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Kevin Underhill
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Lawyer, author of Lowering the Bar (loweringthebar.net) and The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance (not the ordinance, a book about strange laws).
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Kevin Underhill @kevinunderhill.bsky.social · Feb 9
Creating a personal account. Also at @loweringthebar.bsky.social.
kevinunderhill.bsky.social
Trump is not in touch with reality.
joelevard.com Joel Cunningham @joelevard.com · Jun 24
Objectively one of the most insane things he has ever posted
Trump Truth screenshot Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Israel & Iran came to me, almost simultaneously, and said, "PEACE!" I knew the time was NOW. The World, and the Middle East, are the real WINNERS! Both Nations will see tremendous LOVE, PEACE, AND PROSPERITY in their futures. They have so much to gain, and yet, so much to lose if they stray from the road of RIGHTEOUSNESS & TRUTH. The future for Israel & Iran is UNLIMITED, & filled with great PROMISE. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH! 1.45k ReTruths 5.87k Likes 6/23/25, 10:18 PM
June 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Truly horrified by this order in way that is deeper and darker than I have felt over many truly awful merits decisions.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Jun 24
"SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice"

Honestly still can't believe that I wrote this headline today, let alone that the U.S. Supreme Court's majority did so.
SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice
Justice Sotomayor called the order a "gross ... abuse" of the court's authority. Also: Law Dork in the media.
www.lawdork.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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theguardian.com
How can RFK Jr ‘Make America healthy again’? He is ignoring the two biggest killers of American children | Devi Sridhar
How can RFK Jr ‘Make America healthy again’? He is ignoring the two biggest killers of American children | Devi Sridhar
The US health secretary’s latest report is more interested in vaccine scepticism than the brutal toll inflicted by guns and road traffic accidents, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
kevinunderhill.bsky.social
Shocking
June 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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davidkurtz.bsky.social
Judge Boasberg remained measured despite a Trump DOJ that was giving him the runaround. President Trump’s defiance of Boasberg’s order blocking deportations under the Alien Enemies Act could turn out to be one of the defining stories of our time.
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Showdown Between Trump And The Courts Comes To A Head
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
kevinunderhill.bsky.social
Again, this isn’t their “DEI” nonsense, it’s just racism. Pure and simple.
March 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
kevinunderhill.bsky.social
This isn’t even their “DEI” nonsense—it’s just straight-up racism.
March 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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joshablock.bsky.social
The first sentence of the very next paragraph in that DC Circuit decision is: "The one question, whether the individual involved is or is not an alien enemy, is admitted by the Attorney General to be open to judicial determination."
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March 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
kevinunderhill.bsky.social
This is such garbage. It’s not legal argument, it’s just “how dare you question us.”
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Mar 17
!! NEW: DOJ demands that the DC Circuit immediately reassign the case from Judge Boasberg, calling his questions "flagrantly improper" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
That development escalates the stakes of the district court's inappropriate exercise of jurisdiction and the risks that the district court may force the government to disclose sensitive national security and operational security concerns or face significant penalties from the court. The Government cannot-and will not—be forced to answer sensitive questions of national security and foreign relations in a rushed posture without orderly briefing and a showing that these questions are somehow material to a live issue. Answering them, especially on the proposed timetable, is flagrantly improper and presents grave risks to the conduct of the Government in areas wholly unsuited to micromanagement supervision by a district court judge. The district court's hasty public inquiry into these sensitive national security matters-with no contemplated protections against disclosure of operational details— underscores the urgency of immediate relief from this Court, including an immediate administrative stay that would allow - 2 - further briefing to unfold in an orderly and appropriate manner and prevents the district court from further efforts to interfere with President Trump's core Article II authorities, including the conduct of foreign policy. This Court should also immediately reassign this case to another district court judge given the highly unusual and improper procedures—e.g. certification of a class action involving members of a designated foreign terrorist organization in less than 18 hours with no discovery and no briefing from the Government—that have been employed in the district court proceedings to date.
March 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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jamellebouie.net
weird thing about this framing is that this "personal best" is the second lowest for a president at this stage in their administration. the first is trump in his first term.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 17
new NBC poll shows Trump's approval rating at its highest point ever
NBC finds Trump's approval rating at 47 percent
March 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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davidkurtz.bsky.social
The big stakes here are not immigration law but the rule of law itself. At the same time the Alien Enemies Act was playing out, the Trump administration apparently deported a professor at Brown University’s medical school in direct contravention of a federal court blocking her expulsion.
March 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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indivisible.org
APRIL 5: We’re uniting to say Hands Off! and fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. Join our national day of action: handsoff2025.com
MASS MOBILIZATION SATURDAY APRIL 5 WE MUST STOP TRUMP AND MUSK’S ILLEGAL BILLIONAIRE POWER GRAB HANDS OFF! MEDICAID • MEDICARE • SOCIAL SECURITY • OUR JOBS • OUR WALLETS • OUR BODIES • FAIR ELECTIONS • PERSONAL DATA • PUBLIC LANDS • VETERAN SERVICES • CANCER RESEARCH • NATO • CONSUMER PROTECTIONS • CLEAN AIR • CLEAN ENERGY • SCHOOLS • LIBRARIES • FREF SPEECH • CLEAN ENERGY • LGBTQ+ RIGHTS • IMMAGRANTS • COURTS • MORE
March 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
You don't need open defiance of an explicit Supreme Court order to prove that an administration is lawless and tyrannical. The Founders would have impeached and removed Trump in the first week.
billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Mar 16
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So we're hitting the crisis point, with the apparent defiance or evasion of court orders on deportations and immigration, plus shutting down agencies, cancelling grants, and firing civil servants contrary to existing law. And claims from DOJ that Article II of the Constitution enables autocracy.
March 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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jaywillis.net
Ignoring a court order on the grounds that “ah-ah-ah, the law doesn’t apply once you get to international waters!!” is absolutely sanctionable. 8th grade-ass lawyering. Completely unserious.
Inside the White House, officials discussed whether to order the planes to turn around. On advice from a team of administration lawyers, the administration pressed ahead. • "There was a discussion about how far the judge's ruling can go under the circumstances and over international waters and, on advice of counsel, we proceeded with deporting these thugs," the senior official said. • "They were already outside of US airspace. We believe the order is not applicable," a second senior administration official told Axios.
March 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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kwcollins.bsky.social
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.

They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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meidastouch.com
🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump is claiming dictatorial power, declaring in a social media post that the pardons issued by former President Biden are null and void—using lies as his justification.
🚨BREAKING: Trump DECLARES All Biden PARDONS VOID by Post
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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March 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
kevinunderhill.bsky.social
Another stupid legal argument that’s just a cover for illegal actions. Trump is a criminal and a traitor.
March 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: DOJ takes Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship to SCOTUS, asking the justices to limit three existing nationwide injunctions to the plaintiffs in the cases — a move that would allow the admin to start implementing an EO that several courts have said is plainly unconstitutional.
This Court should declare that enough is enough before district courts' bur- geoning reliance on universal injunctions becomes further entrenched. The Court should stay the district courts' preliminary injunctions except as to the individual plaintiffs and the identified members of the organizational plaintiffs (and, if the Court concludes that States are proper litigants, as to individuals who are born or reside in those States). At a minimum, the Court should stay the injunctions to the extent they prohibit agencies from developing and issuing public guidance regarding the implementation of the Order. Only this Court's intervention can prevent universal injunctions from becoming universally acceptable.
March 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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kateriga.bsky.social
Sen. Whitehouse tells me: "This entire predicament is the fault of President Trump and spineless Republicans who will not follow regular order and do bipartisan things in their quest to give him unbridled executive power"
March 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
kevinunderhill.bsky.social
Alsup is very smart and you do not want to make him unhappy by trying to put something over on him. Like the DOJ lawyers were trying to do.

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Judge Alsup is *not* happy with the government attorneys in AFGE v. OPM (preliminary injunction hearing). Gov't withdrew Ezell declaration after judge ordered him to appear for cross examination....
skywriter.blue
March 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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mattmfm.bsky.social
Absolute 🔥🔥 from Sarah McBride: "We will not take a lecture on decorum from a party that incited an insurrection. I appear to live rent free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues. The Republican Party is obsessed with culture war issues. It is weird and it is bizarre.”
March 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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mcsweeneys.net
Q: Where is my steering wheel?

A: You don’t need a steering wheel anymore. Your car is now a toaster. Toasters do not require steering wheels.
Your Tesla Has Installed the Latest Update and Is Now a Toaster
The latest over-the-air software update for your Tesla Model 3 has been successfully installed. Your vehicle is now a toaster. Frequently Asked Que...
buff.ly
March 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
I couldn't be happier that the Canadians are taking a stand for their freedom, their sovereignty and their way of life. But it is sad and shameful that we in the US have, for absolutely no reason, created a situation in which there is so much enmity toward us from our neighbors.
wordswithsteph.bsky.social Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · Mar 10
Canada’s next prime minister, Mark Carney, used his leadership victory speech to warn Canadians that the U.S. “president” wants to “destroy our way of life.”

“America is not Canada. And Canada never, ever, will be part of America in any way, shape or form,” Carney said in his victory…
March 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
This is flatly illegal. The plain text of the law says that any person who works for any 501(c)(3) nonprofit is eligible. There is ZERO authority for limiting eligibility based on the work such nonprofit does. They WILL lose the lawsuit. Even so, this is making so many people’s lives harder.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Mar 8
In a move that could upend a popular federal program, President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday directing his education secretary to revise eligibility requirements for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Trump signs order to limit who gets public service student loan forgiveness
The president says some nonprofit organizations that qualify for the program are engaging in illegal activity, without offering any proof.
wapo.st
March 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM