Caroline Mandell 🇨🇦
@carolinemandell.bsky.social
I help lawyers communicate with judges & judges communicate with the public. Formerly counsel @ ONCA, LRW prof @ UofT, adjudicator @ Ontario Health Boards. www.mandellcoaching.com
First annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
First annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence
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You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
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“This frustrating gap between initial ease and final effort is the essence of the Gen AI Paradox: better quality, worse motivation”
On AI’s ‘mediocrity trap’ — experiments indicates that while AI helps the less skilled make something passable, the highly skilled don’t use it to produce something better than they could have; they produce something ok, but lose motivation to make it great. www.jin-li.org/uploads/1/1/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“This frustrating gap between initial ease and final effort is the essence of the Gen AI Paradox: better quality, worse motivation”
A gift of a season from the team with the most heart. So proud of our Blue Jays 💙 🇨🇦
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
A gift of a season from the team with the most heart. So proud of our Blue Jays 💙 🇨🇦
One of the many pleasures of this World Series has been reading great baseball writers. From Bill Pleschke at the LA Times after game 4:
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
One of the many pleasures of this World Series has been reading great baseball writers. From Bill Pleschke at the LA Times after game 4:
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Federal Judges— or staff, but same-same— used "AI" to summarize & draft rulings, issued them w/o checking the work, leading to basic factual errors, & thus undermining the facticity & validity of the rulings entire.
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings
Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."
www.reuters.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Federal Judges— or staff, but same-same— used "AI" to summarize & draft rulings, issued them w/o checking the work, leading to basic factual errors, & thus undermining the facticity & validity of the rulings entire.
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
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October 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Dear America: It's time to do right by baseball and root for the Blue Jays. Sincerely, Canada. slate.trib.al/OhJQW3B
If You’re an American, There’s One Team to Root For This World Series
The Death Star didn’t need any more encouragement either.
slate.trib.al
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Dear America: It's time to do right by baseball and root for the Blue Jays. Sincerely, Canada. slate.trib.al/OhJQW3B
The Blue Jays’ starting pitcher for Game 1 of the World Series is 22 years old and in his first season in pro ball. Not in the majors, in pro ball, period.
October 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The Blue Jays’ starting pitcher for Game 1 of the World Series is 22 years old and in his first season in pro ball. Not in the majors, in pro ball, period.
Jays fans do your thing (and cheer on behalf of us who can’t come cuz of Yom Kippur) www.mlb.com/bluejays/tic...
Bye Week Intrasquad Games at Rogers Centre | Toronto Blue Jays
This week, the Blue Jays are calling on fans to bring the Toronto loud game atmosphere to Rogers Centre for two intrasquad games on Wednesday and Thursday. First pitch for both games is 4:00 p.m., wit...
www.mlb.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Jays fans do your thing (and cheer on behalf of us who can’t come cuz of Yom Kippur) www.mlb.com/bluejays/tic...
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This year’s Opening of the Courts of Ontario starts at 3:30 today.
You can watch the ceremony live at www.youtube.com/live/JiMXCx-...
You can watch the ceremony live at www.youtube.com/live/JiMXCx-...
Opening of the Courts of Ontario 2025 / la rentrée des tribunaux de l’Ontario pour 2025
Opening of the Courts of Ontario 2025 / la rentrée des tribunaux de l’Ontario pour 2025
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This year’s Opening of the Courts of Ontario starts at 3:30 today.
You can watch the ceremony live at www.youtube.com/live/JiMXCx-...
You can watch the ceremony live at www.youtube.com/live/JiMXCx-...
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OK, fine, I'll allow it. It's too fortuitous.
"This is a case about Katz and dogs" -- opening line of a pending SCOTUS cert. petition about an allegedly unconstitutional search involving a police dog.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
September 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
OK, fine, I'll allow it. It's too fortuitous.
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Neuroscientists from 22 labs joined forces in an unprecedented international partnership to produce a landmark achievement: a neural map that shows activity across the entire brain during decision-making. https://cnn.it/4gn1iRG
September 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Neuroscientists from 22 labs joined forces in an unprecedented international partnership to produce a landmark achievement: a neural map that shows activity across the entire brain during decision-making. https://cnn.it/4gn1iRG
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A real gut-punch to us #legalwriting profs and other law faculty who impress upon our students the importance of carefully analyzing the law and then explaining that to your audience with precedent and thorough reasoning.
But who needs CREAC when you’ve got the votes?
But who needs CREAC when you’ve got the votes?
Exactly. 90-year-old precedent, directly on point (FTC removal!), applied faithfully by the District Court to Trump's illegal action.
Then Roberts leaps in, before the Circuit Court can consider the appeal, to nullify it by himself without deigning to justify why, not one word of explanation.
Then Roberts leaps in, before the Circuit Court can consider the appeal, to nullify it by himself without deigning to justify why, not one word of explanation.
But, let’s be clear what John Roberts did this morning:
Roberts effectively overturned the Humphrey’s Executor precedent and both lower courts’ rulings in this case in order to allow Trump to fire Slaughter for now — on the shadow docket and through an “administrative” stay issued by him alone.
Roberts effectively overturned the Humphrey’s Executor precedent and both lower courts’ rulings in this case in order to allow Trump to fire Slaughter for now — on the shadow docket and through an “administrative” stay issued by him alone.
September 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A real gut-punch to us #legalwriting profs and other law faculty who impress upon our students the importance of carefully analyzing the law and then explaining that to your audience with precedent and thorough reasoning.
But who needs CREAC when you’ve got the votes?
But who needs CREAC when you’ve got the votes?
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Finally the silence is broken (and the media report it). Lower court judges have been attacked by both the White House and the Supreme Court - and they are finally speaking out in self-defense. The rest of us should support them too for upholding the rule of law! www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases
Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.
www.nbcnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Finally the silence is broken (and the media report it). Lower court judges have been attacked by both the White House and the Supreme Court - and they are finally speaking out in self-defense. The rest of us should support them too for upholding the rule of law! www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Editing is a skill. But so is *being edited*
Editing is a skill. But so is *being edited*
You can hire a thousand editors for your manuscript, but it doesn't mean a goddamn thing if you refuse to take the simplest criticism.
August 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Editing is a skill. But so is *being edited*
Editing is a skill. But so is *being edited*
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Here’s the *second* story in a week of a federal district judge — this time in Mississippi — issuing an error-filled opinion that reeks of AI hallucinations:
mississippitoday.org/2025/07/28/a...
mississippitoday.org/2025/07/28/a...
July 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Here’s the *second* story in a week of a federal district judge — this time in Mississippi — issuing an error-filled opinion that reeks of AI hallucinations:
mississippitoday.org/2025/07/28/a...
mississippitoday.org/2025/07/28/a...
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You don't really see exclamation points in judicial opinions like this, but the Judge in our case trying to force the Admin to follow the law made his opinion of their behavior clear:
"Defendants are therefore required to stop violating the law!"
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
"Defendants are therefore required to stop violating the law!"
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov
July 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
You don't really see exclamation points in judicial opinions like this, but the Judge in our case trying to force the Admin to follow the law made his opinion of their behavior clear:
"Defendants are therefore required to stop violating the law!"
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
"Defendants are therefore required to stop violating the law!"
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
Jews can confirm
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www.foodandwine.com/why-do-some-...
July 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Jews can confirm
www.foodandwine.com/why-do-some-...
www.foodandwine.com/why-do-some-...
“The AIs would often go after Jewish people, even if they were not included in the initial prompt.”
When Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot began spewing out antisemitic responses to several queries on X last week, some users were shocked. But AI researchers were not.
AI’s antisemitism problem is bigger than Grok | CNN Business
When Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot began spewing out antisemitic responses to several queries on X last week, some users were shocked.
cnn.it
July 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The AIs would often go after Jewish people, even if they were not included in the initial prompt.”
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The Supreme Court derives its power from its legitimacy. It earns its legitimacy by explaining its decisions. The endless stream of wholly unexplained orders in favor of the Trump administration is not just indefensible—it's a threat to the court's own long-term power. This reeks of illegitimacy.
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
July 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Supreme Court derives its power from its legitimacy. It earns its legitimacy by explaining its decisions. The endless stream of wholly unexplained orders in favor of the Trump administration is not just indefensible—it's a threat to the court's own long-term power. This reeks of illegitimacy.
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Summer used to be when SCOTUS took time off from *issuing* decisions but apparently now it’s when SCOTUS takes time off from *explaining* decisions
July 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Summer used to be when SCOTUS took time off from *issuing* decisions but apparently now it’s when SCOTUS takes time off from *explaining* decisions
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Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
www.supremecourt.gov
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*