Senator Moobs
@senatormoobs.bsky.social
Disclaimer: I am not a real senator. I do have real moobs, though.
Something that most people today don’t know about John Quincy Adams is that he was a stone-cold legend. #history #law
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Internal improvements
or, A song of banks and boondoggles
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December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Something that most people today don’t know about John Quincy Adams is that he was a stone-cold legend. #history #law
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People assume that when they deposit money into a checking account, it stays “there” at the bank. In fact, banks lend your deposits to earn interest. If the bank has double-booked your funds, what happens when you all try to withdraw it at the same time?
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The Money Multipliers
Or, it ain't a crime if they make it legal
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November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
People assume that when they deposit money into a checking account, it stays “there” at the bank. In fact, banks lend your deposits to earn interest. If the bank has double-booked your funds, what happens when you all try to withdraw it at the same time?
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Negotiability was the key legal concept in the emergence of paper money as a medium of exchange. Although negotiable instruments sound like something obscure and technical, regular people use them all the time. #law #history #economics
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Fat Stacks: An Origin Story
In which Hans Gruber tries but fails to become a holder in due course
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October 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Negotiability was the key legal concept in the emergence of paper money as a medium of exchange. Although negotiable instruments sound like something obscure and technical, regular people use them all the time. #law #history #economics
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We experience the control of money as a governmental function. But economic theory holds money is a natural product of market forces, and its regulation is best left to those forces.
Where does money come from? And, like, what even is money? #economics
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Where does money come from? And, like, what even is money? #economics
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Mediums of exchange
or A double coincidence of wants
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September 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We experience the control of money as a governmental function. But economic theory holds money is a natural product of market forces, and its regulation is best left to those forces.
Where does money come from? And, like, what even is money? #economics
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Where does money come from? And, like, what even is money? #economics
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In his war against the Bank of the U.S., President Jackson sought to break the power of the financial class, but instead he unshackled a chaotic and unregulated money system that would fuel economic instability for generations. #history #federalreserve
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The bank war
In which we finally discover how McColloch got caught up in this mess
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August 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In his war against the Bank of the U.S., President Jackson sought to break the power of the financial class, but instead he unshackled a chaotic and unregulated money system that would fuel economic instability for generations. #history #federalreserve
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Omg #AlaskaSky has anybody read Amerigold Holdings LLC v. Baker?
Mining claims, shady land deals, “paper staking,” “grubstakes,” witnesses lost at sea… this case is vintage #Alaska
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Mining claims, shady land deals, “paper staking,” “grubstakes,” witnesses lost at sea… this case is vintage #Alaska
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August 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Omg #AlaskaSky has anybody read Amerigold Holdings LLC v. Baker?
Mining claims, shady land deals, “paper staking,” “grubstakes,” witnesses lost at sea… this case is vintage #Alaska
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Mining claims, shady land deals, “paper staking,” “grubstakes,” witnesses lost at sea… this case is vintage #Alaska
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Last week the #Alaska Court of Appeals held in Clarke v. State that the superior court’s revocation of probation by written order outside the defendant’s presence violated Criminal Rule 38(a). #akleg #AlaskaSky #law
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July 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Last week the #Alaska Court of Appeals held in Clarke v. State that the superior court’s revocation of probation by written order outside the defendant’s presence violated Criminal Rule 38(a). #akleg #AlaskaSky #law
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The #Alaska #supremecourt handed down three opinions last Friday:
Alaska Democratic Party v. Division of Elections
Native Village of St. Michael v. OCS In the Matter of the Adoption of C.R. And E.R. #law #alaskasky #akleg
Alaska Democratic Party v. Division of Elections
Native Village of St. Michael v. OCS In the Matter of the Adoption of C.R. And E.R. #law #alaskasky #akleg
July 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The #Alaska #supremecourt handed down three opinions last Friday:
Alaska Democratic Party v. Division of Elections
Native Village of St. Michael v. OCS In the Matter of the Adoption of C.R. And E.R. #law #alaskasky #akleg
Alaska Democratic Party v. Division of Elections
Native Village of St. Michael v. OCS In the Matter of the Adoption of C.R. And E.R. #law #alaskasky #akleg
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Today, America dominates the global financial system through its almighty dollar. But prior to the Civil War, the U.S. government did not issue any type of paper money at all. Instead, private banks supplemented the money supply through bank notes. senatormoobs.substack.com/p/the-cash-c...
The cash conundrum
or Central banking in the early Republic
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July 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today, America dominates the global financial system through its almighty dollar. But prior to the Civil War, the U.S. government did not issue any type of paper money at all. Instead, private banks supplemented the money supply through bank notes. senatormoobs.substack.com/p/the-cash-c...
Today the #Alaska Court of Appeals held in Weston v. State that participation of an unlicensed student intern at trial, in conformity with Bar Rule 44, without the defendant’s consent did not violate the right to counsel. #alaskasky #akleg #law
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July 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Today the #Alaska Court of Appeals held in Weston v. State that participation of an unlicensed student intern at trial, in conformity with Bar Rule 44, without the defendant’s consent did not violate the right to counsel. #alaskasky #akleg #law
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Chief Justice John Marshall’s most famous opinion after Marbury v. Madison (1803) is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), in which the #supremecourt upheld the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States. To some, the BOTUS posed an existential threat. #law
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The fiscal military state
or The ideology of debt
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June 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Chief Justice John Marshall’s most famous opinion after Marbury v. Madison (1803) is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), in which the #supremecourt upheld the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States. To some, the BOTUS posed an existential threat. #law
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In Wilcox v. #Trump, #SCOTUS stayed reinstatement of members of the NLRB and MSRB fired by the #President, despite its 90 year precedent, Humphrey’s Executor v. US, holding such firings illegal. The court did not overrule or distingish its precedent. senatormoobs.substack.com/p/the-fuss-a...
The fuss about the bank
or How I learned to stop worrying and love open market operations
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May 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In Wilcox v. #Trump, #SCOTUS stayed reinstatement of members of the NLRB and MSRB fired by the #President, despite its 90 year precedent, Humphrey’s Executor v. US, holding such firings illegal. The court did not overrule or distingish its precedent. senatormoobs.substack.com/p/the-fuss-a...
In the Judiciary Act of 1789, #supremecourt Justices had to “ride circuit;” travelling throughout the nation to decide cases pending in the lower courts. #Congress did not abolish the practice until 1869. #Law #scotus
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Riding Circuit
or Establishing the federal courts
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May 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In the Judiciary Act of 1789, #supremecourt Justices had to “ride circuit;” travelling throughout the nation to decide cases pending in the lower courts. #Congress did not abolish the practice until 1869. #Law #scotus
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Now in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, #scotus has the opportunity to hold that states may fund explicitly religious curricula as public education. www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/supr...
Supreme Court to consider bid for first religious charter school
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a Catholic virtual charter school’s bid to become the nation’s first religious charter school. The Oklahoma charter school board that […]
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April 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Now in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, #scotus has the opportunity to hold that states may fund explicitly religious curricula as public education. www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/supr...
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“For decades, MS-13 thugs have identified themselves by wearing black gowns and carrying around wooden hammers with which they could enact their sick sense of gangland justice,” said FBI director Kash Patel
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FBI Claims Gavel, Black Gowns Prove Ties To MS-13 Gang
WASHINGTON—Explaining that such items constituted a veritable uniform for the notorious criminal organization, FBI director Kash Patel claimed Monday that gavels and black gowns were sufficient evidence to tie an individual to the MS-13 gang. “For decades, MS-13 thugs have identified themselves by wearing black gowns and carrying around wooden hammers with which they could […]
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April 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“For decades, MS-13 thugs have identified themselves by wearing black gowns and carrying around wooden hammers with which they could enact their sick sense of gangland justice,” said FBI director Kash Patel
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This is totally beyond the pale. And just to be clear, an ICE “warrant” is not a warrant. www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
FBI director says Wisconsin judge arrested for allegedly obstructing ICE | CNN Politics
The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a Milwaukee County Circuit judge Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel said on social media, accusing her of helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest.
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April 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is totally beyond the pale. And just to be clear, an ICE “warrant” is not a warrant. www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
The propriety of universal injunctions comes before #SCOTUS in the case over #birthrightcitizenship. The #exectutiveorder by #potus is appallingly unconstitutional on multiple fronts, yet that problem is only tangentially raised in this appeal to stay the injunctions. apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court keeps hold on Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship but sets May arguments
The Supreme Court is keeping a hold on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship but will hear arguments on the issue in May.
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April 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The propriety of universal injunctions comes before #SCOTUS in the case over #birthrightcitizenship. The #exectutiveorder by #potus is appallingly unconstitutional on multiple fronts, yet that problem is only tangentially raised in this appeal to stay the injunctions. apnews.com/article/supr...
The Administration sends plain-clothes agents in ski-masks to abduct legally present aliens off the streets and exile them to a foreign gulag while the courts order officials to "facilitate" their return. Meanwhile Congress whistles. #law #immigration senatormoobs.substack.com/p/separating...
Separating powers
With apologies to Æthelred II
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April 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Administration sends plain-clothes agents in ski-masks to abduct legally present aliens off the streets and exile them to a foreign gulag while the courts order officials to "facilitate" their return. Meanwhile Congress whistles. #law #immigration senatormoobs.substack.com/p/separating...
Any motivated interest group can stymie the president by obtaining a nationwide injunction in a favorable venue against the executive. Yet, universal injunctions arguably violate the case or controversy requirement by adjudicating rights of non-parties. senatormoobs.substack.com/p/judicial-r...
Judicial Review
In which John Marshall is caught up in a shady real estate deal
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March 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Any motivated interest group can stymie the president by obtaining a nationwide injunction in a favorable venue against the executive. Yet, universal injunctions arguably violate the case or controversy requirement by adjudicating rights of non-parties. senatormoobs.substack.com/p/judicial-r...
2000 pieces! #puzzles #lordoftherings
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
2000 pieces! #puzzles #lordoftherings
In 1952 Justice Robert Jackson wrote of the #SupremeCourt that “[w]e are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.” But the doctrine of judicial review was not always an assertion of judicial supremacy. #law senatormoobs.substack.com/p/critiquing...
Critiquing Marbury
or The infallibility of finality
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March 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In 1952 Justice Robert Jackson wrote of the #SupremeCourt that “[w]e are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.” But the doctrine of judicial review was not always an assertion of judicial supremacy. #law senatormoobs.substack.com/p/critiquing...
Scour the text of the #constitution’s Article III, but you won’t find the authority for which the #supremecourt is most famous, #judicialreview. #SCOTUS boot-strapped itself into the roll of ultimate arbiter of constitutional meaning, in Marbury v. Madison.
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Marbury v. Madison
In which Chief Justice Marshall pulls a fast one
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March 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Scour the text of the #constitution’s Article III, but you won’t find the authority for which the #supremecourt is most famous, #judicialreview. #SCOTUS boot-strapped itself into the roll of ultimate arbiter of constitutional meaning, in Marbury v. Madison.
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In 2016, Senate Republicans announced a “Biden Rule” to deny consideration of Merrick Garland for the #SupremeCourt but abandoned that rule 4 years later to rush confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett. But judicial appointment shenanigans are hardly new. #scotus senatormoobs.substack.com/p/the-midnig...
The midnight judges
or Norms are for chumps
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February 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
In 2016, Senate Republicans announced a “Biden Rule” to deny consideration of Merrick Garland for the #SupremeCourt but abandoned that rule 4 years later to rush confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett. But judicial appointment shenanigans are hardly new. #scotus senatormoobs.substack.com/p/the-midnig...