Jed H. Shugerman
Prof BU Law. JD/PhD History & dad jokes.
5th most-cited legal historian, 2019-23 (thanks, LeiterReports)
Book: The People’s Courts. Next: A Faithful President: The Founders v. the Originalists
http://shugerblog.com
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- Who are the good guys in the Declaration of Independence? These Fedaralist Society judges say King George and the British army.
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- Then maybe they can do THE RUNNING MAN and then THE HUNGER GAMES.
- oh my gawd
- This is the hardest I’ve ever been owned online
- THREAD: So what did I hear at the oral argument in the birthright citizenship case this morning? What was clear from when the cert petition was filed: Trump & his lawyers tried to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Trying to squeeze a win out of his serial losses in federal district courts in….1/
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View full thread…seeking to protect their children’s citizenship rights. Until the SG admitted that if the plaintiff went the class action route he would challenge it. Later he said if plaintiff one-by-one brought indiv case & prevailed in circuit courts, the Admin would not obey the decision…Yup he said it. 4/
- Justice Barrett asked in the slow, steady voice you use when your child tells you he’s going to burn the house down & kill everyone in it, whether that was REALLY what he said. The SG stood by it until the 5th time Barrett asked the same question (rephrased), then he caught on & reversed himself. 5/
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- Chief Justice John Roberts: "In recent years, we've been able to move expeditiously [to resolve pressing matters]." Me: STARES IN TRUMP V. UNITED STATES
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- Rewatching the Last Dance on Netflix. Jordan was unreal.
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- this is the best one imo
- Nikola Jokić is not human. My goodness.
- Probable Emoluments clause violations: governments using Trump crypto to funnel money to Trump. Prob not an emoluments violation: A govt giving an airplane to the US for govt use & then to a non-profit presidential library foundation. PS: I co-wrote 10 emoluments amicus briefs vs. Trump 2017-2019
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View full threadWhy? What’s the textual, historical, precedential analysis? A gift to the govt is a violation of the emoluments clause? That’s not what the text says. The govt accepts all kinds of gifts. So why is this gift so clearly different?
- The founders clearly thought airplanes were emoluments, Professor.
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- I will be taking the local MAGA government head on tomorrow. Hundreds are coming out to hear me speak about the consequences of their agenda and how it's impacted my organization's ability to steward healthy productive communities. Biggest moment of my career. I got this.
- I've been reviewing my work recently on judicial responses to the Revolution of 1688-89.
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- Please do not confuse the legal requirements for the crime of bribery with the concept of corruption.
- ConAir but for white nationalists
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- I can't believe how much everyone other than Tatum (and 1st half White) sucks on the Celtics sucks tonight. Season pretty much on the line.
- Desperately need scoring from someone besides Tatum.
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- Sure but this is based on an assumption that Mavs management wants to win
- High among the indictments of Harvard University among some of my Trump-voting old acquaintances is that they've taken money from Qatar. I guess they should have taken planes instead.
- This is an excellent article explaining what is happening in the US. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
- Hot Footnote 3 Summer
- Don’t be too hard on Pete Hegseth for plagiarizing his college thesis. After all, he was drunk when he wrote it.
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- Justice David Hackett Souter has passed away at the age of 85.
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