viva moffat
@vivamoffat.bsky.social
law prof, Denverite, reader, not good at social media
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The Trump Administration is trying to dismantle some of our most cherished public lands.
Our National Parks are for every American.
They aren’t for sale.
Our National Parks are for every American.
They aren’t for sale.
August 31, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The Trump Administration is trying to dismantle some of our most cherished public lands.
Our National Parks are for every American.
They aren’t for sale.
Our National Parks are for every American.
They aren’t for sale.
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Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter to Minnesota Law CommunityJanuary 25
January 25, 2026 To the Minnesota Law Community: We, the undersigned faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School, write in our individual capacities to address the federal government's ongoin...
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January 25, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I don’t understand how the first reaction from leadership isn’t “This is an impeachable offense. My colleagues must defund Hegseth and begin drafting articles immediately.”
Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?
Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?
January 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I don’t understand how the first reaction from leadership isn’t “This is an impeachable offense. My colleagues must defund Hegseth and begin drafting articles immediately.”
Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?
Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?
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Really excellent piece by @sivav.bsky.social. Anyone who cares about higher education (or free expression or democracy) should read this essay.
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Really excellent piece by @sivav.bsky.social. Anyone who cares about higher education (or free expression or democracy) should read this essay.
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Proud to submit 2 more amicus briefs today urging courts in DC to stop Trump's unconstitutional & dangerous executive orders targeting law firms. They're plainly “self-declared acts of retribution that target a law firm for representing clients and causes the President disfavors.”
Support for Law Firms Targeted by President’s Executive Orders Builds, with New Amicus Brief | Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School faculty are again stepping up to support the law firms that are challenging several unprecedented executive orders President Donal
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April 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Proud to submit 2 more amicus briefs today urging courts in DC to stop Trump's unconstitutional & dangerous executive orders targeting law firms. They're plainly “self-declared acts of retribution that target a law firm for representing clients and causes the President disfavors.”
Excellent piece by @smotus.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Excellent piece by @smotus.bsky.social
This is how you do it.
NYT Opinion piece penned by John Keker, Bob Van Nest, & Elliot Peters: “If lawyers and law firms won’t stand up for the rule of law, who will?” Read: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...
Opinion | For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump
If law firms won’t defend the rule of law, who will?
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is how you do it.
Proud to be a Keker alum today. Thank you, @kekerllp.bsky.social
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
March 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Proud to be a Keker alum today. Thank you, @kekerllp.bsky.social
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I knew I shouldn’t have used that @!*$# AI!
A classic example of how Google's AI is garbage, it doesn't understand that the Underground Railroad wasn't a literal railroad
March 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I knew I shouldn’t have used that @!*$# AI!
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please join us at @clicatnusl.bsky.social in person or remotely on feb. 20 at 4:30pm ET for "the free exercise of copyright behind bars," featuring research by @vrmdenver on using copyright law as a civil right & a tool for carceral reform
law.northeastern.edu/event/copyri...
law.northeastern.edu/event/copyri...
CLIC for Social Justice: The Free Exercise of Copyright Behind Bars - School of Law
Join CLIC for a discussion on using copyright law as a civil right and a tool for carceral reform.
law.northeastern.edu
February 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
please join us at @clicatnusl.bsky.social in person or remotely on feb. 20 at 4:30pm ET for "the free exercise of copyright behind bars," featuring research by @vrmdenver on using copyright law as a civil right & a tool for carceral reform
law.northeastern.edu/event/copyri...
law.northeastern.edu/event/copyri...
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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work