Sam Brunson
@smbrnsn.bsky.social
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Georgia Reithal Professor Law, Loyola University Chicago. Lots of taxes, jazz, cooking, and cats. Author "God and the IRS: Accommodating Religious Practice in United States Tax Law"
Just hanging with my father-in-law’s cat.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just hanging with my father-in-law’s cat.
Ohio, man. (No, I’m not going to do any age verification. So if you PM me, I guess I won’t see it until I’m back in a state that isn’t in the thrall of overregulating social media.)
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Ohio, man. (No, I’m not going to do any age verification. So if you PM me, I guess I won’t see it until I’m back in a state that isn’t in the thrall of overregulating social media.)
So is the statute expired on this? Because footnote 21 makes it sound like they blew the statute of limitations (but I'm not fluent in criminal procedure).
![21 Generally, “[t]he return of an indictment tolls the statute of limitations on the charges
contained in the indictment.” United States v. Ojedokun, 16 F.4th 1091, 1109 (4th Cir. 2021). “An
invalid indictment,” however, “cannot serve to block the door of limitations as it swings closed.”
United States v. Crysopt Corp., 781 F. Supp. 375, 378 (D. Md. 1991) (emphasis in original); see
also United States v. Gillespie, 666 F. Supp. 1137, 1141 (N.D. Ill. 1987) (“[A] valid indictment
insulates from statute-of-limitations problems any refiling of the same charges during the
pendency of that valid indictment (that is, the superseding of a valid indictment). But if the earlier
indictment is void, there is no legitimate peg on which to hang such a judicial limitations-tolling
result.” (emphasis in original)).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:esd3kwhloxi7xsnwvzspx7j7/bafkreigf3htedxapex747yvvf2hpx22jnpg7fjznmwsat6ec235qgmom4a@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
So is the statute expired on this? Because footnote 21 makes it sound like they blew the statute of limitations (but I'm not fluent in criminal procedure).
Speaking of GenX, apparently Mr. Pibb is back?
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Speaking of GenX, apparently Mr. Pibb is back?
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Ok, I read it. And that may well be the dumbest thing I’ve read this week. And I read *a lot* of stuff in the internet.
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Ok, I read it. And that may well be the dumbest thing I’ve read this week. And I read *a lot* of stuff in the internet.
Spotted on the doors of several Lincoln Park shops and restaurants.
For people who don’t know Chicago, Lincoln Park is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city, and is a pretty white neighborhood.
For people who don’t know Chicago, Lincoln Park is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city, and is a pretty white neighborhood.
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Spotted on the doors of several Lincoln Park shops and restaurants.
For people who don’t know Chicago, Lincoln Park is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city, and is a pretty white neighborhood.
For people who don’t know Chicago, Lincoln Park is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city, and is a pretty white neighborhood.
I don’t think Rainbow Brite’s going in to work today.
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I don’t think Rainbow Brite’s going in to work today.
Our Amazon shipment showed up today!
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Our Amazon shipment showed up today!
Chris’s whole post is amazing, including this, from E.B. White:
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Chris’s whole post is amazing, including this, from E.B. White:
Literally everything in this address is importance and prophetic. But I especially like this:
November 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Literally everything in this address is importance and prophetic. But I especially like this:
New turntable location.
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
New turntable location.
They’re giving away full-size boxes at Chicago and State!
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
They’re giving away full-size boxes at Chicago and State!
You had me* at “podcast.”
* Losing any interest that I might possibly have had.
* Losing any interest that I might possibly have had.
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
You had me* at “podcast.”
* Losing any interest that I might possibly have had.
* Losing any interest that I might possibly have had.
It's far from even the tenth most important thing here, but I'm fascinated by this signature block. The short is, it reminds me in many ways of the Facebook disclaimers that Facebook doesn't own the poster's photos, mixed with half-remembered NFL copyright notices. 1/
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It's far from even the tenth most important thing here, but I'm fascinated by this signature block. The short is, it reminds me in many ways of the Facebook disclaimers that Facebook doesn't own the poster's photos, mixed with half-remembered NFL copyright notices. 1/
Snow day in Chicago! (Only without, you know, the canceled school and work.)
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Snow day in Chicago! (Only without, you know, the canceled school and work.)
Snow day in Chicago! (Only without, you know, the canceled school AB’s with.)
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Snow day in Chicago! (Only without, you know, the canceled school AB’s with.)
I have, once again, lost my cat.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I have, once again, lost my cat.
Geese, doing their winter thing.
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Geese, doing their winter thing.
But perhaps more importantly, this is the second thing in my feed. To which I say, (a) fuck ICE, and (b) I guess I'm not going to log in to LinkedIn again this presidency.
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
But perhaps more importantly, this is the second thing in my feed. To which I say, (a) fuck ICE, and (b) I guess I'm not going to log in to LinkedIn again this presidency.
Anyway, this is what the top of my LinkedIn looks like. I don't understand the categories and, perhaps more importantly, don't care what the categories mean.
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Anyway, this is what the top of my LinkedIn looks like. I don't understand the categories and, perhaps more importantly, don't care what the categories mean.
Like, imagine being so racist that you want a job that will bar you from the best Mexican restaurants in the country.
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Like, imagine being so racist that you want a job that will bar you from the best Mexican restaurants in the country.
Anti-ICE signs were absolutely ubiquitous in Little Village retail windows.
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Anti-ICE signs were absolutely ubiquitous in Little Village retail windows.