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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg
@danua.bsky.social
"Local know-it-all attorney"- Philly Inquirer. "Professional troll"- spouse. Civil rights attorney at the Public Interest Law Center. Sixers sufferer. He/him. Views mine only.
“We earlier expressed concern with the veracity of Director Hsiao’s
sworn statements and appreciate her lawyers recognize false statements may be subject to a perjury
investigation.”
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Indeed.
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Hello, Pennsylvania. Constitutional rights are nice things to have. Tomorrow we should keep three Justices who feel the same way.

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November 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
When your tiny nonprofit has litigated three out of four of these, I guess you are doing something right…
October 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“Can you please tell Rob Thompson to tell Dave Dombrowski to sign Ranger back, move Bryce to right field and sign Pete Alonso for first.”
October 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I decided to see if google's AI could make a basic flowchart of the federal court system. I was rewarded.
September 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Is this something
August 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Only if there is then a prequel to the prequel that covers his help creating the Pennsylvania public school system and then standing down its repeal.

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August 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Pretty good!

"Ensuring equal access to credit is not only a legal
mandate—it strengthens communities, serves the public, and advances economic justice."

cc: @mjsdc.bsky.social @chrisgeidner.bsky.social

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July 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I am helping my father-in-law scan 20k slides from @jenniferkates.bsky.social's childhood, and it includes things like Springsteen and Clarence Clemons at Zanzibar Blue/ Warmdaddy's in 1984.
July 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This 2021 Third Circuit opinion from Judge Restrepo is quite the sad crystal ball. www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
July 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This common error in how to calculate per student spending in Pennsylvania led to moments like this during the PA school funding trial.

whyy.org/articles/fro...
June 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Jeff Yass, the richest man in Pennsylvania, apparently had time to write a sarcastic, angry letter to the editor (in response to another letter to the editor!).

It also has a giant error in it about Philadelphia education spending, which really ties the whole thing together.
June 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Philadelphia lawyers at City Hall retaking their pledge to the rule of law, nine blocks from where the Constitution was authored.
May 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
His and everybody’s.
April 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Plaintiffs mark it as related, it thus goes into the system as related, but it does not necessarily stay as related.
March 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
You probably know this, but generally plaintiffs get to make that initial determination, but it remains subject to review by the judge and objection by the defendants.
March 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ketterer Charter School in Latrobe, PA: 25 teachers funded by Title I.
March 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Mast I: 23.5 teachers funded by Title I.
March 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
MAST II Charter School, in Philadelphia: *32* teachers funded by Title I.
March 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Bear Creek, outside Wilkes Barre: 7 teachers.
March 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Over to the other side of the state: Propel Charter School in Braddock: 9 teachers.
March 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The somewhat notorious, but very popular Franklin Towne Charter School: 17 teachers.
March 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM