Greetings, my name is David Colarusso. I'm the co-director of Suffolk University Law School's Legal Innovation & Technology (LIT) Lab. With one foot in law and the other in tech, I really want the open web to thrive. So I created a bot (@icymilaw.org) and this site to help folks discover great law-themed content while showing off what one can do with sufficiently open protocols. Note, the number of fire emoji represent how many standard deviations more popular a link is than the average link observed in its category.
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News-like Links
A collection of links shared recently¹ by legal-type folks² with URLs that look like they point to news articles,³ sorted by popularity.
- Is the New York Times trying to wreck Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid? | Margaret Sullivan 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥With their made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani ...
- I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit 🔥
- We Want to Hear From You: Are You Frustrated by Census and Racial Categories?
- Exclusive | Trump Told Zelensky He Wasn’t Responsible for Weapons Holdup The president informed the Ukrainian leader in a call Friday that he didn’t order the arms freeze. On Monday, Trump said the U.S. will have to send more weapons to Ukraine.
- Officials Pushed for Better Warning System for Years Before Deadly Floods A sheriff in 2016 recalled pulling ‘kids out of trees’ in summer camps as leaders repeatedly discussed installing a siren system, but didn’t do so.
Blog-like Links
A collection of links shared recently⁴ by legal-type folks⁵ with URLs that look like they point to blogs/newsletters,⁶ sorted by popularity.
- Bombshell report alleges El Salvador disclaimed responsibility for those U.S. sent to CECOT 🔥🔥🔥Challengers filed the document, from a U.N. investigation, in court on Monday. An update on the rule of law: Alien Enemies Act, birthright citizenship, and law firm litigation.
- Katie Phang | Substack 🔥Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | Fighting for OUR Democracy | "Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce"
- More Control Over Your Notifications - Bluesky 🔥Fine tune which notifications you receive, opt-in to receive push notifications from specific accounts, and receive notifications when someone likes or reposts posts you’ve reposted.
- July 7, 2025 At about 10:30 this morning local time, heavily armed masked agents in trucks, armored vehicles, a helicopter, on foot, and on horseback, accompanied by a gun mounted on a truck raided the MacArthur P...
- More on the Abrego Garcia Case: Some Good News for Democracy, Despite the Government's Best Efforts A recording of my Substack Live conversation with Adam Klasfeld.
AI & The Law Links
A collection of links shared recently⁷ on Bluesky that look like they talk about AI & the law,⁸ sorted by popularity.
- The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger 🔥🔥As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.
- Republican Budget Bill Signals New Era in Federal Surveillance | TechPolicy.Press† 🔥🔥To advance the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement priorities, the Republican budget bill is set to fund a major expansion of federal surveillance.
- Government Affairs Policy Counsel/Advocate - Public Knowledge - Career Page 🔥Apply to Government Affairs Policy Counsel/Advocate at Public Knowledge in Washington, DC.
- Considering the Human Rights Impacts of LLM Content Moderation | TechPolicy.Press A conversation with ECNL's Marlena Wisniak on her report, Algorithmic Gatekeepers: The Human Rights Impacts of LLM Content Moderation.
- Exclusive: Google's AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers† Alphabet's Google has been hit by an EU antitrust complaint over its AI Overviews from a group of independent publishers, which has also asked for an interim measure to prevent allegedly irreparable harm to them, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Law Review-like Links
A collection of links shared recently⁹ on Bluesky that look like they point to papers in law journals or the like,¹⁰ sorted by popularity.
- The Class Action After Trump v. CASA 73 UCLA L. Rev. Discourse ___ (forthcoming 2025) † 🔥🔥To every court to consider its merits, Donald Trump’s order purporting to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocume ...
- Debates Over "Public Use" in the State Constitutional Conventions 🔥Historians and legal scholars alike have previously noted that the meaning of "public use" began to change in the nineteenth century, continuing into ...
- Birthright Citizenship, Denaturalization, and the Specter of Statelessness 🔥Birthright citizenship is a right that has been enjoyed by nearly every person born on American soil for over 150 years. For those that dream and hope for Ameri ...
- Of State Remedies and Federal Rights† The Supreme Court has repudiated Bivens on the grounds that it arrogated legislative power to the federal judiciary. As the Court steps back, Congress is free t ...
- Why Senator John McCain Cannot Be President: Eleven Months and a Hundred Yards Short of Citizenship† Senator McCain was born in 1936 in the Canal Zone to U.S. citizen parents. The Canal Zone was territory controlled by the United States, but it was not incorpor ...
AI Paper-like Links
A collection of links shared recently¹¹ on Bluesky that look like they point to papers on AI,¹² sorted by popularity. Wondering why this section is on a site about the law? Well, I teach a course on AI & the Law, and it turns out that understanding this stuff is super important to figuring out what the law might have to say. So, I figured since I was sharing lists, I might as well share this one too.
- Beyond Statistical Learning: Exact Learning Is Essential for General Intelligence 🔥🔥🔥Sound deductive reasoning -- the ability to derive new knowledge from existing facts and rules -- is an indisputably desirable aspect of general intelligence. Despite the major advances of AI systems ...
- Techno-Feudalism and the Rise of AGI: A Future Without Economic Rights? The rise of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) marks an existential rupture in economic and political order, dissolving the historic boundaries between labor and capital. Unlike past technological…
- Strategic Integration of Artificial Intelligence in the C-Suite: The Role of the Chief AI Officer The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into corporate strategy has become a pivotal focus for organizations aiming to maintain a competitive advantage in the digital age. As AI reshapes business operations and drives innovation, the need for specialized leadership to effectively manage these changes becomes increasingly apparent. In this paper, I explore the role of the Chief AI Officer (CAIO) within the C-suite, emphasizing the necessity of this position for successful AI strategy, integration, and governance. I analyze future scenarios based on current trends in three key areas: the AI Economy, AI Organization, and Competition in the Age of AI. These explorations lay the foundation for identifying the antecedents (environmental, structural, and strategic factors) that justify the inclusion of a CAIO in top management teams. This sets the stage for a comprehensive examination of the CAIO's role and the broader implications of AI leadership. This paper advances the discussion on AI leadership by providing a rationale for the strategic integration of AI at the executive level and examining the role of the Chief AI Officer within organizations.
- A Rigorous Behavior Assessment of CNNs Using a Data-Domain Sampling Regime ArXiv link for A Rigorous Behavior Assessment of CNNs Using a Data-Domain Sampling Regime ...
- Assessing AI Explainability: A Usability Study Using a Novel Framework Involving Clinicians An AI design framework was developed based on three core principles, namely understandability, trust, and usability. The framework was conceptualized by synthesizing evidence from the literature and b...
The High Score
The 20 accounts most reposted by @icymilaw.org over the past week¹³ (the list below is updated every Sunday). High Score, get it? One Score = 20, as in, "four score and seven years ago." ;)
- ICYMI (Law) (@icymilaw.org)
- Law + Tech News Bot (@news.bot.suffolklitlab.org)
- Orin Kerr (@orinkerr.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports.com) (promoted)
- Barred and Boujee and NEWLYWED aka Madiba Dennie (@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social)
- Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social)
- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social)
- Ciara Torres-Spelliscy (@profciara.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Imani Gandy (@angryblacklady.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof (@evanbernick.bsky.social)
- Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Leah Litman (@leahlitman.bsky.social)
- Nora Benavidez (@attorneynora.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Omri Marian (@omrimarian.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Mike Sacks (@mikesacks.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Too Big to Fail (@toobigtofail.bsky.social) (promoted)
- National Security Counselors 🕵 (@nationalsecuritylaw.org) (promoted)
- Jay Willis (@jaywillis.net)
- Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Jacob T. Levy (@jacobtlevy.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Dan Izzo (@izzos.us) (relegated)
- Jessica Pishko (@jesspish.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Michael Li (李之樸) (@mcpli.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Siva (@sivav.bsky.social) (relegated)
† This link was also in yesterday's digest. ¹ Approx. 1 day lookback. ² Attorneys, law profs, et al. ³ News-like links (law) ⁴ Supra note 1. ⁵ Supra note 2. ⁶ Blog-like links (law) ⁷ Approx. 3.5 days lookback. ⁸ AI & the Law ⁹ Approx. 1 week lookback. ¹⁰ Law Review-like ¹¹ Supra note 9. ¹² AI Papers et al. ¹³ High Score
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