Jeremy Bates
@batesv45.bsky.social
NY lawyer. Sued Trump derivatively o/b/o U.S. on Jan. 19, 2021. Biden's DOJ moved to dismiss my case. Years later, they tried to prosecute Trump. How'd that turn out, General Garland?
The last “annual” doctor‘s visit was on April 11.
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Memorandum from the White House Physician
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October 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The last “annual” doctor‘s visit was on April 11.
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Trump is hosting a group of tech CEOs today but Elon isn’t invited 😢 www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/t...
Trump to host tech CEOs over dinner for inaugural event in renovated Rose Garden
Invitees include Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and OpenAI founder Sam Altman. Elon Musk was not on the list.
www.cnbc.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Trump is hosting a group of tech CEOs today but Elon isn’t invited 😢 www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/t...
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It’s the Department of Defense by statute. 10 USC 111.
September 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s the Department of Defense by statute. 10 USC 111.
Has anyone charted Trump’s travel schedule?
Am I right in thinking that the Alaska summit was his last flight?
Is it normal for him to spend so much time in DC?
Am I right in thinking that the Alaska summit was his last flight?
Is it normal for him to spend so much time in DC?
September 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Has anyone charted Trump’s travel schedule?
Am I right in thinking that the Alaska summit was his last flight?
Is it normal for him to spend so much time in DC?
Am I right in thinking that the Alaska summit was his last flight?
Is it normal for him to spend so much time in DC?
Henry V, act 4, scene 7, line 110.
July 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Henry V, act 4, scene 7, line 110.
I was there for the Persian Gulf parade, when the M1 tank (all 60 tons) tore up Constitution Avenue and the fighter (F15? F16?) got its tail fin stuck in an overhead wire.
DC is just not built for military parades. There is no Red Square.
DC is just not built for military parades. There is no Red Square.
being able to hear the wheels on the Sherman tanks squeal on account of no one there is some incredible footage. A+ comedy.
THE TANKS! THE TANKS! SHREDDING OUR STREETS! COSTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!! THE TANKS ARE HERE
June 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I was there for the Persian Gulf parade, when the M1 tank (all 60 tons) tore up Constitution Avenue and the fighter (F15? F16?) got its tail fin stuck in an overhead wire.
DC is just not built for military parades. There is no Red Square.
DC is just not built for military parades. There is no Red Square.
Matt. 25:34-35: “Then the King will say..., ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you.... For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in...."
Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.
June 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Matt. 25:34-35: “Then the King will say..., ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you.... For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in...."
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When Joe Biden did stuff like this, Fox would play the clips over and over like it was as significant as the moon landing
President Trump stumbles while walking up the stairs to Air Force One
June 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
When Joe Biden did stuff like this, Fox would play the clips over and over like it was as significant as the moon landing
Wondering which lawyers/practice groups at the let's-deal-with-Trump firms drove those decisions.
Was it M&A? Private equity?
Partners who bring in the most business, in dollar terms?
How's that working out?
Sometimes better ethics is better business.
Was it M&A? Private equity?
Partners who bring in the most business, in dollar terms?
How's that working out?
Sometimes better ethics is better business.
Several large corporations have “expressed concern about whether they could trust law firms that struck deals to fight for them in court and in negotiating big deals if they weren’t willing to stand up for themselves against Trump.”
Free link www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Free link www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere.
www.wsj.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Wondering which lawyers/practice groups at the let's-deal-with-Trump firms drove those decisions.
Was it M&A? Private equity?
Partners who bring in the most business, in dollar terms?
How's that working out?
Sometimes better ethics is better business.
Was it M&A? Private equity?
Partners who bring in the most business, in dollar terms?
How's that working out?
Sometimes better ethics is better business.
"May you honour the profound trust bestowed upon you by Canadians, and may God bless and guide you in all your duties."
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King says 'strong and free' Canada is a force for good in historic throne speech | CBC News
King Charles delivered a historic speech from the throne Tuesday and he used that platform to praise Canada as a force for good that will remain "strong and free" as its relationships with longtime pa...
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May 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"May you honour the profound trust bestowed upon you by Canadians, and may God bless and guide you in all your duties."
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Again: Entrustment.
From Pope Leo's homily this morning in St. Peter's Square:
"I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude at the beginning of the ministry that has been entrusted to me."
www.ncregister.com/commentaries...
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From Pope Leo's homily this morning in St. Peter's Square:
"I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude at the beginning of the ministry that has been entrusted to me."
www.ncregister.com/commentaries...
1/x
Full Text of Pope Leo XIV’s Homily From Inauguration Mass: ‘This is the Hour For Love’
‘Brothers and sisters, I would like that our first great desire be for a united Church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world...’
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May 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Again: Entrustment.
From Pope Leo's homily this morning in St. Peter's Square:
"I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude at the beginning of the ministry that has been entrusted to me."
www.ncregister.com/commentaries...
1/x
From Pope Leo's homily this morning in St. Peter's Square:
"I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude at the beginning of the ministry that has been entrusted to me."
www.ncregister.com/commentaries...
1/x
Entrustment.
www.vatican.va/news_service...
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May 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Entrustment.
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"[B]oth philosophy and the Gospel concur in laying down that the object of the government of the State should be, not the advantage of the ruler, but the benefit of those over whom he is placed."
Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, 35
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Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, 35
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Rerum
Novarum (May 15, 1891) | LEO XIII
Encyclical Rerum Novarum of Leo XIII, 15 May 1891
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May 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"[B]oth philosophy and the Gospel concur in laying down that the object of the government of the State should be, not the advantage of the ruler, but the benefit of those over whom he is placed."
Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, 35
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, 35
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This post by Trump is blasphemy and lunacy.
But don't overlook the obvious in this image. Trump likes to surround himself with gold. And here, he's wearing it.
He has a weird fetish for gold. Does it make him feel more secure somehow?
But as we remember:
"ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD."
But don't overlook the obvious in this image. Trump likes to surround himself with gold. And here, he's wearing it.
He has a weird fetish for gold. Does it make him feel more secure somehow?
But as we remember:
"ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD."
Donald Trump just posted a photo of himself as the Pope.
It's full-on lunacy at this point.
It's full-on lunacy at this point.
May 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This post by Trump is blasphemy and lunacy.
But don't overlook the obvious in this image. Trump likes to surround himself with gold. And here, he's wearing it.
He has a weird fetish for gold. Does it make him feel more secure somehow?
But as we remember:
"ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD."
But don't overlook the obvious in this image. Trump likes to surround himself with gold. And here, he's wearing it.
He has a weird fetish for gold. Does it make him feel more secure somehow?
But as we remember:
"ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD."
Lawyers rallied today in Foley Square, Lower Manhattan, for the rule of law.
Circled by state and federal courthouses, we retook our oath to uphold the Constitution.
Circled by state and federal courthouses, we retook our oath to uphold the Constitution.
May 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Lawyers rallied today in Foley Square, Lower Manhattan, for the rule of law.
Circled by state and federal courthouses, we retook our oath to uphold the Constitution.
Circled by state and federal courthouses, we retook our oath to uphold the Constitution.
1. Did anyone lie to a court about removals over the weekend?
2. Can someone put this NBC report before SCOTUS asap?
2. Can someone put this NBC report before SCOTUS asap?
Video from Friday night shows ICE buses full of Venezuelan migrants headed toward an airport in North Texas before abruptly turning around:
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As legal fight raged, ICE buses filled with Venezuelans heading toward airport turned around, video shows
At least 28 detainees were placed on buses Friday evening at ICE’s Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas, and then driven toward an airport about an hour away.
www.nbcnews.com
April 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
1. Did anyone lie to a court about removals over the weekend?
2. Can someone put this NBC report before SCOTUS asap?
2. Can someone put this NBC report before SCOTUS asap?
Why does the Administration call a preserve-the-status-quo injunction an administrative stay?
The Trump admin also asks SCOTUS to confirm that it’s OK to deport members of the putative plaintiff class if they can independently be removed for non–Alien Enemies Act reasons (with due process)
April 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Why does the Administration call a preserve-the-status-quo injunction an administrative stay?
I’m dying with laughter.
And someone at the National Archives deserves an Oscar. Or a Tony. Or a Nobel.
I dunno—whatever archivists get.
And someone at the National Archives deserves an Oscar. Or a Tony. Or a Nobel.
I dunno—whatever archivists get.
March 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I’m dying with laughter.
And someone at the National Archives deserves an Oscar. Or a Tony. Or a Nobel.
I dunno—whatever archivists get.
And someone at the National Archives deserves an Oscar. Or a Tony. Or a Nobel.
I dunno—whatever archivists get.
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A lawyer who doesn’t write so lawyerly that John Q. Public can actually understand. If you want to follow a lawyer, Jeremy @batesv45.bsky.social is a good choice. 👇
Fair question, WFFODID!
A derivative case is one that an entity (corporation, partnership, non-profit) _should_ bring but won't. So courts let stakeholders (shareholders, partners, members) sue for the entity.
For a bit more, below is page 1 of my SCOTUS petition, 21-1389.
Thanks for asking!
A derivative case is one that an entity (corporation, partnership, non-profit) _should_ bring but won't. So courts let stakeholders (shareholders, partners, members) sue for the entity.
For a bit more, below is page 1 of my SCOTUS petition, 21-1389.
Thanks for asking!
March 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A lawyer who doesn’t write so lawyerly that John Q. Public can actually understand. If you want to follow a lawyer, Jeremy @batesv45.bsky.social is a good choice. 👇
Yesterday in Delligatti v. United States, No. 23-825, SCOTUS held that, in sentencing, a "crime of violence" may include a failure to act by a person who has a duty to act--a crime of omission.
Wait for it...
What recent, infamous crime involved someone failing to act although he had a duty to act?
Wait for it...
What recent, infamous crime involved someone failing to act although he had a duty to act?
March 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Yesterday in Delligatti v. United States, No. 23-825, SCOTUS held that, in sentencing, a "crime of violence" may include a failure to act by a person who has a duty to act--a crime of omission.
Wait for it...
What recent, infamous crime involved someone failing to act although he had a duty to act?
Wait for it...
What recent, infamous crime involved someone failing to act although he had a duty to act?
What about Article III does Sen. Schumer not understand?
"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, AND in such inferior Courts as the Congress may... ordain and establish."
District courts are vested with "the judicial. power."
Unitary judiciary, anyone?
"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, AND in such inferior Courts as the Congress may... ordain and establish."
District courts are vested with "the judicial. power."
Unitary judiciary, anyone?
March 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What about Article III does Sen. Schumer not understand?
"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, AND in such inferior Courts as the Congress may... ordain and establish."
District courts are vested with "the judicial. power."
Unitary judiciary, anyone?
"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, AND in such inferior Courts as the Congress may... ordain and establish."
District courts are vested with "the judicial. power."
Unitary judiciary, anyone?
If it's a copy, then why does it need protection from light?
Who is fooling whom here?
It's curtains for honesty in the Oval Office.
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Who is fooling whom here?
It's curtains for honesty in the Oval Office.
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Trump hangs a copy of Declaration of Independence in Oval Office
President Donald Trump has hung a copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office, according to images he shared on social media
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March 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
If it's a copy, then why does it need protection from light?
Who is fooling whom here?
It's curtains for honesty in the Oval Office.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Who is fooling whom here?
It's curtains for honesty in the Oval Office.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Trump has a weird thing about gold.
Whether he's trying to fool us, or convince himself, is less clear. Prob the latter. He gets a self-validation by surrounding himself with gold (and painting his face gold).
He used to be blond. So this fixation started young? www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/p...
Whether he's trying to fool us, or convince himself, is less clear. Prob the latter. He gets a self-validation by surrounding himself with gold (and painting his face gold).
He used to be blond. So this fixation started young? www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/p...
Flags, figurines and gold everywhere: Trump transforms the Oval Office into a gilded gallery | CNN Politics
As President Donald Trump works to dramatically reshape the federal government, he is also in the middle of transforming another historic aspect of the presidency: the Oval Office.
www.cnn.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Trump has a weird thing about gold.
Whether he's trying to fool us, or convince himself, is less clear. Prob the latter. He gets a self-validation by surrounding himself with gold (and painting his face gold).
He used to be blond. So this fixation started young? www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/p...
Whether he's trying to fool us, or convince himself, is less clear. Prob the latter. He gets a self-validation by surrounding himself with gold (and painting his face gold).
He used to be blond. So this fixation started young? www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/p...
Does the fact that Columbia University houses the Knight Institute, which is seeking public release of Jack Smith's Volume 2 report on the Mar-a-Lago documents case, have anything to do with Tre34son's attempt to penalize Columbia in the amount of $400 million?
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Knight Institute Seeks Immediate Release of Special Counsel’s Report on Trump’s Mishandling of Classified Documents
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March 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Does the fact that Columbia University houses the Knight Institute, which is seeking public release of Jack Smith's Volume 2 report on the Mar-a-Lago documents case, have anything to do with Tre34son's attempt to penalize Columbia in the amount of $400 million?
knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...