Dan Cotter
@scotuslyyours.bsky.social
Lawyer, writer, SCOTUS follower and writer.
Author, “The Chief Justices.” Weekly column, Cotter’s Corner-since 9/2015. 525+ columns under byline. Frequent interviewee on SCOTUS , BIPA, privacy, cyber, and insurance. Cohost, Podium and Panel Podcast.
Author, “The Chief Justices.” Weekly column, Cotter’s Corner-since 9/2015. 525+ columns under byline. Frequent interviewee on SCOTUS , BIPA, privacy, cyber, and insurance. Cohost, Podium and Panel Podcast.
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You don't lose millions of voters from 2020 to 2024 during the time you're in power, no less - because of suppression. It's a comforting rationalization, but it's not true.
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
You don't lose millions of voters from 2020 to 2024 during the time you're in power, no less - because of suppression. It's a comforting rationalization, but it's not true.
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Top Democrat's home targeted in bomb threat one day after Trump called her a 'traitor'
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Top Democrat's home targeted in bomb threat one day after Trump called her a 'traitor'
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November 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Top Democrat's home targeted in bomb threat one day after Trump called her a 'traitor'
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I still can't get over that not a single colleague stood up for her. Shame on all of them.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I still can't get over that not a single colleague stood up for her. Shame on all of them.
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If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
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you’re saying Mike Johnson had his fingers crossed behind his back when he like totally made you a promise???? color me shocked
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
you’re saying Mike Johnson had his fingers crossed behind his back when he like totally made you a promise???? color me shocked
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The American voting public has just given permission for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to be the leaders we need, rather than doing what their positions as House and Senate Leaders demand.
Lead the Way
Lead the Way
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The American voting public has just given permission for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to be the leaders we need, rather than doing what their positions as House and Senate Leaders demand.
Lead the Way
Lead the Way
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Hillary was right. Deplorable.
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hillary was right. Deplorable.
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1. On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special Congressional election in Arizona, collecting 69% of the vote.
43 days later, Speaker Johnson has not sworn her in.
The delay, 8 days longer than the previous record, has prevented Grijalva from forcing a vote to release the Epstein files.
43 days later, Speaker Johnson has not sworn her in.
The delay, 8 days longer than the previous record, has prevented Grijalva from forcing a vote to release the Epstein files.
Speaker Johnson’s unprecedented, democracy-thwarting effort to keep the Epstein files secret
On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote. Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
1. On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special Congressional election in Arizona, collecting 69% of the vote.
43 days later, Speaker Johnson has not sworn her in.
The delay, 8 days longer than the previous record, has prevented Grijalva from forcing a vote to release the Epstein files.
43 days later, Speaker Johnson has not sworn her in.
The delay, 8 days longer than the previous record, has prevented Grijalva from forcing a vote to release the Epstein files.
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MAGA.
I write this as my flight is super delayed at SFO.
This will be the norm.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
I write this as my flight is super delayed at SFO.
This will be the norm.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
U.S. orders 10% cut in flights at several airports as shutdown drags on
The Trump administration says the move, which will affect 40 markets, is part of an effort to ease pressure on air traffic controllers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
MAGA.
I write this as my flight is super delayed at SFO.
This will be the norm.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
I write this as my flight is super delayed at SFO.
This will be the norm.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
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someone stuffed her senate run, now she's pissed and tryin' to make sense. You buyin' this crap?
I feel like I’m in The Twilight Zone.
First, I post Nick Fuentes making sense. Now, we have MTG.
First, I post Nick Fuentes making sense. Now, we have MTG.
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
someone stuffed her senate run, now she's pissed and tryin' to make sense. You buyin' this crap?
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"Um, I not, I don't know, eh, what you're talking about with the, ah, children."
Speaker Mike Johnson
No one believes you, Mike.
Speaker Mike Johnson
No one believes you, Mike.
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"Um, I not, I don't know, eh, what you're talking about with the, ah, children."
Speaker Mike Johnson
No one believes you, Mike.
Speaker Mike Johnson
No one believes you, Mike.
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A federal judge blasted Justice Department prosecutors on Wednesday several times for what he described as an “indict first, investigate later” attitude in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Judge accuses prosecutors in James Comey case of taking an 'indict first, investigate later' approach
Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick voiced his concerns at a hearing about how prosecutors were handling evidence against the former FBI director.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A federal judge blasted Justice Department prosecutors on Wednesday several times for what he described as an “indict first, investigate later” attitude in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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A MAGA congresswoman says Republicans lost yesterday because their supporters were so happy that they forgot to vote.
LISA McCLAIN: Voter turnout from Republicans was not high. But I think part of that reason is because Republicans for the most part are happy with what's happening
TAPPER: Using that argument, your voters could be so happy that Democrats retake the House next year
TAPPER: Using that argument, your voters could be so happy that Democrats retake the House next year
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A MAGA congresswoman says Republicans lost yesterday because their supporters were so happy that they forgot to vote.
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Today would be a good day to fund the ACA and end the GOP shutdown.
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Today would be a good day to fund the ACA and end the GOP shutdown.
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If Rs had done well Trump would take full credit but he is genetically engineered to reject personal responsibility for anything bad. God what a horrible attribute in a person and President
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
If Rs had done well Trump would take full credit but he is genetically engineered to reject personal responsibility for anything bad. God what a horrible attribute in a person and President
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Sometimes you don’t win, but you scare the living crap out of ‘em.
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Sometimes you don’t win, but you scare the living crap out of ‘em.
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“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!".
The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is a symbol of immigration and welcome.
The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is a symbol of immigration and welcome.
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!".
The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is a symbol of immigration and welcome.
The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is a symbol of immigration and welcome.
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Prop 50 was called as soon as the polls closed.
I made the most direct voter contact I ever have in this election. So I wasn’t even remotely surprised.
We are a great state.
I made the most direct voter contact I ever have in this election. So I wasn’t even remotely surprised.
We are a great state.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Prop 50 was called as soon as the polls closed.
I made the most direct voter contact I ever have in this election. So I wasn’t even remotely surprised.
We are a great state.
I made the most direct voter contact I ever have in this election. So I wasn’t even remotely surprised.
We are a great state.
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They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
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Is it too early to ask: What if Congress never meets again? What if the President just decides by himself, with the help of private donors, what he wants to spend money on or not?
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Is it too early to ask: What if Congress never meets again? What if the President just decides by himself, with the help of private donors, what he wants to spend money on or not?
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Mellon (yes, one of those Mellons) is almost a self-parody of an American super-conservatice ultra-wealthy heir. He’s largely avoided becoming a public villain to date, but he might have just walked through that door.
NYT - Timothy Mellon, a reclusive billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump, is the anonymous private donor who gave $130 million to the US government to help pay troops during the shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Mellon (yes, one of those Mellons) is almost a self-parody of an American super-conservatice ultra-wealthy heir. He’s largely avoided becoming a public villain to date, but he might have just walked through that door.
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So incredibly corrupt. Shout out to everyone who complained endlessly about Hunter but says nothing about this. @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn @AndyOgles @RepFaison
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October 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
So incredibly corrupt. Shout out to everyone who complained endlessly about Hunter but says nothing about this. @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn @AndyOgles @RepFaison
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Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS has denied a trio of emergency applications by Tennessee death-row inmate Kayle Bates—who’s scheduled to be executed tonight.
Among other things, this means the current (October 2024) Term has now had more full Court rulings on emergency applications than any other.
Among other things, this means the current (October 2024) Term has now had more full Court rulings on emergency applications than any other.
August 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS has denied a trio of emergency applications by Tennessee death-row inmate Kayle Bates—who’s scheduled to be executed tonight.
Among other things, this means the current (October 2024) Term has now had more full Court rulings on emergency applications than any other.
Among other things, this means the current (October 2024) Term has now had more full Court rulings on emergency applications than any other.