Victoria Litman
@victorialitman.bsky.social
Visiting Professor of Law @rwulaw.bsky.social & Fellow @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social
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Check out our new digital symposium on Bill of Health titled The PULSE of Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality. We will be publishing one post per day for the next week. Get started here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/11/24/t...
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Check out our new digital symposium on Bill of Health titled The PULSE of Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality. We will be publishing one post per day for the next week. Get started here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/11/24/t...
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I had so much fun with the students in my First Amendment class this semester.
Honestly, being a law professor is a great gig.
Honestly, being a law professor is a great gig.
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I had so much fun with the students in my First Amendment class this semester.
Honestly, being a law professor is a great gig.
Honestly, being a law professor is a great gig.
I missed this too. Demonstrates a lingering threat of an informal policy of federal non enforcement when it comes to federal marijuana laws. Hate to see it.
I missed this cross-enforcement case from April, in which the 1st Circuit held that a state officer in a state where marijuana is legal can conduct a Terry stop of a car based on the smell of weed—evidence of a *federal* marijuana violation. scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
August 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I missed this too. Demonstrates a lingering threat of an informal policy of federal non enforcement when it comes to federal marijuana laws. Hate to see it.
Welp—glad I wasn’t working on my education law case study over the weekend. Would have had to do a significant rewrite. Might still have to make some major edits in the next couple of weeks. Maybe we could live in less interesting times?
July 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Welp—glad I wasn’t working on my education law case study over the weekend. Would have had to do a significant rewrite. Might still have to make some major edits in the next couple of weeks. Maybe we could live in less interesting times?
For no particular reason (all the reasons) I’ve been thinking about anti-commandeering
April 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
For no particular reason (all the reasons) I’ve been thinking about anti-commandeering
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Your friendly reminder that it is literally a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison for the President, Vice President, or any employee of the White House to directly or indirectly ask the IRS to open an investigation into any specific taxpayer.
April 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Your friendly reminder that it is literally a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison for the President, Vice President, or any employee of the White House to directly or indirectly ask the IRS to open an investigation into any specific taxpayer.
Nothing hits quite like the last Sunday before the last day of class for the year! 28 out of the last 32ish weeks I've had to do a new prep for a Monday class. This time next week I won't have a Monday class to prepare for, and I am jazzed. (And also, so grateful and proud of this last year.)
April 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Nothing hits quite like the last Sunday before the last day of class for the year! 28 out of the last 32ish weeks I've had to do a new prep for a Monday class. This time next week I won't have a Monday class to prepare for, and I am jazzed. (And also, so grateful and proud of this last year.)
Hot tip if you're feeling burnt out -- do a writing challenge. Write every day for an extended period of time about whatever you want. I started March 1 and I haven't been able to stop. (I've stopped posted to Substack but the urge to write has sustained)
April 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hot tip if you're feeling burnt out -- do a writing challenge. Write every day for an extended period of time about whatever you want. I started March 1 and I haven't been able to stop. (I've stopped posted to Substack but the urge to write has sustained)
eyeballs deep in federalism theory and loving it
April 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
eyeballs deep in federalism theory and loving it
1.5 weeks left of my first go around teaching a 1L doctrinal and vibes are good. The amount of work ahead of me in the next few weeks is so much less than what is behind me and for that I feel proud and grateful. (At least class planning/prep work - looking at you summer writing projects!)
April 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
1.5 weeks left of my first go around teaching a 1L doctrinal and vibes are good. The amount of work ahead of me in the next few weeks is so much less than what is behind me and for that I feel proud and grateful. (At least class planning/prep work - looking at you summer writing projects!)
I miss having twitter tbh. For some reason I haven’t felt compelled to use this place like I used to use twitter. Maybe I should try?
April 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I miss having twitter tbh. For some reason I haven’t felt compelled to use this place like I used to use twitter. Maybe I should try?
Started a little series on my substack about 280E. There’s a lot out there on 280E, but my goal is to break it down in a way that’s useful for the moment we’re in. Maybe one of you will find it interesting? open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Section 280E Explained: Part 1 - What Is 280E?
Day 12/31
open.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Started a little series on my substack about 280E. There’s a lot out there on 280E, but my goal is to break it down in a way that’s useful for the moment we’re in. Maybe one of you will find it interesting? open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
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NEW Legalization Nation: Maine investigates head regulator for corruption, which has national implications
March 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
NEW Legalization Nation: Maine investigates head regulator for corruption, which has national implications
Started a March writing challenege yesterday. Today i wrote about drug decrim. open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Changing My Mind About Drug Decriminalization
Day 2
open.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Started a March writing challenege yesterday. Today i wrote about drug decrim. open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Another great year of Northeastern Junior Scholars thanks to @davidasimon.bsky.social!!
Thanks @davidasimon.bsky.social for an amazing Jr Scholars Conference! Great panel @scottschweikart.bsky.social Ellen Farwell, Elle Rothermich, and great to see @benjaminabarsky.bsky.social @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social @profcampbell.bsky.social @lynettemartins.bsky.social @victorialitman.bsky.social!
March 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Another great year of Northeastern Junior Scholars thanks to @davidasimon.bsky.social!!
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Really excited to be in Boston for the second annual Junior Scholars Conference at NUSL organized and emceed by the tireless @davidasimon.bsky.social.
February 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Really excited to be in Boston for the second annual Junior Scholars Conference at NUSL organized and emceed by the tireless @davidasimon.bsky.social.
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every single legal market is destined for this.
'Complete failure': California pot industry hits another grim milestone
Inactive licenses are climbing as California companies struggle to stay in business. There are now 10,828 inactive and surrendered pot licenses in the state and only 8,514 active ones
www.sfgate.com/cannabis/art...
Inactive licenses are climbing as California companies struggle to stay in business. There are now 10,828 inactive and surrendered pot licenses in the state and only 8,514 active ones
www.sfgate.com/cannabis/art...
'Complete failure': California pot industry hits another grim milestone
California's legal cannabis industry woes have hit the point where dead pot licenses outnumber active ones.
www.sfgate.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
every single legal market is destined for this.
Partially due to its size, a legislative approach made more sense in RI than a ballot proposal. What I think is more notable is that it would be the first statewide measure that is decrim of personal use only & no state regulated access model. Excited to keep supporting this bill!
Decrim has a 100% failure rate when pushed through state legislative bodies. With that said, I'll be watching this one closely, especially if/when this bill passes over to the Senate, which is where previous attempts have stalled in RI.
www.marijuanamoment.net/rhode-island...
www.marijuanamoment.net/rhode-island...
Rhode Island Lawmakers Discuss Bill To Legalize Psilocybin - Marijuana Moment
Rhode Island lawmakers held a hearing on a newly reintroduced bill that would exempt psilocybin from the state’s laws against controlled substances, legalizing possession and home cultivation for pers...
www.marijuanamoment.net
February 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Partially due to its size, a legislative approach made more sense in RI than a ballot proposal. What I think is more notable is that it would be the first statewide measure that is decrim of personal use only & no state regulated access model. Excited to keep supporting this bill!
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Lineup of panelists for Sacred Rights: Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality
Panel 1 Rick Doblin, @jaimeclarksoles.bsky.social, John Rapp, @victorialitman.bsky.social
Panel 2 David Pozen, @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social, Deepak Sarma, @masonmarks.bsky.social
petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
Panel 1 Rick Doblin, @jaimeclarksoles.bsky.social, John Rapp, @victorialitman.bsky.social
Panel 2 David Pozen, @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social, Deepak Sarma, @masonmarks.bsky.social
petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
January 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Lineup of panelists for Sacred Rights: Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality
Panel 1 Rick Doblin, @jaimeclarksoles.bsky.social, John Rapp, @victorialitman.bsky.social
Panel 2 David Pozen, @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social, Deepak Sarma, @masonmarks.bsky.social
petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
Panel 1 Rick Doblin, @jaimeclarksoles.bsky.social, John Rapp, @victorialitman.bsky.social
Panel 2 David Pozen, @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social, Deepak Sarma, @masonmarks.bsky.social
petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
Whether we should tie psychedelic access to a facilitated use access model
What do you think are the most important debates in the psychedelics 'space'?
January 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Whether we should tie psychedelic access to a facilitated use access model
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Maine Cannabis Labels outlaw images of fruit but allow images of vegetables bc kids dont like veggies
January 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Maine Cannabis Labels outlaw images of fruit but allow images of vegetables bc kids dont like veggies
Love this & will be sharing the message with my 1Ls who just got their grades.
My annual email to my first-year law students about taking their grades seriously—but not *too* seriously:
January 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Love this & will be sharing the message with my 1Ls who just got their grades.
I know that given everything else, this is not the most important thing, but already wondering how these fires impact CA cannabis. Most (all?) SoCal grows this time of year are indoor. But you need water/power. Also thinking of WeHo cannabis culture.
January 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I know that given everything else, this is not the most important thing, but already wondering how these fires impact CA cannabis. Most (all?) SoCal grows this time of year are indoor. But you need water/power. Also thinking of WeHo cannabis culture.