Justin
@justinlawguy.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer. Passionate defender of what he imagines the Constitution says. He/him
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Justin
@justinlawguy.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Shout out to all the Germans in 1933 who muttered "oh my god this is unbelievably stupid"
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Meanwhile, people unconstitutionally seized or brutalized by ICE agents can’t sue them because there’s no private right of action for them to do that.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Meanwhile, people unconstitutionally seized or brutalized by ICE agents can’t sue them because there’s no private right of action for them to do that.
There was never a path to getting ACA subsidies through the shutdown. There was a path to killing the filibuster. Sigh.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
There was never a path to getting ACA subsidies through the shutdown. There was a path to killing the filibuster. Sigh.
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Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Yes the Democrats got nothing in the shutdown deal but imagine what random s*** they would have given away had they not had dominant leverage by winning the elections.
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Yes the Democrats got nothing in the shutdown deal but imagine what random s*** they would have given away had they not had dominant leverage by winning the elections.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
Mandami is going to implement Shareef law. There will be no more rocking of the casbah for the next 4 years.
Mamdani is going to implement Shipshewana law. Everyone will only buy their handcrafted Amish furniture from just off the Indiana Toll Road.
Mamdani is going to implement Sriracha law. Everyone will have to slather hot sauce on their scrambled eggs
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Mandami is going to implement Shareef law. There will be no more rocking of the casbah for the next 4 years.
All we need to do to solve the housing crisis is to deport ::checks notes:: one out of every three people living in this country.
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
All we need to do to solve the housing crisis is to deport ::checks notes:: one out of every three people living in this country.
The college football playoffs was a mistake, we should just have the big 10 champion play the SEC champion.
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The college football playoffs was a mistake, we should just have the big 10 champion play the SEC champion.
"Once we found out the First Amendment protected five freedoms we figured we needed to expand on ways to infringe all five"
The feds have declared "no more prayer" and are banning religious gatherings outside the ICE detention center near Chicago. The fake Christians keep getting more fake.
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"Once we found out the First Amendment protected five freedoms we figured we needed to expand on ways to infringe all five"
Iowa versus Oregon is in all time terrible helmet matchup.
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Iowa versus Oregon is in all time terrible helmet matchup.
This game should be over, that ref should be ashamed of himself.
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This game should be over, that ref should be ashamed of himself.
Love gambling site Kalahi's ada, which are basically "you're a f****** degenerate gambler, why don't you just bet on everything?"
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Love gambling site Kalahi's ada, which are basically "you're a f****** degenerate gambler, why don't you just bet on everything?"
FIFA Peace Prize winner
Hegseth: "We are not building for peacetime. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing. Building for victory should our adversaries FAFO."
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
FIFA Peace Prize winner
I did not have the Senate Republicans coming out for single-payer on my bingo card.
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I did not have the Senate Republicans coming out for single-payer on my bingo card.
Haven't gotten a work email since 9:30 a.m. (which was caused by *me* filing something) so I literally just sent an email to myself from another account to make sure something wasn't broken.
shrek and a donkey standing next to each other and shrek says it 's quiet
ALT: shrek and a donkey standing next to each other and shrek says it 's quiet
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Haven't gotten a work email since 9:30 a.m. (which was caused by *me* filing something) so I literally just sent an email to myself from another account to make sure something wasn't broken.
Can you imagine if a sitting senator said this about Jews? Let's see how many calls there are for him to resign.
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Can you imagine if a sitting senator said this about Jews? Let's see how many calls there are for him to resign.
It's worth pointing out that the courts use standing and remedies laws inconsistently and politically to achieve results like this. courts make it hard for Cornell to enforce liberal rights, But super easy for other plaintiffs to enforce conservative ones.
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It's worth pointing out that the courts use standing and remedies laws inconsistently and politically to achieve results like this. courts make it hard for Cornell to enforce liberal rights, But super easy for other plaintiffs to enforce conservative ones.
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Of course if we are going to get past this we are going to need to reshape the Supreme Court, but we are also increasingly going to need to narrow the jurisdiction of the current 13 courts of appeal to a few square blocks in Wyoming and start anew.
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Of course if we are going to get past this we are going to need to reshape the Supreme Court, but we are also increasingly going to need to narrow the jurisdiction of the current 13 courts of appeal to a few square blocks in Wyoming and start anew.
Truly worthy of the FIFA Peace Prize
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Truly worthy of the FIFA Peace Prize
ADL: Mandami hates Spurs, a team that has fans that refer to them as the "yids," how much more anti-Semitic can you get?
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
ADL: Mandami hates Spurs, a team that has fans that refer to them as the "yids," how much more anti-Semitic can you get?
Attending dinner? You can't attend dinner with Jews? You think you'll get Shabbat cooties? It's fucking dinner, not a baptism.
Heritage Foundation having a normal one
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Attending dinner? You can't attend dinner with Jews? You think you'll get Shabbat cooties? It's fucking dinner, not a baptism.
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The media is rushing 300 “New York Jews worried about Mamdani antisemitism” fetch essays based on nothing but Mamdani being a Muslim meanwhile the Republican Party from top to toe has the confidence to wear nazi makeup every day knowing the press looks at it like the westworld bots seeing a polaroid
Heritage Foundation having a normal one
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The media is rushing 300 “New York Jews worried about Mamdani antisemitism” fetch essays based on nothing but Mamdani being a Muslim meanwhile the Republican Party from top to toe has the confidence to wear nazi makeup every day knowing the press looks at it like the westworld bots seeing a polaroid
Congratulations to FIFA Peaze Prize winner Donald Trump on his war.
Trump says we are preparing to invade Nigeria. Apparently that’s what voters said they wanted in the exit polls. Trump: “We’re going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria’s not gonna be happy about. Guns-a-blazin!”
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Congratulations to FIFA Peaze Prize winner Donald Trump on his war.
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Gore Vidal said “It’s not enough that I succeed, others must fail.” That’s how I feel about the disgraceful gutter-bigot campaign run against Mamdani and the do-you-need-to-borrow-an-Ativan freakout about him. These people spectacularly undignified.
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Gore Vidal said “It’s not enough that I succeed, others must fail.” That’s how I feel about the disgraceful gutter-bigot campaign run against Mamdani and the do-you-need-to-borrow-an-Ativan freakout about him. These people spectacularly undignified.