Josh Block
@joshablock.bsky.social
Attorney @ACLULGBT. He/him. Views expressed here are my own.
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I almost can’t believe this. I spend an absurd amount of time litigating pre-enforcement standing in the 6th Circuit, which makes establishing pre-enforcement standing near impossible. *En banc,* the 6th Circuit just blessed pre-enforcement standing in a culture war case with wafer-thin analysis.
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I almost can’t believe this. I spend an absurd amount of time litigating pre-enforcement standing in the 6th Circuit, which makes establishing pre-enforcement standing near impossible. *En banc,* the 6th Circuit just blessed pre-enforcement standing in a culture war case with wafer-thin analysis.
This sentence ranks right up there with language from Bowers and Plessy for combining cruelty and callousness.
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This sentence ranks right up there with language from Bowers and Plessy for combining cruelty and callousness.
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Dr Oz: "We've dropped the infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies I'm hoping by the midterms."
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Dr Oz: "We've dropped the infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies I'm hoping by the midterms."
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Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
But I thought the law in Skrmetti was about regulating a particular medical treatment, not making sex classifications.
Victory coins for attendees at the Federalist Society convention citing major conservatives wins at the Supreme Court:
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
But I thought the law in Skrmetti was about regulating a particular medical treatment, not making sex classifications.
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Cf. "Many Americans do not want persons who openly engage in homosexual conduct as partners in their business, as scoutmasters for their children, as teachers in their children’s schools, or as boarders in their home." Lawrence v. Texas (Scalia, J., dissenting).
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Cf. "Many Americans do not want persons who openly engage in homosexual conduct as partners in their business, as scoutmasters for their children, as teachers in their children’s schools, or as boarders in their home." Lawrence v. Texas (Scalia, J., dissenting).
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NEW: A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica sets up new roadblocks to care for male veterans with breast cancer.
The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.
The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
NEW: A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica sets up new roadblocks to care for male veterans with breast cancer.
The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.
The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.
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“I didn‘t intentionally quote Hitler; I just unintentionally said things that are almost verbatim what he said” is … maybe not the defense you think it Is?
4/ “The Salient’s student leadership stood by the piece after its publication. In a statement to The Crimson this month, Rodgers wrote that the article’s author and editors did not intentionally quote Hitler and did not recognize the resemblance to the speech.”
October 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
“I didn‘t intentionally quote Hitler; I just unintentionally said things that are almost verbatim what he said” is … maybe not the defense you think it Is?
So we all agree now that Bostock applies to Title IX?
28 Oct 2025 -- Harvard Med School pulls $650 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health" online course after right-wing National Review asks about legality of its setting aside 10 scholarships to trans participants.
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Harvard Medical School Postpones Transgender Healthcare Course After Inquiry Into Fee Waiver Legality | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Medical School postponed an online course on transgender healthcare after the National Review, a conservative news outlet, contacted the school about the legality of offering fee waivers to tr...
www.thecrimson.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
So we all agree now that Bostock applies to Title IX?
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SCOTUS just allowed Alabama's execution of Anthony Boyd:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
October 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
SCOTUS just allowed Alabama's execution of Anthony Boyd:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
The whole premise of all these shakedowns of schools has been that the schools have been Title VI.
1st Cir. holds that (1) the actions of pro-Palestinian students and a group following the Hamas 11/7 attrocity do not rise to the level of actionable Title IX racial harassment, and (2) even if they did their actions cannot be attributed to the defendant, MIT.
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
October 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The whole premise of all these shakedowns of schools has been that the schools have been Title VI.
Rita Mandamus
Sue Marie Judgment
Rue LaLeven
Sue Marie Judgment
Rue LaLeven
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Rita Mandamus
Sue Marie Judgment
Rue LaLeven
Sue Marie Judgment
Rue LaLeven
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An amazing story of this decade was the ADL turning all its fire on Israel critics while tech companies dismantled their censors and Hitler-lovers came roaring back.
Today on the show: the group chats from hell (with @dgraham.bsky.social) slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Why So Many Racist Group Chats?
It’s hard to imagine the speech or policy proposals being acceptable as recently as a decade ago.
slate.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
An amazing story of this decade was the ADL turning all its fire on Israel critics while tech companies dismantled their censors and Hitler-lovers came roaring back.
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22 Oct 2025 -- 8th grade cis AZ boy w/ mistake on birth certificate listing him as female removed by HS athletic director from basketball team tryouts & told to play w/ girls "to ensure fairness" under new birth-sex designation policies. Genetic tests can cost up to $2k.
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Arizona boy reportedly barred from team due to error on birth certificate
Laker Jackson was wrongly identified as female at birth, but high school in Mesa won’t let him play basketball with boys
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
22 Oct 2025 -- 8th grade cis AZ boy w/ mistake on birth certificate listing him as female removed by HS athletic director from basketball team tryouts & told to play w/ girls "to ensure fairness" under new birth-sex designation policies. Genetic tests can cost up to $2k.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Q: Are you worried about extremist pro-Hitler sentiment among young Republicans?
JOHNSON: No. I don't know who any of these people are. I've never heard of them. Somebody posted a photo of me standing next to these guys wearing tuxedos. It was at the inauguration, people were coming up for selfies
JOHNSON: No. I don't know who any of these people are. I've never heard of them. Somebody posted a photo of me standing next to these guys wearing tuxedos. It was at the inauguration, people were coming up for selfies
October 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A “what we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank” moment.
My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.
This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.
This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.
October 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A “what we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank” moment.
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Most American Jews are antisemitic, according to right wing gentiles who are constantly employing anti semitic dogwhistles www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Most American Jews are antisemitic, according to right wing gentiles who are constantly employing anti semitic dogwhistles www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...