Alison Somin
@AlisonSomin
Sr. Legal Fellow @PacificLegal. Has "done important work far from the public spotlight." -@RichardHanania. "Excellent Ainsley Hayes vibes." -- Fellow PLF att'y.
1. Live now on the @PacificLegal website: our Call for Papers on The Colorblind Constitution.
This is an excellent scissor issue in that this is fine and desirable in moderation in a healthy relationship but draining when done to excess, and people experiencing one will gleefully project their experience onto people experiencing the other.
Why Women Are Weary of the Emotional Labor of ‘Mankeeping’ nytimes.com/2025/07/28/wel… via @NYTimes Last year’s problem: He doesn’t tell me about his feelings! This year’s problem: He tells me about his feelings!
another example of our underincarceration problem
This is Mii. She was caught mid-escape. Luckily she has a get out of jail free card, which is her face. 12/10
1. Buffy (aka Buffs, Buffalo, Buffalo Girl.) 2. Mozzarella (Ella) of @TheGoldenRatio4 . 3. Buffalo mozzarella, plain and in pesto tomato sandwich.
In case you too were born in the 1980s and need to feel ancient.
Judge Divine is the first federal judge born in the 1990s (which also means I'm now older than a federal judge)
"It is rare for people to come into themselves if no one is excited and curious about their core, their potential."
appreciate this month’s Washingtonian for tackling my two favorite questions — where to get a good burger, and the fate of the immortal soul
cinema is saved
'Air Bud Returns': 15th Film in Franchise, From Cineverse and Air Bud Entertainment, Eyes 2026 Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2025/film/news…
not that surprising, there was a prominent takings case against Trump, of course R. Epstein would be interested in it
Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files on.wsj.com/4mcTIKV
10 y/o: I wish my friends were more interested in Hamilton Me: have you tried talking to them about it? Her: no, but I know they wouldn’t be interested because there aren’t enough nuclear weapons in it:
Jubilee suggestion: 1 person who thinks International Shoe should be overturned vs. 20 people who love the minimum contacts test of personal jurisdiction. Might break a viewer record.