Jonathan H. Adler
@jadler1969
Father, Husband, LawProf, guy with opinions; @chkbal co-founder; Law before policy before politics; Philly sports always; 'the cowbell of Twitter'-N. Schulz
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⚙️ NEW MICROSITE JUST DROPPED ⚙️ Today @TheBTI launched navigatingnepa.com, featuring our analysis and open-source database of over 2000 District-level judicial NEPA opinions.
BREAKING: 9th Circuit panel, 2-1, upholds injunction for states against Trump's anti-birthright citizenship executive order. Majority: Gould (Clinton)/ Hawkins (Clinton). Dissent: Bumatay (Trump). Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opin…
The timing of this is a gift to Trump and Bondi.
Yikes: Federal Judge Withdraws Opinion "After Lawyers Complained That [It] Contained … Made-Up Quotes and Misstated Case Outcomes" reason.com/volokh/2025/07… via @reason
The timing of this is a gift to Trump and Bondi.
Yikes: Federal Judge Withdraws Opinion "After Lawyers Complained That [It] Contained … Made-Up Quotes and Misstated Case Outcomes" reason.com/volokh/2025/07… via @reason
BREAKING: The UN says that the reason they are not delivering over 950 trucks sitting in Gaza, is because the “routes are unsafe.” The IDF offered to escort the UN, to which they refused. Make it make sense.
Is the Supreme Court "extremist?" The Court took a position favored by a majority of voters in EVERY major case this term. Criticize the Court all you want for its constitutional fidelity, but it's not out of step with the public. H/T @WakeUp2Politics substack.com/home/post/p-16…
I am sorry, but this is such a bad faith take Prior to an arrest, it's always risky to sit down and talk to prosecutors. Unless granted full immunity (which is rare), an individual has very limited protection during a proffer session (fancy name for a meeting with gov't) of…
Yesterday, I was surprised to learn from a member of Ghislaine Maxwell's legal team that she has never been interviewed by either state or federal prosecutors. Despite news reports to the contrary, it appears that Maxwell may be an untapped source of information on the scandal...
But I was told it wasn't safe to make fun of Trump anymore, especially at Paramount.
NEW: South Park targets President Trump over the Epstein files in their new episode, puts him in bed with Satan. The episode comes as South Park has just reportedly agreed to a 5 year, 50 episode, $1.5 billion deal with Paramount. “The Epstein list? Are we still talking…
Divided Ninth Circuit affirms nationwide injunction against birthright citizenship E.O., concluding states have standing to seek such broad relief. Next stop SCOTUS? 1/
This still seems relevant (perhaps even more so). "The Law of '. . . or Else'" reason.com/volokh/2021/12… via @reason @Nro @volokhc
Bingo! (And your kids will be better for it.)
A lot of the burnout and overwhelm parents experience comes from not asking your kids to do enough and feeling you have to manage every detail of their lives on top of your own. You don’t! Don’t wanna make lunches for school? Have your kids do it!
Interesting take. (I confess to being skeptical.)
Based on what I have read and heard so far, the agreement reached between the Federal government and @Columbia is an excellent template for agreements with other institutions including @Harvard. First, academic freedom is preserved as the University maintains academic autonomy.…
The deal between Trump and Columbia University is here, via @sfmcguire79. president.columbia.edu/sites/default/…
Devastating and brutally credible indictment.
The University of Florida is the new leader in the study of Western and American civilization. So-called elite universities have abandoned the study of Western culture and politics over the last 25 years, and that betrayal has given other institutions the opportunity to create…
Great explainer by my colleagues @lrntex @atrembath on the buzzy Nature paper from mid-June--a case of author/journal science communication so skewed it left many folks with major misperceptions of what the paper actually claims re: future crop yields under climate change.
In which me and @atrembath LARP as @PatrickTBrown31 to explain that the big new Nature study doesn't say what the authors or media say it does. What does it actually say?🧵 breakthroughjournal.org/p/will-climate…
🧵Columbia University’s announcement of a deal with the federal government: Columbia will pay out $221 million, but “the agreement preserves Columbia's autonomy and authority over faculty hiring, admissions, and academic decision-making.”
“Screwing over”=resuming payments on debt agreed a four year holiday.
Donald Trump will go to the ends of the Earth to make life easier for billionaire CEOs but doesn’t lose a night of sleep screwing over people with student debt.