JW Pritchard
@jwrightpritch.bsky.social
Former UO & McGill PoliSci & Lewis & Clark Northwestern Law student. Current public defender. Here for political theory, lawyer jokes and #ripcity
As a raised Portlandian and legal professional in the city I am going to provide everyone here with the full, detailed, nuanced analysis that explains our situation:
It is, as it turns out, a city.
It is, as it turns out, a city.
September 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
As a raised Portlandian and legal professional in the city I am going to provide everyone here with the full, detailed, nuanced analysis that explains our situation:
It is, as it turns out, a city.
It is, as it turns out, a city.
I will say this seems like the kind of thing that is 1) absolutely, 100%, no-question corrupt and likely illegal and 2) probably something that happens to some degree or another (likely a greater one on this one!!) in most administrations
Breaking News: Top House and Senate Democrats are investigating whether law firms that cut deals with President Trump are breaking the law by doing free legal work for his administration.
Democrats Investigating Law Firms Over Work for Trump’s Commerce Dept.
In letters to the firms, the lawmakers suggested “that the administration’s coercion of your law firm may be ongoing and escalating.”
nyti.ms
September 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I will say this seems like the kind of thing that is 1) absolutely, 100%, no-question corrupt and likely illegal and 2) probably something that happens to some degree or another (likely a greater one on this one!!) in most administrations
You all are going to make me say something nice to Cass Sunstein before the end of the year aren’t you
September 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You all are going to make me say something nice to Cass Sunstein before the end of the year aren’t you
I can’t spend too much time thinking about the actual people who are working in DHS, my brain and heart just start to break.
What I *can*do is just keep advising people to do whatever they can to not open that door, but boy does that tougher when they’re now holding your baby on the other side
What I *can*do is just keep advising people to do whatever they can to not open that door, but boy does that tougher when they’re now holding your baby on the other side
September 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I can’t spend too much time thinking about the actual people who are working in DHS, my brain and heart just start to break.
What I *can*do is just keep advising people to do whatever they can to not open that door, but boy does that tougher when they’re now holding your baby on the other side
What I *can*do is just keep advising people to do whatever they can to not open that door, but boy does that tougher when they’re now holding your baby on the other side
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If you're ever tempted to call the DEA's job "critical", you should re-examine your life.
You don't need to make excuses for one civil-rights-violating gang to oppose another.
You don't need to make excuses for one civil-rights-violating gang to oppose another.
New numbers show ICE is devouring US law enforcement: 1 in 5 US marshals, 1 in 5 FBI agents, half of all DEA agents, and over two-thirds of all ATF agents are now assigned to ICE enforcement. These are agencies with critical jobs they're now NOT doing.
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-is-eat...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-is-eat...
ICE is Eating the Soul of America
Four things that show ICE increasingly considers itself outside the law
www.doomsdayscenario.co
September 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you're ever tempted to call the DEA's job "critical", you should re-examine your life.
You don't need to make excuses for one civil-rights-violating gang to oppose another.
You don't need to make excuses for one civil-rights-violating gang to oppose another.
Reposted by JW Pritchard
Ask, and ye shall receive.
This was a fun discussion - it was good to dive into object-level issues after so long operating in the rarefied Rawlsian space. Thanks @polphilpod.bsky.social for having me.
This was a fun discussion - it was good to dive into object-level issues after so long operating in the rarefied Rawlsian space. Thanks @polphilpod.bsky.social for having me.
August 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ask, and ye shall receive.
This was a fun discussion - it was good to dive into object-level issues after so long operating in the rarefied Rawlsian space. Thanks @polphilpod.bsky.social for having me.
This was a fun discussion - it was good to dive into object-level issues after so long operating in the rarefied Rawlsian space. Thanks @polphilpod.bsky.social for having me.
Really scraping the bottom of the motivational barrel second week of 3L. doing this all for a Le Creuset blueberry casserole dish right now
September 4, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Really scraping the bottom of the motivational barrel second week of 3L. doing this all for a Le Creuset blueberry casserole dish right now
Full honestly, this website so far really feels like going to the middest possible bar just because all your actually good friends are there
August 30, 2023 at 3:02 AM
Full honestly, this website so far really feels like going to the middest possible bar just because all your actually good friends are there
So what are the thoughts on how to divide quality material between this and the other place, I feel like just reposting is tacky
August 22, 2023 at 4:12 PM
So what are the thoughts on how to divide quality material between this and the other place, I feel like just reposting is tacky