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BREAKING: Something could happen. Or maybe not.

I’m considering retirement so that I can spend more time clearing out my email inbox.

In my senior thesis in college I referred to Randolph Bourne and Charles Steinmetz as “fellow hunchbacks.” In the 28th reprinting of my thesis, due out in May, I have changed this to “fellow intellectuals and social critics.”

Word comes that my friend and law school professor, Jay Pottenger, has died. Jay was my supervising attorney at Yale Law School when I argued a case before the Second Circuit in 1987. He was a wise and compassionate man and a true teacher. I will really miss him. Ave atque vale.

Some chatter about #Jets being interested in #Lions RB Jamaal Williams. Breece Hall (ACL) said to be progressing well, but still need another vet. Hackett had him for 2 yrs in GB. Nose for end zone -- 17 rush TDs, incl 13 from 3 ydl + closer, per Next Gen Stats. 💰could be issue

"I went to a law school where I didn't learn any law" -- Justice Alito

This is not “nane-calling,” Lesley Stahl. This is fucking viciousness, designed to get people hurt or killed.

For my sabbatical project, I plan to clear out my e-mailbox.

Saying that “Freedmen’s Bureau” was a race-neutral term, as Justice Thomas does, is like saying that the “Grandfather Clause” was a race-neutral term. Sorry to disturb.

An admissions preference for the wealthy would be as grotesque as a preference for whites, wouldn’t it? If so, wouldn’t the logic of reverse discrimination rule out a preference for the socioeconomically disadvantaged? If not, why should race be different?

Defenders of today’s decision in 303 Creative should have to explain how the case should come out had the designer declined to provide a website for an interracial straight couple — or for a Black straight couple — on white supremacist grounds.

I’m assuming that, under the logic of 303 Creative, the web designer can also decline to make a website celebrating the marriage of an interracial couple because she opposes that. Or any marriage involving a Jew because she thinks they are sub-human.

“Ms. Smith acknowledges that her views about marriage may not be popular in all quarters.” Try transposing this bland observation to the interracial marriage context.

I can understand why many people have become skeptical about the veracity of what is said by the government, experts, elites, the media, etc. I just wish they would apply that same skepticism to what is said by cranks, morons, and knaves.

This is the time of year when my feed is littered with gratuitous advice to students entering the first year of law school.

The critical political questions about Israel and Gaza have devolved into bitter disputes about whether media headlines use the proper words and whether university presidents have expressed the appropriate degree of outrage. It’s a sign of how intractable the real problems are.