Greg Gentry
@greggentry.bsky.social
A lawyer living in MN, licensed in MO. Specializing, now, in litigation support, but have written about FDA regulations.
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Greg Gentry
@greggentry.bsky.social
· Jun 24
Let me start to answer my own question - a reading list of the use of history to square the circle of a social contract that binds people who had no input into its drafting:
- Memory and Authority, Jack Balkin
- Reva Siegel, The Politics of Constitutional Memory.
law.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
- Memory and Authority, Jack Balkin
- Reva Siegel, The Politics of Constitutional Memory.
law.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
I think I listened to the same one - Strict Scrutiny. Their Jan 5 episode interviewed Kim Lane Scheppele, author of the article "Autocratic Legalism."
She worked in the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the Russian Constitutional Court - both courts that were ideologically captured.
She worked in the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the Russian Constitutional Court - both courts that were ideologically captured.
January 15, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I think I listened to the same one - Strict Scrutiny. Their Jan 5 episode interviewed Kim Lane Scheppele, author of the article "Autocratic Legalism."
She worked in the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the Russian Constitutional Court - both courts that were ideologically captured.
She worked in the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the Russian Constitutional Court - both courts that were ideologically captured.
The first two are Minnesota residents, Stawicki works for MPR. The third is a Des Moines native.
So, at least they have SOME familiarity with the state and region.
So, at least they have SOME familiarity with the state and region.
January 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The first two are Minnesota residents, Stawicki works for MPR. The third is a Des Moines native.
So, at least they have SOME familiarity with the state and region.
So, at least they have SOME familiarity with the state and region.
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NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
You know those lawyers who advertise on billboards and call themselves "The Hammer."
Their car-crash plaintiffs always suffer from "soft tissue injury."
You can't disprove it. Easy to get a Dr to sign onto that diagnosis.
This sounds similar.
Their car-crash plaintiffs always suffer from "soft tissue injury."
You can't disprove it. Easy to get a Dr to sign onto that diagnosis.
This sounds similar.
federal officials are now claiming that Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, "suffered internal bleeding"
ICE agent involved in shooting of Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials claim
abcnews.go.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
You know those lawyers who advertise on billboards and call themselves "The Hammer."
Their car-crash plaintiffs always suffer from "soft tissue injury."
You can't disprove it. Easy to get a Dr to sign onto that diagnosis.
This sounds similar.
Their car-crash plaintiffs always suffer from "soft tissue injury."
You can't disprove it. Easy to get a Dr to sign onto that diagnosis.
This sounds similar.
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In the last 4 days:
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
In the last 4 days:
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
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(Why I say "once again.")
Opinion | Kristi Noem and DHS do not deserve the benefit of the doubt
Philip Bump: The Department of Homeland Security and its leader have an honesty problem — and the numbers prove it.
www.ms.now
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
(Why I say "once again.")
He repeatedly lied on the stand during the hearing about the use of force in Chicago.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/25/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/25/f...
Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules
In a scathing opinion, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis highlighted lies and distortions by Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino and immigration agents in press releases, social media posts and their own inte...
blockclubchicago.org
January 13, 2026 at 7:29 PM
He repeatedly lied on the stand during the hearing about the use of force in Chicago.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/25/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/25/f...
Check out the Wikipedia talk page for examples of the nonsense pedantry about the spelling. I think I default to one X.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Do...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Do...
Talk:Doxing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Check out the Wikipedia talk page for examples of the nonsense pedantry about the spelling. I think I default to one X.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Do...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Do...
I figured it had to be related to AOL, so, so wrong.
January 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
I figured it had to be related to AOL, so, so wrong.
“I like to eat, eat, eat, eaples and regime change.”
I think it scans.
Also, that song is scarified in my brain from having 3 kids.
I think it scans.
Also, that song is scarified in my brain from having 3 kids.
January 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
“I like to eat, eat, eat, eaples and regime change.”
I think it scans.
Also, that song is scarified in my brain from having 3 kids.
I think it scans.
Also, that song is scarified in my brain from having 3 kids.
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This is assault btw, and the state should have this officer arrested and prosecuted
Cops are great
Cops are great
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This is assault btw, and the state should have this officer arrested and prosecuted
Cops are great
Cops are great
You said in your article that “assigned at birth” is limited to the subset of DSD with ambiguous genitalia.
I am pointing out that is ENTIRELY incorrect.
The term “assigned at birth” is used consistently by practitioners for ALL with DSD.
I am pointing out that is ENTIRELY incorrect.
The term “assigned at birth” is used consistently by practitioners for ALL with DSD.
January 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
You said in your article that “assigned at birth” is limited to the subset of DSD with ambiguous genitalia.
I am pointing out that is ENTIRELY incorrect.
The term “assigned at birth” is used consistently by practitioners for ALL with DSD.
I am pointing out that is ENTIRELY incorrect.
The term “assigned at birth” is used consistently by practitioners for ALL with DSD.
Where’s the medical guidelines recommending all people with 5-ard should be assigned male at birth?
January 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Where’s the medical guidelines recommending all people with 5-ard should be assigned male at birth?
The term has a 65 year history of use in the medical community for DSD and at least a 56 year history for transgender patients.
But, yeah, they’re all mistaken. Activists insisting on the accepted medical usage, also wrong.
This does not seem like a serious argument, Ben.
But, yeah, they’re all mistaken. Activists insisting on the accepted medical usage, also wrong.
This does not seem like a serious argument, Ben.
January 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The term has a 65 year history of use in the medical community for DSD and at least a 56 year history for transgender patients.
But, yeah, they’re all mistaken. Activists insisting on the accepted medical usage, also wrong.
This does not seem like a serious argument, Ben.
But, yeah, they’re all mistaken. Activists insisting on the accepted medical usage, also wrong.
This does not seem like a serious argument, Ben.
Mistakenly because despite her identifying as a female and living her entire life as a female with no gender dysphoria her testosterone is too high for you?
You’d prefer a life of gender dysphoria for her?
What a strange ethical standard.
You’d prefer a life of gender dysphoria for her?
What a strange ethical standard.
January 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Mistakenly because despite her identifying as a female and living her entire life as a female with no gender dysphoria her testosterone is too high for you?
You’d prefer a life of gender dysphoria for her?
What a strange ethical standard.
You’d prefer a life of gender dysphoria for her?
What a strange ethical standard.
Children’s National Hospital - the % of people with DSD could be as high as 1.7%.
January 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Children’s National Hospital - the % of people with DSD could be as high as 1.7%.
That’s talking about the sentence before it, “The birth of an INTERSEX child prompts a long term management strategy that involves a myriad of professionals working with the family.”
The consensus statement then goes on to broaden the definition to include much more than intersex.
The consensus statement then goes on to broaden the definition to include much more than intersex.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
That’s talking about the sentence before it, “The birth of an INTERSEX child prompts a long term management strategy that involves a myriad of professionals working with the family.”
The consensus statement then goes on to broaden the definition to include much more than intersex.
The consensus statement then goes on to broaden the definition to include much more than intersex.
My point, AGAIN, is that the term “assigned at birth” is NOT limited to the 0.02% of births with ambiguous genitalia.
Practitioners use it to EVERYONE with DSD.
EVERYONE.
Would you agree that the term appropriately covers the 0.5-1% of births with DSD?
Practitioners use it to EVERYONE with DSD.
EVERYONE.
Would you agree that the term appropriately covers the 0.5-1% of births with DSD?
January 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
My point, AGAIN, is that the term “assigned at birth” is NOT limited to the 0.02% of births with ambiguous genitalia.
Practitioners use it to EVERYONE with DSD.
EVERYONE.
Would you agree that the term appropriately covers the 0.5-1% of births with DSD?
Practitioners use it to EVERYONE with DSD.
EVERYONE.
Would you agree that the term appropriately covers the 0.5-1% of births with DSD?
That you believe that she was “incorrectly” assigned suggests you think she SHOULD have been assigned male. That insists on imposing lifelong pain and suffering on people.
People who, again, did not have “ambiguous” genitalia.
To what purpose?
People who, again, did not have “ambiguous” genitalia.
To what purpose?
January 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
That you believe that she was “incorrectly” assigned suggests you think she SHOULD have been assigned male. That insists on imposing lifelong pain and suffering on people.
People who, again, did not have “ambiguous” genitalia.
To what purpose?
People who, again, did not have “ambiguous” genitalia.
To what purpose?
Practitioners consider an assignment where the assignment produces no discord to be correct.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Neonatal Sex Assignment in Disorders of Sex Development: A Philosophical Introspection
Management of ambiguous genitalia is highly controversial. This condition was known previously as intersex and presently as disorders of sex development (DSD). There is no consensus regarding the choice, timing and method of sex assignment in ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Practitioners consider an assignment where the assignment produces no discord to be correct.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
And, again, practitioners were using this for transgender patients long before any activist use of it. AS YOU SHOULD KNOW.
The DSM III-R defined transsexualism as a persistent discomfort with one’s ASSIGNED sex. That was 1987.
The DSM III-R defined transsexualism as a persistent discomfort with one’s ASSIGNED sex. That was 1987.
January 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
And, again, practitioners were using this for transgender patients long before any activist use of it. AS YOU SHOULD KNOW.
The DSM III-R defined transsexualism as a persistent discomfort with one’s ASSIGNED sex. That was 1987.
The DSM III-R defined transsexualism as a persistent discomfort with one’s ASSIGNED sex. That was 1987.
Almost all the time, the assignment is correct. It accords with lived experience. But, that’s cold comfort when an athlete attempts to compete as a woman and is banned because her chromosomes don’t match up with what judges want.
JK Rowling isn’t content that Imane’s assignment was correct!
JK Rowling isn’t content that Imane’s assignment was correct!
January 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Almost all the time, the assignment is correct. It accords with lived experience. But, that’s cold comfort when an athlete attempts to compete as a woman and is banned because her chromosomes don’t match up with what judges want.
JK Rowling isn’t content that Imane’s assignment was correct!
JK Rowling isn’t content that Imane’s assignment was correct!
That’s what I mean when I say that there are LOTS of ways that the assignment of sex can be complicated.
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It doesn’t look at:
1) Chromosomes
2) Gonadal sex - whether the infant has ovaries, testes, undescended testes, both or neither
3) internal reproductive organs
4) hormonal/endocrine sex
5) developmental trajectory
6) medical intervention - ambiguous genitalia still have an assignment
1) Chromosomes
2) Gonadal sex - whether the infant has ovaries, testes, undescended testes, both or neither
3) internal reproductive organs
4) hormonal/endocrine sex
5) developmental trajectory
6) medical intervention - ambiguous genitalia still have an assignment
January 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
That’s what I mean when I say that there are LOTS of ways that the assignment of sex can be complicated.
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Semenya was, she has said, born with a vagina and undescended testes.
That would not be classified as ambiguous genitalia. Her external genitalia were entirely clear. And her assignment accords with her lived experience as a woman.
Yet, we still talk about “assigned at birth.”
That would not be classified as ambiguous genitalia. Her external genitalia were entirely clear. And her assignment accords with her lived experience as a woman.
Yet, we still talk about “assigned at birth.”
January 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Semenya was, she has said, born with a vagina and undescended testes.
That would not be classified as ambiguous genitalia. Her external genitalia were entirely clear. And her assignment accords with her lived experience as a woman.
Yet, we still talk about “assigned at birth.”
That would not be classified as ambiguous genitalia. Her external genitalia were entirely clear. And her assignment accords with her lived experience as a woman.
Yet, we still talk about “assigned at birth.”