If giant pythons are outlawed only outlaws will have giant pythons.
The board of the South Florida Water Management District asked federal regulators this week to take a step toward banning imports of the Asian reptiles, which can grow as large as 26 feet and 200 pounds – and, if one one famous case is an indication, seem to have acquired a taste for gator.
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Recent Bluessky Posts- How lawyers help in the transnational effort to fight climate change: Caroline M. Bradley, Sharing Law: Climate Finance Contracting, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... August 4, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Native Peoples Law: Bethany Berger, Native Citizenship through a Different Lens, JOTWELL (August 4, 2026) (reviewing Lila Teeters Knolle, Indians Now Taxed: Citizenship and Taxation in Settler-Colonial South Dakota, 44 J. Am. Ethnic History 44 (2025)), lex.jotwell.com/native-citiz.... August 4, 2026 Jotwell
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- Heck of a lot of truth in this cartoon illustrating new-to-me Brandolini’s law en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandol... (via @garymarcus.bsky.social in garymarcus.substack.com/p/two-critic...). Although TBH it sounds like something @mnemonic.bsky.social would have said... August 3, 2026 Michael Froomkin
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