warmwinds.bsky.social
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Yeah, I’m becoming more persuaded to the idea that whatever the structural problems, the overwhelming thing that swamps them all is bad, bad people in these powerful positions, and that needs to be the primary focus first.
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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We need an anthology limited series that dramatizes a few landmark SCOTUS cases behind the scenes, highlighting the horsetrading that goes on.

Separate but Equal (an atrociously neglected gem) did a good job of this for Brown v. Board. The full movie's freely available!: youtu.be/OAfdm9Wa3cA
Separate but Equal (1991)
YouTube video by Black Excellence
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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This is a fight about whether Trump can do an end-run around the separation of powers in order to appoint prosecutors who will carry out his revenge campaign
The Trump Lawyer Scandal Is About Something Much Deeper Than Legal Technicalities
The saga is emblematic of Trump’s most dangerous and self-serving tendencies.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM