Richard Heppner 🤷🏼♂️
@rlheppner.bsky.social
Law Prof at Duquesne Kline Law (Civ Pro, Fed Courts) • Former Appellate Attorney • English PhD (Modernism) • Posts too infrequently to have a brand. • Overeducated, overtired, underwhelmed. • see also id. @ 🐘, 🧵 • he/him
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I finally got the latest version of my Civil Procedure Game! Now with a box, better cards, and individualized pawns and tokens..
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For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ
How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
n.pr
February 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ
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Measles is one of those nightmare diseases that, if it hadn't been killing people for hundreds of years, people would ABSOLUTELY be pushing conspiracy theories about right now. It's too nasty in too many different directions to seem natural. But oh, boy, it sure is.
February 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Measles is one of those nightmare diseases that, if it hadn't been killing people for hundreds of years, people would ABSOLUTELY be pushing conspiracy theories about right now. It's too nasty in too many different directions to seem natural. But oh, boy, it sure is.
What character is not technically Gen X, but has big Gen X energy?
a woman says my over-the-moon face
Alt: Veronica Mars says “this is my over-the-moon face.”
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:51 PM
What character is not technically Gen X, but has big Gen X energy?
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This whole thread. On how ICE and DHS are ignoring orders to release ppl, moving them to Texas to get favorable judges, and holding them—including young children—in absolutely inhumane conditions.
It’s so clear that neither ICE nor DHS are compatible w the rule of law and must be dismantled.
It’s so clear that neither ICE nor DHS are compatible w the rule of law and must be dismantled.
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
This whole thread. On how ICE and DHS are ignoring orders to release ppl, moving them to Texas to get favorable judges, and holding them—including young children—in absolutely inhumane conditions.
It’s so clear that neither ICE nor DHS are compatible w the rule of law and must be dismantled.
It’s so clear that neither ICE nor DHS are compatible w the rule of law and must be dismantled.
This is ... not actually an explanation?
MS NOW: "A congressional official with knowledge of the matter is telling MS NOW the cause of the shutdown of El Paso airspace is a lack of communication between the Pentagon and FAA. The official told us the FAA and DOD are 'not in clear communications with each other.'"
February 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This is ... not actually an explanation?
Post a banger that isn't in English
February 9, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Post a banger that isn't in English
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
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"What most distinguishes the present Supreme Court is not merely its conservatism, or even its willingness to roll back settled rights. It is the degree to which the conservative majority appears severed from shared facts altogether. This is not accidental." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America
A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
"What most distinguishes the present Supreme Court is not merely its conservatism, or even its willingness to roll back settled rights. It is the degree to which the conservative majority appears severed from shared facts altogether. This is not accidental." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
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heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
My favorite part of the halftime show was the “[speaking Spanish]” closed captions.
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 AM
My favorite part of the halftime show was the “[speaking Spanish]” closed captions.
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little ditty, bout joaquin and delfina
Just had a Super Bowl halftime where the singer:
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
little ditty, bout joaquin and delfina
Don’t put in the paper that I’m mad, etc.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Don’t put in the paper that I’m mad, etc.
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As a late-middle-aged suburban white guy I am probably not Bad Bunny’s target audience. Hadn’t heard him before. Liked it. Wasn’t, like, I’m going to stop listening to opera and Bon Jovi and the Cars and stuff and but I would definitely listen again, and I can’t see how anyone would DISLIKE it.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
As a late-middle-aged suburban white guy I am probably not Bad Bunny’s target audience. Hadn’t heard him before. Liked it. Wasn’t, like, I’m going to stop listening to opera and Bon Jovi and the Cars and stuff and but I would definitely listen again, and I can’t see how anyone would DISLIKE it.
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It's not just Minnesota which has a flood of habeas cases; so many are emanating from the Moshannon ICE facility near Johnstown PA that the WDPA chief judge has entered an administrative order assigning 3 Pittsburgh-based judges to also hear their claims.
www.pawd.uscourts.gov/sites/pawd/f...
www.pawd.uscourts.gov/sites/pawd/f...
February 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It's not just Minnesota which has a flood of habeas cases; so many are emanating from the Moshannon ICE facility near Johnstown PA that the WDPA chief judge has entered an administrative order assigning 3 Pittsburgh-based judges to also hear their claims.
www.pawd.uscourts.gov/sites/pawd/f...
www.pawd.uscourts.gov/sites/pawd/f...
O.M.G. How?
The Court’s eyebrows must be through the roof by now
![The Response was also noteworthy for its conspicuously florid prose. For
example, it featured an extended quote from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
and metaphors comparing legal advocacy to gardening and the leaving of
indelible "mark[s] upon the clay." (Response 3). And it included the following
passage:
Your Honor, in the ancient libraries of Ashurbanipal, scribes carried their stylus as both tool and sacred trust - understanding , that every mark upon clay
would endure long beyond their mortal span. As the role the mark (x) in Ezekiel Chapter 9, that marked the foreheads with a tav (x) of blood and ink, bear the same solemn recognition: that the written word carries power to preserve or condemn, to build or destroy, and leaves an indelible mark which cannot be erased but should be withdrawn, let it lead other to think these citations were correct.
I have failed in that sacred trust. The errors in my memorandum, however inadvertent, have diminished the integrity of the record and the dignity of these proceedings. Like the scribes of antiquity who bore their stylus as both privilege and burden, I understand that legal authorship demands more than mere competence — it requires absolute fidelity to truth and precision in every mark upon the page.
(Id. at 7-8). Needless to say, Mr. Feldman's overwrought metaphors and
historical references raised the Court's eyebrows.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreigldm7iyao5jmzvvxdf46rvq2jgopct4fi36uipnfjwmq5klrzy7m@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM
O.M.G. How?
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Hey, so, I don’t do civil litigation, is it generally considered good when the judge does this?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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![Case 1:24-CV-09429-KPF Document 227 Filed 02/05/26 Page 2 of 33
Feldman [wals not excused from this professional obligation [of verifying that the cases he submitted to the Court were valid] by dint of using emerging
technology." (Dkt. #169 at 4).
Mr. Feldman persisted. A few days prior to the Court's hearing on the
Order to Show Cause, Mr. Feldman submitted a proposed reply brief in further support of Affable's motion to dismiss. Once again, his brief contained false citations. And at the August 22, 2025 hearing, Mr. Feldman was unable to respond directly to, much less answer, the Court's questioning about his
submissions.
Mr. Feldman has not, and apparently cannot, learn from his mistakes.
And while the Court does not oppose the use of Al to assist in legal research
and writing, it must take a stand where, as here, counsel repeatedly files
submissions with false citations because counsel refuses to verify those
submissions. This Court can do no more. For the reasons that follow, the
Court sanctions Mr. Feldman pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11
and the Court's inherent powers by striking Affable's submissions and entering
default judgment against it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreigeefuabd636ruucelhxav3v3p43dezhotggrwlgjgsev2z2ggev4@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Hey, so, I don’t do civil litigation, is it generally considered good when the judge does this?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Maybe I would’ve learned Civ Pro if this had been around when I was a law student…
I finally got the latest version of my Civil Procedure Game! Now with a box, better cards, and individualized pawns and tokens..
February 5, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Maybe I would’ve learned Civ Pro if this had been around when I was a law student…
New Six Degrees of Separation just dropped.
EpsteIN—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.
This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts
EpsteIN—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
New Six Degrees of Separation just dropped.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Come work with me!
The Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney! We're excited to find someone excellent to join our team doing the best law job around. Apply now!
www.fd.org/sites/defaul...
The Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney! We're excited to find someone excellent to join our team doing the best law job around. Apply now!
www.fd.org/sites/defaul...
February 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Come work with me!
The Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney! We're excited to find someone excellent to join our team doing the best law job around. Apply now!
www.fd.org/sites/defaul...
The Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney! We're excited to find someone excellent to join our team doing the best law job around. Apply now!
www.fd.org/sites/defaul...
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Wow, lots of questions! 😀 Let me share some more about the game (brag a bit).
First, I made this game with student RAs in a game-design workshop. They largely volunteered their time to do it and were great. It’s much improved because of their hard work and humor.
First, I made this game with student RAs in a game-design workshop. They largely volunteered their time to do it and were great. It’s much improved because of their hard work and humor.
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Wow, lots of questions! 😀 Let me share some more about the game (brag a bit).
First, I made this game with student RAs in a game-design workshop. They largely volunteered their time to do it and were great. It’s much improved because of their hard work and humor.
First, I made this game with student RAs in a game-design workshop. They largely volunteered their time to do it and were great. It’s much improved because of their hard work and humor.
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Democracy dies in dorkness.
February 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Democracy dies in dorkness.
Democracy dies in dorkness.
February 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Democracy dies in dorkness.
I finally got the latest version of my Civil Procedure Game! Now with a box, better cards, and individualized pawns and tokens..
February 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I finally got the latest version of my Civil Procedure Game! Now with a box, better cards, and individualized pawns and tokens..