Quinn Yeargain
@yeargain.bsky.social
1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State. Contributor to The Downballot. I teach, write, and post about state constitutional law, institutional development, and criminal law. I write (infrequently) at guaranteedrepublics.substack.com.
amazing how "don't hire your lover to be a special prosecutor (especially when you're responsible for setting his compensation) on the most important case of your career and one of the most important cases in American history" is a remotely controversial proposition
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
amazing how "don't hire your lover to be a special prosecutor (especially when you're responsible for setting his compensation) on the most important case of your career and one of the most important cases in American history" is a remotely controversial proposition
how did we type basically the same thing at basically the same time
I'm making a practice problem workbook for criminal law, and I'm using names from Celtic, Roman, Greek, Nordic, etc., mythology, and that's a pretty endless well to draw from!
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
how did we type basically the same thing at basically the same time
I'm making a practice problem workbook for criminal law, and I'm using names from Celtic, Roman, Greek, Nordic, etc., mythology, and that's a pretty endless well to draw from!
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I'm making a practice problem workbook for criminal law, and I'm using names from Celtic, Roman, Greek, Nordic, etc., mythology, and that's a pretty endless well to draw from!
Oh geez. I’m so sorry to hear that. :(
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Oh geez. I’m so sorry to hear that. :(
ah, you're quite right, but changing the study habits is exactly what I'm trying to encourage 😇
and I think I'd have a riot if I released midterm grades after the final
and I think I'd have a riot if I released midterm grades after the final
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
ah, you're quite right, but changing the study habits is exactly what I'm trying to encourage 😇
and I think I'd have a riot if I released midterm grades after the final
and I think I'd have a riot if I released midterm grades after the final
. . . "no statistically significant relationship between a midterm exam grade and a final exam grade." I will sometimes elaborate that the highest R-squared value I've ever gotten in testing that correlation is less than 0.2. I've been told that many of them don't know what I mean.
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
. . . "no statistically significant relationship between a midterm exam grade and a final exam grade." I will sometimes elaborate that the highest R-squared value I've ever gotten in testing that correlation is less than 0.2. I've been told that many of them don't know what I mean.
I think this also comes up in ways that students don't always appreciate, either. I don't think that a ton of students have even basic statistical literacy, and I've found that it affects how they understand grading in some small (but maybe material) ways. e.g., I tell them that there is . . .
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I think this also comes up in ways that students don't always appreciate, either. I don't think that a ton of students have even basic statistical literacy, and I've found that it affects how they understand grading in some small (but maybe material) ways. e.g., I tell them that there is . . .