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Testifying through the witness, today and forever
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in the hallmark store looking for something that says “sorry I threatened your daughter” under the “for sentencing judges” section
May 30, 2024 at 10:52 PM
in the hallmark store looking for something that says “sorry I threatened your daughter” under the “for sentencing judges” section
In the olden days, I was trained to theatrically "drop" the biggest law book in reach from table height. But I rarely see books now. Guess if the cough or sneeze fails, I'll kick over a chair.
/7 The effect was like an unanticipated thunderclap on a sultry summer day. The judge started and harrumphed. The two Marshals jumped like they’d been cattle-prodded. My case agent looked around wildly.
The defendant rolled his eyes.
The defendant rolled his eyes.
April 15, 2024 at 10:18 PM
In the olden days, I was trained to theatrically "drop" the biggest law book in reach from table height. But I rarely see books now. Guess if the cough or sneeze fails, I'll kick over a chair.
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Cool and fun fact: As of today, in the U.S., you can buy Opill, an over-the-counter birth control!
March 18, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Cool and fun fact: As of today, in the U.S., you can buy Opill, an over-the-counter birth control!
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Conventionally decorous fascism is apparently preferable to a chaotic and complicated Republic.
March 4, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Conventionally decorous fascism is apparently preferable to a chaotic and complicated Republic.
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So is one of these realities like, actual reality? Confirmed, say, by objective facts that a news paper such as the New York Times might be in a good position to report, for instance?
January 25, 2024 at 2:03 PM
So is one of these realities like, actual reality? Confirmed, say, by objective facts that a news paper such as the New York Times might be in a good position to report, for instance?
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Protip: do not attempt to learn how to impeach a witness with a prior inconsistent statement on the spot in front of a federal judge
Figure it out ahead of time
Figure it out ahead of time
January 17, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Protip: do not attempt to learn how to impeach a witness with a prior inconsistent statement on the spot in front of a federal judge
Figure it out ahead of time
Figure it out ahead of time
First lesson of every public forum: someone will show up and say the weirdest, most illogical, cave or basement dwelling shit you have ever heard. You may be required to listen, but are not obligated to entertain it further.
Exhibit A: "The children's storybook gave me a porn addiction."
Exhibit A: "The children's storybook gave me a porn addiction."
wait a 20 year old testifying against kissing in books and claiming porn addiction is an employee of a rival book publisher founded by Kirk Cameron are you telling me this is all astroturfed fake testimonies to make home school industry grifters rich say it aint so
Mysterious woman tells school board that Scholastic book sparked porn addiction
On November 14, a 20-year-old woman named Lanah Burkhardt appeared before the school board of the Conroe Independent School District in Texas. Burkhardt told the board that, when she was 11, she read ...
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November 29, 2023 at 10:31 PM
First lesson of every public forum: someone will show up and say the weirdest, most illogical, cave or basement dwelling shit you have ever heard. You may be required to listen, but are not obligated to entertain it further.
Exhibit A: "The children's storybook gave me a porn addiction."
Exhibit A: "The children's storybook gave me a porn addiction."
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quick question is it good when an appellate judge says this to you
"This is oral argument, and you're here challenging an order from the district court"
November 20, 2023 at 2:58 PM
quick question is it good when an appellate judge says this to you
I have two new clerks to teach legal writing. We'll start here.
I cannot begin to summarise this astounding piece of work by @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social on the racial, colonial & imperial qualities at the core of the US Constitution.
It's 150 pages long, it has 985 footnotes. It should be a book. You can read it free here: harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/u...
It's 150 pages long, it has 985 footnotes. It should be a book. You can read it free here: harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/u...
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November 17, 2023 at 12:48 PM
I have two new clerks to teach legal writing. We'll start here.
With apologies to the French for our supremely American idiocy.
November 4, 2023 at 7:29 PM
With apologies to the French for our supremely American idiocy.
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Hey @kenwhite.bsky.social, is it a good thing to be instructed by a judge to take the witness stand in the middle of a trial so the judge can question you?
October 25, 2023 at 6:39 PM
Hey @kenwhite.bsky.social, is it a good thing to be instructed by a judge to take the witness stand in the middle of a trial so the judge can question you?
Winning a hard fought thing on a Friday morning
Clearing my schedule to gloat
I mean, celebrate
Clearing my schedule to gloat
I mean, celebrate
October 20, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Winning a hard fought thing on a Friday morning
Clearing my schedule to gloat
I mean, celebrate
Clearing my schedule to gloat
I mean, celebrate
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Federalist Society meetings are basically opportunities to fantasize about the most cruel and repulsive scenarios you can imagine. It's like an 8chan thread with Chick-Fil-A bag lunches.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
October 19, 2023 at 12:40 AM
Federalist Society meetings are basically opportunities to fantasize about the most cruel and repulsive scenarios you can imagine. It's like an 8chan thread with Chick-Fil-A bag lunches.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
This is also a great approximation of what it's like to advise a public agency, run a labor union, or in general deal with public issues requiring more complexity than can be expressed in 300 characters.
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October 17, 2023 at 3:04 PM
This is also a great approximation of what it's like to advise a public agency, run a labor union, or in general deal with public issues requiring more complexity than can be expressed in 300 characters.
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I’m not sure any of these restrictions are going to hold up on appeal.
October 16, 2023 at 5:01 PM
I’m not sure any of these restrictions are going to hold up on appeal.
I do own an RGB keyboard. It does not go to court with me.
October 2, 2023 at 10:01 PM
I do own an RGB keyboard. It does not go to court with me.
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Had a nightmare that I was a lawyer.
September 28, 2023 at 7:51 AM
Had a nightmare that I was a lawyer.
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"Those cold, selfish word magnates took everything from me."
Penniless, Barefoot David Zaslav Wanders L.A. Streets After Reaching Deal With WGA
LOS ANGELES—Meagerly rattling a tin cup at pedestrians rushing past him on Sunset Boulevard, the penniless and barefoot Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav was seen wandering the L.A. streets Mo...
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September 25, 2023 at 7:16 PM
"Those cold, selfish word magnates took everything from me."
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“She had long been preaching when a conversation with a voting rights activist changed her life. He said the Black church had once been the heartbeat of the community — “to the point that we became a threat, and that’s why we were bombed.”
Then he asked, “When have we last been a threat?””
Then he asked, “When have we last been a threat?””
After Florida restricts Black history, churches step up to teach it
More than 260 houses of worship have signed onto the effort. “We don’t want to whitewash anything,” one organizer says. “We want to tell the truth.”
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September 24, 2023 at 11:22 AM
“She had long been preaching when a conversation with a voting rights activist changed her life. He said the Black church had once been the heartbeat of the community — “to the point that we became a threat, and that’s why we were bombed.”
Then he asked, “When have we last been a threat?””
Then he asked, “When have we last been a threat?””
My favorite thing about this is how severely my working class clients are punished for teeny tiny alleged ethical infractions. Suspensions for swear words, etc.
Our new story:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events – a breach of judicial norms that one federal judge said “takes my breath away.”
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events – a breach of judicial norms that one federal judge said “takes my breath away.”
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events
Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
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September 22, 2023 at 1:23 PM
My favorite thing about this is how severely my working class clients are punished for teeny tiny alleged ethical infractions. Suspensions for swear words, etc.
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Thinking of starting a neurodivergent revolutionary cell. Our slogan will be "No more spoons; now is the time of knives."
September 7, 2023 at 2:13 PM
Thinking of starting a neurodivergent revolutionary cell. Our slogan will be "No more spoons; now is the time of knives."
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Federal court struck down Alabama's newest map today.
"We are not aware of any other case in which a state legislature — faced with a federal court order ... — responded with a plan that the state concedes does not provide that district." www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1...
"We are not aware of any other case in which a state legislature — faced with a federal court order ... — responded with a plan that the state concedes does not provide that district." www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1...
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September 5, 2023 at 5:50 PM
Federal court struck down Alabama's newest map today.
"We are not aware of any other case in which a state legislature — faced with a federal court order ... — responded with a plan that the state concedes does not provide that district." www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1...
"We are not aware of any other case in which a state legislature — faced with a federal court order ... — responded with a plan that the state concedes does not provide that district." www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1...