Anna O Law

Anna O Law

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Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Under contract w/ @OUPPolitics: The Politics of Mobility: Voluntary & Involuntary Migrations, 1619-1882. 1st book: The Immigration Battle in American Courts. Home cook, eater, wine drinker, foodie

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Happy 4th from Manhattan

Well hello, Hoover administration.

Happy 4th from Manhattan

I appreciate MTA’s aggressive air conditioning on this humid day.

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Not to be corny but I do think the ongoing aspiration to make America a pluralist democracy of equals is righteous, beautiful, and worth honoring, even if it has more often been the struggle of minorities & dissenters than the policy of the government. 🇺🇸

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It’s a landslide. Labour with 400+ seats. www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

UK general election results live: Exit poll predicts Labour to win general election landslidewww.bbc.com Keir Starmer is on course to be new UK prime minister with predicted Labour majority of 170, according to the exit poll for the BBC, ITV, and Sky.

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Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •www.blackpast.org On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the D...

I aspire to throw a party like this.

The best postscripts to an invitation I've ever seen. [via Scott Ruplin]

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A lot of Americans are about to discover other countries' immigration laws.

People who are mad about talk of leaving the country before/if/when it becomes a dictatorship must think there is *some* legitimate reason for fleeing one’s country due to political terror (unless they think everyone who was in Germany in 1938 should’ve stayed and tried to make it work). So … (1/2)

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It’s a very obscure question but I did some research and it turns out that the president who led us out of the Depression and kicked Hitler’s ass was actually in a wheelchair? Who knew?

Kevin, I am not a historian, so IDK, but has there ever been a President in American History who used a mobility aid? And, if so, would you say this president who was so weak as to need, say, braces or a wheelchair, is considered to be one of the top President’s ever?

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"all of conservative legal theory in a single headline"

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As a constitutional scholar, I am well aware of the serious headwinds and challenges facing the US on the nation's birthday. It will be bad, whatever happens in the Fall elections. But I also know enough US history that resistance is not futile and we have many historical models of it.

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I will bring this one back every year

‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPRyoutu.be In the summer of 2020, the U.S. commemorated Independence Day amid nationwide protests for racial justice and systemic reforms in the wake of George Floyd’s ...

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The Declaration of Independence was a series of grievances the colonists enumerated against King George III. The colonists wrote the document explaining why they were breaking away. There are a few line items having to do with colonial dissatisfaction with migration policies. (1/12)

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America Appreciation thread

A poundcake I made in 2016 for a July 4th party. I made a lavender glaze to stick the all edible flowers on it. New Yorkers: you can find the flowers at a vendor at Union Square green market on Saturdays.

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Similar: Every semester before classes begin at CUNY Brooklyn College when I print out my class rosters, it is a mix of immigrants from around the world and native born first generation college students—all getting an affordable education.

just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out

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My friend treated me to dinner to celebrate me finishing the book. I threatened to write another. He said since this one took 15 years, he can afford to take me to a nice dinner again. 😁

Dinner at Yakitori Torishin, one of my favorite restaurants in the city. They specialize in an omakase progression of skewers. It requires skill to butcher properly and grill the meat with special charcoal. Sit at the counter, not the table.

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Agnostic on Biden staying or handing over to Harris, but we've been here before.

Hillary headlines in 2015. Don't let the media fool you again. Image Courtesy of angry_staffer.

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July 4th Parade, Tule Lake Internment Camp, 1943.

Similar: Every semester before classes begin at CUNY Brooklyn College when I print out my class rosters, it is a mix of immigrants from around the world and native born first generation college students—all getting an affordable education.

just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out

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“Screaming. Insubstantial. Hysterical. What men call banshees, women call prophecy.”

"What men call banshees, women call prophecy." Am absolutely enamored of Dahlia Lithwick's turn of phrase here: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Don’t Be Hysterical, Ladies. Daddy Chief Justice Knows Best.slate.com It is pretty jarring to hear this kind of condescension trotted out by Chief Justice John Roberts.

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This is beautiful, but what I like best about this post is that the instructions to buy the flowers feel like they were pulled from Stardew Valley.

A poundcake I made in 2016 for a July 4th party. I made a lavender glaze to stick the all edible flowers on it. New Yorkers: you can find the flowers at a vendor at Union Square green market on Saturdays.

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It would not be as big as the Torys annihilated, but a few weeks ago I submitted my complete manuscript, The Politics of Mobility-Voluntary and Involuntary Migrations, 1619-1882, to Oxford University Press after 15 years of work on it. The book is about US migration policy history. #GoodNews

hey everybody remember to share #GoodNews too

The Declaration of Independence was a series of grievances the colonists enumerated against King George III. The colonists wrote the document explaining why they were breaking away. There are a few line items having to do with colonial dissatisfaction with migration policies. (1/12)

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I don’t want to generalize too much but the place I see the most hope right now is from those that have been fighting the hardest for the longest time. Extended doomerism can be a luxury not afforded to those who have the most to lose.

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Giving up hope is also complying with authoritarians in advance. It’s saying that fascism is inevitable, that there is no other way to be. I know it’s hard to keep hope alive, but I hope you find a way. ❤️

Don’t despair — here’s why https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/04/fourth-july-us-trump-biden-politics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

This Fourth of July, it’s hard to feel optimistic about the US. But I have hope | Margaret Sullivanwww.theguardian.com Let’s remember that we’ve come a long way – and the journey isn’t yet complete

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The descriptions of Trump’s sexual abuse of minors are horrific and quotidian. (It sounds like a regular, unremarkable occurrence for him.) It is enraging that this story is buried under an avalanche of wish-casting discourse.

This story hits a little harder now that the jury documents for Epstein's case have been released (and Trump's name is ALLLLLL over those documents). Again, mainstream media is burying this story for Trump. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Jeffrey Epstein introduced me to Trump at 14, Ghislaine Maxwell accuser sayswww.nbcnews.com Testifying at Maxwell’s trial in New York City, the woman, identified by the pseudonym Jane, said she met the former president in the 1990s at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

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Your 'moment of doom' for July 4, 2024 ~ For whom the A.C. tolls. "Even short power outages can be dangerous. 'If the grid goes out while there’s a heat wave, it goes from uncomfortable to deadly pretty quickly.'" www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/c...

Heat waves are getting longer and more brutal. Here’s why your AC can’t save you anymore | CNNwww.cnn.com The combination of a hurricane, heat wave and a multi-day blackout is a nightmare scenario, but it’s one that is set to become more common as humans continue to warm the planet.

“Screaming. Insubstantial. Hysterical. What men call banshees, women call prophecy.”

"What men call banshees, women call prophecy." Am absolutely enamored of Dahlia Lithwick's turn of phrase here: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Don’t Be Hysterical, Ladies. Daddy Chief Justice Knows Best.slate.com It is pretty jarring to hear this kind of condescension trotted out by Chief Justice John Roberts.

A poundcake I made in 2016 for a July 4th party. I made a lavender glaze to stick the all edible flowers on it. New Yorkers: you can find the flowers at a vendor at Union Square green market on Saturdays.