Drew B. Howk
@dhowk.bsky.social
Health law litigator/appellate lawyer; GC. Husband in training. Geriatric millennial. Oxford comma believer & double space atheist. Traveling the world, collecting laugh lines & grays. FINAL - REALLY FINAL.v39
All posts mine alone - not advice.
All posts mine alone - not advice.
PSA: If you ever meet a Williams & Connolly attorney, employee, of family member of the same. Do not let them pay for a drink or the meal they just ordered.
They just did our Country a service.
They just did our Country a service.
March 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
PSA: If you ever meet a Williams & Connolly attorney, employee, of family member of the same. Do not let them pay for a drink or the meal they just ordered.
They just did our Country a service.
They just did our Country a service.
Mind changed on public access to arguments.
It is a shame the public cannot hear this reply argument.
The passion, the rage, the import coming through needs to be heard by the public to understand how critical this process is. And so many won't, they'll just see watered down post.
It is a shame the public cannot hear this reply argument.
The passion, the rage, the import coming through needs to be heard by the public to understand how critical this process is. And so many won't, they'll just see watered down post.
March 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Mind changed on public access to arguments.
It is a shame the public cannot hear this reply argument.
The passion, the rage, the import coming through needs to be heard by the public to understand how critical this process is. And so many won't, they'll just see watered down post.
It is a shame the public cannot hear this reply argument.
The passion, the rage, the import coming through needs to be heard by the public to understand how critical this process is. And so many won't, they'll just see watered down post.
Lawyers should be proud of Williams & Connolly and its representation of Perkins Coie today.
They're doing what we all should be doing.
W&C Counsel: "That's not a Constitution I'm familiar with."
They're doing what we all should be doing.
W&C Counsel: "That's not a Constitution I'm familiar with."
March 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Lawyers should be proud of Williams & Connolly and its representation of Perkins Coie today.
They're doing what we all should be doing.
W&C Counsel: "That's not a Constitution I'm familiar with."
They're doing what we all should be doing.
W&C Counsel: "That's not a Constitution I'm familiar with."
Mizelle running straight into the First Amendment issues re: Mahmoud Khalil -- after the Court was ready to move on -- stunning.
"Federal Government is allowed to discriminate on the basis of Viewpoints."
Chilling. Howell will not respond well.
Amateur hour from DOJ today.
"Federal Government is allowed to discriminate on the basis of Viewpoints."
Chilling. Howell will not respond well.
Amateur hour from DOJ today.
March 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Mizelle running straight into the First Amendment issues re: Mahmoud Khalil -- after the Court was ready to move on -- stunning.
"Federal Government is allowed to discriminate on the basis of Viewpoints."
Chilling. Howell will not respond well.
Amateur hour from DOJ today.
"Federal Government is allowed to discriminate on the basis of Viewpoints."
Chilling. Howell will not respond well.
Amateur hour from DOJ today.
Second Prop Tip: If a judge responds "Hmm," you probably just fucked up.
(Live Tally: Two Hmms)
(Live Tally: Two Hmms)
March 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Second Prop Tip: If a judge responds "Hmm," you probably just fucked up.
(Live Tally: Two Hmms)
(Live Tally: Two Hmms)
Pro Tip: If a judge at a TRO asks you as defense counsel whether plaintiff's alleged damages are possible -- don't answer anything's possible.
That would be a checkmark for the plaintiff.
Hence the court's "Hmm" response.
That would be a checkmark for the plaintiff.
Hence the court's "Hmm" response.
March 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Pro Tip: If a judge at a TRO asks you as defense counsel whether plaintiff's alleged damages are possible -- don't answer anything's possible.
That would be a checkmark for the plaintiff.
Hence the court's "Hmm" response.
That would be a checkmark for the plaintiff.
Hence the court's "Hmm" response.
Exactly! The look on my wife's face when I said that the first time was one of horror and disgust.
February 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Exactly! The look on my wife's face when I said that the first time was one of horror and disgust.