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Dean & Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law @USCGouldLaw. Order my book! https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/law/us-law/congress-we-trust-enforcing-voting-rights-founding-jim-crow-era?format=PB&isbn=9781009781619
Letting people get potentially tortured while you decide if it is actual torture is a hell of a position to take.
JUST IN: Over dissent of the 3 liberal justices, #SCOTUS lets Trump resume 3rd-country deportation drive. But court will hear arguments in Dec. on whether the new approach illegally deprives immigrants of protections against torture and persecution www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Supreme Court lets Trump resume third-country deportations
www.politico.com
September 29, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Letting people get potentially tortured while you decide if it is actual torture is a hell of a position to take.
A commercial that starts with Martha Stewart saying, “I like rules,” is either tone deaf or assumes that people have short memories.
September 29, 2026 at 2:38 AM
A commercial that starts with Martha Stewart saying, “I like rules,” is either tone deaf or assumes that people have short memories.
I’m not getting another dog. I travel too much and they are expensive and they eat my lunch. No. No. NO.
September 29, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I’m not getting another dog. I travel too much and they are expensive and they eat my lunch. No. No. NO.
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PSA:
Don't forget to buy your Halloween candy early so you have time to buy more after you eat it all.
Don't forget to buy your Halloween candy early so you have time to buy more after you eat it all.
September 28, 2026 at 8:32 PM
PSA:
Don't forget to buy your Halloween candy early so you have time to buy more after you eat it all.
Don't forget to buy your Halloween candy early so you have time to buy more after you eat it all.
I’ve watched this more times than I am comfortable admitting
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
September 27, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I’ve watched this more times than I am comfortable admitting
Any insight on how I can save my plant
September 21, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Any insight on how I can save my plant
I still love my son despite his best efforts to make it not so
September 18, 2026 at 12:05 AM
I still love my son despite his best efforts to make it not so
I am going to treat myself to a second cup of coffee is the most middle aged thought I have had in awhile.
September 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I am going to treat myself to a second cup of coffee is the most middle aged thought I have had in awhile.
Last post in the ELB series on my book, In Congress We Trust? Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era, is now up: “Jim Crow Did Not Win Because the Federal Government Was Powerless” electionlawblog.org/2026/elb-boo...
ELB Book Corner: Franita Tolson: "Jim Crow Did Not Win Because the Federal Government Was Powerless" #ELB
I am pleased to welcome Franita Tolson to the ELB Book Corner writing about her new book, In Congress We Trust? Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era. This is the final of four...
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September 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Last post in the ELB series on my book, In Congress We Trust? Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era, is now up: “Jim Crow Did Not Win Because the Federal Government Was Powerless” electionlawblog.org/2026/elb-boo...
Third post on my book, In Congress We Trust? Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era, is up at Election Law Blog: “Reconstruction Was Not Just About New Rights. It Was About New Federal Power.” electionlawblog.org/2026/elb-boo...
ELB Book Corner: Franita Tolson: "Reconstruction Was Not Just About New Rights. It Was About New Federal Power." #ELB
I am pleased to welcome Franita Tolson to the ELB Book Corner writing about her new book, In Congress We Trust? Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era. This is the third of four...
electionlawblog.org
September 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Third post on my book, In Congress We Trust? Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era, is up at Election Law Blog: “Reconstruction Was Not Just About New Rights. It Was About New Federal Power.” electionlawblog.org/2026/elb-boo...
Dolly Parton passing away made me realize what a big Sally Field stan I am. That movie with her and the octopus was really fantastic.
September 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Dolly Parton passing away made me realize what a big Sally Field stan I am. That movie with her and the octopus was really fantastic.
Blog post #2 on my book, In Congress We Trust? Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era, now up on ELB. Check it out!
#ELB: ELB Book Corner: Franita Tolson: “How Voting Became the Principal Language of American Democracy” http://electionlawblog.org/2026/elb-book-corner-franita-tolson-how-voting-became-the-principal-language-of-american-democracy/
September 9, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Blog post #2 on my book, In Congress We Trust? Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era, now up on ELB. Check it out!
Fun conversation with @mikesacks.bsky.social on the Legal AF podcast about my book, “In Congress We Trust?: Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era.” Check it out: youtu.be/mLT8YUtracM?...
Why Congress is the Roberts Court's BIGGEST FEAR...
YouTube video by Legal AF
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September 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Fun conversation with @mikesacks.bsky.social on the Legal AF podcast about my book, “In Congress We Trust?: Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era.” Check it out: youtu.be/mLT8YUtracM?...
Writing about “In Congress We Trust” on the Election law Blog this week. Here is a link to the first of four posts. Check it out!
#ELB: ELB Book Corner: Franita Tolson: “Congress Has Always Had More Power over Elections Than We Think” https://electionlawblog.org/2026/elb-book-corner-franita-tolson-congress-has-always-had-more-power-over-elections-than-we-think/
September 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Writing about “In Congress We Trust” on the Election law Blog this week. Here is a link to the first of four posts. Check it out!
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For those following the panic about the German election - in which an overtly neo-Nazi party declared an extremist group by Germany's intelligence service won big in an election in one of Germany's 16 federal states . . . here are some reasons not to panic:
September 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
For those following the panic about the German election - in which an overtly neo-Nazi party declared an extremist group by Germany's intelligence service won big in an election in one of Germany's 16 federal states . . . here are some reasons not to panic:
all of these icons are dying because we got on their nerves
September 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
all of these icons are dying because we got on their nerves
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Me to a sandwich
“I wish i could quit you”
“I wish i could quit you”
September 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Me to a sandwich
“I wish i could quit you”
“I wish i could quit you”
If you put your ballot into an official election drop box, it will not have to go through the USPS.
September 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
If you put your ballot into an official election drop box, it will not have to go through the USPS.
Join Erwin and I as we chat about my new book! lnkd.in/p/gb98RmGx
#constitutionallaw #votingrights #cle #bhba | Beverly Hills Bar Association
Free to Attend!
Book Talk: In Congress We Trust? Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era
🗓️ Monday, September 28 at 1:00 PM Pacific via Zoom
This program covers:
- How Congress ...
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August 31, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Join Erwin and I as we chat about my new book! lnkd.in/p/gb98RmGx
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macabre = “muh-KAHB”
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
August 31, 2026 at 2:53 PM
macabre = “muh-KAHB”
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
The reaction to Dolly Parton's death is one of the best advertisements that I have ever seen for living each day with kindness, generosity, and love.
The international airport in Nashville, Tennessee, would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal by Tennessee's governor.
Nashville's airport would be renamed for Dolly Parton under Tennessee governor's proposal
The international airport in Nashville, Tennessee, would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal by Tennessee's governor.
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August 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The reaction to Dolly Parton's death is one of the best advertisements that I have ever seen for living each day with kindness, generosity, and love.
FFS
Callais update: The 3-judge panel has set a 10/27 hearing to decide whether the case is over in light of the new map eliminating a Black-majority LA-06 or whether it should continue to allow plaintiffs to raise claims about the state's other Black-majority district.
August 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
FFS
This week is too much 💔
Peter Cullen, the legendary voice actor known for voicing Optimus Prime in the "Transformers" franchise, has died at 85
'Transformers' Voice Actor Peter Cullen Dead at 85
Peter Cullen, famous for voicing Optimus Prime in the 'Transformers' franchise, is dead.
www.tmz.com
August 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This week is too much 💔
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My copy of @proftolson.bsky.social’s book just arrived! I can’t wait to dig in!
August 26, 2026 at 1:59 PM
My copy of @proftolson.bsky.social’s book just arrived! I can’t wait to dig in!