Joseph McGhee
@radlegaltakes.bsky.social
AuDHD Gen X’er with a passion for justice and a well-grinded axe. Relentlessly dedicated to government accountability and the rule of law. Currently chopping at #qualifiedimmunity and § 922(g)(3) in the Ninth Circuit. I like cats.
Signal: @moroserabbit.34
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Many of you know me from #LawTwitter and #AppellateTwitter, but for those at #LawSky who do not, I am excited to connect!
Briefly, I’m the pro se plaintiff-appellant in a 9th Circuit appeal challenging the doctrines of § 1983 qualified & absolute immunity.
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Briefly, I’m the pro se plaintiff-appellant in a 9th Circuit appeal challenging the doctrines of § 1983 qualified & absolute immunity.
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i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
Cats > mice > bugs > dirt > fairies.
🧚♀️🤭🥰fairy kind will not accept this cat 🐈⬛ threat! 😟🫶😍
Cats will be caged to protect innocent fairies everywhere 🧚♀️🫶🍄
Cats will be caged to protect innocent fairies everywhere 🧚♀️🫶🍄
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Cats > mice > bugs > dirt > fairies.
Cats > fairies.
Good morning #Butterflies and fellow Skylings. Happy #Caturday! 🌄👋☕️🐈⬛🐈
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Cats > fairies.
Got this ACMS notification yesterday evening from the Ninth Circuit (thinking it was a decision in my AI disclosure requirement appeal) and was too nervous to open it for hours.
Turns out it was just a global order on the .gov shutdown that has nothing to do with my case. Talk about anti-climactic…
Turns out it was just a global order on the .gov shutdown that has nothing to do with my case. Talk about anti-climactic…
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Got this ACMS notification yesterday evening from the Ninth Circuit (thinking it was a decision in my AI disclosure requirement appeal) and was too nervous to open it for hours.
Turns out it was just a global order on the .gov shutdown that has nothing to do with my case. Talk about anti-climactic…
Turns out it was just a global order on the .gov shutdown that has nothing to do with my case. Talk about anti-climactic…
I wouldn’t want to be on MTG’s shit list.
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I wouldn’t want to be on MTG’s shit list.
I mean, Elon Musk did say Trump was in the Epstein files…
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I mean, Elon Musk did say Trump was in the Epstein files…
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Dear The Woman in the waiting room reading How to be Enough.
Respectfully, you are Enough. You always have been enough, you will forever be enough. There will never come a time when your enoughness is not sufficient.
You are forever, and for all time enough.
So are you.
Respectfully, you are Enough. You always have been enough, you will forever be enough. There will never come a time when your enoughness is not sufficient.
You are forever, and for all time enough.
So are you.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Dear The Woman in the waiting room reading How to be Enough.
Respectfully, you are Enough. You always have been enough, you will forever be enough. There will never come a time when your enoughness is not sufficient.
You are forever, and for all time enough.
So are you.
Respectfully, you are Enough. You always have been enough, you will forever be enough. There will never come a time when your enoughness is not sufficient.
You are forever, and for all time enough.
So are you.
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Imagine thinking Kash Patel is the best guy to intimidate someone into folding.
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Imagine thinking Kash Patel is the best guy to intimidate someone into folding.
They did not, in fact.
Making up totally new and blatantly unconstitutional legal doctrines is not justification for anything but a psych evaluation.
Making up totally new and blatantly unconstitutional legal doctrines is not justification for anything but a psych evaluation.
The Justice Department has provided a legal justification that makes clear that U.S. military personnel involved in strikes against suspected drug-trafficking vessels are immune from prosecution, three sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
DOJ drafts legal opinion backing immunity for US troops involved in boat strikes, sources say
The Justice Department has provided a legal justification that makes clear that U.S. military personnel involved in strikes against suspected drug-trafficking vessels are immune from prosecution, three sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
reut.rs
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
They did not, in fact.
Making up totally new and blatantly unconstitutional legal doctrines is not justification for anything but a psych evaluation.
Making up totally new and blatantly unconstitutional legal doctrines is not justification for anything but a psych evaluation.
Annie Haslam is my pick for best female vocalist ever and it’s not even close.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Annie Haslam is my pick for best female vocalist ever and it’s not even close.
This wasn’t at all meant to be condescending, and I’m not at all saying that any chemist could excel at law.
It’s just puzzling to me that the legal world hasn’t yet discovered that a scientific approach to problem solving might be better than just facts—> issues —> controlling precedent.
It’s just puzzling to me that the legal world hasn’t yet discovered that a scientific approach to problem solving might be better than just facts—> issues —> controlling precedent.
I’m really surprised that there aren’t more lawyers with undergrad degrees in the sciences. My organic chem background *tremendously* enhances my legal analysis skills—if you’ve ever had to conduct a retrosynthetic analysis then you understand.
Frankly, legal analysis is a joke compared to o chem.
Frankly, legal analysis is a joke compared to o chem.
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This wasn’t at all meant to be condescending, and I’m not at all saying that any chemist could excel at law.
It’s just puzzling to me that the legal world hasn’t yet discovered that a scientific approach to problem solving might be better than just facts—> issues —> controlling precedent.
It’s just puzzling to me that the legal world hasn’t yet discovered that a scientific approach to problem solving might be better than just facts—> issues —> controlling precedent.
I’m really surprised that there aren’t more lawyers with undergrad degrees in the sciences. My organic chem background *tremendously* enhances my legal analysis skills—if you’ve ever had to conduct a retrosynthetic analysis then you understand.
Frankly, legal analysis is a joke compared to o chem.
Frankly, legal analysis is a joke compared to o chem.
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m really surprised that there aren’t more lawyers with undergrad degrees in the sciences. My organic chem background *tremendously* enhances my legal analysis skills—if you’ve ever had to conduct a retrosynthetic analysis then you understand.
Frankly, legal analysis is a joke compared to o chem.
Frankly, legal analysis is a joke compared to o chem.
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Everyone is dunking on Kim Kardashian. The truth is the California bar is notoriously hard, the pass rate was only 55%, the pass rate for people who didn‘t go to an accredited law school is way lower, and lots of very smart and dedicated people don’t pass the first time and become good lawyers.
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All f---ing full of s---'
'All f---ing full of s---': Kim Kardashian has some choice words for the psychics who predicted she'd pass the bar exam.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Everyone is dunking on Kim Kardashian. The truth is the California bar is notoriously hard, the pass rate was only 55%, the pass rate for people who didn‘t go to an accredited law school is way lower, and lots of very smart and dedicated people don’t pass the first time and become good lawyers.
Really, Robert? Big Log?
Are we 12?
Are we 12?
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Really, Robert? Big Log?
Are we 12?
Are we 12?
Having now litigated 10 appeals in state and federal courts (2 active now in CA9), I have to say that trial court practice is boring as shit by comparison.
Sorry to my trial peeps. It just doesn’t hit that dopamine for me anymore—not even in federal court.
I’m a junkie.
Sorry to my trial peeps. It just doesn’t hit that dopamine for me anymore—not even in federal court.
I’m a junkie.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Having now litigated 10 appeals in state and federal courts (2 active now in CA9), I have to say that trial court practice is boring as shit by comparison.
Sorry to my trial peeps. It just doesn’t hit that dopamine for me anymore—not even in federal court.
I’m a junkie.
Sorry to my trial peeps. It just doesn’t hit that dopamine for me anymore—not even in federal court.
I’m a junkie.
It was a clear black night; a clear white moon.
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It was a clear black night; a clear white moon.
Did The Alan Parsons Project ever make a bad song?
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Did The Alan Parsons Project ever make a bad song?
Vapid crap.
Sorry if you’re a fan. No, really.
Sorry if you’re a fan. No, really.
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Vapid crap.
Sorry if you’re a fan. No, really.
Sorry if you’re a fan. No, really.
I’ve probably said too much… 👀
This is a big reason Open AI is begging for a government handout. Much more than usual.
I use AI extensively for deep textual analysis of very large precedent data sets in algorithmic game theory applications.
DeepSeek destroys GPT and has a *very* low error rate when employing the data I provide.
I use AI extensively for deep textual analysis of very large precedent data sets in algorithmic game theory applications.
DeepSeek destroys GPT and has a *very* low error rate when employing the data I provide.
DeepSeek *wrecks* every other free LLM AI and it’s not even close.
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I’ve probably said too much… 👀
This is a big reason Open AI is begging for a government handout. Much more than usual.
I use AI extensively for deep textual analysis of very large precedent data sets in algorithmic game theory applications.
DeepSeek destroys GPT and has a *very* low error rate when employing the data I provide.
I use AI extensively for deep textual analysis of very large precedent data sets in algorithmic game theory applications.
DeepSeek destroys GPT and has a *very* low error rate when employing the data I provide.
DeepSeek *wrecks* every other free LLM AI and it’s not even close.
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is a big reason Open AI is begging for a government handout. Much more than usual.
I use AI extensively for deep textual analysis of very large precedent data sets in algorithmic game theory applications.
DeepSeek destroys GPT and has a *very* low error rate when employing the data I provide.
I use AI extensively for deep textual analysis of very large precedent data sets in algorithmic game theory applications.
DeepSeek destroys GPT and has a *very* low error rate when employing the data I provide.
“Expecially” is not a word. Please stop saying this. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Expecially” is not a word. Please stop saying this. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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OFF-TOPIC: Have a pair of
@sunsphx.bsky.social/@HoustonRockets tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $180 for the pair. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
@sunsphx.bsky.social/@HoustonRockets tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $180 for the pair. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
OFF-TOPIC: Have a pair of
@sunsphx.bsky.social/@HoustonRockets tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $180 for the pair. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
@sunsphx.bsky.social/@HoustonRockets tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $180 for the pair. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
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My son Seamus died 15 years ago today. He was killed by a careless driver in a crosswalk.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My son Seamus died 15 years ago today. He was killed by a careless driver in a crosswalk.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
William O. Douglas is my favorite and I don’t care what anyone thinks about this.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
William O. Douglas is my favorite and I don’t care what anyone thinks about this.