Alan Neff
@alanneff.bsky.social
Law, current events, and/or humor. Lapsed litigator. Tiresome empiricist. Not terminally online, but asymptotically approaching it. BLUESKY user #: 1,492,816. He/him. My recent writing can be found here:
https://www.justsecurity.org/author/alanneff/
https://www.justsecurity.org/author/alanneff/
This started out sounding like a Hallmark movie and went sideways into Jordan Peele territory WAY faster than I expected.
(And, libraries are a bulwark of small-d democracy, so KUTGW.)
(And, libraries are a bulwark of small-d democracy, so KUTGW.)
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This started out sounding like a Hallmark movie and went sideways into Jordan Peele territory WAY faster than I expected.
(And, libraries are a bulwark of small-d democracy, so KUTGW.)
(And, libraries are a bulwark of small-d democracy, so KUTGW.)
Icky, but well-played. Regardless, she's gonna need a bigger cross.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Icky, but well-played. Regardless, she's gonna need a bigger cross.
Hi, Dave! Long time no see! I hope you're well.
Anyway, speaking as one of the (((tribe))) here (secular flavored and always theism-free), I'll hope for the best and expect the worst. (H/t to Mel Brooks's "Twelve Chairs.)
Anyway, speaking as one of the (((tribe))) here (secular flavored and always theism-free), I'll hope for the best and expect the worst. (H/t to Mel Brooks's "Twelve Chairs.)
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Hi, Dave! Long time no see! I hope you're well.
Anyway, speaking as one of the (((tribe))) here (secular flavored and always theism-free), I'll hope for the best and expect the worst. (H/t to Mel Brooks's "Twelve Chairs.)
Anyway, speaking as one of the (((tribe))) here (secular flavored and always theism-free), I'll hope for the best and expect the worst. (H/t to Mel Brooks's "Twelve Chairs.)
As the years have passed, I've grown to love 80s music even more than I loved it in the 80s. So much interesting art in there...
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
As the years have passed, I've grown to love 80s music even more than I loved it in the 80s. So much interesting art in there...
Might have to start calling these "fash-backs," if you take my meaning. And rejoinders could be called antifash-backs...
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Might have to start calling these "fash-backs," if you take my meaning. And rejoinders could be called antifash-backs...
Bove, who's now on the Thrid Circuit Court of Appeals, and formerly represented Trump in his criminal cases, is one.
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Bove, who's now on the Thrid Circuit Court of Appeals, and formerly represented Trump in his criminal cases, is one.
Wherever you are (a Commonwealth country, given your spelling of "colours"?), you should know that, throughout U.S. history, American social scientists and lawyers have talked about who appoints which judges, because our Consitutional system - and the history of judicial behavior - make that matter.
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Wherever you are (a Commonwealth country, given your spelling of "colours"?), you should know that, throughout U.S. history, American social scientists and lawyers have talked about who appoints which judges, because our Consitutional system - and the history of judicial behavior - make that matter.
Takes two - the PC and Pelosi - to tango.
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Takes two - the PC and Pelosi - to tango.