Michael Abramowicz

Oppenheim Professor of Law, George Washington University

[Michael Abramowicz @mbabramo]

@jadler1969 @OrinKerr My first law article (written in Law School in 1996) argued that the Public Debt Clause renders the debt limit unconstitutional. https://t.co/PjUlLxTeGD But there are some good arguments on the other side.

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@TravisCrumLaw Great presentation. This is a terrific, ambitious and important scholarly project.

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@BrightHorizons has finally acknowledged receipt of my daughter's application. This could be good timing, as they are in person while @UCLA is not.

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@SRanchordas @karshtedt @SusanEDudley We were lucky to have had you at our school and look forward to your returning so that you can again inspire us.

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@CBHessick This is a very good thread. The problem of jerks, unfortunately, extends beyond academia and is undertheorized.

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@zeynep Individual carrots > group carrots, at least in our country.

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@GovMikeDeWine Regret aversion at work: The knowledge that you could find out that you were selected but ineligible makes the inducement stronger than a lottery among lists of vaccinated people where you will never found out that you would have won if not excluded.

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Harry/Meghan possible but most of her fame likely comes from marriage. Tom/Giselle plausible, but maybe sports is just part of entertainment industry. Anna Nicole/J. Howard, but no longer alive.

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@JeffElser3 @ToddTheOdd Not illegal. But despicable.

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@DanielJHemel Michelle Obama? I like the Walt Disney answer better, though I suppose that she could be more famous for now given the recency of the Obama presidency.

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@howisthewater @causalinf @AEAjournals The study compares two extant options. If you can convince some judges to choose some third option, then random assignment will allow study of that option too. Empirical papers have limitations but are still useful.

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@markpmckenna @UCLA_Law @techethicsnd @jmnookin Congratulations! A great hire by a school whose ranking is finally catching up with its quality.

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@KannonShanmugam The law of small numbers

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@jbarro Don't judge people based on whether they wear masks outside. Go ahead and judge those who flout indoor mask mandates.

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@ZoeMcLaren The $100 per person that West Virginia is offering might be a better incentive. I'm not sure why we have decided that vaccines with huge social value should have a zero price instead of a negative price.

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@hildabast Thank you for this helpful summary. Can you explain why we shouldn't we just care about the phase 3 results, at least if there is real randomization and blinding? If the control group is much healthier than the placebo group, why isn't that enough?

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@KevinLynnCope Was the topic also vaccine passports in second grade?

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The long-game move for Republicans would be to not filibuster and then allow the DC statehood bill to barely pass. This SCOTUS will then kill it. Future SCOTUS, maybe not. https://t.co/IpfS6mNqT2

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@HoffProf Did you feel that hybrid affected your ability to walk around the room? I feel that I need to move when teaching in person but stay in place when on Zoom. Maybe with a camera following me around, it would be different.

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President Biden cannot unilaterally commit the United States to this goal. Is that a shorthand for saying that his Administration is committed to it? Or is the hope that a "commitment" will exact costs on others who may be perceived as reneging? https://t.co/vMxQiZW4Vs