A Personal Blog
by Michael Froomkin
Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law
My Publications | e-mail
All opinions on this blog are those of the author(s) and not their employer(s) unelss otherwise specified.
Who Reads Discourse.net?
Readers describe themselves.
Please join in.Reader Map
Recent Bluessky Posts- Took an awful long time and the media is still not very good about it, but at least they're very occasionally calling a Trump lie a lie. Now please can we call a big lie a big lie? www.broadstreetreview.com/essays/as-th... July 2, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- From Lincoln's remarks on the meaning of July 4th, delivered July 10th, 1858: Immigrants and those descended from them "have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood, and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote that Declaration, and so they are." www.uvu.edu/ccs/docs/lin... July 2, 2026 Bill Kristol
- Anyone asked Paxton about this yet? July 1, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- My suspicion is that Instagram is far more responsible for the upsurge in antisemitism than Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Frankly a lot of the daily antisemitism I’ve encountered has nothing to do with Gaza, just jokes about Jews and money, Jews controlling everything, etc. July 1, 2026 Will Stancil
- Political scientist here: this is not funny, democracies only do this when they're in extreme distress July 1, 2026 Robert (Bob) Kubinec
Recent Comments
- Emily Brown on Introduction
- KK Ho on Introduction
- Michael on Robot Law II is Now Available! (In Hardback)
- Mulalira Faisal Umar on Robot Law II is Now Available! (In Hardback)
- Michael on Vince Lago Campaign Has No Shame
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 51 other subscribers
Categories
Listening
Follow
- Subscribe via RSS
- Comments RSS
© 2003-2024 A. Michael Froomkin. Unless otherwise stated, or copyright by others is indicated, textual content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States license. This permits non-profit reproduction so long as credit is given to the author and any resulting work is shared under the same or similar license. Links are appreciated. Library photo in header © 2008 Alex Nikada.
Jotwell- Can Increased Demand for Electricity Be Met Without Building New Gas, Coal, or Nuclear Plants? July 2, 2026 Gregory M. Stein
- Furthering Inclusive Constitutionalism July 1, 2026 Allison Brownell Tirres
- Rivalrous Remedies June 30, 2026 Caprice Roberts
- Can Law Speak Against Itself? June 29, 2026 Alma Diamond
- Copyright’s Constitutional Crisis June 26, 2026 Pamela Samuelson
- A Corporate Governance Model Serving Patient Interests June 25, 2026 Nadia Sawicki
Blenderlaw- eu commissioner didier reynders to visit miamilaw february 23, 2023 February 8, 2023
- a ukrainian student at miami law in her own words June 3, 2022
- canefunder for ukrainian students April 15, 2022
- george bermann on international arbitration and eu law February 25, 2022
- peter lederer August 10, 2021
- comments on carbon border tax proposals July 30, 2021
My elderly mother has an important observations:
“The reason Bushies approve of toruture is they find it exciting, perhaps sexually exciting. If this isn’t perversion, I don’t know what is….”
I think she’s nailed this administration to the wall. These cats are perverts of all kinds. Think about their utter disregard for the rule of law.
If the P fits…
Pretty much