Crisp
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ASU Law ‘26, Choctaw. (He/Him). Opinions solely my own.
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Crisp
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· Nov 9
Hey folks, I’m Crispin, and here’s my intro post!
I’m a 2L at ASU Law, mainly interested in federal Indian law, tribal law, constitutional law, and criminal law. Hoping to connect with other refugees from law twitter. Other than law, I like hiking, OU Football, and good podcasts!
I’m a 2L at ASU Law, mainly interested in federal Indian law, tribal law, constitutional law, and criminal law. Hoping to connect with other refugees from law twitter. Other than law, I like hiking, OU Football, and good podcasts!
Pretty rich coming from the genius who wrote Citizens United and provided the 5th vote in some of the Roberts Court’s most democracy-undermining decisions
September 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Pretty rich coming from the genius who wrote Citizens United and provided the 5th vote in some of the Roberts Court’s most democracy-undermining decisions
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What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
September 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"
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The attack on Charlie Kirk is horrifying.
Political violence has no place in this country and should never become the norm.
I’m sending my sympathies to his family and friends at this time.
Political violence has no place in this country and should never become the norm.
I’m sending my sympathies to his family and friends at this time.
September 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The attack on Charlie Kirk is horrifying.
Political violence has no place in this country and should never become the norm.
I’m sending my sympathies to his family and friends at this time.
Political violence has no place in this country and should never become the norm.
I’m sending my sympathies to his family and friends at this time.
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In my view, Amy Coney Barrett kicking off her book tour by doing a sold-out event with Bari Weiss and publishing an exclusive excerpt in The Free Press should end the "Supreme Court justices are not motivated by ideology" discourse once and for all ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
The Conservative Media Ecosystem Is Coddling Amy Coney Barrett
Nothing says “I am not a partisan hack” like kicking off your book tour in conversation with Bari Weiss.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In my view, Amy Coney Barrett kicking off her book tour by doing a sold-out event with Bari Weiss and publishing an exclusive excerpt in The Free Press should end the "Supreme Court justices are not motivated by ideology" discourse once and for all ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
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With alt text. This is absolutely judicial speak for “get your shit together, SCOTUS”.
![The Court is mindful of Justice Gorsuch's comments in his opinion in APHA and fully agrees that this Court is not free to "defy" Supreme Court decisions and is, in fact, "duty-bound to respect 'the hierarchy of the federal court system.'" APHA, 2025 WL 2415669, at *3 (Gorsuch,
J., concurring in part and dissenting in part) (citation omitted). Consistent with these obligations, this Court (and likely all district courts) endeavors to follow the Supreme Court's rulings, "no matter how misguided [it] may think [them] to be." Hutto v. Davis, 454 U.S. 370, 375 (1982) (per curiam). That said, the Supreme Court's recent emergency docket rulings regarding grant terminations have not been models of clarity, and have left many issues unresolved. California was a four-paragraph per curiam decision issued in the context of a stay application. It cited Bowen as good law, stated that the Tucker Act gave the Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction over contract claims against the federal government, and then stated that the district court likely](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qperocfvfqtoco3v276h55lx/bafkreici4baymxfjqgwxmkc5lfa5qppmsz2puktqlajwf7bauymh3belvm@jpeg)
![lacked jurisdiction "to order the payment of money under the APA," without purporting to explain how the case was distinguishable from Bowen or other related, longstanding precedents.
California, 145 S. Ct. at 968. Then, in APHA, four justices thought grant-termination cases belong, in full, in the Court of Federal Claims, and four justices thought they belong, in full, in federal district court, and the decision was controlled by the vote of a single justice. 2025 WL 2415669, at *1-16. The outcome, which no party had requested, was, thus, inconsistent with the views of eight justices, id. at *16 (Jackson, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part), and, again, provided little explanation as to how Bowen, which the controlling concurrence again cited as good law, id. at *2, applied or was distinguishable. This Court understands, of course, that the Supreme Court, like the district courts, is trying to resolve these issues quickly, often on an emergency basis, and that the issues are complex and evolving. See Trump v. CASA, Inc.,
145 S. Ct. 2540, 2567 (2025) (Kavanaugh, J., concurring) ("In justiciable cases, this Court, not the district courts or courts of appeals, will often still be the ultimate decisionmaker as to the interim legal status of major new federal statutes and executive actions."). Given this, however, the Court respectfully submits that it is unhelpful and unnecessary to criticize district courts for
"defy[ing]" the Supreme Court when they are working to find the right answer in a rapidly evolving doctrinal landscape, where they must grapple with both existing precedent and interim guidance from the Supreme Court that appears to set that precedent aside without much explanation or consensus.
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September 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
With alt text. This is absolutely judicial speak for “get your shit together, SCOTUS”.
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Why is it so hard to get America to be true to the promises we made on paper?
September 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Why is it so hard to get America to be true to the promises we made on paper?
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Reading Ashcroft v. Iqbal in public and shaking my head the whole time so everyone knows I disagree with it
August 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Reading Ashcroft v. Iqbal in public and shaking my head the whole time so everyone knows I disagree with it
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“Do not offer thoughts and prayers as you systemically enable such tragedies. Do not claim prayers are sufficient when children die as they pray. Do not pretend you do not understand.”
— Lydia, 16, Minneapolis
— Lydia, 16, Minneapolis
August 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Do not offer thoughts and prayers as you systemically enable such tragedies. Do not claim prayers are sufficient when children die as they pray. Do not pretend you do not understand.”
— Lydia, 16, Minneapolis
— Lydia, 16, Minneapolis
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We are in very dark times. It’ll take an entire political/social movement, an overwhelming rebuke at the polls, and a new vision of governance to unstick this country from whatever this collapse is.
August 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
We are in very dark times. It’ll take an entire political/social movement, an overwhelming rebuke at the polls, and a new vision of governance to unstick this country from whatever this collapse is.
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Between this and Judge Ho’s stuff there’s enough material to file an amicus brief in support of birthright citizenship consisting entirely of arguments made by people who abandoned them the moment they became politically inconvenient
truly, what can't he do?
Marco Rubio Once Filed a Brief Embracing Birthright Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Between this and Judge Ho’s stuff there’s enough material to file an amicus brief in support of birthright citizenship consisting entirely of arguments made by people who abandoned them the moment they became politically inconvenient
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[writing the constitution]
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
August 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
[writing the constitution]
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
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the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
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What, pray tell, is there to be proud of about the Confederacy?
Hegseth on restoring a Confederate monument in Arlington cemetery: "We recognize our history. We don't erase it. We don't follow the woke lemmings off the cliff that want to tear down statues ... we're proud of our history."
August 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
What, pray tell, is there to be proud of about the Confederacy?
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My takeaway from former Fox News heads and commentators now in government is that they are lazy as shit and have no idea that normal people work for many consecutive hours in a day
Jeanine Pirro: First of all, I miss Fox. I love everybody.
Government is hard. I work at least 12 hours a day. You have to pay for water. Let me tell you, they waste millions.
She’s been U.S. Attorney for D.C. for 4 days.
Government is hard. I work at least 12 hours a day. You have to pay for water. Let me tell you, they waste millions.
She’s been U.S. Attorney for D.C. for 4 days.
August 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
My takeaway from former Fox News heads and commentators now in government is that they are lazy as shit and have no idea that normal people work for many consecutive hours in a day
This is just disgraceful
By a vote of 50-49, the #Senate confirmed Emil J. Bove III to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit
Republican Senators Collins and Murkowski voted against.
Senator Hagerty did not vote.
No further votes this evening.
Republican Senators Collins and Murkowski voted against.
Senator Hagerty did not vote.
No further votes this evening.
July 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This is just disgraceful
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Reminder: while it is true that members of the House are stunningly dumb as a group, state lawmakers are uniquely the dumbest motherfuckers who ever thought they were smart.
Climate change is not a problem but "weather modification" is, according to some Republicans:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Republicans across the country are pushing bills to stop government 'weather modification'
“If it doesn't exist,” said Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a co-sponsor of federal legislation targeting geoengineering, “then you don't have anything to worry about.”
www.nbcnews.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reminder: while it is true that members of the House are stunningly dumb as a group, state lawmakers are uniquely the dumbest motherfuckers who ever thought they were smart.
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In a new statement, Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) says he's done supporting any aid to Israel amid Gaza's nutrition and humanitarian crisis.
"My litmus test will be simple: no aid of any kind as long as there are starving children in Gaza due to the action or inaction of the Israeli government.”
"My litmus test will be simple: no aid of any kind as long as there are starving children in Gaza due to the action or inaction of the Israeli government.”
July 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In a new statement, Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) says he's done supporting any aid to Israel amid Gaza's nutrition and humanitarian crisis.
"My litmus test will be simple: no aid of any kind as long as there are starving children in Gaza due to the action or inaction of the Israeli government.”
"My litmus test will be simple: no aid of any kind as long as there are starving children in Gaza due to the action or inaction of the Israeli government.”
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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The moment has arrived!
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
July 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The moment has arrived!
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
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when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
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I'm old enough to remember when the Court held in Rodriguez de Quijas that this is exactly what lower courts shouldn't do.
July 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm old enough to remember when the Court held in Rodriguez de Quijas that this is exactly what lower courts shouldn't do.
Wow! Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court holds that the Tribe’s 1866 Treaty requires the Tribe to recognize the descendants of Creek Freedmen as full Tribal citizens!
Opinion here: www.creeksupremecourt.com/wp-content/u...
Opinion here: www.creeksupremecourt.com/wp-content/u...
www.creeksupremecourt.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Wow! Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court holds that the Tribe’s 1866 Treaty requires the Tribe to recognize the descendants of Creek Freedmen as full Tribal citizens!
Opinion here: www.creeksupremecourt.com/wp-content/u...
Opinion here: www.creeksupremecourt.com/wp-content/u...
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I just posted a new paper on @ssrn.bsky.social, titled "The Chadha Presidency". Here's the link, and I'll post the abstract in the next post. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The <i>Chadha </i>Presidency
<p><span>Where is Congress? Why hasn’t it reined in some of the worst abuses of the Trump Administration? This Article argues that a significant part of the ans
papers.ssrn.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I just posted a new paper on @ssrn.bsky.social, titled "The Chadha Presidency". Here's the link, and I'll post the abstract in the next post. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....