Just remembering Justice Souter’s statement upon the death of RBG: “Ruth Ginsburg was one of those members of the Court who achieved greatness before she became a great Justice. I loved her to pieces.” *loved her to pieces* ♥️

The statements of the Justices following the death of a colleague say so much about the colleague, but also about the author. Justice Souter’s statement about Justice Stevens in 2019 is a single, remarkable sentence: “He was the soul of principle and an irreplaceable friend.”

NEW PAPER: It's the 100th Anniversary of the Judiciary Act of 1925—a perfect day to drop my and Marin K Levy's "Judicial Reform from the Inside Out," prepared for Nᴏᴛʀᴇ Dᴀᴍᴇ L. Rᴇᴠ. (Notre Dame Law Review)'s great symposium honoring that anniversary. Check it out! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Epps & Levy on the Judiciary Act of 1925 and Judicial Involvement in Judicial Reform, buff.ly/41jrKpd - Daniel Epps (Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law) & Marin K. Levy (Duke University School of Law) have posted Judicial Reform from the Inside Out (101

Grateful to speak with folks at Duke Law about the importance of judicial independence . . . law.duke.edu/news/professor…

For anyone interested in Birthright Citizenship, this feels like critical reading 👇 justsecurity.org/108070/fundame…

Susan Collins a NO on Kash Patel. “While I strongly support efforts to ensure all federal employees perform their responsibilities ethically and in accordance with the law, Mr. Patel’s recent political profile undermines his ability to serve in the apolitical role of Director

You don’t impeach judges because you disagree with their decisions; you appeal the decisions.

"What the Trump administration is doing is far more than just bad behavior; it’s a direct threat to the rule of law—almost as much as defying court orders would be." Me on the White House's expanding intimidation campaign against lawyers and law firms: stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-126-ch…

🗳️ OTD in 1922: SCOTUS Upholds 19th Amendment Celebrate this day in history when the Supreme Court stood up for women's suffrage! Learn more at civicsforlife.org/leser-v-garnet… #OTD #SCOTUS

This week started with administration officials refusing to acknowledge that Russia started the war in Ukraine. It ends with a tense, shocking conversation in the Oval Office and whispers from the White House that they may try to end all U.S. support for Ukraine. I know foreign

Good for the ABA for speaking out again: "We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not." americanbar.org/news/abanews/a…

5 Takeaways on the Research Funding at Risk. 🔬 NIH funding supports discoveries that change lives across the nation. If research is at risk, so is progress. A thread:

“I’ve never seen judges as uneasy as they are now,” said John Jones III, a former U.S. district judge. These threats against the judiciary are disgraceful -- and more voices need to be calling them out. reuters.com/world/us/judge…

It is a great day to leave messages for your elected representatives . . . The Capitol switchboard number is: (202) 224-3121 ☎️

“I feel like people are playing Russian roulette with our lives,” said Judge Esther Salas of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, whose 20-year-old son was shot and killed at her home in 2020 by a self-described “anti-feminist” lawyer. nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/…

Grateful to talk to John Kruzel about the current moment. "This cannot be stressed enough - up until this point we have not, in modern times, had to wonder whether a presidential administration would comply with a court order” said Duke Prof. Marin Levy. reuters.com/world/us/with-…

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and

I will always have two things to remember Justice Souter by: a very kind letter he wrote to me, recommending Maitland's History of English Law, and this map, which used to hang in his office at the Court and now hangs in mine. May his memory be for a blessing.