Josh Block
@joshablock.bsky.social
Attorney @ACLULGBT. He/him. Views expressed here are my own.
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Okay, friends this book is really *incredible*! I spent the last week devouring all 500 pages. I couldn’t put it down. I hardly knew anything of Sumner but the caning & am now convinced he deserves a prized place in our histories. Ahead of his time, principled & unafraid to speak unpopular truths.
I’m so excited to announce that my book was published today! The book retells the life of Charles Sumner, an abolitionist senator who co-framed the Reconstruction Amendments. I wrote this book with my blood, sweat & tears as a student at Yale Law School. (1/x)
August 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Okay, friends this book is really *incredible*! I spent the last week devouring all 500 pages. I couldn’t put it down. I hardly knew anything of Sumner but the caning & am now convinced he deserves a prized place in our histories. Ahead of his time, principled & unafraid to speak unpopular truths.
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This story is another BIG problem for the Trump admin; in Abrego Garcia's criminal case in Tennessee, evidence shows the DOJ seriously mislead the judge about the extent to which Deputy AG Blanche and his office were involved in filing the case, bolstering the case for dismissal.
Judge Crenshaw wants to make public his 12/3 ruling discussing the key role Dep AG Todd Blanche’s office played in deciding to prosecute Abrego Garcia. But Crenshaw is apparently giving govt 'til 12/30 to appeal his rulings rejecting govt's atty-client & other privilege claims ...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This story is another BIG problem for the Trump admin; in Abrego Garcia's criminal case in Tennessee, evidence shows the DOJ seriously mislead the judge about the extent to which Deputy AG Blanche and his office were involved in filing the case, bolstering the case for dismissal.
J. Crew and Old Navy don’t like it either.
December 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
J. Crew and Old Navy don’t like it either.
He was also gay and lived with his long-term partner Francis Davis Millet.
Part of what makes me so angry: I was just listening to the great Doris Kearns Goodwin bio of TR and Taft, and she’s got a moving account of the aide they both shared, Archie Butt. Real public servant, former military, loyal to both men even as they became political enemies. (1/4)
December 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
He was also gay and lived with his long-term partner Francis Davis Millet.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as the leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced on Thursday, sidelining a prominent U.S. Church figure in a major shake-up of the country's Catholic leadership. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo replaces New York's Cardinal Dolan in shake-up of US Church
Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as the leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced on Thursday, sidelining a prominent U.S. Church figure in a major shake-up of the count...
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as the leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced on Thursday, sidelining a prominent U.S. Church figure in a major shake-up of the country's Catholic leadership. For @reuters.com
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Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is suing the state of Tennessee on behalf of Monica Meeks, who was fired from her job at the state's commerce department after comments critical of Charlie Kirk made from her personal Facebook account shortly after he was killed. /1
LAWSUIT: Tennessee state employee sues after unlawful firing for Charlie Kirk post
Monica Meeks is a combat veteran and lifelong public servant fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk from her personal Facebook shortly after his assassination.
www.thefire.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is suing the state of Tennessee on behalf of Monica Meeks, who was fired from her job at the state's commerce department after comments critical of Charlie Kirk made from her personal Facebook account shortly after he was killed. /1
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If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...
These “woke” regulations were over 50 years old!
Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
These “woke” regulations were over 50 years old!
“Women” is on the list
More pages of that list of words forbidden from being used by Head Start programs:
December 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Women” is on the list
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According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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FIRE is suing on behalf of Monica Meeks, a veteran and Tennessee state employee who was fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk on Facebook following his murder. Argues that "her termination was unlawful retaliation for her protected expression" and demands reinstatement.
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
FIRE is suing on behalf of Monica Meeks, a veteran and Tennessee state employee who was fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk on Facebook following his murder. Argues that "her termination was unlawful retaliation for her protected expression" and demands reinstatement.
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
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Reporting indicates this isn't even true but note the standalone charge DHS is making that the man is a "sodomite" and thus should be deported
December 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reporting indicates this isn't even true but note the standalone charge DHS is making that the man is a "sodomite" and thus should be deported
A striking think in the Humphrey’s Executor and campaign finance cases is you have Federalist Society saying the Court has already gutted precedents and “the sky hasn’t fallen.” And you have the Dem appointees saying “I’m literally being hit on the head by the sky as we speak”
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A striking think in the Humphrey’s Executor and campaign finance cases is you have Federalist Society saying the Court has already gutted precedents and “the sky hasn’t fallen.” And you have the Dem appointees saying “I’m literally being hit on the head by the sky as we speak”
Judge Oldham not even bothering to say “biological” man at this point.
cases.justia.com/federal/appe...
cases.justia.com/federal/appe...
December 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Judge Oldham not even bothering to say “biological” man at this point.
cases.justia.com/federal/appe...
cases.justia.com/federal/appe...
References to Oh Mary! and Edie Windsor in the same crossword.
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
References to Oh Mary! and Edie Windsor in the same crossword.
More like Humphrey’s *Executed*
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
More like Humphrey’s *Executed*
Humphrey’s Executor according to Roberts
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Humphrey’s Executor according to Roberts
So the Harmeet Dhillon Civil Rights division filed a motion to intervene to challenge trans-inclusive policies in Loudon Country Schools and this cause of action is….what happens when all the competent attorneys are pushed out.
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
So the Harmeet Dhillon Civil Rights division filed a motion to intervene to challenge trans-inclusive policies in Loudon Country Schools and this cause of action is….what happens when all the competent attorneys are pushed out.
The Roberts Court two-step is always:
1. Stop overreacting; we expressly say that nothing in today's decision overrules X.
2. Remember that case from a few years ago? It turned X into a desiccated husk. So no stare decisis and X is overruled.
1. Stop overreacting; we expressly say that nothing in today's decision overrules X.
2. Remember that case from a few years ago? It turned X into a desiccated husk. So no stare decisis and X is overruled.
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Roberts Court two-step is always:
1. Stop overreacting; we expressly say that nothing in today's decision overrules X.
2. Remember that case from a few years ago? It turned X into a desiccated husk. So no stare decisis and X is overruled.
1. Stop overreacting; we expressly say that nothing in today's decision overrules X.
2. Remember that case from a few years ago? It turned X into a desiccated husk. So no stare decisis and X is overruled.
May takeaway from the Kagan/Gorsuch questions at the beginning of the argument is that the Court voted to strike down the tariffs.
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
May takeaway from the Kagan/Gorsuch questions at the beginning of the argument is that the Court voted to strike down the tariffs.
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣