Carroll Professor @GeorgetownLaw. I teach & write on Con Law, moral/legal theory, legal history, etc. Elements of Moral Cognition: https://xitter.cf/t.co/a8j89kn5sv

Joined June 2017
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
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@_John_Mikhail this is what I was talking about. I wish you would elucidate Twitter. Thank you.
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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” washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029: - $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion - $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million - $8 billion for hiring - And more
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Experimental Jurisprudence (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) plato.stanford.edu/entries/e…
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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)
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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. bit.ly/4jKziaW
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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:
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(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: mitpress.mit.edu/97802620494…
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This video is an hour long.
More than 41,800 people have been killed in a year of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The health ministry in Gaza has confirmed the identities of more than 34,000 of them. Here are their names.
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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.
This guy is a complete and total monster. Evil.
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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...loom.ly/E0qIMWQ #UToledoMikhail
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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. portside.org/2023-12-18/funh…
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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. bit.ly/3O4JFsL
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It was a privilege to discuss these issues with @AdHaque110 and @saribashi for this year’s Maryse and Ramzy Mikhail Memorial Lecture. Thank you @_John_Mikhail for the invitation and for moderating. youtube.com/live/LF1U-2a8l_U…
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Grateful for the opportunity to discuss the Israel-Hamas war with @saribashi and @tomdannenbaum. Thanks to @_John_Mikhail for the invitation. 2023 Maryse and Ramzy Mikhail Memorial Lecture youtube.com/live/LF1U-2a8l_U… via @YouTube
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“Our staff take their children to work so they know they are safe or can die together”
In my 35 years of work in complex emergencies, I never have expected to write such a letter, predicting the killing of my staff & the collapse of the mandate I am expected to fulfill #Gaza
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Focusing on the conceptual architecture of the dissents in the Slaughter-House Cases (1873), Pamela Brandwein reconfigures narratives about the development of liberalism, police powers jurisprudence, and the relationship between the two. #APSRFirstView ow.ly/bt9u50Q68MF
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