Law professor (currently of counsel at @immigrantjustice, on leave from the day job). Speaks Japanese a little. Bad figure skater. Thinks immigration is good, actually. Was “Abolish ICE” before it was cool.https://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwelt7kvfk2zJust came from a symposium at @waynelawschool.bsky.social , listening to @walterolson.bsky.social approvingly quote @lioneltrolling.bsky.social. Trump makes bedfellows of us all. @jentaub.bsky.social25 Sep 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwelt7kvfk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mvv5ll56js2bShoutout to the amazing @michaelmoswalt (who has an account here but hasn’t posted — what’s up with that, dude?) for this well-deserved award! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv5ll56js2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mups62iunc2iHere's a clip of my testimony on birthright citizenship before a U.S. House subcommittee on Wednesday. I'm told that it went slightly viral on the hellsite (maybe people were just pointing and laughing at the picture). https://www.nbcmiami.com/video/news/national-international/lawyer-trump-birthright-order-chaos/3853989/04 Sep 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mups62iunc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3muprumjvsc2iWork/personal news: I'm taking a leave from my law school teaching job, effective a couple of weeks ago, to work full-time for a year as part of the National Immigrant Justice Center's federal litigation team. I feel lucky to be able to do this . . .04 Sep 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3muprumjvsc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mpjjihywyk2zAlito says (p.37) that any kid who has citizenship at birth in another country falls outside the 14th amendment. So if a US citizen marries someone who's come here from Germany with a green card, the Constitution doesn't grant their kid citizenship. I'm not sure he's thought this through30 Jun 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjjihywyk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mpjisyqpzc2zI'm glad Kavanaugh ruled correctly on statutory grounds, but his constitutional analysis is insanely casual. "The kids of noncitizens unlawfully or temporarily in the country don’t get fourteenth amendment citizenship b/c . . . (1/2)30 Jun 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjisyqpzc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mnnyfrdthk2oYour moment of zen [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jun 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnnyfrdthk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mmozkc7tls2nRead this: @austinkocher.com on the migration of the dead [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 May 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmozkc7tls2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mltvdhvcic2cAlito, today: Dobbs didn’t just end due process protection for abortion — it also created a one-off exception to the Supremacy Clause. Federal law always trumps state law, except (checks notes) federal law enhancing access to abortion is void b/c it "undermines” state laws banning it. Good to know14 May 2026 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltvdhvcic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mivw7ogges2ebefore the world as we know it comes to an end . . . proof of cat07 Apr 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivw7ogges2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mitm2ezoic2cMy kid Ari, looking uncharacteristically respectable, in a publicity shot for the play Convention, at the Industry Loft in LA https://www.instagram.com/convention1944/ www.conventionplay.com06 Apr 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitm2ezoic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mhqxyw4r6k2m@greenleejw.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqxyw4r6k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mhgk4mxb3c2zI was assigned this book three separate times as a Gov major in college, so it's about time they got the attribution right [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Mar 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgk4mxb3c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mfapr5wmrk2pHere's the brief that Linus Chan, Doug Jensen and I just filed in the birthright citizenship litigation in the Supreme Court on behalf of 216 Members of Congress. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-365/396731/20260219124202220_25-365%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf19 Feb 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfapr5wmrk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3meygg7wwis2y100 years ago, the “Immigration Bureau” was part of the Labor Dept. In 1919-20, Assistant Sec'y of Labor Louis Post stood alone against anti-“Red" hysteria & blocked thousands of deportations. So J Edgar Hoover smeared him and tried to get him impeached. Post won. Victories are possible16 Feb 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3meygg7wwis2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mdgogpkybc2m@austinkocher.com asks the right questions at https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/instead-of-thinking-about-what-or27 Jan 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgogpkybc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3mdbflppqpc2yAn anthem for this moment of grief: Charles Yang (last year) singing A Change is Gonna Come. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=95908599639022025 Jan 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbflppqpc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3lybkrko6mc2d“This nation . . . has no right to expect that it will always have wise and humane rulers, sincerely attached to the principles of the Constitution. Wicked men, ambitious of power, with hatred of liberty and contempt of law, may fill the place once occupied by Washington and Lincoln" [1/2]07 Sep 2025 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lybkrko6mc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3lu7gsyzbq22rThe article quotes me (accurately) saying, “I would be delighted to go before a magistrate (judge) and say, ‘Jesus Christ, he’s plainly lawfully present . . . “ (Protip: One shouldn’t actually say that to a judge. They’re sensitive.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2025 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu7gsyzbq22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3lu7gsyzbq22rThe article quotes me (accurately) saying, “I would be delighted to go before a magistrate (judge) and say, ‘Jesus Christ, he’s plainly lawfully present . . . “ (Protip: One shouldn’t actually say that to a judge. They’re sensitive.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2025 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu7gsyzbq22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3lt2uxfy2js2eBizarro substantive due process world: Justices Alito and Thomas, famed substantive due process maximalists, released a statement today indicating support for the argument that a state’s failure to *require* parental consent for abortions violates the parents’ constitutional rights03 Jul 2025 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt2uxfy2js2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3lpmqobikfs2mIt’s good to have someone to help you grade exams20 May 2025 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmqobikfs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3loy3lfy72c2hme on the news of the day: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/wayne-state-law-professor-suspending-habeas-corpus-immigrants-unconstitutional. @waynelawschool.bsky.social12 May 2025 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3loy3lfy72c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3lnzv6lz4ic2qAnother day at the office.30 Apr 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzv6lz4ic2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonweinberg.bsky.social/post/3ln3v2fvy4k2nSpending all of my time on small efforts to keep the world from going to hell, but . . . kittens!18 Apr 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:drify4vg25gvtf3klrosr66k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3v2fvy4k2n