Aya Gruber
@ayagruber
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Feminist law prof, former public defender, biracial Asian, cat đ» person. Author of The Feminist War on Crime (history and analysis of carceral feminism)
Los Angeles, CA
Joined January 2016
After a necessary hiatus from here, I am back with some news: I'm honored to be the Harold Heimbaugh Professor of Law at USC Gould Law School & I just posted my latest article, A Tale of Two Me Toos https://t.co/1INpJx4iyS, a critical postmortem of the #MeToo movement (thread).
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Listen as #USCGould Professor @ayagruber breaks down the legal issues at play in the Sean Combs trial on NPR: https://t.co/K5SF7E7wby
@USCPressroom
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Sean Combs who was once at the forefront of hip-hop music and fashion is now on trial for sex trafficking. The hip-hop mogul launched the careers of numerous stars and grew his business empire to a...
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Well, it's a trolls and tech bro world, and we gotta live in it. I'm glad some see a left silver-lining of somehow sending a message on Gaza. But let's face it - that didn't make the difference.
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I pray strategists know what they're doing b/c her love affair with neocons is maddening. Still, she MUST win. I get the left instinct to burn it down, but want my kid to live in a democracy. As Harris Courts Republicans, the Left Grows Wary and Alienated
nytimes.com
The vice presidentïżœïżœs tack to the right, support for Israel in the Gaza war and incremental policy proposals have alienated progressives and raised worries about waning liberal energy.
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âIt makes sense that a prosecutor is looking at (the Netflix show about the Menendez case) and going, âOk, well everybodyâs seeing this, and the right thing to do is take this up.ââ â #USCGould Prof. @ayagruber in @BLaw
news.bloomberglaw.com
A new review of the Menendez brothersâ murder case by prosecutors whose predecessors once argued for their life sentences illustrates the degree to which changing social attitudes are influencing the...
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I was formally installed as the Robert Kingsley Professor of Law at @USCGouldLaw by my incredible @USCGouldLawDean, alongside three of my fantastic colleagues, @clarkeja, @ayagruber, and @ProfAtuahene. I'm so thrilled and lucky to be a part of this amazing community.
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What is Sex Exceptionalism in Criminal Law? --Find out from @ayagruber of @USCGouldLaw at the upcoming @NACDL #NACDLSexCases CLE in Las Vegas, November 13-15, 2024. LEARN MORE: https://t.co/MZzWwqmd1H
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Soooo . . . It's not genocide when a state engages in a campaign to kill, starve, and displace and ethnic population, and it's not terrorism when a state indiscriminately kills civilians for political gain. Because the state is a US ally. Got it.
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What happens when you make a cop mayor of NYC? Police overtime goes from $4 million in 2022 to $155 million now. https://t.co/vAhCI4Ijde
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Subway crime is down slightly. Fare evasion tickets and arrests are way up.
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Time to brush off my dancing shoes cause I'm gonna do the WALZ!!!!!
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When I called @Tim_Walz this morning to ask him to join our campaign, I shared my deep level of respect for him and the work we've done together. We're going to unify this country and we're going to win. Let's go get this done.
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A monumental shift in emergency response is underway: non-police first responders are proving effective in cities across the US. From Eugene to Denver, programs like STAR and HEART are reducing crime, easing the burden on police, and saving taxpayer $$$ https://t.co/T3YVMYAbtT
thehill.com
Many of these programs have the full support of police, who are relieved to not have to act as social workers or counselors, which they arenât trained to be.
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I am proud to announce that I've asked @Tim_Walz to be my running mate. As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he's delivered for working families like his. It's great to have him on the team. Now letâs get to work. Join us: https://t.co/W4AE2WlMTj
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Be part of the movement that is fighting to defeat Trump and chart a new way forward for America.
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And a friendly reminder that white supremacists have been declaring who counts as Black (one drop) since the dawn of white supremacy.
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Bi-racial people are VERY familiar with the practice of white people--even some well meaning liberals-- declaring which race you are to fit their agenda. #WeirdAF
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A suggestion to make all of our lives less stressful: We don't have to hand-wring about whom we should vote for when we already know whom we must vote against. This is an ouster election. Vote to oust Trump from national politics. It's that simple.
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Donald Trumpâs first campaign event of this cycle was at Waco, Texas on the 30th Anniversary of the Waco Siege. The opening speaker was Ted Nugent who called President Zelensky a âweirdo homosexual,â and then the âJ6 Choirâ played a new version of the National Anthem before
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If you think a nightmarish, unconstitutional round up of innocent people, merely suspected of being enemies of the state, canât happen in the U.S., then youâre forgetting that it already has. I was among them, along with my entire family and community.
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Here's the thing about court pleadings -- you can put the most outrageous, ridiculous, malicious, and vile claims in them, and no one can sue you for defamation.
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