Chris Seaman
@cbseaman.bsky.social
Law professor at W&L teaching IP, property, election law and remedies. Husband of @elyons822. Childhood cancer dad.🎗️Pro-public education. All opinions my own.
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I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
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This case in a nutshell
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This case in a nutshell
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The Supreme Court did grant review of one case today, Watson v. Republican National Committee, and it's a big one over state laws allowing the counting of ballots cast by Election Day but received after Election Day.
Here's the docket: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
And question presented:
Here's the docket: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
And question presented:
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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On the blog: In approving Trump's transphobic policy of listing sex assigned at birth on passports, SCOTUS said govt was "merely attesting to a historical fact," thus echoing the obtuseness of Plessy v Ferguson's statement that Black folks were only choosing to see segregation as white supremacy. 👇
SCOTUS Echoes Plessy v Ferguson in Greenlighting Trump's Transphobic Passport Policy
Repeating a pattern that has become all too familiar, late last week the Roberts Court issued a per curiam order staying a lower court rulin...
www.dorfonlaw.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
On the blog: In approving Trump's transphobic policy of listing sex assigned at birth on passports, SCOTUS said govt was "merely attesting to a historical fact," thus echoing the obtuseness of Plessy v Ferguson's statement that Black folks were only choosing to see segregation as white supremacy. 👇
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Prescient
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Prescient
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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reminder to any ambitious Dems waiting in the wings: announcing a primary challenge right now to a squishy Democrat who’s up in 2026, whether they voted tonight to shine Trump’s shoes or not, will almost instantaneously be awash in cash. fortune—and a primary challenge—favors the bold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
reminder to any ambitious Dems waiting in the wings: announcing a primary challenge right now to a squishy Democrat who’s up in 2026, whether they voted tonight to shine Trump’s shoes or not, will almost instantaneously be awash in cash. fortune—and a primary challenge—favors the bold.
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Any Democrat voting for this should be primaried as quickly as possible because they're stupid, aren't capable of recognizing they're winning, are incapable of representing their constituents, and are cowards not up to this era's challenges.
Senate Democrats asked for a year of ACA subsidies and were told to fuck off.
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Any Democrat voting for this should be primaried as quickly as possible because they're stupid, aren't capable of recognizing they're winning, are incapable of representing their constituents, and are cowards not up to this era's challenges.
Two years ago today. Landslide.
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Two years ago today. Landslide.
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So the terms we had Bukele agree to were basically “no lawyers, no abortions.”
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
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No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So the terms we had Bukele agree to were basically “no lawyers, no abortions.”
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
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From the 16 Virginia House of Delegates freshmen from the 2017 blue wave:
4️⃣ earned their 5th term to the House Tuesday;
1️⃣ is returning to the House for a 4th term after a two-year hiatus;
3️⃣ of us in 2023 earned election to the Senate of Virginia (4-year term); and
1️⃣ is the attorney general-elect.
4️⃣ earned their 5th term to the House Tuesday;
1️⃣ is returning to the House for a 4th term after a two-year hiatus;
3️⃣ of us in 2023 earned election to the Senate of Virginia (4-year term); and
1️⃣ is the attorney general-elect.
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
From the 16 Virginia House of Delegates freshmen from the 2017 blue wave:
4️⃣ earned their 5th term to the House Tuesday;
1️⃣ is returning to the House for a 4th term after a two-year hiatus;
3️⃣ of us in 2023 earned election to the Senate of Virginia (4-year term); and
1️⃣ is the attorney general-elect.
4️⃣ earned their 5th term to the House Tuesday;
1️⃣ is returning to the House for a 4th term after a two-year hiatus;
3️⃣ of us in 2023 earned election to the Senate of Virginia (4-year term); and
1️⃣ is the attorney general-elect.
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The mandate of birth gender on passport of someone who presents differently is a hostile act, as Jackson's dissent makes clear. Everyone knows the reason for Trump's EO was hostility to trans people. It's as clear as "hippie" in Moreno. Which is why the Court erases Moreno from its new law. end/
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The mandate of birth gender on passport of someone who presents differently is a hostile act, as Jackson's dissent makes clear. Everyone knows the reason for Trump's EO was hostility to trans people. It's as clear as "hippie" in Moreno. Which is why the Court erases Moreno from its new law. end/
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Okay, a thread. (thanks to @mjsdc.bsky.social for posting on this case). The Court is lying through its teeth (precedent) - subtly changing its quote extractions to rewrite animus law and produce essential a new pro-animus "equal protection" doctrine. Here's how...1/
The requirement that challengers must show that a gov’t action “lacks any purpose other than a bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group” basically would mean all animus discrimination is constitutional. There is always some other “purpose.” This standard would overrule Romer and Cleburne.
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Okay, a thread. (thanks to @mjsdc.bsky.social for posting on this case). The Court is lying through its teeth (precedent) - subtly changing its quote extractions to rewrite animus law and produce essential a new pro-animus "equal protection" doctrine. Here's how...1/
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If nothing else, the Trump administration is doing wonders to highlight the importance of jury trials.
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If nothing else, the Trump administration is doing wonders to highlight the importance of jury trials.
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Reminder: It benefits nobody in a way to list sex assigned at birth on passports, there is no requirement to include it, this is just about punishing trans etc. Americans.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A319
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, ET AL. v. ASHTON ORR, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[November 6, 2025]
This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreievxyvqikl7wmrg5jkqhsrta5l5xfq272x7caunvxka7vtuzp7hoa@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Reminder: It benefits nobody in a way to list sex assigned at birth on passports, there is no requirement to include it, this is just about punishing trans etc. Americans.
Has Tom Garrett ever reimbursed the U.S. Treasury for misusing official resources (having congressional staff to conduct personal errands), as the bipartisan ethics report recommended?
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Has Tom Garrett ever reimbursed the U.S. Treasury for misusing official resources (having congressional staff to conduct personal errands), as the bipartisan ethics report recommended?
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🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
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What this order makes clear is that plaintiffs can collect a mountain of animus, the district court can write extensively about the record, and the Supreme Court will just go “nuh uh.”
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What this order makes clear is that plaintiffs can collect a mountain of animus, the district court can write extensively about the record, and the Supreme Court will just go “nuh uh.”
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If it's true that RealClearPolitics removed their polling average of the VA Attorney General race because it was wrong, that should really be the nail in the coffin for them. It's GOP polling propaganda that hasn't been rigorous or transparent in a long time (www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-pollin...)
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If it's true that RealClearPolitics removed their polling average of the VA Attorney General race because it was wrong, that should really be the nail in the coffin for them. It's GOP polling propaganda that hasn't been rigorous or transparent in a long time (www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-pollin...)
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Don’t mind me, I’ll just be searching the USPTO trademark database every few days to see if someone does the inevitable….
This is the "felony footlong" patch that the defense displayed in closing arguments in the sandwich guy trial, but it was never introduced in evidence, so jurors were told to disregard.
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Don’t mind me, I’ll just be searching the USPTO trademark database every few days to see if someone does the inevitable….