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John Meixner

@johnbmeixner

Asst Prof @UGASchoolofLaw. Teaching & writing on crim, neurolaw, evidence, law & psych. Former fed prosecutor, @UMich & @NorthwesternLaw alum.

 Athens, GA
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Joined May 2021
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Delighted to release two new books into the world! *Dilemmas in Digital Abuse* & *Cybercrime Scenarios* feature lots of “dilemmas” & “scenarios” exploring law/tech issues. Download for free on my website, where you’ll also find links for ~$14 paperbacks: thomaskadri.com/research/sch…
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New draft! Evidence Law's Blind Spots (forthcoming @IowaLawReview)--check it out if you’re interested in… evidence law OR prior convictions OR race OR law & psych OR ban-the-box and other disclosure rules OR... just check it out here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Interesting thread here from Orin about some remarks by Justice Kavanaugh. I’m disappointed (but unsurprised) to hear that the Court sees its job as providing clear & administrable rules, and that it declines to hear cases when it’s unlikely to generate such rules …..
Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) profile pictureOrin Kerr
@OrinKerr14 Jul 2023
Replying to @OrinKerr
Second, he had some interesting speculation about why the Court is taking fewer cases. One thing he said was that the Justices discuss at conference whether they will be able to clear up an area. A split may be confusing, but if they take it up, they may not reach a clear rule.
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BioLawLapalooza 5.0 group photo! Like the idiot I am, I forgot to have us take it on Friday, when more people were here, but it's great to have this. The best thing @StanfordCLB does, bringing together great people to build a field, a community...or a family.
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Bolts@boltsmag6 May 2023
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill on Friday that sets up a new state board with the authority to remove from office locally elected prosecutors. The bill adds to the GOP’s nationwide crackdown against reform-minded prosecutors. boltsmag.org/georgia-bill-wo…
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👋New paper: “Surveys and Experiments in Statutory Interpretation”! A short (12-pg) intro to this exciting new area, and an arg that the research is important for evaluating the *theory* of textualism, not just its implementation. Abstract below! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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🥂@UGASchoolofLaw ties NYU for percent of law grads in full time, long term, bar passage required jobs. *But you don't have to wear golden handcuffs to pay for UGA. #PublicSchool reuters.com/legal/legalindus…
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Seeing a lot of responses along the lines of: Memphis PD implemented various reforms. Those didn't prevent Tyre Nichols's death. Therefore, those reforms have failed. A few thoughts: 1. We don't know that these reforms were implemented in any real way. Indeed, it looks ...
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