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by Michael Froomkin
Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law
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Recent Bluessky Posts- 2-1 with Rao in dissent. (And stayed pending appeal to SCT.) Which makes me wonder, when is the last time Rao voted against Trump? If any.... www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08... August 7, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Torts: Christopher J. Robinette, Gaming the Standard, JOTWELL (August 7, 2026) (reviewing Ani B. Satz & Liza Vertinsky, Customary Corruption, 66 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 693 (2025)), torts.jotwell.com/gaming-the-s.... August 7, 2026 Jotwell
- TIL that disgraced former NC Congressman Madison Crawthorn is trying to carpetbag himself into an open Florida seat, kick-started by $500,000 of this own money. (Apparently it's not going great.) floridapolitics.com/archives/777... August 7, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- At least five of these are already true or will be true by the end of next week. August 7, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- I have a personal and maybe political commitment against cannibalism. Oh, and one against genocide. Good thing we don't have that code here. August 6, 2026 Michael Froomkin
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Jotwell- Gaming the Standard August 7, 2026 Christopher J. Robinette
- Strings Attached: Science Regulation by Science Funders August 6, 2026 Nicholson Price
- A Timely Reminder that Power Moves Even in the Mundane August 5, 2026 Lisa Owens
- Native Citizenship through a Different Lens August 4, 2026 Bethany Berger
- The End of Legal Scholarship? August 3, 2026 Eli Wald
- Responsiveness as a Constitutional Value July 31, 2026 Jaclyn Neo
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

Listen, Mr Iguana, you have to cover your nose and mouth with that bandana. That’s both for COVID-19 protection… and armed robbery of financial institutions.
(How ironic that a year ago, walking into a bank with a mask on would get multiple panic buttons pressed… and now, walking into a bank WITHOUT a mask on would get multiple panic buttons pressed.)