Duffy Prof @YaleLawSch, legal history. Germantown born and bred. Fisherman, orchardist, baseball. Profile photo sitdowners park in Flint. The Radical Fund is out from Simon & Schuster.https://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3mj3g75wpn22gIn then new @zelizer.bsky.social book on the Biden presidency I describe the symbiotic relationship between the imperial Supreme Court and the dangerous postmodern presidency. Frenemies and mutual enablers, even when also adversarial. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691274782/the-presidency-of-joseph-r-biden?srsltid=AfmBOoq8X0Jr7GN2k3R7-84uKAHVGeVp4apEw_dvmTplevhztMviCMew09 Apr 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3g75wpn22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3mf3jffevqk2sDeepak Bhargava of Freedom Together bundles good lessons from The Radical Fund for funders today. More to say about the interaction of class and race. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3jffevqk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3merbu7subk2bThoughtful review of The Radical Fund in @dissentmag.bsky.social by @cdunning.bsky.social. (Will hand-wringing keep the left from doing what’s required to build power while in exile?) https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/philanthropy-for-radicals/13 Feb 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3merbu7subk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3md3qqdnmak2yAmazing students and great to see you Robert! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jan 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3qqdnmak2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3mb32dhns3s2tAlways fun to talk to @profmmurray.bsky.social — esp about The Radical Fund! @simonandschuster.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Dec 2025 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb32dhns3s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3mb2w3temxs2tNice note on The Radical Fund in the @nytimes.com! Missed it last week. “Engrossing” sounds good! @simonandschuster.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/books/review/great-books-on-american-history-and-the-economy.html28 Dec 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb2w3temxs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3maqaelm4qk2qThis one was fun to write: did 2025 put a final stake thru the heart of the process school? Or was it maybe the beginning of a revival? (Take our course this spring for more!) @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @samuelmoyn.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/opinion/democracy-america-bureaucracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share24 Dec 2025 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3maqaelm4qk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m7leto2v3s2vI'll be at Harvard Book Store this eve at 7 pm, in conversation with @noahrfeldman.bsky.social about The Radical Fund. Among other things, my best effort in 30 years to capture the history of the law in all its multifariousness. Join us! @harvardbookstore.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social09 Dec 2025 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7leto2v3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m73lgam4ns2yHey New Haven join the conversation with Kica Matos @nilc.org and me about The Radical Fund, 6:30 this evening at Possible Futures on Edgewood. Liberals and leftists in political exile, a century ago and today. Should be fun! https://possiblefuturesbooks.com/events/398052025120303 Dec 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73lgam4ns2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m65ii3ocj22i Many thanks to the @brennancenter.org for compelling conversation about #TheRadicalFund this week. Esp nice to reconnect with former student Lauren Miller Karalunas @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social21 Nov 2025 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65ii3ocj22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m5xnqumoy22bIf only there were a story about someone with $1 million giving it away . . . . #TheRadicalFund [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2025 06:45 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5xnqumoy22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m5hfxasiis2rIn Detroit for the ASLH conference? I'm at the Fraser Center Wayne State at 4 pm this afternoon to talk about the archives that brought the story of #TheRadicalFund to life. @reutherlibrary.bsky.social https://labor.wayne.edu/event-flyers/john-fabian-witt-november-12-fraser-center-flyer.png12 Nov 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hfxasiis2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m5gyka5e2s2yInteresting and fun convo with @jonwiener.bsky.social and @thenation.com about resonances between the 2020s and the 1920s: https://www.thenation.com/podcast/archive/sms-111225/12 Nov 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gyka5e2s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m52sdjmgok2ySmart questions from @zelizer.bsky.social in this conversation earlier today. Did the right co-opt progressives’ most generative 20th c tactics? #TheRadicalFund https://open.substack.com/pub/johnfabianwitt/p/interview-with-john-fabian-witt-author?r=6mzye&utm_medium=ios07 Nov 2025 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52sdjmgok2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m4ydqubuwk2nI'm at the Warren Center @harvard.edu today at 4 pm in Robinson Hall's lower library to talk about The Radical Fund. Come on out. I promise good pictures!06 Nov 2025 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ydqubuwk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m4xxjbse522yLookong back to look ahead—thoughtful and revelatory by @nickperkins.bsky.social on Mamdani and Walter Lippmann. https://jacobin.com/2025/11/lunn-socialist-mayor-schenectady-mamdani06 Nov 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xxjbse522yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m4tlmyfwik2oHarlem Congressman Vito Marcantonio is Mamdani’s closing message—and practiced at the Garland Fund’s law firm. Of course. #TheRadicalFund is all around us. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Nov 2025 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4tlmyfwik2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m4mifnfl6c2fOh my, the 2020s bidding hard to look like the 1920s. First Billie Eilish, now Gatsby and the Roaring 20s at Mar-a-Lago #TheRadicalFund @simonandschuster.bsky.social02 Nov 2025 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4mifnfl6c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m4kywl3yv22oRadicalism (in its Latin sense at least?) is fast becoming a keyword for the age. @fotoole.bsky.social is lucid in the @nybooks.com https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/11/20/the-lingering-delusion-107-days-kamala-harris/01 Nov 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4kywl3yv22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m4ilbqmtls2bRadical constitutional change is in the air; now Sai Prakash & @casssunstein.bsky.social are in the mix with a fascinating account of social movements and elites. But what if elites are also a social movement to be explained? #TheRadicalFund https://virginialawreview.org/articles/radical-constitutional-change/31 Oct 2025 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ilbqmtls2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfabianwitt.bsky.social/post/3m4bbp2aqdc2hA new pod episode! Come for the nudist beach scenes from the 1920s—stay for fights over the material foundations of 20th-c liberalisms. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2025 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:jb4fawn5rlxc3i3ocyj6ycba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bbp2aqdc2h