Rutgers Law Prof writing about equality law, statutes, and the constitution. Academic writing at: http://ssrn.com/author=879928
Katie Eyer
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I worked for a civil rts firm that operated on a contingency fee basis. I made a tiny fraction of what I would have in Biglaw The Biglaw disdain for pls' attys-& claiming its just about $-is IMO just a way to avoid facing the moral bankruptcy of the work they do repping bigots & the JE's of the wrld
I once wrote an article called “The New Jim Crow is the Old Jim Crow.” It really is feeling distressingly apropos nowadays. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Katie Eyer
Katie Eyer
Still not fully recovered, & won't be for a while but foster kitten Thanos is feeling a lot better than last night. Pain meds are helping to keep him comfortable & we are making sure to give him lots of cuddles. 🤞🤞🤞 no infection and he heals up well.
Still not fully recovered, & won't be for a while but foster kitten Thanos is feeling a lot better than last night. Pain meds are helping to keep him comfortable & we are making sure to give him lots of cuddles. 🤞🤞🤞 no infection and he heals up well.
Not enough news coverage of how the insurrectionist reparations fund is a clear violation of the 14th Amendment.
We need to enforce the Constitution in its original meaning and plain text. You can't imagine away parts of the Constitution just because it is politically inconvenient.
A vast divide exists in the national imagination between the racial struggles of the civil rights era and the racial inequality of the present. The attitudes an
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www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
Why is the NYT calling this an anti diversity effort rather than just plain discrimination or racism and sexism
This is devastating though not surprising. I'm deep into my summer reading on PFAS and this move is deeply disturbing after I've learned all about the unconscionable ways in which government and industry have harmed human and environmental health from these chemicals. 😭
We're now in a downward spiral of partisan (& racial) gerrymandering: TX, then CA, now Southern states like TN and AL.
Is there a way to stop this? In a keynote lecture I gave in February at Loyola Law School, I argue that yes, there is, but the path is narrow.
Just posted to SSRN—
Section 4 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads,
“[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”
Video of January 6:
youtu.be/CVQ61gVQMn4
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
Why is the NYT calling this an anti diversity effort rather than just plain discrimination or racism and sexism
<p>What would it take to end the present downward spiral of partisan gerrymandering in the United States? This essay, a revised and expanded version of a
6 week old foster kitten in the hospital after a significant injury. Please send good energy/prayers/whatever your spiritual practice allows that this little guy will be ok!
6 week old foster kitten in the hospital after a significant injury. Please send good energy/prayers/whatever your spiritual practice allows that this little guy will be ok!
wow. EPA just announced a major PFAS rollback 😞
It's withdrawing drinking water limits for PFNA, PFHxS, GenX and PFBS that were finalized under Biden.
The Trump administration says it needs to review the science—but the science was reviewed many many times over the years it took to pass these
