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An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

I lament that the Court appears to have embarked on a
new era of procedural variability, and that it has done so in
such a casual, inequitable, and, in my view, inappropriate
manner. See Department of Education v. California, 604
U. S. ___ , ___ (2025) (JACKSON, J., dissenting) (slip op., at
1–2). At least when the Court went off base in the past, it
left a record so posterity could see how it went wrong. See,
e.g., Korematsu v. United States, 323 U. S. 214 (1944). With
more and more of our most significant rulings taking place
in the shadows of our emergency docket, today’s Court
leaves less and less of a trace. But make no mistake: We
are just as wrong now as we have been in the past, with
similarly devastating consequences. It just seems we are
now less willing to face it.

April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM

John Reinert Nash

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With the excuse of the specter of “socialism,” the current GOP promotes these -isms:

Protectionism
Isolationism
Nativism
Apocalypticism
Accelerationism

and, of course:

Racism.

April 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM

John Reinert Nash

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The “party of Reagan.” #WhiskiLeaks

March 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM

John Reinert Nash

@jreinertnash.bsky.social

Broken clock alert. I actually agree with the loony in charge’s words for once.

“If Justice Roberts and the United States Supreme Court do not fix this toxic and unprecedented situation IMMEDIATELY, our Country is in very serious trouble!”

March 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM

John Reinert Nash

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Under the willows.

March 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM

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Paul F. Tompkins

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Sharing with alt text

The first transgender suicide hotline is now up and running in the U.S. You can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860

March 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM

John Reinert Nash

@jreinertnash.bsky.social

Transgenic Siberian Hamster Express is going to make a killer Christmas album this year, I predict.

March 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM

John Reinert Nash

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9 inches of #snow on the official back deck table. Prior Lake, MN. #mnwx

March 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM

John Reinert Nash

@jreinertnash.bsky.social

Anyone who has ever had a boss or relative do a “replace all” in a document without knowing what they are doing knows how out of their depth team Doggie is.

Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · Mar 3

ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.

This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

"Developing a device that could treat severe bleeding. It seems to have caught the committee’s attention for using the words “victims” — as in gunshot victims — and “trauma.”
Creating biosensors to detect infectious diseases. The grant appears to have been tagged for the repeated use of “POC,” an acronym often used for “people of color” but in this context meaning “point of care” — that is, the place where people receive medical treatment — and “barrier,” referring to a part of the biosensor itself.
Designing eye-tracking technology for diagnosing and treating concussions. It appears to have gotten flagged for referencing “traumatic” brain injuries and the “status,” meaning the condition, of patients."

March 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM

John Reinert Nash

@jreinertnash.bsky.social

Baubles, moon, Venus

March 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM

John Reinert Nash

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Heeler cornering at top speed

March 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM

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Kate Gace Walton

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More and more, I'm having a hard time hearing "Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" as anything but their nicknames.

March 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM

John Reinert Nash

@jreinertnash.bsky.social

“Musk just wants to make government more modern and efficient.”

Also Musk: Disbands 18F, the technology group making government tech more modern and efficient.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18F?wpr...

#18F