Derek T. Muller
@derektmuller
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Professor of Law @NDLaw. Election law, federal courts, legal education & profession. 313 native. I don't read the replies. Rhymes with duller.
Notre Dame, IN
Joined May 2012
I launched a Substack, "Law School Docket," a little while ago--currently, cross-posting some of my longer-form EOD posts, if you're interested. Free, of course.
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President Trump’s proposed higher education compact may provoke some useful dialogue around reform. But the federal government shouldn’t try to manage the nation’s 6,000 colleges and universities, writes @SenAlexander
https://t.co/ICalvXvkHV
wsj.com
His higher-education ‘compact’ is a case of federal overreach, even if some of its ideas are good.
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need to see the knuckle puck alt
Born from the tradition that’s defined the Fighting Irish for generations. We’re proud to introduce the Notre Dame Hockey Leprechaun. #GoIrish☘️
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New over at ELB: "Miscellaneous thoughts on Callais"
electionlawblog.org
I confess, I’ve found the litigation saga surrounding Callais quite complicated (including what, precisely, re-argument was supposed to accomplish, and why Justice Thomas wrote separately this summer...
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Barrett repeatedly asking about congruence & proportionality at oral argument today. As I noted back in 2023 in Allen v. Milligan, I identified it as noteworthy that Thomas, joined by Gorsuch & Barrett, flagged this standard in dissent in n.19: https://t.co/eYugePTgha
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Kavanaugh quoting Kennedy's opinion in Johnson v. DeGrandy (1994) at length in Louisiana v. Callais oral argument--an opinion from Kavanaugh's term clerking with Kennedy.
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New over at EOD: "Is the Association of American Law Schools failing to live up to the moment for legal education?"
excessofdemocracy.com
The ostensible mission of the Association of American Law Schools is here : Founded in 1900, the mission of AALS is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education. In support of this mission,...
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It's not clear why this photoshopped image is going viral. Santa Clara is de facto (not formally) capping tuition around $50K, but indirect costs will be on top of that, not enough to prevent many students from going to private loans.
Santa Clara is one of the first law schools to publish 2026-27 tuition. Historically, Grad PLUS loans have had no limits. Starting next year, professional school borrowing will be capped at $50k/year. Notice anything about the trend in tuition? I expect many schools to copy this.
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Finding apps across ecosystems: CoralHub will list DApps by category. This helps you discover multichain apps you can trust. 🧵1/4
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The only other good example that comes to mind is Arthur Miller & Rule 23(b)(3). https://t.co/YlTntpjKfU
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Reading @ProfRobAnderson on the evolution of the poison pill, I wonder: how many legal novations were developed because of just one attorney's inspiration, essentially willing it into being? https://t.co/V367jB0Kfa
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Existing accredited schools remain accredited in the eyes of Texas. New regulations will be forthcoming, but they will be no more onerous than the ABA & will give opportunity for new schools to be recognized.
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The Texas Supreme Court has stripped the ABA of its role as accreditor of law schools for purposes of bar admission in the state. https://t.co/T3RYBfc9lD
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New over at EOD: "Ranking the most liberal and conservative law firms among the top 150, 2025 edition"
excessofdemocracy.com
UPDATE Sept. 30: Due to a data collection error, the data for Gibbs & Bruns has been revised. One of my most popular posts remains “ Ranking the most liberal and conservative law firms .” That post...
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This is the rare case where the "burden" is found to be a "minimal" burden on voting rights under the Anderson-Burdick test, & still fails constitutional review according to this panel. I'll be watching en banc/SCOTUS review for this one.
BREAKING: 3rd Circuit panel rules, 3-0, that Pennsylvania law requiring discarding undated or misdated mail-in ballots violates U.S. Constitution. Judges: Shwartz (Obama), Freeman (Biden), Smith (GWBush) Doc:
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He's going to spend a billion dollars and end up fourth in New Hampshire.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH CRACKER BARREL?? KEEP YOUR BEAUTIFUL LOGO!!! THE NEW ONE LOOKS LIKE CHEAP VELVEETA “CHEESE” FROM WALMART, THE PLACE FOR “GROCERIES” (AN OLD FASHIONED TERM)!!! "FIX IT” ASAP! WOKE IS DEAD!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. — GCN
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