Abfrancois
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I was an associate at Paul Weiss for 3 years after clerking. Every new associate used to get a talk about the firm’s history, including the fact that “Garrison” in Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison is Lloyd K. Garrison, the great grandson of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.
March 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I was an associate at Paul Weiss for 3 years after clerking. Every new associate used to get a talk about the firm’s history, including the fact that “Garrison” in Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison is Lloyd K. Garrison, the great grandson of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.
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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
I keep a collection of Mr. Martin’s public letters in a desktop folder as a reminder that all things are possible: that one can have the discernment of a starving raccoon, the writing skills of a pecking pigeon, and the charisma of a naked mole rat and still grow up to be a US Attorney.
March 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I keep a collection of Mr. Martin’s public letters in a desktop folder as a reminder that all things are possible: that one can have the discernment of a starving raccoon, the writing skills of a pecking pigeon, and the charisma of a naked mole rat and still grow up to be a US Attorney.
The audience for the Whitman-Barnett Citizenship op-ed isn’t legal scholars in general or 14th Amendment scholars in particular but, short term, members of Congress &, long term, certain Justices on the Court, who will use it as fig leaf cover for the indecency they’re about to perpetrate
So I will own being the primary author of the first part of this. It is, by any measure, the harshest criticism I have ever directed at anyone. I did not want to write it, but felt compelled to do so by a truly egregious failure on the part of Wurman and Barnett to practice what they have preached.
🚨🚨 @evanbernick.bsky.social, @paulgowder.bsky.social, and I have published a draft of our article, 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, forthcoming in the online companion of Cᴏʀɴᴇʟʟ Lᴀᴡ Rᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ, on SSRN. Comments welcomed, as always! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The audience for the Whitman-Barnett Citizenship op-ed isn’t legal scholars in general or 14th Amendment scholars in particular but, short term, members of Congress &, long term, certain Justices on the Court, who will use it as fig leaf cover for the indecency they’re about to perpetrate
the idea we’re being sold that POTUS needed to personally check the reference of non-cabinet level appointee is so transparently untrue they must think the public is that dumb. But, even if that was the true reason for the call, the fact that Alito took it is why the court’s reputation is shit.
January 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
the idea we’re being sold that POTUS needed to personally check the reference of non-cabinet level appointee is so transparently untrue they must think the public is that dumb. But, even if that was the true reason for the call, the fact that Alito took it is why the court’s reputation is shit.
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The Caravan from Mexico didn’t see its shadow this morning so there won’t be any reporting on border crossings for the next four years
December 27, 2024 at 6:41 AM
The Caravan from Mexico didn’t see its shadow this morning so there won’t be any reporting on border crossings for the next four years
The key takeaway from the House Ethics report is not that Gaetz was paying for sex and using his office as a drug den but that Trump nominated him for AG.
December 23, 2024 at 5:36 PM
The key takeaway from the House Ethics report is not that Gaetz was paying for sex and using his office as a drug den but that Trump nominated him for AG.
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When I announced my candidacy six years ago, one of the core promises I made was to never use the death penalty. But I’ve represented innocent people convicted of crimes they didn’t commit and people condemned to death. There is no place in civilized society for the death penalty.
Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners
Opponents of the death penalty had urged President Biden to take this step, given the number of executions that took place during President-elect Donald Trump's first term.
www.npr.org
December 23, 2024 at 1:06 PM
When I announced my candidacy six years ago, one of the core promises I made was to never use the death penalty. But I’ve represented innocent people convicted of crimes they didn’t commit and people condemned to death. There is no place in civilized society for the death penalty.
There are two kinds of law professors in the world: the first kind grades their exams the moment they receive them; the second stares at them reproachfully for days and wakes up every morning hoping an elf graded them in the middle of the night. The first kind is a psychopath
December 20, 2024 at 10:20 PM
There are two kinds of law professors in the world: the first kind grades their exams the moment they receive them; the second stares at them reproachfully for days and wakes up every morning hoping an elf graded them in the middle of the night. The first kind is a psychopath
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Every 100 years, an innovative American carmaker backs an extremist German political movement.
Musk endorsed AfD — Germany’s anti immigrant, far right party. “Only the AfD can save Germany,” Musk writes in this screenshot below…
December 20, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Every 100 years, an innovative American carmaker backs an extremist German political movement.
I have this deranged obsession with beautiful old grand English houses/eatates. Except whenever I watch a documentary about them the thought that runs through my mind over and over again is: I wonder how many black people you enslaved to get this? Yet I can’t stop watching.
December 19, 2024 at 2:16 AM
I have this deranged obsession with beautiful old grand English houses/eatates. Except whenever I watch a documentary about them the thought that runs through my mind over and over again is: I wonder how many black people you enslaved to get this? Yet I can’t stop watching.
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There was so much flapdoodle flying in November 2020, the Mars comment didn't get the attention it deserved.
But Pam Bondi sent Rudy Giuliani into Pennsylvania to claim Trump had won because some of Biden's votes came from Mars.
Pam Bondi is basically Amanda Chase with a law degree.
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But Pam Bondi sent Rudy Giuliani into Pennsylvania to claim Trump had won because some of Biden's votes came from Mars.
Pam Bondi is basically Amanda Chase with a law degree.
wapo.st/4iId8X2
How Pam Bondi boosted Trump’s election fraud claims in a key swing state
As Trump seeks to elevate Pam Bondi to attorney general, her work battling to overturn the 2020 vote in Pennsylvania is drawing new scrutiny.
wapo.st
December 17, 2024 at 2:43 PM
There was so much flapdoodle flying in November 2020, the Mars comment didn't get the attention it deserved.
But Pam Bondi sent Rudy Giuliani into Pennsylvania to claim Trump had won because some of Biden's votes came from Mars.
Pam Bondi is basically Amanda Chase with a law degree.
wapo.st/4iId8X2
But Pam Bondi sent Rudy Giuliani into Pennsylvania to claim Trump had won because some of Biden's votes came from Mars.
Pam Bondi is basically Amanda Chase with a law degree.
wapo.st/4iId8X2
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WOW. Third Circuit nominee Adeel Mangi's letter to Biden (but, really, to all) is today's required reading: "I have battled for justice, even if it meant there would be none for me."
And, though unnamed, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, and Joe Manchin get their earned response.
And, though unnamed, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, and Joe Manchin get their earned response.
static01.nyt.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:11 PM
WOW. Third Circuit nominee Adeel Mangi's letter to Biden (but, really, to all) is today's required reading: "I have battled for justice, even if it meant there would be none for me."
And, though unnamed, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, and Joe Manchin get their earned response.
And, though unnamed, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, and Joe Manchin get their earned response.
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Your occasional reminder that we would not have a single one of Kafka’s novels to read if the executor of his estate had not disregarded his express instructions to burn all of his unpublished works. Thank the guy on the left.
December 15, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Your occasional reminder that we would not have a single one of Kafka’s novels to read if the executor of his estate had not disregarded his express instructions to burn all of his unpublished works. Thank the guy on the left.
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The most important thing about the plot against birthright citizenship isn’t what SCOTUS will eventually do. It’s the fact that the plot itself expresses a regime commitment to an antebellum Constitution. To attack birthright citizenship is to reject Reconstruction.
Inside The Plot To Write Birthright Citizenship Out Of The Constitution
Welcome back to the team that brought you Trump's 2020 coup attempt.
Welcome back to the team that brought you Trump's 2020 coup attempt.
Inside The Plot To Write Birthright Citizenship Out Of The Constitution
At the RNC in July, JD Vance had a message: America is not “an idea,” he said in his speech introducing himself as Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick. Rather, Vance argued that the country is a…
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December 13, 2024 at 6:53 PM
The most important thing about the plot against birthright citizenship isn’t what SCOTUS will eventually do. It’s the fact that the plot itself expresses a regime commitment to an antebellum Constitution. To attack birthright citizenship is to reject Reconstruction.
There is no law that authorizes the US to “deport” its own citizens. So when they say they’re going to “deport families together” even if some are citizens, what they mean is they’ll force Americans to choose between staying in their country and staying with their family.
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December 13, 2024 at 1:02 AM
There is no law that authorizes the US to “deport” its own citizens. So when they say they’re going to “deport families together” even if some are citizens, what they mean is they’ll force Americans to choose between staying in their country and staying with their family.
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Ben Folds and Jeremy Irons should get together and start a dry cleaning business.
They could call it Ben and Jerry's.
They could call it Ben and Jerry's.
December 10, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Ben Folds and Jeremy Irons should get together and start a dry cleaning business.
They could call it Ben and Jerry's.
They could call it Ben and Jerry's.
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scully: it doesn’t make any sense mulder, out of nowhere he started showing empathy and a base level curiosity about the life experience of others
mulder [tossing a manila folder on the desk]: ever hear of the woke mind virus?
mulder [tossing a manila folder on the desk]: ever hear of the woke mind virus?
December 6, 2024 at 1:36 PM
scully: it doesn’t make any sense mulder, out of nowhere he started showing empathy and a base level curiosity about the life experience of others
mulder [tossing a manila folder on the desk]: ever hear of the woke mind virus?
mulder [tossing a manila folder on the desk]: ever hear of the woke mind virus?
Biden should commute every single federal death sentence before he leaves office. I won’t say all will be forgiven if he does but it will go a long way.
December 2, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Biden should commute every single federal death sentence before he leaves office. I won’t say all will be forgiven if he does but it will go a long way.
Not that this was ever in any way unclear, but given Trump’s cabinet picks, can I assume we will all stop pretending that the DEI panic was ever really about merit?
December 2, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Not that this was ever in any way unclear, but given Trump’s cabinet picks, can I assume we will all stop pretending that the DEI panic was ever really about merit?
My favorite Black Friday Thanksgiving message from a brand is from Thom Browne. They’ll charge you $5,000 for a single sock and come Thanksgiving all you’ll get is a note saying “Wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving.” That’s it. No discount on the $5,000 sock.
November 29, 2024 at 1:10 AM
My favorite Black Friday Thanksgiving message from a brand is from Thom Browne. They’ll charge you $5,000 for a single sock and come Thanksgiving all you’ll get is a note saying “Wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving.” That’s it. No discount on the $5,000 sock.
Clearly this law professor is a rabid radical left wing nut!!!!
here’s the offending language from this obvious left wing plant. this monster. this revolutionary.
November 27, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Clearly this law professor is a rabid radical left wing nut!!!!
Not sure I understand the motivation of billionaires. No matter how many billions they get, they just want more billions and more stuff. There’s not a number of billions that will keep you from dying. While you’re here, why not do something actually cool? (No, it’s not spending 1 minute in space).
November 25, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Not sure I understand the motivation of billionaires. No matter how many billions they get, they just want more billions and more stuff. There’s not a number of billions that will keep you from dying. While you’re here, why not do something actually cool? (No, it’s not spending 1 minute in space).
Deep breath. Taps the mic: the Grand Canyon isn’t that impressive to see in person. Pretty much a big hole in the ground. Very big. But still….
November 25, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Deep breath. Taps the mic: the Grand Canyon isn’t that impressive to see in person. Pretty much a big hole in the ground. Very big. But still….
This passage from Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time has been playing in my head on a loop since November 5.
November 18, 2024 at 1:54 AM
This passage from Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time has been playing in my head on a loop since November 5.