John Mikhail

Carroll Professor @GeorgetownLaw. I teach & write on Con Law, moral/legal theory, legal history, etc. Elements of Moral Cognition:

[John Mikhail @_John_Mikhail]

Sure, happy to weigh in. There is no sound basis for Alan Dershowitz to claim that abuse of power is not an impeachable offense. In addition to being at odds with common sense, this claim is contradicted by a clear and consistent body of historical evidence. /1

[TRay 🟧🟦☮️✡️💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️🇺🇦🇺🇸 @Harrymeanwell4]

@TheBeatWithAri @_John_Mikhail this is what I was talking about. I wish you would elucidate Twitter. Thank you.

[Tom Dannenbaum @tomdannenbaum]

Meanwhile, in Sudan, due to USAID cuts
- “babies starved quietly”
- “older siblings died begging for food.”
- it has become “harder to contain cholera outbreaks,” killing those weakened by hunger
- 5 million “may lose access to lifesaving health services”
https://t.co/9PcyPsMYfe

[Lawrence Solum @lsolum]

Experimental Jurisprudence (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) https://t.co/FOKGV5WHda

[Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس @sharifkouddous]

The health ministry has released a new 1,000-page document with the names, ages and other info, of 52,959 Palestinians killed in Gaza.

For the first 100 pages (over 5,000 names), the age is listed at 5 years or younger.

The first 18 pages the age is listed as 0 (under 1 year)

[Georgetown Law @GeorgetownLaw]

OPINION | In @just_security, #GeorgetownLaw professor @_John_Mikhail dissects eight examples from recent DOJ appellate briefs, arguing they distort constitutional history to defend the Trump administration���s efforts to restrict birthright citizenship. https://t.co/2Z9PFee36Z

[Jeannie Suk Gersen @JeannieSGersen]

Trump's violations follow an old playbook—trigger lawsuits, giving the Supreme Court a chance to declare statutes unconstitutional. https://t.co/d9bqH7HYqN

[Experimental Philosophy @xphilosopher]

There have been lots of great experimental studies about how people attribute the mental states relevant to criminal responsibility (purpose, knowledge, recklessness, negligence)

A thread of some interesting findings:

[Griffiths Computational Cognitive Science Lab @cocosci_lab]

(1/5) Very excited to announce the publication of Bayesian Models of Cognition: Reverse Engineering the Mind. More than a decade in the making, it's a big (600+ pages) beautiful book covering both the basics and recent work: https://t.co/5dnLpcMQzu

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

This video is an hour long.

[aderson francois 🇭🇹 14th Amendment Baby @abfrancois]

1/5 As a naturalized American who was born and raised in Haiti and whose identity remains deeply tied to Haiti as a place and a people, I always knew the final move of the vilification Vance began was for Trump to promise to kick out Haitians. It’s the next logical step.

[UToledo JHCASE (Arts, Social Sciences, Education) @UToledoJHCASE]

NPR Morning Edition fans: guess who's coming to speak at UToledo? Leila Fadel, co-host of Morning Edition and the NPR podcast Up First will speak at The University of Toledo Law Center Auditorium next Monday, Sept. 9, 6pm.
Read more...https://t.co/N6VITCAECQ
#UToledoMikhail

[John Mikhail @_John_Mikhail]

@Caseyco231 @thenewdigest Thanks, Conor. I appreciate this offer, but I don’t have anything to add right now beyond what’s in the letter. Feel free to share it with Max Longley.

[John Mikhail @_John_Mikhail]

@JoshMBlackman In my post, I wrote “789” instead of “788” and the quote from Story in s. 788 is this: “From this clause it appears, that the remedy by impeachment is strictly confined to civil officers of the United States, including the president and vice-president.” This mistake is now fixed.

[John Mikhail @_John_Mikhail]

A Reality Check on “Officers of the United States”

https://t.co/MTYWmAkjiV

cc: @WilliamBaude @tribelaw @judgeluttig @jedshug @mgraber_ @GerardNMagliocc @marty_lederman @Richard_Primus @LeahLitman @kateashaw1 @joshchafetz @TheGNapp @JRakove @rparloff @rickhasen @charlie_savage

[Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice]

Great reflection and analysis here by Christopher L. Brown on the long intellectual impact of Eric Williams’ Capitalism & Slavery (1943), which was just reprinted by @Penguin, and by @UNC_Press. It’s a feast of insights. From the London Review of Books.
https://t.co/a4LZCj36t8

[Michigan Law School @UMichLaw]

5Qs with Professor @rosesomm on winning the SAGE Early Career Trajectory Award for her interdisciplinary work examining legal concepts such as consent, autonomy, and moral responsibility.

https://t.co/xFSFwrC63q

[Jonathan Gienapp @TheGNapp]

The latest issue of the Journal of American Constitutional History is out—check it out!

https://t.co/fAAXlGH1UU

[John Mikhail @_John_Mikhail]

@kevin_tobia @vicnourse @ASKrishnakumar @y_tew @NeelSukhatme @ksuenamu @complingy So proud of you, Kevin, and so thrilled to be your colleague. Congrats!

[AJIL and AJIL Unbound @AJIL_andUnbound]

Unbound's latest symposium honors the late Karen Knop and her work. Thanks to @ryanliss, @fleurej, @kengle4, & @anneliseriles for putting together such a fitting tribute to Karen. https://t.co/nnm2S9xSKD