Lee Rawles
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Lee Rawles
@leerawles.bsky.social
· Mar 15
Complicity will not save you.
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🎧 Author & barrister Sally Smith ("A Case of Mice and Murder") shares a timeless truth from her decades in law: "What people really want from the law is certainty." A powerful idea more relevant than ever today! Tune-in: tinyurl.com/4yr2mjus
#LegalFiction #RuleOfLaw #lawyers @leerawles.bsky.social
#LegalFiction #RuleOfLaw #lawyers @leerawles.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🎧 Author & barrister Sally Smith ("A Case of Mice and Murder") shares a timeless truth from her decades in law: "What people really want from the law is certainty." A powerful idea more relevant than ever today! Tune-in: tinyurl.com/4yr2mjus
#LegalFiction #RuleOfLaw #lawyers @leerawles.bsky.social
#LegalFiction #RuleOfLaw #lawyers @leerawles.bsky.social
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"Chambers v. Florida and the Criminal Justice Revolution." Learn how this 1930s case challenged coerced confessions and sparked a criminal justice revolution, laying the groundwork for modern due process. tinyurl.com/mvd4x2w7
#Lawyers #DueProcess #CriminalJustice @leerawles.bsky.social #ABAJournal
#Lawyers #DueProcess #CriminalJustice @leerawles.bsky.social #ABAJournal
June 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"Chambers v. Florida and the Criminal Justice Revolution." Learn how this 1930s case challenged coerced confessions and sparked a criminal justice revolution, laying the groundwork for modern due process. tinyurl.com/mvd4x2w7
#Lawyers #DueProcess #CriminalJustice @leerawles.bsky.social #ABAJournal
#Lawyers #DueProcess #CriminalJustice @leerawles.bsky.social #ABAJournal
AG Pam Bondi has announced that Trump's judicial nominees will not be cooperating with the judicial-nominee ratings process the ABA has been conducting since the Eisenhower administration. I wrote an explainer about this non-partisan process in 2018.
www.abajournal.com/magazine/art...
www.abajournal.com/magazine/art...
Its ratings system under fire, ABA stresses importance of federal judicial candidate evaluations
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
www.abajournal.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
AG Pam Bondi has announced that Trump's judicial nominees will not be cooperating with the judicial-nominee ratings process the ABA has been conducting since the Eisenhower administration. I wrote an explainer about this non-partisan process in 2018.
www.abajournal.com/magazine/art...
www.abajournal.com/magazine/art...
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Are you a professional who delivers the work AND brings in new business? #MatthewDixon (author of #TheActivatorAdvantage) reveals why traditional sales tactics don't work for professional services #Rainmakers & what does. Listen! 👇
tinyurl.com/3kcufst3
#lawyers @leerawles.bsky.social #ABAJournal
tinyurl.com/3kcufst3
#lawyers @leerawles.bsky.social #ABAJournal
May 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Are you a professional who delivers the work AND brings in new business? #MatthewDixon (author of #TheActivatorAdvantage) reveals why traditional sales tactics don't work for professional services #Rainmakers & what does. Listen! 👇
tinyurl.com/3kcufst3
#lawyers @leerawles.bsky.social #ABAJournal
tinyurl.com/3kcufst3
#lawyers @leerawles.bsky.social #ABAJournal
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Talk Justice Guests discuss how Koch & Kansas Legal Services partnered to change rules, enabling in-house attorneys to provide vital pro bono help. #accesstojustice. 🎙https://tinyurl.com/25hka6s5
#ProBono #LegalAid @legalservicescorp.bsky.social @leerawles.bsky.social
#ProBono #LegalAid @legalservicescorp.bsky.social @leerawles.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Talk Justice Guests discuss how Koch & Kansas Legal Services partnered to change rules, enabling in-house attorneys to provide vital pro bono help. #accesstojustice. 🎙https://tinyurl.com/25hka6s5
#ProBono #LegalAid @legalservicescorp.bsky.social @leerawles.bsky.social
#ProBono #LegalAid @legalservicescorp.bsky.social @leerawles.bsky.social
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the weirdness at the Copyright Office intensifies, with both Dems and MAGA pointing fingers at Elon Musk for the firing of Shira Perlmutter, and identifying the AI report as the reason www.theverge.com/politics/666...
Elon Musk’s apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired
Trump fired the head of the Copyright Office over the weekend.
www.theverge.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
the weirdness at the Copyright Office intensifies, with both Dems and MAGA pointing fingers at Elon Musk for the firing of Shira Perlmutter, and identifying the AI report as the reason www.theverge.com/politics/666...
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Illinois prisons are canceling visitation on families, sometimes upon arrival at facilities, after loved ones have driven several hours. IDOC says it's due to short staffing. Advocacy groups say it's time to reevaluate keeping understaffed facilities open. news.wttw.com/2025/05/12/l...
Lockdowns, Staffing Shortages at Illinois Prisons Leads to Visit Cancellations
Several family members and advocates with loved ones incarcerated in prisons across Illinois told WTTW News that their in-person visits have been canceled by the Illinois Department of Corrections due...
news.wttw.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Illinois prisons are canceling visitation on families, sometimes upon arrival at facilities, after loved ones have driven several hours. IDOC says it's due to short staffing. Advocacy groups say it's time to reevaluate keeping understaffed facilities open. news.wttw.com/2025/05/12/l...
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Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
About this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...
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May 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
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NEW: the justices' statements on the passing of David Souter
May 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NEW: the justices' statements on the passing of David Souter
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Beloved f/sf author Diane Duane could really do with help for funeral expenses right now. See details below for how we can help:
Friends, there;s no good way to give you this news (and I still so much watt to believe it's a terrible nightmare: but it's not.) Briefly: gone now, untimely, unexpectedly, and already so very much missed: @peter.petermorwood.com www.tumblr.com/dduane/78306...
May 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Beloved f/sf author Diane Duane could really do with help for funeral expenses right now. See details below for how we can help:
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Richard Susskind, a legal tech visionary, warns: AI's growth demands a global ethical discussion. He talks with @leerawles.bsky.social about AI's potential & pitfalls for the legal profession & beyond. Listen: tinyurl.com/zdn3dbtn
#Lawyers #AccessToJustice #TechEthics @oxunipress.bsky.social
#Lawyers #AccessToJustice #TechEthics @oxunipress.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Richard Susskind, a legal tech visionary, warns: AI's growth demands a global ethical discussion. He talks with @leerawles.bsky.social about AI's potential & pitfalls for the legal profession & beyond. Listen: tinyurl.com/zdn3dbtn
#Lawyers #AccessToJustice #TechEthics @oxunipress.bsky.social
#Lawyers #AccessToJustice #TechEthics @oxunipress.bsky.social
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I have just posted a revised (and retitled) version of my forthcoming article, "The Two Tests of Search Law: What is the Jones Test, and What Does That Say About Katz?" forthcoming in the Wash. U. L. Rev.
Download it here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Download it here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
May 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I have just posted a revised (and retitled) version of my forthcoming article, "The Two Tests of Search Law: What is the Jones Test, and What Does That Say About Katz?" forthcoming in the Wash. U. L. Rev.
Download it here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Download it here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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For the Culture. www.vogue.com/article/blac...
The Black Tailors Who’ve Kept Dandyism Alive for Decades
From Birmingham to St. Louis, Black tailors have been keeping dandyism alive for decades. Ahead of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s spring exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”—and the 2025 M...
www.vogue.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
For the Culture. www.vogue.com/article/blac...
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Ever wondered how lethal injection became the standard for executions? It's not what you think. @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social explains: tinyurl.com/372rvzcf
@leerawles.bsky.social @nypress.bsky.social #LethalInjection #deathpenalty @urichmond.bsky.social #CapitalPunishment #truecrime
@leerawles.bsky.social @nypress.bsky.social #LethalInjection #deathpenalty @urichmond.bsky.social #CapitalPunishment #truecrime
April 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Ever wondered how lethal injection became the standard for executions? It's not what you think. @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social explains: tinyurl.com/372rvzcf
@leerawles.bsky.social @nypress.bsky.social #LethalInjection #deathpenalty @urichmond.bsky.social #CapitalPunishment #truecrime
@leerawles.bsky.social @nypress.bsky.social #LethalInjection #deathpenalty @urichmond.bsky.social #CapitalPunishment #truecrime
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The SEVIS stuff, where ICE went after thousands of foreign students, tied up likely hundreds of lawyers nationwide and dozens of judges, and likely generated thousands of hours of wasted effort, all for the backlash to lead ICE to rescind their actions in the first place.
Just an ENORMOUS waste.
Just an ENORMOUS waste.
April 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The SEVIS stuff, where ICE went after thousands of foreign students, tied up likely hundreds of lawyers nationwide and dozens of judges, and likely generated thousands of hours of wasted effort, all for the backlash to lead ICE to rescind their actions in the first place.
Just an ENORMOUS waste.
Just an ENORMOUS waste.
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Busta Rhymes we once again should have heeded your wisdom
April 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Busta Rhymes we once again should have heeded your wisdom
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some wealthy patron should give me a bunch of money to write an essay about spending a week in a fancy sleeper car on a train. I probably wouldn't have anything insightful to say but the whole time I'd be like "WHEEEEE!!"
April 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
some wealthy patron should give me a bunch of money to write an essay about spending a week in a fancy sleeper car on a train. I probably wouldn't have anything insightful to say but the whole time I'd be like "WHEEEEE!!"
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It’s a good day to refamiliarize oneself with Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. 539 (1842).
April 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It’s a good day to refamiliarize oneself with Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. 539 (1842).
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Shoutout to Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, who’s been on the Judge Dugan story all week. You can catch up on his coverage here www.jsonline.com/staff/264800...
Daniel Bice
Daniel Bice is a columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Watchdog team.
www.jsonline.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Shoutout to Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, who’s been on the Judge Dugan story all week. You can catch up on his coverage here www.jsonline.com/staff/264800...
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I’m on a bunch of employment law e-mail lists, and I’ve gotten quite a few “what to go if ICE shows up” emails and all of them have told me to do exactly what this judge just got arrested for.
This is crazy. ICE didn’t have event have a warrant to arrest the guy! The judge asked for it and they said “we have an administrative warrant” (not a real warrant).
She told them to kick rock and now the FBI is charging her with obstruction the arrest ‼️
She told them to kick rock and now the FBI is charging her with obstruction the arrest ‼️
Affidavit part 3/3
April 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I’m on a bunch of employment law e-mail lists, and I’ve gotten quite a few “what to go if ICE shows up” emails and all of them have told me to do exactly what this judge just got arrested for.
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech:
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”
April 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech:
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”
I'm going to fight Jim Rutherford in a Tim Horton's parking lot.
April 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm going to fight Jim Rutherford in a Tim Horton's parking lot.