due December 5.
Call for Proposals: Lawyering Without Law: The Legal Profession in an Age of Authoritarianism
knightcolumbia.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
From @knightcolumbia.org, a new CFP for Lawyering Without Law: The Legal Profession in an Age of Authoritarianism. Abstracts due December 5.