Laura Schaefer
@ladymercy.bsky.social
Unapologetic gaylor who gardens and worries about covid and the climate and fascism. Also mom and lawyer I guess. (I put my two main activities last to appear well-rounded).
Yes, and believe me when I say it’s not because this conglomerate of insurers has a conscience. It’s because they *know* the cost of unvaccinated covid infections - both acute and longterm - is *exponentially* higher than the cost of covering the vaccine.
AHIP, the country’s biggest health insurance association said its members will continue to cover updated COVID and flu vaccines through the end of 2026.
AHIP covers over 200M people & includes Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Centene, Aetna, Elevance, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Molina, and Cigna.
AHIP covers over 200M people & includes Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Centene, Aetna, Elevance, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Molina, and Cigna.
Major health insurer group says members will continue to cover vaccines, a step that may ease anxiety over access
Amid concern about Americans’ access to vaccines, a major health insurance association said member plans will continue to cover all shots recommended by the ACIP.
www.statnews.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Yes, and believe me when I say it’s not because this conglomerate of insurers has a conscience. It’s because they *know* the cost of unvaccinated covid infections - both acute and longterm - is *exponentially* higher than the cost of covering the vaccine.
I think I’m only now realizing that this country never actually cared about children, just pretended to care about children, and now we’ve stopped pretending.
love to make america great again by essentially expelling the people that enrich our children’s lives
“Mr. Rodríguez, we’re going to miss you,” a girl told the teacher after singing.
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
May 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I think I’m only now realizing that this country never actually cared about children, just pretended to care about children, and now we’ve stopped pretending.
I do feel like we should be duly concerned the lengths Trump is going to NOT to fire Hegseth
May 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I do feel like we should be duly concerned the lengths Trump is going to NOT to fire Hegseth
Fuck man. That was a depressing read. The very last provision making it impossible for courts to use court money to enforce contempt is the real cherry on top.
The House Judiciary Cmt released their reconciliation bill.
In addition to immigration measures, it transfers *all* FTC antitrust actions to the attorney general, among other antitrust provisions, plus does the following w/ courts
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
In addition to immigration measures, it transfers *all* FTC antitrust actions to the attorney general, among other antitrust provisions, plus does the following w/ courts
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
April 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Fuck man. That was a depressing read. The very last provision making it impossible for courts to use court money to enforce contempt is the real cherry on top.
What spells the end of the America envisioned by the framers more than the arbitrary and seemingly indefinite detention of a foreign graduate student for engaging in political speech
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their child without him after ICE denied their request to let him be present.
“This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."
“This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth (Gift Article)
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
What spells the end of the America envisioned by the framers more than the arbitrary and seemingly indefinite detention of a foreign graduate student for engaging in political speech
Signalgates are now how we mark time
April 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Signalgates are now how we mark time
I can’t explain it but I feel like whales and cats are the same
April 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I can’t explain it but I feel like whales and cats are the same
I could honestly not be prouder to have never even consider working in BigLaw.
April 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I could honestly not be prouder to have never even consider working in BigLaw.
As a habeas lawyer watching the Abrego Garcia case unfold right now is making me feel like I'm about to argue a capital appeal in front of the 5th circuit IE nervous very very nervous.
April 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
As a habeas lawyer watching the Abrego Garcia case unfold right now is making me feel like I'm about to argue a capital appeal in front of the 5th circuit IE nervous very very nervous.
The fact is there’s no question that history is not going to look kindly on those who acquiesced here or, even worse, helped facilitate this moment. Which concerns me because it makes me think they believe there will be no “history,” at least not the kind we’ve come to know.
April 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The fact is there’s no question that history is not going to look kindly on those who acquiesced here or, even worse, helped facilitate this moment. Which concerns me because it makes me think they believe there will be no “history,” at least not the kind we’ve come to know.
ACLU says - you want a habeas?? We’ll GIVE you a habeas.
ACLU filed a class habeas petition in the Southern District of New York following Monday's SCOTUS order that challenges to Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation must be brought in habeas. SDNY is where the two individual plaintiffs, at least when filed, were located. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...
April 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
ACLU says - you want a habeas?? We’ll GIVE you a habeas.
Yup, this is the take. But I’m not feeling great after the first act.
The implications of today’s Alien Enemies Act decision will be clearer after we know what happens to Abrego Garcia. The obligation to provide due process before removal will be hollower if the courts can do nothing to remedy an illegal removal after it is complete.
April 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Yup, this is the take. But I’m not feeling great after the first act.
Well this is I believe the word is fucking terrifying?
Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Well this is I believe the word is fucking terrifying?
So what we thought was Roberts telling Trump to back off his threats to judicial independence was actually a telegraph that - don’t worry we’ll get that case away from Boasberg for you.
April 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
So what we thought was Roberts telling Trump to back off his threats to judicial independence was actually a telegraph that - don’t worry we’ll get that case away from Boasberg for you.
How do we get El Salvador to put a tariff on human trafficking
April 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
How do we get El Salvador to put a tariff on human trafficking
As a habeas attorney, asking the immigration folk on here to explain the legal framework o “let’s pay Él Salvador to keeps US immigration detainees in their prisons.”
How does this work exactly? They are in perpetual *foreign* detention for violating US immigration laws?
How does this work exactly? They are in perpetual *foreign* detention for violating US immigration laws?
April 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
As a habeas attorney, asking the immigration folk on here to explain the legal framework o “let’s pay Él Salvador to keeps US immigration detainees in their prisons.”
How does this work exactly? They are in perpetual *foreign* detention for violating US immigration laws?
How does this work exactly? They are in perpetual *foreign* detention for violating US immigration laws?
As much as I wanted the Olympics in LA in 2028 d/t my naive hope that we’d build out a lot of public transport, invest in a lot more greenery, finish a bunch of housing…we’re going to need the international community to treat us as the failed state we’re becoming if we’re ever getting out of this..
March 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As much as I wanted the Olympics in LA in 2028 d/t my naive hope that we’d build out a lot of public transport, invest in a lot more greenery, finish a bunch of housing…we’re going to need the international community to treat us as the failed state we’re becoming if we’re ever getting out of this..
The logical extension of this argument is, once the plane was over international waters it could fly wherever and the WH would have no legal recourse. And if the prisoners had decided to hijack the plane they could only be prosecuted for doing so in…international waters court
The argument the administration seems to be settling on – that the planes had gone into international airspace – is ludicrous. If the executive had power to act, the judiciary had power to enjoin. But even setting the merits to the side, it makes it look as if the administration was playing games.
March 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The logical extension of this argument is, once the plane was over international waters it could fly wherever and the WH would have no legal recourse. And if the prisoners had decided to hijack the plane they could only be prosecuted for doing so in…international waters court
Are LPRs really being detained threatened and possibly…tortured?…by ICE rn and if so, shouldn’t this be much much bigger news??
March 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Are LPRs really being detained threatened and possibly…tortured?…by ICE rn and if so, shouldn’t this be much much bigger news??
Immediate re…skeet
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 13, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Immediate re…skeet
I know things are bad but nothing really underscores it like the number of messages I’m getting from friends and family outside the US like…hey u ok
March 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I know things are bad but nothing really underscores it like the number of messages I’m getting from friends and family outside the US like…hey u ok
Did we anticipate the universities folding this quickly?? Like wtf
March 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Did we anticipate the universities folding this quickly?? Like wtf
And every single parent knows this when they’re up in the middle of the night with a shaking feverish child who can’t stop coughing or even sit upright they feel so ill. How any parent can knowingly choose to let their child suffer through those moments due to illnesses *they don’t have to get*…
"In the 19th century, it was incredibly dangerous to be a child.
As of 1900, about 18 percent, or nearly one in five, American children died before their fifth birthday. ..."
What changed? Better sanitation, medical advances - and vaccines. www.vox.com/health/40268...
As of 1900, about 18 percent, or nearly one in five, American children died before their fifth birthday. ..."
What changed? Better sanitation, medical advances - and vaccines. www.vox.com/health/40268...
What was childhood like before vaccines?
The anti-vax movement has gone mainstream, but before these shots, grief and loss marked the lives of children.
www.vox.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
And every single parent knows this when they’re up in the middle of the night with a shaking feverish child who can’t stop coughing or even sit upright they feel so ill. How any parent can knowingly choose to let their child suffer through those moments due to illnesses *they don’t have to get*…
It’s a donut hole within a donut hole
with Prof @kateshaw.bsky.social on the constitutional black hole inside the constitutional black hole that is DOGE
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The Constitutional Truth At The Heart Of The DOGE Cases
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 03/08/2025 · 58m
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March 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It’s a donut hole within a donut hole
If it makes anyone feel better just remember that even if Musk et al successfully plunder the U.S. govt and economy in pursuit of creating Muskmerica on Mars or whatever their inability to actually run things means that probably within 50 years, they will have to cannibalize each other
March 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If it makes anyone feel better just remember that even if Musk et al successfully plunder the U.S. govt and economy in pursuit of creating Muskmerica on Mars or whatever their inability to actually run things means that probably within 50 years, they will have to cannibalize each other