Jaime Santos
@jaimesantos.bsky.social
Appellate nerd and gymnastics enthusiast
Spencer continues to be a national treasure.
February 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Spencer continues to be a national treasure.
I have some exciting news to share! We are hiring an aspiring Supreme Court nerd to work our Supreme Court practice as a legal analyst on our marketing and client development initiatives. goodwinprocter.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Car...
Legal Analyst, Litigation
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February 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I have some exciting news to share! We are hiring an aspiring Supreme Court nerd to work our Supreme Court practice as a legal analyst on our marketing and client development initiatives. goodwinprocter.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Car...
Outdone only by Montgomery County, Maryland, which has had no school for this entire week due to snow last Sunday.
It’s honestly incredible how bad DC is at dealing with snow. Like, out of this world, makes southern cities dealing with a once-a-decade storm look Eagle Scout-level prepared.
January 30, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Outdone only by Montgomery County, Maryland, which has had no school for this entire week due to snow last Sunday.
I get to write another "new appellate person joining our team" post! I'm incredibly excited that John Englander, who just retired as a Justice on the Massachusetts Appeals Court, will be rejoining Goodwin as Of Counsel in our Appellate and Supreme Court practice. www.goodwinlaw.com/en/news-and-...
January 6, 2026 at 10:08 PM
I get to write another "new appellate person joining our team" post! I'm incredibly excited that John Englander, who just retired as a Justice on the Massachusetts Appeals Court, will be rejoining Goodwin as Of Counsel in our Appellate and Supreme Court practice. www.goodwinlaw.com/en/news-and-...
@andrewkim.bsky.social and I were absolutely delighted to represent the National Security Archive in a FOIA lawsuit that successfully obtained the release of transcripts of meetings and phone calls between George W. Bush and Vladamir Putin! nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Archive Lawsuit Opens Vladimir Putin Memcons/Telcons
Washington, D.C., December 23, 2025 - The verbatim transcripts of Vladimir Putin's meetings and telephone calls with U.S. president George W. Bush from 2001 to 2008 opened to the public yesterday as t...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
@andrewkim.bsky.social and I were absolutely delighted to represent the National Security Archive in a FOIA lawsuit that successfully obtained the release of transcripts of meetings and phone calls between George W. Bush and Vladamir Putin! nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Parenting hack: I told my 10yo she could watch a movie or age-appropriate tv show if she wraps presents for me while she watches. So she watched a Youtube video about wrapping Christmas presents beautifully, and now she's doing all of my gift wrapping.
December 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Parenting hack: I told my 10yo she could watch a movie or age-appropriate tv show if she wraps presents for me while she watches. So she watched a Youtube video about wrapping Christmas presents beautifully, and now she's doing all of my gift wrapping.
Before basically every email I send, I truly do go back through it for a punctuation check to make sure I'm not seeming either too cold/rude or too eager/informal. I usually delete exclamation points (and em dashes/parentheticals, tbh). I'm really curious how many of my male colleagues do that.
“The study also showed … women were more likely to think about their punctuation choices, … underscoring the invisible cognitive labor that often shapes women’s communication.”
Women worry about not seeming warm, so they use exclamation points. But they’re worried about not being seen as competent or powerful, and worry that exclamation marks undermine that. Men, the research shows, don’t think about any of that. @josiecox.bsky.social
www.fastcompany.com/91447607/the...
www.fastcompany.com/91447607/the...
December 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Before basically every email I send, I truly do go back through it for a punctuation check to make sure I'm not seeming either too cold/rude or too eager/informal. I usually delete exclamation points (and em dashes/parentheticals, tbh). I'm really curious how many of my male colleagues do that.
In honor of Rob Reiner, tonight’s movie selection:
December 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
In honor of Rob Reiner, tonight’s movie selection:
Reposted by Jaime Santos
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
I hope instead the BBC is planning to argue lack of personal jurisdiction…
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I hope instead the BBC is planning to argue lack of personal jurisdiction…
Reposted by Jaime Santos
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
Just a reminder that you should not take a red eye on a weeknight after the age of 40.
(Me. I’m reminding me. For next time. While shaking my fist at Past Jaime who booked a red eye.)
(Me. I’m reminding me. For next time. While shaking my fist at Past Jaime who booked a red eye.)
December 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Just a reminder that you should not take a red eye on a weeknight after the age of 40.
(Me. I’m reminding me. For next time. While shaking my fist at Past Jaime who booked a red eye.)
(Me. I’m reminding me. For next time. While shaking my fist at Past Jaime who booked a red eye.)
Do you need more Trump v. Slaughter insights injected into your veins? Join me and my colleagues Jordan Bock and Cassie Snyder today at 1pm EST as we unpack the arguments in a webinar. Cassie and I were present in the courtroom and will bring plenty of fun insights!
Register here: bit.ly/3LYiDVQ
Register here: bit.ly/3LYiDVQ
Trump v. Slaughter at the Supreme Court: The Future of Agency Independence After Oral Argument | News & Events | Goodwin
Join Goodwin on December 9, 2025 for a webinar about the Trump v. Slaughter case.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Do you need more Trump v. Slaughter insights injected into your veins? Join me and my colleagues Jordan Bock and Cassie Snyder today at 1pm EST as we unpack the arguments in a webinar. Cassie and I were present in the courtroom and will bring plenty of fun insights!
Register here: bit.ly/3LYiDVQ
Register here: bit.ly/3LYiDVQ
I see it’s time to reprise this note.
Having clerked on the Ninth Circuit, I have to jump in and say it’s really not wild to me. Judge Bybee was an exceedingly thoughtful and open-minded judge during my time there (including during the en banc process), and he very much had that reputation among other clerks (liberal and conservative).
December 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I see it’s time to reprise this note.
I have a hilariously similar photo from early morning horseback riding. (Yes, I’m using a saddle stand as a stand up desk.)
December 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I have a hilariously similar photo from early morning horseback riding. (Yes, I’m using a saddle stand as a stand up desk.)
@anneralph.bsky.social it was literally my first post.
Hi everyone! I’m over here now. Putting in a last-minute grocery order for forgotten items and am wondering: do I have enough butter? (I think I’ve got at least six pounds, but is that enough?)
a man wearing a hat and a tank top with the word hello below him
ALT: a man wearing a hat and a tank top with the word hello below him
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November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
@anneralph.bsky.social it was literally my first post.
This is a delightful profile of my friend Lindsay See, former SG of West Virginia who is now a FERC Commissioner: www.eba-net.org/ferc-commiss...
FERC Commissioner Lindsay S. See Brings a State Perspective - EBA
An Interview with FERC Commissioner Lindsay S. See
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November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is a delightful profile of my friend Lindsay See, former SG of West Virginia who is now a FERC Commissioner: www.eba-net.org/ferc-commiss...
All right, everyone. I have thought this for the last 2 years but am finally ready to call it: Advent calendars have gone too far. As a society, we have to stop. I now see how quickly St. Valentine's Day must have devolved into commercialized slop.
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
All right, everyone. I have thought this for the last 2 years but am finally ready to call it: Advent calendars have gone too far. As a society, we have to stop. I now see how quickly St. Valentine's Day must have devolved into commercialized slop.
I'm incredibly excited about the new associates who have joined our appellate team recently! www.goodwinlaw.com/en/news-and-...
Goodwin Expands Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Practice with Joe Landry and Cassie Snyder | News & Events | Goodwin
Goodwin adds Joe Landry and Cassie Snyder as appellate associates, bolstering its award-winning team with strong Supreme Court and federal litigation experience. Read more.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm incredibly excited about the new associates who have joined our appellate team recently! www.goodwinlaw.com/en/news-and-...
My main question about these emails is whether there was any after-the-fact follow-up email that said, “By the way—everything I ever sent you is off record.” Because I hear that erases prior statements. Right @annabower.bsky.social?
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My main question about these emails is whether there was any after-the-fact follow-up email that said, “By the way—everything I ever sent you is off record.” Because I hear that erases prior statements. Right @annabower.bsky.social?
It’s a real shame that Judge Fitzpatrick’s first name isn’t Gerald. Then we’d have Gerald Fitzpatrick presiding over discovery in a case defended by Patrick Fitzgerald.
COMING UP: At 4 p.m. ET, magistrate judge William Fitzpatrick will hold a remote hearing on whether grand jury materials should be disclosed to James Comey's defense team.
Catch up on what happened at the last hearing w/ this piece from @rparloff.bsky.social:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tria...
Catch up on what happened at the last hearing w/ this piece from @rparloff.bsky.social:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tria...
Trial Dispatch: The Comey Hearing of Nov. 5, 2025
A judge ordered grand jury minutes turned over to James Comey, as well as information from five-year-old searches of Professor Dan Richman.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It’s a real shame that Judge Fitzpatrick’s first name isn’t Gerald. Then we’d have Gerald Fitzpatrick presiding over discovery in a case defended by Patrick Fitzgerald.
Sarah Harrington is a great example of the better approach.
General advice for oral advocates (not only Sauer): The goal is not to win debaters' points or to stuff in as many answers as you can before an interjection--it's to have the sort of conversation you would have with a trusted, wise friend or colleague if you were actually trying to convince them.[7]
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Sarah Harrington is a great example of the better approach.
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Parents do not want their children taught to hate LGBTQ people.
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Parents do not want their children taught to hate LGBTQ people.
It’s Sarah Harrington Day in the Supreme Court! Also need catnip day.
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It’s Sarah Harrington Day in the Supreme Court! Also need catnip day.
Ahh so he’s got a sandwich stand.
(Very, very niche joke.)
(Very, very niche joke.)
This furloughed IRS lawyer is living out his dream of being a hot dog vendor www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
This furloughed IRS lawyer is living out his dream of being a hot dog vendor
While on furlough, Isaac Stein is fulfilling a childhood dream and passion project as a hot dog vendor.
www.npr.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Ahh so he’s got a sandwich stand.
(Very, very niche joke.)
(Very, very niche joke.)