Michael
@sqfreak.bsky.social
Legal Risk Analyst for an Investment Research Company, Lawyer, Technophile, Eurovision Fan, <>
So much for public court proceedings under the First Amendment.
December 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
So much for public court proceedings under the First Amendment.
Can you ask them what documentation citizens are expected to use when questioned about their citizenship status by a federal law enforcement officer?
December 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Can you ask them what documentation citizens are expected to use when questioned about their citizenship status by a federal law enforcement officer?
And now going out of his way to walk that back, when it wasn't even really relevant to the matter at all.
December 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
And now going out of his way to walk that back, when it wasn't even really relevant to the matter at all.
They're down here in the DC metro area and there are even one or two in the Triangle area of NC.
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
They're down here in the DC metro area and there are even one or two in the Triangle area of NC.
As a UNC Law grad, I seem to remember being able to access syllabi somehow before registering for classes. But they may have been past syllabi.
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As a UNC Law grad, I seem to remember being able to access syllabi somehow before registering for classes. But they may have been past syllabi.
Maybe the Austrians don't want to admit that they were made Nazis by Anschluß or maybe it's just being formal. But it does feel like they're trying to minimize the Nazi era to my American eye.
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Maybe the Austrians don't want to admit that they were made Nazis by Anschluß or maybe it's just being formal. But it does feel like they're trying to minimize the Nazi era to my American eye.
Interesting choice of Hebrew/Yiddish word there in context. I bet it's more common in American English than European English.
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Interesting choice of Hebrew/Yiddish word there in context. I bet it's more common in American English than European English.
In my county in Maryland, the chief of police ordered a change to the vests that officers wear, from saying "POLICE" to "MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE" specifically to keep them from getting confused with ICE.
December 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In my county in Maryland, the chief of police ordered a change to the vests that officers wear, from saying "POLICE" to "MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE" specifically to keep them from getting confused with ICE.
Google Gemini got it better.
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Google Gemini got it better.
I wonder if the comparatively small corpus of Estonian materials makes it more difficult for the algorithm to train.
On the plus side, this will keep human translators employed for quite a while.
On the plus side, this will keep human translators employed for quite a while.
December 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I wonder if the comparatively small corpus of Estonian materials makes it more difficult for the algorithm to train.
On the plus side, this will keep human translators employed for quite a while.
On the plus side, this will keep human translators employed for quite a while.
Most of the clauses were repealed by the 1870s. Section 29 of Magna Carta (1297) remains in force, which prohibits "imprison[ing]" a "Freeman" except "by lawful judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land." If it did require a jury trial (and it's not clear that it does), it could be repealed.
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Most of the clauses were repealed by the 1870s. Section 29 of Magna Carta (1297) remains in force, which prohibits "imprison[ing]" a "Freeman" except "by lawful judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land." If it did require a jury trial (and it's not clear that it does), it could be repealed.
Fine. You got me. I should have done it a long time ago. Annual subscription done. I could try to get my company to pay for it since y'all have great tech and legal reporting, from reporters like @lopatto.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Fine. You got me. I should have done it a long time ago. Annual subscription done. I could try to get my company to pay for it since y'all have great tech and legal reporting, from reporters like @lopatto.bsky.social
Yes. It looks like it just expired overnight.
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Yes. It looks like it just expired overnight.
I don't insist other people use "drosophila melanogaster" but I will use it myself. And then feign astonishment when whoever I'm talking to has no idea what that is.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I don't insist other people use "drosophila melanogaster" but I will use it myself. And then feign astonishment when whoever I'm talking to has no idea what that is.
What do you need to know? I can look stuff up.
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What do you need to know? I can look stuff up.
I see the requirement to make the determination of likelihood of prevailing and that this wouldn't be compliant, but couldn't he say, "I find that petitioner has not shown a likelihood of prevailing on at least one claim. Denied." without more and be compliant with the literal language?
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I see the requirement to make the determination of likelihood of prevailing and that this wouldn't be compliant, but couldn't he say, "I find that petitioner has not shown a likelihood of prevailing on at least one claim. Denied." without more and be compliant with the literal language?
Don't get me wrong, I hate this too, but what's the statutory requirement you see to provide an explanation or reasoning on an institution decision? If so, could a petitioner mandamus the Director, even though there is statutorily no appeal from the decision?
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Don't get me wrong, I hate this too, but what's the statutory requirement you see to provide an explanation or reasoning on an institution decision? If so, could a petitioner mandamus the Director, even though there is statutorily no appeal from the decision?
Judge Nichols, by the way, was nominated to the bench by Trump in his first term, was a clerk to D.C. Circuit Judge Silberman and Justice Thomas, and was in a leadership position in the DoJ Civil Division under GWB. Not a liberal guy. An accomplished lawyer.
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Judge Nichols, by the way, was nominated to the bench by Trump in his first term, was a clerk to D.C. Circuit Judge Silberman and Justice Thomas, and was in a leadership position in the DoJ Civil Division under GWB. Not a liberal guy. An accomplished lawyer.
Unfortunately, they'll probably lose on other grounds, because this is an appeal from a guilty plea with counsel, so they'll need to show plain error.
October 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Unfortunately, they'll probably lose on other grounds, because this is an appeal from a guilty plea with counsel, so they'll need to show plain error.
The Federal Public Defender is making a very interesting argument in an appeal, going through the statutory history and concluding that none of these documents are "certificates" or "alien registration receipt cards" under the statute. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The Federal Public Defender is making a very interesting argument in an appeal, going through the statutory history and concluding that none of these documents are "certificates" or "alien registration receipt cards" under the statute. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...