LPE Blog

Have you heard the good news? A forthcoming conference will launch the The Association of Law and Political Economy: a membership organization with a regular annual conference, elected leadership, and an architecture for open participation and collaboration.

Today, James Bhandary-Alexander reflects on the life and times of Thomas Emerson — a law professor who refused to be silenced by the forces of repression during the Second Red Scare — and considers what his example can teach us about resisting today’s repressive climate.

Today, Veryl Pow and Mohini Mookim describe their approach to prefigurative lawyering at the Sustainable Economies Law Center. By striving to embody the values we wish to see in a liberated future, they argue, we can build a new world in the carcass of the old.

Today, Jerry Kang and @noahzatz.bsky.social argue that even as the Trump administration seeks to dismantle DEI in the name of “merit,” the civil rights law it distorts still harbors possibilities for resistance.

"The support that Musk enjoys from the corporate dêmos, including Tesla’s numerous retail stockholders, seems tethered more closely to vibes than to quarterly profit margins." ICYMI: the great @katejackson.bsky.social on the populist underpinnings of Musk's compensation plan.

Today, @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social explains how the Trump Administration’s use of individualized, firm-level waivers and exemptions marks a new frontier in presidential control of the administrative state — turning deregulation into a tool for distributing political favors.

Week in review: @jamesftierney.bsky.social on Intel and American State Capitalism; David Abraham on Capitalism, Democracy, and Weimar Germany; and Rana Jaleel and Risa Lieberwitz on the weaponization of Title VI. Plus, as always, the best of LPE from around the web!

Today, Rana Jaleel & Risa Lieberwitz of the @aaup.org explain how the Trump administration has used Title VI to pressure universities to undermine free speech and entrench inequality, and how universities have largely crumbled in the face of this pressure. lpeproject.org/blog/the-cor...