Chris Newman

law prof, amateur geek

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@dnieporent @OrinKerr I agree with your last sentence: uncon conditions and viewpoint discrim are relevant to corps. But again unless you think there is some basic right to general incorp law, a state is under no obligation to allow their creation for just any purpose people might want. Is it?

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@OrinKerr I think there’s a distinction between the notion that corps are actually entitled to con rights (which seems perverse and unfounded) and the principle that certain restrictions on their activities might violate the rights of the people who create and use them like other tools.

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@OrinKerr I think it’s trickier than that. There is no con law requirement that there be general incorp laws at all. States could decide to stop chartering them tomorrow, or start defining their allowed activities much more narrowly. 1/2

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@kurtlash1 Does sanctioning someone under Rule 11 for making a frivolous legal argument violate the First Amendment too? Serious question.

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@ConLawWarrior At least it seems like the presumption is starting to erode.

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@ilan_wurman LR is easier to remember.

[Clark Neily @ConLawWarrior]

5/5 My practical take on MQ: If there's ANY room for a Member of Congress to weasel out of responsibility for the president's disastrous exercise of some purportedly delegated power, then the power wasn't delegated. There's a reason the entire House has to run every two years--accountability. /end

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@va_anticom @ConLawWarrior Do you understand what your handle means? You sure it shouldn’t actually read Lick Semper Tyrannis?

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@AlisonSomin I mean, Wi$h Li$t could be a satirical depiction of what a vaguely worded statute looks like to the executive when the Court fails to be textualist enough…? Geez, this is almost as bad as Taylor’s bread puns.

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@OrinKerr welcome to the rebellion

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@ProfMJCleveland I’d be impressed if Trump were taking Gore’s line and saying “I disagree with these rulings but will respect the legal process.”. Instead he is using his 1/6 MO: demonizing judges who rule against him, with the implicit promise of pardons to those who target them with violence.

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@brianlfrye But then they’ll be too fearful of legal repercussions to do their jobs vigorously! Thank God presidents don’t have that problem.

[Greg Lukianoff @glukianoff]

Protest is and should be protected, but you don't have a right to disrupt classes or use bullhorns in the library. This is a minority of students deciding for everyone else if they can study or even if they can get to class. They can and should be punished.

[Jared Cook @jkimballcook]

Justice Barrett is a very good judge. I disagree with her a lot, but she is smart, careful, and fair. She's a true believer in the law and in the rule of law, not a partisan hack or an ideologue.

This, of course, makes her anathema to trumpism.

[Greg Lukianoff @glukianoff]

No, it's not.

You have a right to protest, and I’ve defended that right more than practically anyone. You do NOT have a right to shut down other people's classes, their speakers or prevent them from studying in the frickin library. I am tired of people supporting mob censors, but claiming to give a damn about freedom of speech.

And EVERYONE immediately understands this when it's a class they want to attend, a speaker they want to hear, or a time when they want to study. It is only ideology that makes people dense about this stuff.

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@AnthonyMKreis I know. It reminds me of the Obamacare waivers. When did “faithfully execute” become “apply with whatever exceptions he deems expedient”?

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@lexlanham what kind of monster are you???!!!

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

Coming soon: a dating app for wine moms, Sarahs and Hannahs who want to meet dads, Brads and Chads. #TheTorturedPoetsDepartment

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

Gotta say, I love it that the best diss on this album is aimed the parts of the fan base who took it upon themselves to decide who was PC enough for her to date. #TheTorturedPoetsDepartment

[Chris Newman @cmn001]

@ResearchFordham @lexlanham Texas v Johnson ftw.