Professor of Law, University of Texas. Habeas corpus, death penalty, some other law stuff, sentient space robots, kids who don't listen to me, and hot sauce. BIO: https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/lee-kovarsky/https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mu5qs2mqck24this was her whole vibe during the primary, on top of not actually putting together any sort of operation to help down ballot candidates. And it was frustrating to listen to people test out PhD dissertations about why people were supporting whom that were totally divorced from facts on the ground. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5qs2mqck24https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mu2z4bsrt22h“Died with not from” measles, these assholes are really gonna run that one back [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2z4bsrt22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mtwgnbgvq22bliterally the only person in american life beloved by "both sides." [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwgnbgvq22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mttlqs77js27Advice to all you future colonoscopees: ASK FOR THE PILLS24 Aug 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttlqs77js27https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msypaqzxos2aproud to be a submission in 2010 FAR [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msypaqzxos2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msyoz4cvws2agetting into law school is insane these days. UT numbers this year:13 Aug 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyoz4cvws2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msvkere2gs27this article is laced with absurd extrapolation about the academy BUT i'm **grossed out** by people calling austin harper TEMU chatterton williams because (1) TAH is much much much smarter and capable of more than one idea; and (2) there's an obvious racial iceberg there that folks should avoid. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvkere2gs27https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msv5cnfafs27He's making them literal canon fodder and reporters'll still gleefully throw him a party at the the next WHC dinner. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv5cnfafs27https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mssy4xt2ic2fthis is the most axios thing that axios has ever axiosed. not actual literacy, but coverage of what literacy might look like [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssy4xt2ic2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msraetawfk2fThere's a lot of awful shit in academia, but one of the virtues is that if you walked into a room and tried to defend a paper with an idea this dumb you would rightfully leave in tears and with a reputation in shambles [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msraetawfk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msraaxst3c2f10 Aug 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msraaxst3c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msr4yuz4vc2fdo any austin people know of a good chess coach for a kid - dm me plz10 Aug 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msr4yuz4vc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msqfg3v62s2fFWIW I *do* think he's quite smart, but I watched his brain pickle on twitter in real time, which is evident in his inability to consider that his experience at Bates and on socials is not all that representative of higher ed generally. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqfg3v62s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msozkgcjl22aI read the comments attacking Barb here and I have to say people have lost their fucking minds. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msozkgcjl22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msk4vpymzk26kid asked family whether we'd rather live without foot or without internet and i can't believe only 2 out of 4 voted foot.08 Aug 2026 03:28 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msk4vpymzk26https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msiqxbq3zs2hThis is cathartic for uber-online/educated people to read & ALSO captures exactly the problem with how DSA folks talk about policy. It's right on substance, but punctuated w/ sneering erudition that alienates most. "Here's my theory of economic value and I'm sorry you're stupid" is not effective. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiqxbq3zs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msipwzjub22xReally? Doesn’t Murk’s declared opposition just tell us they have the votes or is this something different than every other time? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msipwzjub22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mshfvhmfpk2hbinder clip [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshfvhmfpk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msgyaf64mk2xI did a lot of my early career work on GTMO detention, which involved a lot of research into and litigation around what it means to be an alien enemy. These are citizens of nations with which the US is in a declared state of war and they are not outside the duty of protection anyways. FFS grow up. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgyaf64mk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3msap2iawws2zPeople on tv act like seeing the future is some big fucking deal but i can see the future my kids won’t have their shoes on they will argue about bullshit and forget their fucking water bottles. There done.04 Aug 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msap2iawws2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3ms6scls5sc24Given that (1) one of my two primary fields (habeas) is notoriously complicated and (2) I often rely on generative AI as a search engine for both articles and cases, I can say rather unequivocally: At least w/r/t habeas, it cannot write a good law review article. It's confused about everything. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6scls5sc24https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3ms3wrutqps27Happy 102 to the best American writer, full stop [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms3wrutqps27https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mrxxxo6x7c25"Zipporah" is named after his wife Zipporah Wiseman, a longtime law professor at ... the University of Texas. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxxxo6x7c25https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mrxtu7q3bs25dude just fries my cultural circuitboard like we are 2 clicks from "pope leo's banksy collab" [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxtu7q3bs25https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mrxsnbvcxc25guys, on the ground in TX, i cannot tell you how many times a day i get hit with Talarico communication. it's annoying AF but it def feels like T flooding the zone. makes this result make sense. def feels like R attack strategy just isn't working at all. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/28/texas-senate-poll-james-talarico-ken-paxton-july-2026/31 Jul 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxsnbvcxc25https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mrxr7akipk2yI left Ulysses as the only book in our bathroom after college in our shitty walk up31 Jul 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxr7akipk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mrx5mywbpc2mJorts are back, Jesus31 Jul 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx5mywbpc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mrvhjvcyzk24I started writing on this topic recently, and I've learned a ton from work that Frank has done one this subject. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvhjvcyzk24https://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mrt2rblxns2fcan I hate on this for a minute? look, fuck rfjk jr. but ffs, people with substance abuse issues in their past have accomplished amazing things, and honestly you probably know several - even if you don't know about the abuse. so cut the "junkie" shit off. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrt2rblxns2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kovarsky.bsky.social/post/3mriq7s4ndc2pdo i have to watch "for all mankind" to enjoy "star city"25 Jul 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:dlmur6emtjntr5n5qysgrdos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mriq7s4ndc2p