Alexandra Natapoff
@anatapoff.bsky.social
Harvard law professor, criminal law scholar, author of 'Punishment Without Crime' and 'Snitching,' creator of video casebook CRBW
Very proud of my colleagues and so happy to be part of this effort.
Out 7/7: An essay collection on the challenges, risks, and opportunities of this historic moment in American law and governance.
Featuring essays by more than 50 Harvard Law School faculty members, including Stephen Breyer, Jill Lepore, & Annette Gordon-Reed.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026206043...
Featuring essays by more than 50 Harvard Law School faculty members, including Stephen Breyer, Jill Lepore, & Annette Gordon-Reed.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026206043...
June 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Very proud of my colleagues and so happy to be part of this effort.
Reposted by Alexandra Natapoff
Reposted by Alexandra Natapoff
Alexandra Natapoff, the author of "Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice," is featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as he discusses police stings and the roles of confidential informants.
Watch the full clip here: buff.ly/oXhWJOo
@lastweektonight.com
Watch the full clip here: buff.ly/oXhWJOo
@lastweektonight.com
March 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Alexandra Natapoff, the author of "Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice," is featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as he discusses police stings and the roles of confidential informants.
Watch the full clip here: buff.ly/oXhWJOo
@lastweektonight.com
Watch the full clip here: buff.ly/oXhWJOo
@lastweektonight.com
Happy to share new resource, The Rule of Law Teaching Project w/videos by constitutional law professors from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, NYU & more, RuleofLaw101.org. @leahlitman.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @jmchacon.bsky.social @richardre.bsky.social Trailer here: youtu.be/ILpR3UMlwOM?...
Meet the Law Professors in the Rule of Law Teaching Project
YouTube video by Rule of Law 101
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Happy to share new resource, The Rule of Law Teaching Project w/videos by constitutional law professors from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, NYU & more, RuleofLaw101.org. @leahlitman.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @jmchacon.bsky.social @richardre.bsky.social Trailer here: youtu.be/ILpR3UMlwOM?...
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"May you rest in peace, compadre." Bruno Bosteels has a beautiful essay to Joshua Clover, who we just lost. He ends, with Clover, quoting Marx to Ruge: “And when everything is at an end give me your hand so that we may begin again from the beginning.” Adieu ami!
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
Value Theory for the End of the World
Poet, communist, cat-lover, teacher, music critic, roadrunner, critical theorist, Marxist: though not necessarily in this order, Joshua Clover was all those things--and more. To me, however, he was fi...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"May you rest in peace, compadre." Bruno Bosteels has a beautiful essay to Joshua Clover, who we just lost. He ends, with Clover, quoting Marx to Ruge: “And when everything is at an end give me your hand so that we may begin again from the beginning.” Adieu ami!
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
Reposted by Alexandra Natapoff
From 91 members of Harvard Law School faculty to students:
"We share a conviction that our Constitution...was designed to make dissent and debate possible without fear of government punishment. Neither a law school nor a society can properly function amidst such fear."
tinyurl.com/letter-to-ou...
"We share a conviction that our Constitution...was designed to make dissent and debate possible without fear of government punishment. Neither a law school nor a society can properly function amidst such fear."
tinyurl.com/letter-to-ou...
letter-to-our-students.pdf
tinyurl.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
From 91 members of Harvard Law School faculty to students:
"We share a conviction that our Constitution...was designed to make dissent and debate possible without fear of government punishment. Neither a law school nor a society can properly function amidst such fear."
tinyurl.com/letter-to-ou...
"We share a conviction that our Constitution...was designed to make dissent and debate possible without fear of government punishment. Neither a law school nor a society can properly function amidst such fear."
tinyurl.com/letter-to-ou...
An illuminating analysis from @olatij.bsky.social who has studied Title VI for thirty years.
March 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
An illuminating analysis from @olatij.bsky.social who has studied Title VI for thirty years.
Police aren't actually prosecutors as I explain here: bit.ly/3DPbQtR Until this disturbing story from @mulchy.bsky.social I couldn't even think of a jurisdiction that lets police direct-file felonies, only misdemeanors. But police lack absolute immunity so malicious prosecution might be available.
A lieutenant who once faced discipline for allegedly punching a 13-year-old is now one of the officers approving felony charges in Chicago’s new bypass program, which allows police to file more charges without a prosecutor’s review.
boltsmag.org/cook-co...
boltsmag.org/cook-co...
New Chicago Prosecutor Empowers Police to File More Charges Without Review
In a predominantly Black area of Chicago, police can now directly file gun charges without a prosecutor’s approval. The new program rolls back a process that serves to check misconduct.
boltsmag.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Police aren't actually prosecutors as I explain here: bit.ly/3DPbQtR Until this disturbing story from @mulchy.bsky.social I couldn't even think of a jurisdiction that lets police direct-file felonies, only misdemeanors. But police lack absolute immunity so malicious prosecution might be available.