Charlie Oldfield
@cworeds.bsky.social
Girl Dad x3. Lawyer & Accidental Assoc. Prof of Law & Dir of Legal Writing Univ of Akron School of Law. OH by way of WV #legalwriting #firstgen #Reds
I have a concept of a plan for my next article.
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I have a concept of a plan for my next article.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per
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Charlie Oldfield
@cworeds.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Welcome new Sky friends (and old). A little about me. I'm the first-gen son of a WV union chemical worker. Practiced litigation for about 17 years (consumer protection & employee side labor & emp.) Clerked for two state court of appeals judges. (State clerkships are awesome.)
Everything. Sucks.
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Everything. Sucks.
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As tensions build with Canada, many young Republicans are expressing concern about their future ability to visit their girlfriends.
January 29, 2026 at 6:42 PM
As tensions build with Canada, many young Republicans are expressing concern about their future ability to visit their girlfriends.
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Anthony's good with a scalpel, demonstrating it with this thread:
Ilan Wurman's anti-birthright citizenship Supreme Court amicus. I won't mince words. He bastardizes the common law. It is a methodologically bankrupt approach to the history of Anglo-American constitutionalism. It is little more than preening to gain someone's favor, but certainly not a scholar's.
January 28, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Anthony's good with a scalpel, demonstrating it with this thread:
Whistles don't kill people; ICE kills people.
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Whistles don't kill people; ICE kills people.
You had to know that this would happen.
Here is the motion to quash: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Here, compelling the Journalists to testify about their newsgathering and reporting would
intrude gravely on their significant interests in journalistic independence. As Judge Wilkinson
has observed, “[r]eporters facing the prospect of becoming prosecution witnesses if they report a
[defendant’s] statement may think twice about conducting exclusive interviews or reporting
statements of denial that may be open to question,” and as a result “[t]he values served by an
independent press will be diminished if reporters covering a case are routinely dragged into its
midst.” In re Shain, 978 F.2d 850, 854 (4th Cir. 1992) (Wilkinson, J., concurring in the
judgment). As the Second Circuit has likewise noted, subpoenas as a practical matter “burden
the press with heavy costs of subpoena compliance, and could otherwise impair its ability to
perform its duties,” and as a matter of principle subpoenas “risk the symbolic harm of making
Case 8:25-cr-00006-LKG Document 374-1 Filed 01/27/26 Page 6 of 9
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journalists appear to be an investigative arm of the judicial system, the government, or private
parties.” Gonzales v. NBC, 194 F.3d 29, 35 (2d Cir. 1999).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiaifjauvpyz3rzlsgdmfqcd3ijot4sd7xz3uclivveinfqstnmdui@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 12:44 AM
You had to know that this would happen.
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Sounds like Donald Trump wants to take away your guns.
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Sounds like Donald Trump wants to take away your guns.
Does this buffoon not realize that the protestors aren’t the ones wearing masks and trying to hide their identity? My dude, the protestors are giving TV interviews and filing affidavits. They’re not the cowards trying to hide who they are.
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Does this buffoon not realize that the protestors aren’t the ones wearing masks and trying to hide their identity? My dude, the protestors are giving TV interviews and filing affidavits. They’re not the cowards trying to hide who they are.
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I had to add a revision:
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I had to add a revision:
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I got a push for an article about how to avoid AI hallucinations but they wanted me to sign up for a "free" trial so I created my own flow chart
January 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I got a push for an article about how to avoid AI hallucinations but they wanted me to sign up for a "free" trial so I created my own flow chart
We don’t elect our best and brightest, now do we.
Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing
January 27, 2026 at 2:41 AM
We don’t elect our best and brightest, now do we.
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Yet another social media platform that I'm glad I never got attached to.
(I tried, once, but my two least favorite things on the internet are algorithmic feeds and autoplay videos and, well, that's the definition ofTikTok.)
(I tried, once, but my two least favorite things on the internet are algorithmic feeds and autoplay videos and, well, that's the definition ofTikTok.)
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Yet another social media platform that I'm glad I never got attached to.
(I tried, once, but my two least favorite things on the internet are algorithmic feeds and autoplay videos and, well, that's the definition ofTikTok.)
(I tried, once, but my two least favorite things on the internet are algorithmic feeds and autoplay videos and, well, that's the definition ofTikTok.)
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Who are the bad guys in this image, PAM
January 25, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Who are the bad guys in this image, PAM
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January 25, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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CBS News is reporting that the ICE agent who abducted a Minnesota preschooler suffered internal injuries during the abduction.
January 24, 2026 at 3:17 AM
CBS News is reporting that the ICE agent who abducted a Minnesota preschooler suffered internal injuries during the abduction.
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POPEHAT SIGNAL: Pro Bono counsel sought in Chicago, for the cause of right over the cause of evil. Potential client is out-of-state and indigent. Opponent is abusing Illinois’ pre-litigation discovery process to harass and abuse her and likely to dox her. The details are insane.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:51 PM
POPEHAT SIGNAL: Pro Bono counsel sought in Chicago, for the cause of right over the cause of evil. Potential client is out-of-state and indigent. Opponent is abusing Illinois’ pre-litigation discovery process to harass and abuse her and likely to dox her. The details are insane.
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1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Vance: If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
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"Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?" a deep dive for the law nerds new from me, posted over at Volokh.
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?
The Associated Press reports: Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says WASHINGTON (AP)…
reason.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:26 AM
"Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?" a deep dive for the law nerds new from me, posted over at Volokh.
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
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This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Orin is probably the preeminent fourth amendment scholar in the United States. He is also extremely professional. This is the way he says "I wish a bitch would try"
This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 22, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Orin is probably the preeminent fourth amendment scholar in the United States. He is also extremely professional. This is the way he says "I wish a bitch would try"
Bad guys wear masks.
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Bad guys wear masks.
"Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it." Attributed to Plato.
January 22, 2026 at 2:35 AM
"Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it." Attributed to Plato.
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As if we needed more proof that the world is crazy, I find myself rooting for Kent State's men's basketball team to beat #25 Miami.
January 21, 2026 at 1:59 AM
As if we needed more proof that the world is crazy, I find myself rooting for Kent State's men's basketball team to beat #25 Miami.
The West Virginia extraction economy continues to extract its human toll. Hope thhs isnt as bad as it sounds for the miner wtov9.com/news/local/m...
Medical helicopter on standby after coal miner crushed at Cameron portal
A coal miner was crushed from the waist down at the Cameron portal this afternoon.According to Marshall County EMA Director Tom Hart, the original call came in
wtov9.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The West Virginia extraction economy continues to extract its human toll. Hope thhs isnt as bad as it sounds for the miner wtov9.com/news/local/m...