Hannah Walser

@hkpmw

Thinking about people thinking about other people. First Amendment, interpretive methodologies, criminal law, law & humanities, theories of mind. Assistant Professor @umichlaw.bsky.social. 💙💛 she/her. hwalser.wordpress.com

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Hannah Walser@hkpmw· 11d

Eventually a third showed up, larger than the others and without the white spots. What do we think, naturalists of Bluesky: a family?

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· 11d

The neighbors came out to welcome us to Michigan

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· 17d

“hey”

Lucy the black and tan miniature poodle lies on an orange blanket, ducking her head and looking wary. There’s a tiny plastic baby blue Phillies cap (formerly an ice cream dish) on her head

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· 19d

This account is now exclusively for Phillies and puppies and Phillies puppies

Lucy the black and tan miniature poodle is wearing a Phillies jersey. She sits on a woman’s lap, beaming with her mouth open (she’s probably a little hot). Her eyes look in subtly different directions, which is part of her charm

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· 19d

Yes, the Phils are behind, but I’m closer to my HERO than I have ever been

The Philly Fanatic as seen from only a few rows away. He looks a little bummed because the Phils aren’t doing so great

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· 21d

Can’t believe Lucy got a haircut and I didn’t even notify you guys. Shame on me

A black and tan miniature poodle, fresh and fluffy from a groom and wearing a pink patterned bandana around her neck, stands on a low brick wall, smiling, her ears blowing in the breeze

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· 26d

Chicago gave me one beautiful afternoon and I got to dip my toes in blue-green Lake Michigan

A white woman’s toes dipped into lightly splashing, greenish, sunny lake water

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· 28d

Can you spot the Sears Tower? Because, believe it or not, it’s there

Photo from a car window of an array of skyscrapers. The air is sickly yellow and almost opaque. The faint outline of the Sears Tower is just visible through the smoke

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jul 13

An excellent birthday

A black and tan miniature poodle beaming at the camera in front of the Delaware River

Hannah, a white woman in a teal dress wearing a pink and green backpack, bikes alongside the Schuylkill River, looking warily at the camera

Thomas Laquer’s book The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History rests on a table near a glass of rosé

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jul 11

Achievement unlocked: first bike ride in the rain (a prolonged thunderstorm, as it happens)

Selfie of a white lady with short hair looking very bedraggled, mascara running a little, but smiling and giving a thumbs up

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jul 10

In other literary news: 🎶 Happy birthday to Proust Happy birthday to Proust Happy BIRTH-day dear Marce-elll Happy birthday to Proust 🎶

The seven NRF volumes of À la recherche du temps perdu on a bookshelf

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jul 9

It’s weird that I live with a pensive stuffed animal

A black and tan miniature poodle sits on a brown couch with her front paws on a blue blanket. She’s very fuzzy and very thoughtful

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jul 7

It’s finally dog park weather again!

A black and tan miniature poodle who could use a haircut stands proudly on the lawn at a dog park, grinning at the camera

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jul 4

Holiday weekend reading

William Gaddis’s JR (NYRB edition, intro by Joy Williams) on a table next to a glass of rosé

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jul 3

get em girl

A still from the Schoolhouse Rock cartoon “Fireworks” showing a woman in 18th-century dress and bonnet fiercely shoving a ramrod into a cannon as two colonial men (Washington & …?) look on with grim determination

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jun 25

One of many reasons I’m glad I finally learned to bike: an afternoon ride is a great way to clear your head on a SCOTUS opinion day

A fountain depicting Leda and the swan (?) spouts in the center of a blue-green pool, surrounded by shady green trees

Selfie of a white woman with short blondish hair, wearing a blue and white striped shirt and green bike shorts. She’s sitting on a bench, resting one arm on the handlebars of a bicycle

Selfie of the same woman wearing a helmet, standing in front of a balustrade looking out over the Fairmount Water Works

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jun 25

Alito’s logic in his discussion of the Haitian TPS litigants’ Equal Protection claim is enough to make anyone feel unhinged

Most would regard this as a racially diverse group of countries, but Miot respondents see them all as "non-white" nations. Ibid. They claim that TPS has not been terminated for any predominantly white nation, and they therefore infer that the reason for the termination of the TPS designation for Haiti was having a predominantly nonwhite population.
Respondents' definition of a predominantly non-white nation is broad, apparently encompassing major European countries. See Tr. of Oral Arg: 106-108. It may be that only the termination of a TPS designation for a Nordic or Germanic country would be sufficient in their judgment to show that the Secretary's unbroken record of TPS terminations was race-neutral. However, no such test case has come up during the present administration. Only one European na-tion—Ukraine—had a TPS designation when the President began his second term, and that country's TPS designation has not yet come up for review. See 90 Fed. Reg. 5936
(2025) (extending Ukraine TPS designation through October 19, 2026). The only other European states ever designated for TPS were the war-torn provinces of Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina.® The great majority of countries granted TPS have ranked among the poorest nations of the world, and no European nation falls into that category.

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jun 24

Lucy is very impressed 😍 and hopes your Lucy enjoys her capybara as much as she enjoys her hedgehog

A black and tan miniature poodle lying on an orange blanket, dreamily snuggling a small hedgehog toy

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jun 23

Lucy says hey

A black and tan miniature poodle sits on an orange blanket between a remote control and a stack of books; a guitar hangs on the wall behind her. She’s looking attentively at the camera with her little pink tongue out in a “blep”

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jun 16

lol @ Switzerland. Listen, if you’ve been to New Glarus, you get it

A Swiss chalet-style building in New Glarus, WI with a large sign reading “Uli der Paechter wohnt hier.” An image of Saint Fridolin, patron saint of Glarus, Switzerland, hands on the wall

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Jun 15

Philly squirrels know what’s good

Photo taken through a chain-link fence of a squirrel crouched at the foot of a tree. It has a large salted pretzel in its mouth

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· May 30

Spotted this excellent U.S. Constitution bicentennial flag on an evening walk

An upward look at a flag hanging from a very old brick building. A blue square in the center of the flag says “We the People 200,” and the dates 1787 and 1987 are printed on either side. It’s dappled by evening sun

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· May 28

we are breaking in a new snuggle buddy

A black and tan miniature poodle lies on a brown couch, resting her chin and one front leg on a stuffed Snoopy that’s slightly larger than she is

Same scene but from above, so you can see her little back feet sticking out. Snoopy’s tail has been partly chewed off

Snoopy is now leaning against the side of the couch, looking a bit worse for wear, and the poodle is stretched out on his lap

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· May 21

👀

Parente said he will make a motion for sanctions for their clients so they can get their attorney's fees back, and in the hearings over those sanctions, he expects the prosecutors to testify in court regarding their conduct, and the defense will be able to cross-examine.
He also said they plan to file a claim with the Department of Justice's new "anti-weaponization" fund for financial relief for their clients.

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· May 19

It’s much too hot to do anything

A black and tan miniature poodle lies on an unmade bed, stretched out on her side. She’s dozing and one of her little fangs is poking out from her mouth

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· May 17

FYI the ravioli turns into a farfalle when you cinch it

Closer shot of the pasta bag, now with a drawstring cinched so it looks like a farfalle. A label on the bag reads “Modern Misfits”

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· May 17

The Italian Market festival = the unofficial start of summer

A white woman in a striped shirt dress and a blue Phillies hat stands in the middle of a crowded street festival. She’s holding a piña colada in a pineapple and carrying a bag shaped like a ravioli

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· May 13

Called it

Screenshot of a Bluesky post by Hannah from April 2, 2025: “You know how in fictional dystopias coffee is always a rare, precious commodity? Like characters are always talking about how a can of coffee costs more than they make in a month or saying that they haven’t tasted real coffee in years? Anyway, just thinking about that for no reason”

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· May 9

Cheers to the birthday boy

Today’s used bookstore find: Stephen B. Oates’s To Purge This Land With Blood: A Biography of John Brown. In the background is a big mug of beer

Hannah Walser@hkpmw· Apr 24