Richard Heppner 🤷🏼♂️
@rlheppner.bsky.social
Law Prof at Duquesne Kline Law (Civ Pro, Fed Courts) • Former Appellate Attorney • English PhD (Modernism) • Posts too infrequently to have a brand. • Overeducated, overtired, underwhelmed. • see also id. @ 🐘, 🧵 • he/him
Populated by the two types of detectives:
- film noir P.I.
-Sherlock Holmes
- film noir P.I.
-Sherlock Holmes
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Populated by the two types of detectives:
- film noir P.I.
-Sherlock Holmes
- film noir P.I.
-Sherlock Holmes
There’s SO much Pittsburgh-y stuff in that show. Doesn’t he live like above Penn Mac? And yet so much of it is just a little wrong. It’s weird.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
There’s SO much Pittsburgh-y stuff in that show. Doesn’t he live like above Penn Mac? And yet so much of it is just a little wrong. It’s weird.
No worries, Charlie Brown, it’s a whole different football!
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
No worries, Charlie Brown, it’s a whole different football!
They're really good.
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
They're really good.
Nice! Hometown AALS for you!
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Nice! Hometown AALS for you!
I'm not getting into the Star Wars discourse, I promise. But, as I was just saying elsewhere...
Never, and I mean *never*, underestimate the ability of the American public to misunderstand Star Wars movies.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm not getting into the Star Wars discourse, I promise. But, as I was just saying elsewhere...
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Never, and I mean *never*, underestimate the ability of the American public to misunderstand Star Wars movies.
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Never, and I mean *never*, underestimate the ability of the American public to misunderstand Star Wars movies.
Insert "real capitalism vs. sparkling socialism" meme... or something.
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Insert "real capitalism vs. sparkling socialism" meme... or something.
(It might be morally good to stop those bad things from happening, but not good politics. Rs willingness to let people suffer until Ds caved seemed to take advantage of that.)
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
(It might be morally good to stop those bad things from happening, but not good politics. Rs willingness to let people suffer until Ds caved seemed to take advantage of that.)
Yeah, fair. But still, the longer the shutdown, no SNAP, no air travel, etc. (bad things) happened and were blamed on the Rs (which they were), the better it would be for Ds. Even if Ds don't get the credit for good things in the future, I don't see why it's good politics to save Rs from blame.
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Yeah, fair. But still, the longer the shutdown, no SNAP, no air travel, etc. (bad things) happened and were blamed on the Rs (which they were), the better it would be for Ds. Even if Ds don't get the credit for good things in the future, I don't see why it's good politics to save Rs from blame.
Yeah, the person who's out of touch here is Nate.
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Yeah, the person who's out of touch here is Nate.
So, he means that, instead of wasting taxpayer dollars on insurance for healthcare, we should just spend taxpayer dollars for healthcare directly, right? Right?
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
So, he means that, instead of wasting taxpayer dollars on insurance for healthcare, we should just spend taxpayer dollars for healthcare directly, right? Right?
Does his idea just not even care about tiers of scrutiny? Or is it saying that, when there's no heightened scrutiny, mere animus is enough to satisfy rational basis?
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Does his idea just not even care about tiers of scrutiny? Or is it saying that, when there's no heightened scrutiny, mere animus is enough to satisfy rational basis?
You can't "hereinafter" just the case name the first time you cite it, so the short cite looks like this, (where "State v. Jones" is your assigned nickname for the case)?
Motion to Dismiss at 3, State v. Jones, No. 19-cv-1000 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 1, 2023).
Motion to Dismiss at 3, State v. Jones, No. 19-cv-1000 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 1, 2023).
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
You can't "hereinafter" just the case name the first time you cite it, so the short cite looks like this, (where "State v. Jones" is your assigned nickname for the case)?
Motion to Dismiss at 3, State v. Jones, No. 19-cv-1000 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 1, 2023).
Motion to Dismiss at 3, State v. Jones, No. 19-cv-1000 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 1, 2023).
It’s been a while since I had to do that, but does the Bluebook really require a full cite rather than a short cite when you cite a different filing in an already-cited case? That seems foolish.
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It’s been a while since I had to do that, but does the Bluebook really require a full cite rather than a short cite when you cite a different filing in an already-cited case? That seems foolish.
Gee, I'm sure this "we quit because we were powerless against the Rs" explanation will really help when it comes to an upcoming vote about the ACA, or like anything else.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Gee, I'm sure this "we quit because we were powerless against the Rs" explanation will really help when it comes to an upcoming vote about the ACA, or like anything else.
This just assumes that nothing more could be accomplished (like getting Rs to nuke the filibuster or actually cave on the ACA extensions). And now the Ds gave up their leverage to accomplish anything by caving.
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This just assumes that nothing more could be accomplished (like getting Rs to nuke the filibuster or actually cave on the ACA extensions). And now the Ds gave up their leverage to accomplish anything by caving.
So, the argument here is that the shutdown worked to extract a vote on extending the ACA premiums, and when Rs vote "no," they will get blamed. But the shutdown already did all that. People were already blaming Rs.
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
So, the argument here is that the shutdown worked to extract a vote on extending the ACA premiums, and when Rs vote "no," they will get blamed. But the shutdown already did all that. People were already blaming Rs.