@tonightatten.bsky.social
It does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty
*we’re* bitches
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
*we’re* bitches
The brief: “No…legitimate curricular objective is served by compelling students to speak against their conscience”
Isn’t that just the authors saying they don’t think teaching kids to be respectful is a “legitimate curricular objective”?
Seems like a value judgement dressed up as a legal argument
Isn’t that just the authors saying they don’t think teaching kids to be respectful is a “legitimate curricular objective”?
Seems like a value judgement dressed up as a legal argument
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The brief: “No…legitimate curricular objective is served by compelling students to speak against their conscience”
Isn’t that just the authors saying they don’t think teaching kids to be respectful is a “legitimate curricular objective”?
Seems like a value judgement dressed up as a legal argument
Isn’t that just the authors saying they don’t think teaching kids to be respectful is a “legitimate curricular objective”?
Seems like a value judgement dressed up as a legal argument
@aricohn.com I understand you didn't write the brief, but I'm curious how you parse its argument.
Would the argument in the brief also prevent schools from banning the use of an anti-semitic slur (e.g. "k*ke")?
If not, what is the distinction being made?
Would the argument in the brief also prevent schools from banning the use of an anti-semitic slur (e.g. "k*ke")?
If not, what is the distinction being made?
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
@aricohn.com I understand you didn't write the brief, but I'm curious how you parse its argument.
Would the argument in the brief also prevent schools from banning the use of an anti-semitic slur (e.g. "k*ke")?
If not, what is the distinction being made?
Would the argument in the brief also prevent schools from banning the use of an anti-semitic slur (e.g. "k*ke")?
If not, what is the distinction being made?
It's expected (but disappointing) that she's paid to be on ABC News, but the fact that she hosts a podcast for @scotusblog.com is stomach churning.
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It's expected (but disappointing) that she's paid to be on ABC News, but the fact that she hosts a podcast for @scotusblog.com is stomach churning.
Another Kavanaugh Stop
“Moreover, as for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States.”
October 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Another Kavanaugh Stop
“Moreover, as for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States.”
September 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“Moreover, as for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States.”
I tried to find the source for what Vance was saying, and I think he's referencing these polling results: today.yougov.com/politics/art...
What Americans really think about political violence | YouGov
Most Americans say political violence is never justified, but younger and more liberal Americans are more likely to say it can be.
today.yougov.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I tried to find the source for what Vance was saying, and I think he's referencing these polling results: today.yougov.com/politics/art...
Good read! I think the Calvinball reference may also allude to Justice Jackson’s dissent in August in which she accused the court of “Calvinball jurisprudence with a twist” (the twist being that Trump always wins). www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
September 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Good read! I think the Calvinball reference may also allude to Justice Jackson’s dissent in August in which she accused the court of “Calvinball jurisprudence with a twist” (the twist being that Trump always wins). www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Sadly, the Roberts court thinks we currently have a "good" executive.
August 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Sadly, the Roberts court thinks we currently have a "good" executive.
I hear this Cuomo fella has his finger on the pulse of how the average American talks
It’s funny that Cuomo used “unhoused” in his big callout post, while Zohran uses “homeless”
August 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I hear this Cuomo fella has his finger on the pulse of how the average American talks
Well, back then Donald Trump was a dem billionaire, so he is technically correct
August 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Well, back then Donald Trump was a dem billionaire, so he is technically correct
That was a fun read
August 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
That was a fun read
Remember how mad the media was that the pro-Palestine protestors had spokespeople and didn't let just anyone speak to the press!
July 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Remember how mad the media was that the pro-Palestine protestors had spokespeople and didn't let just anyone speak to the press!
From our favorite @jonathanbchait.bsky.social back in 2012:
"an accurate description of the Ryan plan, struck those voters as so cartoonishly evil that they found the charge implausible. (“[T]he respondents simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.”)"
"an accurate description of the Ryan plan, struck those voters as so cartoonishly evil that they found the charge implausible. (“[T]he respondents simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.”)"
How Obama’s Allies Are Defining Romney
A rich guy who only cares about other rich guys because he's rich.
nymag.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
From our favorite @jonathanbchait.bsky.social back in 2012:
"an accurate description of the Ryan plan, struck those voters as so cartoonishly evil that they found the charge implausible. (“[T]he respondents simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.”)"
"an accurate description of the Ryan plan, struck those voters as so cartoonishly evil that they found the charge implausible. (“[T]he respondents simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.”)"