Anne Whitesell

Sotomayor's dissent: "Today’s decision to grant former Presidents criminal immunity reshapes the institution of the Presidency. It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law...

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If the lower court understood the present moment, this would be its response: "The court is surprised this needs to be said, but anything related to a coup attempt is not an official act. That includes all of the conduct in the indictment. Trial begins September 1st."

Opinion basically comes down to "official actions are immune, unofficial aren't" and the court says that since lower courts have not made a determination on that question, they need to go do that. Beyond me to determine how feasible that is, but absolutely delays the trial.

*fifth year of marriage

The fifth year with @annewhitesell.bsky.social calls for trifle

Me watching this debate:

I think this is the part where I plug my forthcoming book, Living Off the Government?, in which I dedicate a whole chapter to the gendered and racialized politics of non-citizen eligibility for welfare. nyupress.org/978147982858...

There's a whole universe of right-wing mythology that migrants show up and, like "welfare queens" before them, are given a Cadillac and a house. The reality is that our economy requires them, and the effects of deporting them would be akin to simultaneous natural disasters all across the country.

Living Off the Government?nyupress.org Explores the ways welfare recipients lack adequate political representationWho deserves public assistance from the government? This age-old question has been...

Duolingo is going through some things.

Also throwing out “ORC 4117” occasionally helps

Watching a lawyer in negotiations has taught me that the key to being a lawyer is knowing when to switch between strict legal definitions of things and just what seems obvious/reasonable.

Sometimes your social media algorithm gives you trad wife content and you think, “That’s f-ing nuts, but also homemade Oreos would be delicious…”

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Average American president has been convicted of .74 felonies

Reading your own book is a real roller coaster of emotions.

I just got the page proofs for my book and it's simultaneously nauseating and the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

We’re at the point where the local coffee shop baristas have bought @reuning.bsky.social and I mugs.

A Smitten Kitchen creation: smittenkitchen.com/2024/04/spin...

Pesto and artichoke pan pizza

Hey polsky - I'm going to be creating an interdisciplinary course with some business professors called "Business and Public Interest in Democracy." We're looking to cover topics like lobbying, regulatory capture, etc. Anyone have recommended readings or syllabi on courses covering similar topics?

Kevin’s first book will be titled: “It’s actually a lot of effing work to get people to do anything”

My least favorite type of response to problems is when people say "why don't you just go on strike?" as if strikes just materialize when people get annoyed/angry.

My students in their reflections, recognizing that peer review and writing multiple drafts makes for better writing:

I’ve lived in EST my whole life and I wouldn’t have it any other way, even if it means west coast baseball games start when I’m asleep.

Time Zone Rankings 1. MTN - A perfect remove from the tyranny of EST without being alienated (sports start at like 5pm, which rules) 2. PST. Mornings are bad, but you basically dont work after 2pm. 3. EST - A tyrant. But if you're on it you can feel smug. 4. Central - bleh, blah. just be EST already

America’s Worst Time Zonewww.theatlantic.com Where the clocks are off in both directions

Bonus points for recommending good vegetarian food.

@annewhitesell.bsky.social and I are going to San Diego this summer if anyone has suggestions on things to do/see

Maybe there will be a day when I don't get annoyed when someone confuses me for a student, but today is not that day.

This woman’s salary is higher than mine. Wtf.

A nearby town with fewer than 400 citizens elected a new mayor and city council for the first time in decades and now the village administrator and his daughter (who is the village fiscal officer) are refusing to give the newly elected officials anything, including keys to the building

Months before swearing in a new mayor, village fiscal officer was approved for 120 sick dayswww.journal-news.com COLLEGE CORNER, Ohio — The Village of College Corner is tiny. Situated right up against the Indiana-Ohio border, the 2020 census listed 387 residents in this sleepy town just a few miles west of Oxfor...

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My kind of bishop.

In a rarity, a US Catholic bishop joined a protest outside the White House today to call for a Gaza ceasefire and urge Biden, a fellow Catholic, to end weapons shipments to Israel. He also voiced support for student protesters, but stressed the need to be peaceful. religionnews.com/2024/05/03/b...

Catholic Bishop joins cease-fire prayer vigil protesting weapons for Israelreligionnews.com (RNS) — Asked about student protests on college campuses, Bishop John Stowe said he appreciated their 'interest in the situation and their solidarity with the Palestinians' but stressed the need to ac...

Can someone check in on Duolingo? Seems like they need to talk about some stuff.

I was just talking to my students about this yesterday (without these awesome plots). I told them to look out for caring vs. brilliant.

Last day of classes so once again sharing @benschmidt.bsky.social’s incredible tool, which scrapes all of ratemyprofessor and should be shown to students before any evaluations are administered

Gendered Language in Teaching Evaluationsbenschmidt.org

Me on my way to tell my students how flawed student evaluations of teaching are before asking them to complete the evaluation for our class:

I avoid thinking about my students' sex lives, but Scott Galloway seems to be taking the opposite approach.

lol. lmao even.