Dr. Susan Liebell

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Dr. Susan Liebell

@drsusanliebell.bsky.social

Political scientist writing on law, guns, originalism, and abortion. Teaching in Philly. Born in Queens but now Proud Jersey Girl. Co-host of New Books in Political Science Podcast
Posts = me RP ≠ endorsement. She/Her.
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I cried reading Roberts’s opinion. If this was fact based and needed to return to the lower court, it should not be decided on the last day. UNCONSCIONABLE but not surprising for a Court off the rails. #polisky
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Your Monday morning podcast is my @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social conversation with Daniel Ponder about the now infamous B-T debate. Dan puts the debate in context. We disagree a little. A good listen #polisky. newbooksnetwork.com/does-the-jun...
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The project is complete. The feline has expressed her satisfaction.
I gutted an old CRT TV today. It's eventually gonna be a cat bed. 3
My latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview has posted! I spoke to William Conroy about his recent articles on the necessity/contingency debate in racial capitalism research, spatializing social reproduction theory, and whether capitalism has an outside: newbooksnetwork.com/race-social-...
Race, Social Reproduction, and Capitalist Totality: A Conversation with William Conroy - New Books Networknewbooksnetwork.com
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Bring your ow rosé party. I supplied the cheese, charcuterie, fruit platters.
Everyone else probably sees empty platters and boards. I see a blank canvas for a wine, cheese, charcuterie party.
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From 2019 but useful to consider Harris as a potentially strong coalition-building candidate. fivethirtyeight.com/features/why...
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Nobody is prepared for this jolt to the legal system. The Supreme Court has shifted an unfathomable amount of power from Congress and the executive brach toward unelected, unaccountable federal judges. This will fundamentally alter how government works. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Two 75+ year old men comparing golf handicaps on national tv is one of the weirdest ways of dick measuring I've ever seen. And the worst way to pick a leader.
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We're just 8 hours away from the Azari/Masket debate live-blog! Set phasers for context! go.arena.im/live/tuskgoo...
Arena Appgo.arena.im Sports are more fun when you chat in the moment.
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reminder that if you hate yourself but only kinda, @smotus.bsky.social and i will be doing live commentary during tonight's debate go.arena.im/live/tuskgoo...
Arena Appgo.arena.im Sports are more fun when you chat in the moment.
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I genuinely hate working elections but I DO enjoy the last hour or so where we’re all punchy with exhaustion and announcing how many minutes until polls close in 5-min increments. We are all EXTREMELY DONE and there’s a kind of beauty in that
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It’s a very interesting time to be in Paris, as the city is getting ready to host the Olympics in a couple weeks.
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Check out my "Court creates chaos as it rules on domestic violence and the Second Amendment Justice Jackson calls out the madness" on @3streamsblog.bsky.social. Rahimi is a pathetic apology for Bruen that leaves more gender inequality. #Polisky #LawSky #GenderSky medium.com/3streams/cou...
Court creates chaos as it rules on domestic violence and the Second Amendmentmedium.com Justice Jackson calls out the madness
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Thrilled to hear Kelly Roskam (JohnsHopkinsCenter) talking with @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @mjsdc.bsky.social about #Rahimi and #SCOTUS. Great interview! Required listening to understand what is at stake -- and that this is not a "win." www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmB2...
Rahimi and The Roberts Court’s All New, Also Old, Second Amendment Doctrine | Amicus With Dahlia...www.youtube.com Another major case for the “not a loss/not exactly a win” pile this term at SCOTUS. A majority of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority said what we knew all along - adjudicated domestic abusers shouldn’t hold onto second amendment rights and the guns that they are statistically, horrifyingly, apt to use to harm their intimate partners. In an 8-1 decision in United States v Rahimi, the Roberts Court looked frantically for a way to reverse out of – while still technically upholding – its bonkers extreme originalism-fueled Bruen decision from two terms ago. This week Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern are joined by Kelly Roskam, the Director of Law and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. Later in the show, Mark and Dahlia look under the hood of Department of State v Munoz - an immigration case decided this week that Justice Sotomayor says is sewing seeds for the end of marriage equality as we know it. This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. We kicked things off this year by explaining How Originalism Ate the Law. The best way to support our work is by joining Slate Plus. (If you are already a member, consider a donation or merch!) Want more Amicus? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock exclusive SCOTUS analysis and weekly extended episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Note: Captions are auto-generated by YouTube. Follow Amicus on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng-3tjDvFUM&list=PLYjxRBfBp4sz9wJ6z55aeBGvJYkThJ6Pa Subscribe to Slate: https://www.youtube.com/slate Learn more: https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus Follow Slate on Social: Host Dahlia Lithwick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dahlialithwick Slate on Twitter - https://twitter.com/slate Slate Podcasts on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SlatePodcasts Slate on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slate Slate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slate/
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Rahaimi is in. Nobody is surprised with the outcome -- but the mess of concurrences makes it clear that this Court does not understand the made-up approach: originalism. Not original. New. Radical. With the potential to destroy every tradition since 1868.
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Thrilled to have been on the other side of the microphone with @gorenlj.bsky.social asking amazing questions about the mifepristone and bump stock SCOTUS opinions. Great mix of political science and law. Check out the short pod! newbooksnetwork.com/postscript-t...
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Job opportunity! Assistant professor position in political theory (immigration/democracy) at Sciences Po, Paris. Currently, no need for French. www.sciencespo.fr/cevipof/site...
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Need a bit of insight on some of the recent #SCOTUS decisions? @drsusanliebell.bsky.social guides the way with clear discussions of the two decisions that came out last week, on bump stocks for rifles, and on the continued access to #Mifepristone. newbooksnetwork.com/postscript-t...
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The front page of the @nytimes.com reports the RESCUE of two beluga whales from the violence of war in Ukraine AND the inability to move trucks with food to the people of Gaza. This is why I still get the paper -- to be disgusted by the stark imbalance of the world.
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Dropping next week! @gorenlj.bsky.social and I talked to @juliaazari.bsky.social, @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social, and @smotus.bsky.social about the upcoming debate, conventions, and polling on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast🎙️. My notebook is full -- a very special polisky conversation.
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So, even within Christianity, the Ten Commandments aren't precisely the same across traditions — the text is translated and even *numbered* differently. This law appears to mandate the KJV version — a Bible translation entire Christian traditions reject. apnews.com/article/loui...
The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into lawapnews.com Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. Republican Gov.
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Just finished recording a podcast in which @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social referenced this comment by @efranklinfowler.bsky.social...the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast will drop on Monday but -- for now -- Erika's excellent insight.
Part of the explanation that is missing here is that advertising should be expected to matter less in a rematch between two well-known candidates.
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Waiting for MAGA House members, to give themselves a Congressional Medal of Honor, along with the convicted felon.