Joe Fore
@joefore.bsky.social
Teacher, lawyer, writer, angler, unapologetic Blue Devil | Co-Director, @UVALaw #LegalWriting Program | Founder, Punctuated Law Designs (http://punctuatedlaw.com) | Writing Coach
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I maintain that he doesn’t understand Mercator projections and genuinely believes Greenland is bigger than Africa.
This is why Greenland is a merely a bluster-filled distraction for Trump. 👇
Buy Greenland? Take It? Why? An Old Pact Already Gives Trump a Free Hand. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
Buy Greenland? Take It? Why? An Old Pact Already Gives Trump a Free Hand. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
January 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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Article I of the Constitution plainly does not permit offensive military hostilities without Congress’s approval— and that’s before we ever get to any international law principles.
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Article I of the Constitution plainly does not permit offensive military hostilities without Congress’s approval— and that’s before we ever get to any international law principles.
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Petri dishes of democracy
Shifting many pediatric vaccines into the category of shared clinical decision-making means in many red states governors and legislators will be pressured to strip them from school-entry requirements. Vaccination rates could fall sharply with stark regional differences in protection against disease
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Petri dishes of democracy
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Lot of handwaving, “well but,” and “even though” statements when the times call for moral clarity. It’s wrong for the President to invade a sovereign nation without even a pretense of congressional approval. Full stop.
January 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Lot of handwaving, “well but,” and “even though” statements when the times call for moral clarity. It’s wrong for the President to invade a sovereign nation without even a pretense of congressional approval. Full stop.
So…..who’s running Venezuela?
January 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
So…..who’s running Venezuela?
Really putting a lot of faith in the same DOJ that couldn’t convict hoagie guy.
January 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Really putting a lot of faith in the same DOJ that couldn’t convict hoagie guy.
Told my wife yesterday that “Cleanin’ Up Christmas” is a great, sad, Country holiday song just waiting to be written.
Taking down Christmas decorations and I’m already overstimulated and exhausted so now feels like the perfect time to clean out the pantry and all the cabinets in the living room
January 2, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Told my wife yesterday that “Cleanin’ Up Christmas” is a great, sad, Country holiday song just waiting to be written.
December 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Run the Jewel.
Ruin two bands by combining them?
R.E.M.G.M.T.
R.E.M.G.M.T.
ruin two bands by combining them:
Fugazi Osbourne
Fugazi Osbourne
December 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Run the Jewel.
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This really is the culmination of the unitary executive theory — the entire cabinet must profess servile fealty to the personality of one man & forswear any notion that their office entails responsibilities to the American people or concern for the public good beyond servicing his whims
Ladies and gentlemen, the head of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
December 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This really is the culmination of the unitary executive theory — the entire cabinet must profess servile fealty to the personality of one man & forswear any notion that their office entails responsibilities to the American people or concern for the public good beyond servicing his whims
Yeah, the article makes Gorsuch’s comment about a “wise move” sound like he’s complimenting Tom’s tactical brilliance. But attorneys know that the real meaning is more like “Your first argument was so weak that we’ve already eviscerated it; you’d be smart to move on and not look back.”
Wow a Supreme Court advocate listened to the Court’s questions & adjusted his argument to address them Wow www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/m...
December 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yeah, the article makes Gorsuch’s comment about a “wise move” sound like he’s complimenting Tom’s tactical brilliance. But attorneys know that the real meaning is more like “Your first argument was so weak that we’ve already eviscerated it; you’d be smart to move on and not look back.”
When people ask what I teach students in my #legalwriting classes, I should just show them this screenshot and say, “The exact opposite of this.”
This sort of thing is what tenure is really for. I am sitting on a plane chortling so loudly that I’m at risk of being removed for apparent drunkenness before we take off
December 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
When people ask what I teach students in my #legalwriting classes, I should just show them this screenshot and say, “The exact opposite of this.”
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I have seen DOJ do some strange redactions before, but this is up there:
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I have seen DOJ do some strange redactions before, but this is up there:
Happy New Hardcore History Episode Day to all who celebrate.
December 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy New Hardcore History Episode Day to all who celebrate.
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Not for the first time, the signature block for Self-Proclaimed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan spelled it “Virgina.”
December 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Not for the first time, the signature block for Self-Proclaimed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan spelled it “Virgina.”
I'm going to be fascinated to see what kind of half-baked metrics and proxies firms start using to "draft" talent, like the NFL's obsession with QB hand size or NBA wingspans.
Talent is absolutely the lifeblood of a law firm, but competing for talent presupposes you're doing something that picks good talent. This is like drafting an NFL quarterback based on their tape of playing pee wee football.
December 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm going to be fascinated to see what kind of half-baked metrics and proxies firms start using to "draft" talent, like the NFL's obsession with QB hand size or NBA wingspans.
Law firms: “Law schools need to do a better job of teaching our students how to be lawyers.”
Also law firms: “Hey 1Ls, blow off your class reading and #legalwriting assignments from October to February so that you can come to our recruitment dinners and do interviews and complete applications!”
Also law firms: “Hey 1Ls, blow off your class reading and #legalwriting assignments from October to February so that you can come to our recruitment dinners and do interviews and complete applications!”
In a first, many top law firms this year are recruiting summer associates during students' first semester. Some are dangling ‘jumbo offers’ and ‘loyalty’ bonuses for students who do two summer stints back-to-back, keeping them out of other firms' reach reut.rs/44U44cD
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Law firms: “Law schools need to do a better job of teaching our students how to be lawyers.”
Also law firms: “Hey 1Ls, blow off your class reading and #legalwriting assignments from October to February so that you can come to our recruitment dinners and do interviews and complete applications!”
Also law firms: “Hey 1Ls, blow off your class reading and #legalwriting assignments from October to February so that you can come to our recruitment dinners and do interviews and complete applications!”
I mean, we really don’t have to wait until 2028 for this kind of accountability.
These are lawyers with bar cards.
State-bar disciplinary boards have a role in deterring this nonsense. The fact that they haven’t done so (except for Eastman and Rudy) is a massive failure of the legal profession.
These are lawyers with bar cards.
State-bar disciplinary boards have a role in deterring this nonsense. The fact that they haven’t done so (except for Eastman and Rudy) is a massive failure of the legal profession.
I am deadly serious when I say that any liberal Project 2028 people should be taking names of the civil servants who go way past their authority to do stuff like this.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That should be a career ending act of corruption
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I mean, we really don’t have to wait until 2028 for this kind of accountability.
These are lawyers with bar cards.
State-bar disciplinary boards have a role in deterring this nonsense. The fact that they haven’t done so (except for Eastman and Rudy) is a massive failure of the legal profession.
These are lawyers with bar cards.
State-bar disciplinary boards have a role in deterring this nonsense. The fact that they haven’t done so (except for Eastman and Rudy) is a massive failure of the legal profession.
BREAKING: 38 state legislatures have just submitted a revised Constitution” “nunc pro tunc” correcting a “scrivener’s error” to remove the words “against the United States”.
NEW ABSTRACT: "During the Founding era, 'the United States' was often plural, referring to all of the States. As a result, when the Pardon Clause refers to 'Offences against the United States,' that extends to state offenses as well."
Not to worry, articles will soon issue explaining how this is more complicated than it seems.
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
BREAKING: 38 state legislatures have just submitted a revised Constitution” “nunc pro tunc” correcting a “scrivener’s error” to remove the words “against the United States”.
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When judges find police/prosecutorial misconduct, it's fascinating when they name the LEO/prosecutor in their opinion; often it's just "the arresting officer" or "the ADA." (Free Student Note idea!). Xinis makes clear it was "Immigration Judge Phillip Taylor" who signed this unusual order.
MORE: Xinis has *granted* the emergency order storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
When judges find police/prosecutorial misconduct, it's fascinating when they name the LEO/prosecutor in their opinion; often it's just "the arresting officer" or "the ADA." (Free Student Note idea!). Xinis makes clear it was "Immigration Judge Phillip Taylor" who signed this unusual order.
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WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
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How many times is our government going to break the law and lie in public to railroad this one guy? Nobody who had any part of this should know a moment’s peace.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
How many times is our government going to break the law and lie in public to railroad this one guy? Nobody who had any part of this should know a moment’s peace.
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You can fix an order that says you’re deported to “El Salsador” nunc pro tunc. Not, “hey here’s a backdated deportation order.”
December 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
You can fix an order that says you’re deported to “El Salsador” nunc pro tunc. Not, “hey here’s a backdated deportation order.”