@neemaemam.bsky.social
Just a college freshman in love with ConLaw and democracy.
UC Davis '28
UC Davis '28
Have you ever before seen in your 40+ years of practice such prosecutorial incompetence?
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Have you ever before seen in your 40+ years of practice such prosecutorial incompetence?
It was appealed to district judge, who remanded back to the magistrate to make particularized findings. Magistrate held hearing and issued a ruling with such showings today
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It was appealed to district judge, who remanded back to the magistrate to make particularized findings. Magistrate held hearing and issued a ruling with such showings today
Do you think there is a net-positive to having it be public?
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Do you think there is a net-positive to having it be public?
Here's the exercise of constitutional right hook that I was questioning earlier. I am persuaded as you are.
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here's the exercise of constitutional right hook that I was questioning earlier. I am persuaded as you are.
Brilliant legal analysis
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Brilliant legal analysis
I can imagine Gorsurch concurring in judgement on non-delegation grounds if majority reject tariffs based on purely statutory text
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I can imagine Gorsurch concurring in judgement on non-delegation grounds if majority reject tariffs based on purely statutory text
I didn't read Roberts as upholding them
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I didn't read Roberts as upholding them
Dreeben is as good as it gets on the intersection of criminal and constitutional law!
October 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Dreeben is as good as it gets on the intersection of criminal and constitutional law!
Oh my mistake, I was mixing up something in my mind
October 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Oh my mistake, I was mixing up something in my mind
What about LT motion to dismiss for sufficiency?
October 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
What about LT motion to dismiss for sufficiency?
Wouldn't the originalists of the court have had a problem with that? Original public meaning of insurrection was toppling current government.
October 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Wouldn't the originalists of the court have had a problem with that? Original public meaning of insurrection was toppling current government.
What do you make of argument that T was in the govt himself, so how could he be overthrowing himself, as the definition of insurrection seems to require a showing of toppling existing govt.
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
What do you make of argument that T was in the govt himself, so how could he be overthrowing himself, as the definition of insurrection seems to require a showing of toppling existing govt.
...Fraud on the government itself is the crime.
October 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
...Fraud on the government itself is the crime.
...authority, lacking the governor’s certification, and contrary to the actual election results, conspirators were engaging in deceit/trickery/dishonest means to obstruct that function. That’s the hook. It is my understanding that under 371, you don’t need a separate "fake electors" statute...
October 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
...authority, lacking the governor’s certification, and contrary to the actual election results, conspirators were engaging in deceit/trickery/dishonest means to obstruct that function. That’s the hook. It is my understanding that under 371, you don’t need a separate "fake electors" statute...
... Congress was the fraudulent scheme to obstruct the lawful function of Congress - the counting of certified electoral votes. The lawful function of the govt on J6 was to count authentic, certified electoral votes under the ECA. By agreeing to substitute false certificates created without state...
October 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
... Congress was the fraudulent scheme to obstruct the lawful function of Congress - the counting of certified electoral votes. The lawful function of the govt on J6 was to count authentic, certified electoral votes under the ECA. By agreeing to substitute false certificates created without state...
So 371 requires: (1) an agreement btwn 2+, (2) to defraud the U.S., and (3) 1+ overt act in furtherance. Defraud the United States includes any conspiracy to interfere with/obstruct govt function by deceit/craft/trickery/dishonest means. The agreement to submit knowingly false certificates to...
October 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
So 371 requires: (1) an agreement btwn 2+, (2) to defraud the U.S., and (3) 1+ overt act in furtherance. Defraud the United States includes any conspiracy to interfere with/obstruct govt function by deceit/craft/trickery/dishonest means. The agreement to submit knowingly false certificates to...
What about dismissal on grounds of outrageous conduct?
October 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
What about dismissal on grounds of outrageous conduct?
What is your response to Letitia James campaigning on getting trump? Is that appropriate for a prosecutor in a a politically sensitive case?
October 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
What is your response to Letitia James campaigning on getting trump? Is that appropriate for a prosecutor in a a politically sensitive case?
brought what thought were appropriate charges, unlike James and Comey, where the prosecution started with a target and found the act)
October 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
brought what thought were appropriate charges, unlike James and Comey, where the prosecution started with a target and found the act)
It's sad that James and Bragg brought their politically motivated cases and tainted the work of Smith with a strong, and not politically motivated, case in FL and a plausible case in DC. (Even if you feel DC charges were a stretch, I think we can conclude that Smith started with an act, and
October 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It's sad that James and Bragg brought their politically motivated cases and tainted the work of Smith with a strong, and not politically motivated, case in FL and a plausible case in DC. (Even if you feel DC charges were a stretch, I think we can conclude that Smith started with an act, and
Why not treat the application for a stay as a petition for a writ of certiorari? It seems like if you're going to go through the effort of hearing OA, you might as well treat amir as the final disposition of the case, at least with respect to the preliminary injunction.
October 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Why not treat the application for a stay as a petition for a writ of certiorari? It seems like if you're going to go through the effort of hearing OA, you might as well treat amir as the final disposition of the case, at least with respect to the preliminary injunction.
This I think is the heart of the article that we were discussing yesterday: "the rule is powerful, but the remedies are very weak."
September 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This I think is the heart of the article that we were discussing yesterday: "the rule is powerful, but the remedies are very weak."
And here we see the difference between this and the criminal due process context. Selective and vindictive prosecution claim can be made in CrimLaw to show acting in bad faith, but not here.
September 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
And here we see the difference between this and the criminal due process context. Selective and vindictive prosecution claim can be made in CrimLaw to show acting in bad faith, but not here.
Probably bc on appeal from a conservative circuit like the 5th, they wouldn't want their conservative colleagues doing the same.
September 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Probably bc on appeal from a conservative circuit like the 5th, they wouldn't want their conservative colleagues doing the same.