John Beckerman
@johnbeckerman.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, law prof, history prof, EMT; cancer survivor, dog lover, steelheader, fly tyer.
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79 Law School Deans standing up for the Rule of Law - but where are deans of Yale, Harvard, Columbia (ok never mind in that one)?
Where are you Heather Gerken?? @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social
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Where are you Heather Gerken?? @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social
abovethelaw.com/2025/03/law-...
Law School Deans Denounce Trump's Attacks On Biglaw Firms As Unconstitutional - Above the Law
Another core group of lawyers stands up to defend Biglaw against the Trump administration.
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April 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
79 Law School Deans standing up for the Rule of Law - but where are deans of Yale, Harvard, Columbia (ok never mind in that one)?
Where are you Heather Gerken?? @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social
abovethelaw.com/2025/03/law-...
Where are you Heather Gerken?? @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social
abovethelaw.com/2025/03/law-...
Deprive Elon Musk of federal aid. He should survive on his own!
February 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Deprive Elon Musk of federal aid. He should survive on his own!
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Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"
February 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"
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Jasmine Crockett, after accusing colleagues of castrating their Constitutional duty, said, “My job is to make sure we don’t have any kings or queens in this country, but it seems like you all have decided it’s going to be Mr. King and his queen. And y’all can pick which one is which.”
February 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Jasmine Crockett, after accusing colleagues of castrating their Constitutional duty, said, “My job is to make sure we don’t have any kings or queens in this country, but it seems like you all have decided it’s going to be Mr. King and his queen. And y’all can pick which one is which.”
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Senator Schiff (as Dems filibuster the nomination of Project 2025 author Russ Vought): “The moment you say it’s ok to violate the law to shut down USAID you have said it is ok to violate the law and shut down anything.”
February 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Senator Schiff (as Dems filibuster the nomination of Project 2025 author Russ Vought): “The moment you say it’s ok to violate the law to shut down USAID you have said it is ok to violate the law and shut down anything.”
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👋 legal profession!
"With the Trump administration warning career lawyers to follow orders even if they have ethical qualms, pressure is building on professional legal associations to take a stance against efforts to upend long-standing norms of public service..."
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"With the Trump administration warning career lawyers to follow orders even if they have ethical qualms, pressure is building on professional legal associations to take a stance against efforts to upend long-standing norms of public service..."
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Government lawyers with ethics concerns look for help amid Trump crackdown
Some lawyers hope that bar associations, which have themselves been targeted by Trump, will come to their aid.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
👋 legal profession!
"With the Trump administration warning career lawyers to follow orders even if they have ethical qualms, pressure is building on professional legal associations to take a stance against efforts to upend long-standing norms of public service..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
"With the Trump administration warning career lawyers to follow orders even if they have ethical qualms, pressure is building on professional legal associations to take a stance against efforts to upend long-standing norms of public service..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Real shocker here. The 25 year old rooting around in the code of the US government's payment system likes to post things like "Normalize Indian hate."
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Exclusive | DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, whose access to Treasury payment systems was approved by a judge, has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism a...
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February 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Real shocker here. The 25 year old rooting around in the code of the US government's payment system likes to post things like "Normalize Indian hate."
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
Where in the Constitution of the United States does it give fuckface the authority to decree whether or not transgenger persons get to compete in women's sports?
NOWHERE.
Another unconstitutional edict.
NOWHERE.
Another unconstitutional edict.
February 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Where in the Constitution of the United States does it give fuckface the authority to decree whether or not transgenger persons get to compete in women's sports?
NOWHERE.
Another unconstitutional edict.
NOWHERE.
Another unconstitutional edict.
Racist Fucktard Trump has revoked the Federal Government's nondiscrimination rule, which has had endless beneficial effects since it was promulgated by Lyndon Johnson. If you had any doubt whether Trump was a racist, this should dispel it.
January 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Racist Fucktard Trump has revoked the Federal Government's nondiscrimination rule, which has had endless beneficial effects since it was promulgated by Lyndon Johnson. If you had any doubt whether Trump was a racist, this should dispel it.
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Teachers who are teaching history this year and covering government or the Holocaust need prayers and support. I’m teaching the civil war, reconstruction, the new south, Jim Crow laws, and Civil Rights. The section on the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments will be interesting this year.
Trump pardoned leaders of the white supremacist, rabidly anti-Semitic terrorist group the Proud Boys. You may know them by their motto “6MWE” — which stands for “6 Million Wasn't Enough.” Yes, they’re referring to the Holocaust.
January 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Teachers who are teaching history this year and covering government or the Holocaust need prayers and support. I’m teaching the civil war, reconstruction, the new south, Jim Crow laws, and Civil Rights. The section on the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments will be interesting this year.
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Shame on any member of Congress who meets with a recalcitrant, pardoned seditionist. Even if they can't feel the shame, we know this can't be tolerated in a democracy.
January 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Shame on any member of Congress who meets with a recalcitrant, pardoned seditionist. Even if they can't feel the shame, we know this can't be tolerated in a democracy.
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Gotta love the British press.
January 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Gotta love the British press.
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“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
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So when all was said and done, the only country that opened it's prisons and sent crazy murderous criminals to prey upon innocent American citizens, was us.
January 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
So when all was said and done, the only country that opened it's prisons and sent crazy murderous criminals to prey upon innocent American citizens, was us.
Would be dictator Trump still has no plan for healthcare other than to diminish or dismantle Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare and similar insurances. And you know what? He never will have a plan. Because helping people isn't on his agenda.
January 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Would be dictator Trump still has no plan for healthcare other than to diminish or dismantle Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare and similar insurances. And you know what? He never will have a plan. Because helping people isn't on his agenda.
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Perhaps the clearest take, from The Hollywood Reporter. Unexpected. But not the strangest thing I’ve seen in the past 2 days..
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
Sometimes a Nazi Salute Is a Nazi Salute
Did Elon Musk intentionally "sieg heil" at Donald Trump's inauguration rally? Sometimes it only matters what you do, not what you intend.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Perhaps the clearest take, from The Hollywood Reporter. Unexpected. But not the strangest thing I’ve seen in the past 2 days..
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
Hero.
January 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
Hero.
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This.
As Susan Collins-friendly outlets race to tell readers/viewers she "opposes" such and such done by Trump, a reminder that she's been w/ MAGA every time they've needed her but once (they thought her vote wasn't necessary) and WENT TO A PARTY FOR TRUMP 3 DAYS AGO.
That's who she is. #MEpolitics
That's who she is. #MEpolitics
January 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This.
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It really doesn’t feel that cold outside.
January 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It really doesn’t feel that cold outside.
After Trump's inaugural address, NPR said he won a "legitimate and resounding victory". WT actual F? Legitimate only if section 3 of the 14th Amendment doesn't exist, resounding only if you ignore the actual numbers!
January 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
After Trump's inaugural address, NPR said he won a "legitimate and resounding victory". WT actual F? Legitimate only if section 3 of the 14th Amendment doesn't exist, resounding only if you ignore the actual numbers!
Trump's nominations are a DEI program for stupid, unqualified white people.
January 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Trump's nominations are a DEI program for stupid, unqualified white people.
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Anonymom?
Tim Kaine is on fire today! “They’re not anonymous…We have seen records with names attached to all of these, including your own mother.” 🔥
January 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Anonymom?
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One of the most important exchanges in today’s hearing with Hegseth was when Senator Slotkin took over.
If you watch any exchanges watch this one. He’s loyal to Trump and it’s so very clear here.
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If you watch any exchanges watch this one. He’s loyal to Trump and it’s so very clear here.
youtu.be/iSVASHj_w2U?...
Senator Slotkin Did Not Play Around With Hegseth, This Exchange Says So Much!
YouTube video by Skyleigh Uhrich
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January 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
One of the most important exchanges in today’s hearing with Hegseth was when Senator Slotkin took over.
If you watch any exchanges watch this one. He’s loyal to Trump and it’s so very clear here.
youtu.be/iSVASHj_w2U?...
If you watch any exchanges watch this one. He’s loyal to Trump and it’s so very clear here.
youtu.be/iSVASHj_w2U?...