Don Cruse
@doncruse.com
The only appellate lawyer who doesn’t have a podcast. My practice is in Texas state and federal courts. I used to have a real blog.
DOJ receiving the commission signed by the President is one step.
The nominee taking the oath of office and signing the commission, themselves, is the next step (and the one that makes them a judge).
source:
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
The nominee taking the oath of office and signing the commission, themselves, is the next step (and the one that makes them a judge).
source:
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
August 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
DOJ receiving the commission signed by the President is one step.
The nominee taking the oath of office and signing the commission, themselves, is the next step (and the one that makes them a judge).
source:
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
The nominee taking the oath of office and signing the commission, themselves, is the next step (and the one that makes them a judge).
source:
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
Finally a use for AI summaries. This is indeed a “complex and unusual set of claims.”
June 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Finally a use for AI summaries. This is indeed a “complex and unusual set of claims.”
It's fun to see someone listed "in his official capacity" without any clarity about what official capacity that is supposed to be.
May 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's fun to see someone listed "in his official capacity" without any clarity about what official capacity that is supposed to be.
I’m not sure exactly how I expected four bible verses to be employed in an amicus brief, but it was not this very weird historical inaccuracy.
April 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I’m not sure exactly how I expected four bible verses to be employed in an amicus brief, but it was not this very weird historical inaccuracy.
No, it’s not a ministerial act. Even after the Senate consents, the president can choose not to ultimately sign the commission that completes the appointment.
January 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
No, it’s not a ministerial act. Even after the Senate consents, the president can choose not to ultimately sign the commission that completes the appointment.
Funny, just a few months ago this same guy said the whole web was “freeware” for him to grab.
October 1, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Funny, just a few months ago this same guy said the whole web was “freeware” for him to grab.
I also assumed it was too depraved to be official. But it’s spelled out in Chapter One, §4 of the 2024 official platform: www.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
August 30, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I also assumed it was too depraved to be official. But it’s spelled out in Chapter One, §4 of the 2024 official platform: www.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
Unless I’m missing something, their textual argument is so broad that it would also call into question the Legislature’s power to create Houston’s 14th COA.
From the petition you cite:
From the petition you cite:
May 24, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Unless I’m missing something, their textual argument is so broad that it would also call into question the Legislature’s power to create Houston’s 14th COA.
From the petition you cite:
From the petition you cite:
Any kids waiting at that bus stop in mid-January 2021 would’ve been standing there a long time. The schools were only beginning to reopen from COVID.
May 17, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Any kids waiting at that bus stop in mid-January 2021 would’ve been standing there a long time. The schools were only beginning to reopen from COVID.
It was really close to them.
May 1, 2024 at 6:33 PM
It was really close to them.
He should consider “abridging” his bad takes
March 28, 2024 at 2:14 AM
He should consider “abridging” his bad takes
“Having resolved the issue before us, we turn briefly to comment on civility in the practice of law. …”
I would simply stop reading, walk into the woods, and never be heard from again.
I would simply stop reading, walk into the woods, and never be heard from again.
March 8, 2024 at 11:15 PM
“Having resolved the issue before us, we turn briefly to comment on civility in the practice of law. …”
I would simply stop reading, walk into the woods, and never be heard from again.
I would simply stop reading, walk into the woods, and never be heard from again.
The “that’s why it’s the FIRST amendment” arguments always flip the bozo bit for me.
February 16, 2024 at 8:30 PM
The “that’s why it’s the FIRST amendment” arguments always flip the bozo bit for me.
I don't know what led you to Century, but other members of that family (esp. Century Supra) look better in legal writing. I've sometimes used Century Supra at 14 point, and it works.
When things don't look right, the other two knobs to turn are line spacing ("exact") and margins (go wider than 1").
When things don't look right, the other two knobs to turn are line spacing ("exact") and margins (go wider than 1").
December 28, 2023 at 3:49 PM
I don't know what led you to Century, but other members of that family (esp. Century Supra) look better in legal writing. I've sometimes used Century Supra at 14 point, and it works.
When things don't look right, the other two knobs to turn are line spacing ("exact") and margins (go wider than 1").
When things don't look right, the other two knobs to turn are line spacing ("exact") and margins (go wider than 1").
“Esq. LLM” was full disclosure all along
December 13, 2023 at 12:05 AM
“Esq. LLM” was full disclosure all along
I can’t see a Patriots ring without thinking of this.
December 4, 2023 at 2:27 AM
I can’t see a Patriots ring without thinking of this.
Twitter clearly has a deep understanding of its advertisers' businesses. All *checks notes* three of them.
November 21, 2023 at 1:06 AM
Twitter clearly has a deep understanding of its advertisers' businesses. All *checks notes* three of them.
I remember being curious when I saw this redaction in the FTC's recent filing. Your guess is better than mine.
![Paragraph of the new FTC complaint against X/Musk, that ends with a redacted block of text.
Visible text before the redaction reads: "Also in December 2022, Musk directed that X Corp. servers be moved from one data center to another. Wilson Tr. at 152:8-21, 153:22-154:16. X Corp. policy was that “data cannot leave the data center unless it’s been wiped.” Id. at 152:8-153:12. But because employees only had “a matter of days and weeks, not, like months or quarters” to conduct the move, they did not have “enough time to put together a process that [] would be in compliance with [their] own policies.” Id. In fact, the relocated servers were not only unwiped, but they also contained [REDACTED]."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3ufuqu3vfjfxjrxtij2kosx2/bafkreiex7xjnr7ou7utjuhrta2dgvppktz3pcvd36wnn6alemj2gyw2xmq@jpeg)
September 15, 2023 at 5:41 PM
I remember being curious when I saw this redaction in the FTC's recent filing. Your guess is better than mine.