Michigan Law

Today at Michigan Law: Professors @leahlitman.bsky.social and @stevevladeck.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) discuss court reform at an ACS lunch talk.

Join us next week for Form, Function, and Federal Indian Law Conference 📆: Thursday & Friday, October 29 & 30 📍: Jeffries Hall 1225 This conference is free and open to the public. More info: michigan.law.umich.edu/events/form-...

Next week at Michigan Law: Professors @stevevladeck.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) and @leahlitman.bsky.social will discuss their views on effective court reform. 🕑: 12:00-1:00 PM 📆: Monday, October 26, 2026 📍: Hutchins Hall 220

This week on #SistersInLaw Sidebar, Jill & Kim take your questions on the legality of Trump’s deportations, prosecuting MAGA, and Trump contractors’ liability. If you have a question, email us at sistersinlaw@politicon.com You can listen here 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

The essay is here: www.alwd.org/lcr-archives... 4/4

“Should a judicial opinion that rejects a sexual harassment claim lose persuasive weight when it is authored by a sexual harasser?” That’s one question I raise in my new essay “Judge Kozinski Objects: A Reflection,” out this week in Legal Comm. & Rhetoric (LC&R) @jalwd.bsky.social. 1/4

"The Oldest Constitutional Question" challenges the conventional wisdom on a foundational issue of US constitutional law: that the enumeration of powers in the Constitution limits the federal government to those powers. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/richard... @richardprimus.bsky.social

New from Professor Belisa Pang: "The Bankruptcy Revolving Door." scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcont...

“The president cannot remove Lisa Cook or any other governor of the Fed for political reasons, only for cause." -Professor Daniel Crane in the Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Michigan Law #MorningRead: The Promise and Pitfalls of Expanded Whistleblower Bounties. by Professor Vikramaditya Khanna stetsonlawreview.org/article/the-...

Social science shows prosecutors employ syntactical methods & lead Black jury pool members to preferred answers, often using unnecessarily gruesome language. This document outlines tactics you should look out for in your practice: datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u... datafordefenders.org

Today at Michigan Law: Professors @barbmcquade.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social @jdmortenson.bsky.social and @sbagen.bsky.social discuss the availability and potential use of “emergency” powers surrounding the upcoming midterm elections.

The Michigan Law community welcomes four new fellows to the faculty this fall, bringing diverse backgrounds encompassing history, literature, and hands-on legal work. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/four-ne...

Michigan Law #MorningRead Is Originalism Orthodoxy? by Dean @neelsukhatme.bsky.social (with Victoria Nourse , Kevin Tobia.) academic.oup.com/jla/article/...

The CA Independent Comm'n on Public Defense had its first meeting last week. Such a privilege to be w/people who care about this, understand it is a public safety issue, and want to fix CA's broken system. Learn more: davisvanguard.org/2026/10/cali.... And: www.justiceforallca.org/public-infor....

We were so excited to have @valenabeety.bsky.social come to @umichlaw.bsky.social this week to talk to us about her new book "Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity." Such an interesting talk with lots of good info for defenders.

In a recent essay in the Yale Law Journal Forum, Member Scholar Rachel Rothschild, of @umichlaw.bsky.social, argued that the Clean Air Act does not block state common law suits to address climate change. @profrrothschild.bsky.social www.theregreview.org/2026/10/09/w...

Tomorrow! Aquatic Animal Law Overview with Professor Kathy Hessler (George Washington Law) 📆: October 14, 2026 🕑: 12-1 PM 📍: Jeffries Hall 1020 Open to the public

Michigan Law #MorningRead Predictors of Medical Debt Sent to Collections after Radiation Therapy by Professor John Pottow, et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"The election for Michigan’s next U.S. Senator ... may well decide which party has a majority in the Senate. And control of the Senate will determine the direction of our courts." David Jaffe and me in the Detroit Free Press today. www.freep.com/story/opinio...

Right here in Washtenaw County, judges use a client's prior arrest record (that did not result in a conviction) for sentencing determinations. Arrests of this nature are an improper proxy for propensity for crime, and are rooted in implicit biases: datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...

A new piece from me, a provocation really: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Michigan Law #EveningRead How Licensing Compromised the Library by Professor Aaron Perzanowski digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sjteil/vol16...

Donald Trump’s demolition of the rule of law makes a mockery of our Constitution and endangers our country. My thoughts in the Philadelphia @Inquirer.com. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

In new episode of #SistersInLaw, we discuss the ongoing impact of the Dobbs decision on abortion laws, apparent violations of the Posse Comitatus Act, and reported criminal investigation of Cassidy Hutchinson, just in time for the midterms. You can listen here 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Michigan Law #MorningRead From Relic to Relevance, The Resurgence of Tariffs by Professor Reuven S. Avi-Yonah et al. repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_law...

Last week, >30 public defender offices participated in @umichlaw.bsky.social's Public Defender Interviewing Week. We had >150 interviews & two mixer events where students got to meet public defenders from around the nation. Thanks to all who participated. We hope to see you again next year!

Michigan Law #MorningRead “Rethinking the Fund Termination Sanction.” by Professor @sbagen.bsky.social scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Delighted to say that the American Society of Legal Writers has named *The Oldest Constitutional Question* one of the best works of legal scholarship published in 2025. I’ll talk about writing the book & accept an award today at noon in Hutchins Hall 120 (lunch provided!). @umichlaw.bsky.social

During the recent commemoration of Constitution Day, Harvard Law School Professor Guy-Uriel Charles, ’97, returned to Michigan Law to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais earlier this year. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/guy-uri...

Zakaria Daboné received the Henry Dunant Field Prize, which recognizes “those who embody a spiritual commitment in fighting for human dignity with their research, their ideas, and their gift for communication.” michigan.law.umich.edu/news/zakaria...

Michigan Law #MorningRead Noneconomic Tort Damages and Biased Beliefs About Vulnerability to Harm by Professor @rosesomm.bsky.social via.library.depaul.edu/law-review/v...

Another court has rejected Trump’s efforts to evade Senate confirmation and override court appointments of US Attorneys. My thoughts in @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

With elections ahead, what legal challenges can we expect at the Supreme Court? I talked with Julie Mason today on POTUS Channel on Sirius XM. You can listen here sxm-publish-clips.content-ingest.siriusxm.com/clip/ad4dc8d...

Michigan Law #EveningRead Abundance and the Supreme Court by Professor @nbagley.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Michigan Law #MorningRead The Collision of State Climate Tort Suits with Federal Deregulation by Professor @profrrothschild.bsky.social in @yalelawjournal.bsky.social yalelawjournal.org/essay/the-co...

Timely essay from Professor Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social

Michigan Law #WeekendRead Strategies For Dealing with Students Who Ignore Feedback By Professors @mchannon.bsky.social and Ted Becker www.lwionline.org/article/stra...

Check out my piece in the @contrariannews.org talking about what’s going on at SCOTUS - and what’s on tap… www.contrariannews.org/p/next-on-th...

“My fear is that this is going to be another notch in a long list of decisions that are threatening to our broader country and democracy, leaving states without the ability to do much on very flimsy and poorly reasoned legal grounds.” —Prof. @profrrothschild.bsky.social grist.org/accountabili...

Happening now at Michigan Law: The Environmental & Energy Law Program Conference: "Responding to Federal Retreat: Reimagining Environmental and Energy Law in the Great Lakes Region" Panel I: AI and the Great Lakes Region: Energy, Innovation, Development More info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Michigan Law #MorningRead The Institutions of Exceptions: Justification in Trade and Investment Treaties By Professor @aratojulian.bsky.social in the Michigan Journal of International Law repository.law.umich.edu/mjil/vol47/i...

Michigan Law #EveningRead Preserving Both Agency Expertise and Accountability in the Unitary Executive By Professor @chrisjwalker.bsky.social in @ssrn.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

“I thought Climate Week was a great opportunity to bring some of that material out of the Law School classrooms and into a more public-facing environment,” Korn said. “The law impacts everyone, and our ability to communicate it to the public is so important.” michigan.law.umich.edu/news/climate...

Join us on Oct. 2 in Ann Arbor! Two Alliance for the Great Lakes experts, Helena Voltzer and Meleah Geertsma, will join the conversation on AI, energy, innovation, and environmental justice at @umichlaw.bsky.social Free & open to the public. RSVP to join us! https://bit.ly/46Sg7rj

New from our neighbor at @fordschool.bsky.social, Professor @donmoyn.bsky.social:

Join us tomorrow for the EELP Conference: Responding to Federal Retreat—Reimagining Environmental and Energy Law in the Great Lakes Region 📆: Friday, October 2, 2026 🕑: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM 📍: Jeffries Hall 1225 More info: michigan.law.umich.edu/events/eelp-...