Fred Biesecker
@biesecker1.bsky.social
Retired lawyer. Associate Faculty, Indiana University-Indianapolis. Board Member, Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library.
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Damnit this is good writing, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Damnit this is good writing, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
No one should pretend that this is anything other than another bad faith partisan hack job. The evidence wasn't "ambiguous": there is no reason to require an alternative map when the original map was already highly partisan; and the Purcell argument makes no sense at all and distorts the timeline.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
No one should pretend that this is anything other than another bad faith partisan hack job. The evidence wasn't "ambiguous": there is no reason to require an alternative map when the original map was already highly partisan; and the Purcell argument makes no sense at all and distorts the timeline.
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And yes, I read the opinions. As an attorney—and any lawyer could see this, even most non-lawyers—it’s obvious to me that the ruling is intellectually bankrupt. We can’t even say a serious attempt was made to explain why the court did as it did—as all its rhetoric amounts to counterfactual nonsense.
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
And yes, I read the opinions. As an attorney—and any lawyer could see this, even most non-lawyers—it’s obvious to me that the ruling is intellectually bankrupt. We can’t even say a serious attempt was made to explain why the court did as it did—as all its rhetoric amounts to counterfactual nonsense.
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Texas & DOJ said that’s what was going on!
So apparently the way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to … allow some discrimination on the basis of race when it’s to secure Republicans electoral advantage.
Just lawless partisan hackery. No fact finding deference. No legal basis.
So apparently the way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to … allow some discrimination on the basis of race when it’s to secure Republicans electoral advantage.
Just lawless partisan hackery. No fact finding deference. No legal basis.
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Texas & DOJ said that’s what was going on!
So apparently the way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to … allow some discrimination on the basis of race when it’s to secure Republicans electoral advantage.
Just lawless partisan hackery. No fact finding deference. No legal basis.
So apparently the way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to … allow some discrimination on the basis of race when it’s to secure Republicans electoral advantage.
Just lawless partisan hackery. No fact finding deference. No legal basis.