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7 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read
The 325 page, highly fractured CA5 en banc opinion on ICWA is out .... happy reading!

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Judge Costa!!
Academics/lawyers: If you ever wonder if scholarship matters, check out how much CA5 relies on Prof. Greg Ablavsky's scholarship & briefs to find that Congress had the authority to enact ICWA:
Same with how much CA5 relies on Prof. Matthew Fletcher's work...

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8 Apr
Brava to Yale Law and Dean Gerken for taking these events seriously.

And a HUGE brava to the students who came forward and stuck their necks out. That took real guts, and I hope they feel supported by the school.

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also: it is very possible to have fun with and develop relationships with students without drinking with them and being “edgy” in inappropriate ways!
TRY WATCHING THE BACHELOR AND LISTENING TO TAYLOR SWIFT, you Yalies.
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5 Apr
Looking to support @UMichLaw public interest students? Support @MichiganLawSFF by bidding on any of these items!

First: a @womenknowlaw Zingerman's baking class with @EmilyAPrifogle and me!

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Second: a reality TV night with @danieltdeacon, Stevie, and me!

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These items don't open until the live auction Friday, but you can bid on the following items NOW!

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5 Apr
#SCOTUS grants certiorari in habeas case about how harmless error standard interacts with 2254(d) (standard for relief in state postconviction cases)

supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
#SCOTUS Munsingwears (vacates because it became moot) the 2d Circuit decision holding that POTUS (then Pres. Trump) couldn't block political critics on Twitter
Justice Thomas concurs to note the difficulties with "applying old doctrines" to new technological settings.
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31 Mar
I wanted to do a quick thread 🧵 on yesterday's (super exciting!) judicial nominations: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
As I said yesterday, I think that @SenateDems would do well to follow @POTUS's lead on judicial nominations. I said that for two reasons:
In the statement yesterday, @WhiteHouse specifically highlighted PROFESSIONAL diversity as a key factor AND emphasized the interest in younger nominees
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2 Mar
OYEZ OYEZ OYEZ ... and so it begins
AZ starts out by invoking "equal opportunity" theory: because everyone is eligible to vote, and voting in person is an option, it doesn't matter if state reduces certain voting procedures or enforces rules that disparately effect voters of color.
@jaywillis and I wrote about this theory -- and how it would drastically limit the VRA-- in @nytopinion: nytimes.com/2021/03/02/opi…
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