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Head of Comms @ Slate. Alum of BuzzFeed News. Fantasy Football and Bracket Enthusiast. Here if you need me: katie.rayford@slate.com
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October 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Congratulations to @alexsammon.bsky.social! He won this week's audience award for "My Scammer" at @slate.com

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I Responded to One of the Spam Texts From a “Recruiter”—Then Took the Job. It Got Weirder Than I Could Have Imagined.
The story of “Cathy,” my scammer.
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August 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I understand there is some debate about the scope of this ruling, but my view remains that the Supreme Court has just effectively abolished universal injunctions, at least as we know them. The question now is really whether lower courts can craft something to replace them that still sweeps widely.
The upshot: As with most disputed issues, there are arguments on both sides. But as with most questions of law, the policy pros and cons are beside the point. Under our well-established precedent, the equitable relief available in the federal courts is that “traditionally accorded by courts of equity” at the time of our founding. Grupo Mexicano, 527 U. S., at 319. Nothing like a universal injunction was available at the founding, or for that matter, for more than a century thereafter. Thus, under the Judiciary Act, federal courts lack authority to issue them.
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM