Luis Toro
@luistoro.bsky.social
Boulder, Colorado litigator. Born in Phoenix, Arizona. 🌵 Not speaking for anyone but myself. He/him/él. Brown is beautiful! ✊🏽🇲🇽🇵🇷🇺🇸
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Luis Toro
@luistoro.bsky.social
· Sep 7
“Imposter syndrome” is just a fancy name for internalized racism/sexism/etc. It’s the coddled nepo babies who should feel like imposters.
The record for the latest first snow of the season here in Boulder, CO is today, November 17. It’s not going to snow today, so we’re setting a new record this year, beating the old record from 2021. #climatechanged
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The record for the latest first snow of the season here in Boulder, CO is today, November 17. It’s not going to snow today, so we’re setting a new record this year, beating the old record from 2021. #climatechanged
My wife was asking, if ICE smashes my car window and drag me off, can I sue? And I said, basically no. That’s why Colorado should expand its civil rights statute (CRS 13-21-131) to apply to the feds. (But don’t call it “converse 1983” - too lawyerly!)
Resuscitating State Damages Remedies Against Federal Officials
There are forceful legal arguments that individuals can use state civil rights statutes to sue federal employees who violate the U.S. Constitution.
statecourtreport.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My wife was asking, if ICE smashes my car window and drag me off, can I sue? And I said, basically no. That’s why Colorado should expand its civil rights statute (CRS 13-21-131) to apply to the feds. (But don’t call it “converse 1983” - too lawyerly!)
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welcome to America, where Confederate statues are being put back up and memorials to Black soldiers who gave their lives in World War II are being removed
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
welcome to America, where Confederate statues are being put back up and memorials to Black soldiers who gave their lives in World War II are being removed
It’s probably just a matter of time before they start “testing the boundaries” if the Third Amendment. “ICE agents aren’t ‘Soldiers’”!
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It’s probably just a matter of time before they start “testing the boundaries” if the Third Amendment. “ICE agents aren’t ‘Soldiers’”!
Update: It did!
Trump’s trying to literally starve Americans, and the national media is like “Will the President’s bold gambit divide Democrats?”
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Update: It did!
Our climate alteration case rates a SCOTUSblog page now. Proud to have played a small role in Boulder’s opposition to the cert petition. www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-f...
Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County
www.scotusblog.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Our climate alteration case rates a SCOTUSblog page now. Proud to have played a small role in Boulder’s opposition to the cert petition. www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-f...
Good news! There’s still a strong chance they’ll take one of these cases in the next year or two, though.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The justices on Monday turned away an appeal...
www.9news.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Good news! There’s still a strong chance they’ll take one of these cases in the next year or two, though.
For your Native friends nervous about la migra:
Native Americans and Immigration Enforcement — Know Your Rights - Native American Rights Fund
Native Americans born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens, and ICE cannot detain or deport them for immigration violations. Since 1924, federal law has guaranteed Native American citizenship. A 2025 Executi...
narf.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
For your Native friends nervous about la migra:
FIFA loves dictators and is in bed with wealthy Saudis and Qataris, just like Trump. I’m thinking of bailing out of the lottery for World Cup 2026 tickets.
FIFA to award new peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.pbs.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
FIFA loves dictators and is in bed with wealthy Saudis and Qataris, just like Trump. I’m thinking of bailing out of the lottery for World Cup 2026 tickets.
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it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Remember when they used to pretend invading Iraq wasn’t about oil?
If Donald Trump engineers regime change in Venezuela, the nation could reach its potential as a major oil supplier
Venezuelan Regime Change May Open Oil's Floodgates
Despite sitting atop the world’s largest oil reserves, it’s a sad truth that Venezuela doesn’t matter for the energy markets. With production languishing near its lowest in a century, American saber-rattling against the administration of President Nicolás Maduro isn’t having much impact on oil; even an actual confrontation looks likely to only push prices a bit higher.
bloom.bg
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Remember when they used to pretend invading Iraq wasn’t about oil?
Trump’s trying to literally starve Americans, and the national media is like “Will the President’s bold gambit divide Democrats?”
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Trump’s trying to literally starve Americans, and the national media is like “Will the President’s bold gambit divide Democrats?”
Hello? Hello? I never want to hear Colorado liberals whine that they’re shut out of the major offices again.
OK, everyone who wants a more fighting Senator but frets that a primary could help the Rs win the seat, here’s a free shot. Anyone gonna step up? Bueller?
John Hickenlooper is up for reelection. Colorado Republicans don’t really have a candidate to challenge him.
The one GOP candidate who has filed paperwork to try to unseat Colorado’s junior Democratic senator is unknown to voters. Other, better known Republicans are so far passing on the race and the party’s...
coloradosun.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hello? Hello? I never want to hear Colorado liberals whine that they’re shut out of the major offices again.
I’m not going to repost the photo of Lauren Boebert’s racist Halloween outfit, but we are getting to the point where people in her district are going to need to be straight-up ostracized.
November 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’m not going to repost the photo of Lauren Boebert’s racist Halloween outfit, but we are getting to the point where people in her district are going to need to be straight-up ostracized.
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Folks, how much more blatant does the surveillance need to be? Gen AI apps collect your data ... beyond your chat session ... often for years. Don't fall for the squishy ToS language "may use."
Read this paper.
The section on data collection of children's chat app use will light your hair on fire.
Read this paper.
The section on data collection of children's chat app use will light your hair on fire.
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Folks, how much more blatant does the surveillance need to be? Gen AI apps collect your data ... beyond your chat session ... often for years. Don't fall for the squishy ToS language "may use."
Read this paper.
The section on data collection of children's chat app use will light your hair on fire.
Read this paper.
The section on data collection of children's chat app use will light your hair on fire.
Cis people are threatened by anti-trans hate too.
Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.
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 orde...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Cis people are threatened by anti-trans hate too.
Thank you, California! We’re going to have to gain a seat in Colorado the old-fashioned way, and I’m not sure the state could be re-gerrymandered to squeeze out another Dem seat on top of that.
“Republicans appear to have all but abandoned their efforts to defeat a Democratic gerrymander of California’s House districts one week before it goes before voters.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
California Republicans retreat as anti-Prop 50 campaign collapses
Opponents of the Democratic-gerrymander start casting blame for defeat at the ballot.
www.politico.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Thank you, California! We’re going to have to gain a seat in Colorado the old-fashioned way, and I’m not sure the state could be re-gerrymandered to squeeze out another Dem seat on top of that.
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We're here. We're queer. We oppose the quartering of soldiers in our homes.
I’ve been thinking about how hard the founding fathers cooked with the Third Amendment.
Imagine being forced to house ICE. I can’t imagine they wash their hands. They’ve never done laundry in their lives. They’d break your stuff if you didn’t cut the crusts off their sandwiches.
Imagine being forced to house ICE. I can’t imagine they wash their hands. They’ve never done laundry in their lives. They’d break your stuff if you didn’t cut the crusts off their sandwiches.
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We're here. We're queer. We oppose the quartering of soldiers in our homes.
On this last day of Hispanic Heritage Month, enjoy this interview with Colorado Chief Justice Monica Márquez.
Voices of Change: Leaders Forging New Paths in Appellate Law — The Appellate Project
Celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, TAP shares the journeys of two appellate leaders whose stories reflect determination, service, and the power of opportunity in diversifying courts.
theappellateproject.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
On this last day of Hispanic Heritage Month, enjoy this interview with Colorado Chief Justice Monica Márquez.
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His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
October 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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One of the biggest economic myths of all is that market actors are rational. The stock market is driven by a whole lot of mediocre white male finance bros with a herd mentality.
EISMAN: Tesla’s earnings “are down 60% from 2022 through 2025. And the stock is slightly higher. ..
“.. it’s a cult.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...
“.. it’s a cult.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...
October 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
One of the biggest economic myths of all is that market actors are rational. The stock market is driven by a whole lot of mediocre white male finance bros with a herd mentality.
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If you didn't want Puerto Ricans speaking Spanish in the US, you should've thought about that before you colonized the island and forcefully made it a part of the US.
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If you didn't want Puerto Ricans speaking Spanish in the US, you should've thought about that before you colonized the island and forcefully made it a part of the US.
The best thing SCOTUS can do these days is not take a case. #appellatesky
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, brushing aside an argument from Ghislaine Maxwell that she should have been shielded from prosecution...
www.cnn.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The best thing SCOTUS can do these days is not take a case. #appellatesky
This is all conservative payback for Eisenhower (that woke liberal) sending in the troops to desegregate the Little Rock public schools.
October 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is all conservative payback for Eisenhower (that woke liberal) sending in the troops to desegregate the Little Rock public schools.
Who knew the Tenth Circuit is on Bluesky? @uscourtsca10.bsky.social Give them a follow! #appellatesky
September 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Who knew the Tenth Circuit is on Bluesky? @uscourtsca10.bsky.social Give them a follow! #appellatesky