BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”

We finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg: It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Curiously, the new Tik Tok entity that took over today does not appear to have registered a DMCA Designated Agent with the USCO. No listing in the Agent Directory and none referenced in the new terms.

DHS filed an answer today in the lawsuit Los Angeles Press Club filed against them for violently assaulting journalists, legal observers and protesters. Basically two dozen pages that look like this. Days I'm glad I'm not a lawyer ...

Caleb Williams looks like ass on like 25-35 percent of his throws but he's a dude when the game's on the line. That matters. You can fix the other stuff. Some players are just a guy and some players are dudes. He's a dude.

RIP to a San Francisco legend 🕊️ Founding member of the Grateful Dead and Dead & Company, Bob Weir, has died at the age of 78. Dead & Co’s 3-day 60th anniversary celebration in Golden Gate Park were his final shows.

IT'S CHICAGO, YEAH 🗣️ The Bears erase an 18-point deficit to win their first playoff game since 2010.

@apnews.com: Finnish Children Learn Media Literacy at 3 years old. It’s Protection Against Russian Propaganda

Big Law isn’t just sitting out the fight against DOJ lawsuits. They have virtually disappeared from the fight for voting rights and free and fair elections altogether. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/big-...

I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this. He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot

Bailter Space was one of the two loudest shows I have ever attended in my life. Relentless pummeling. I sure wish that I got a chance to see the Gordons. #RIPBrentMcLachlan

Regarding Reiner, I have known a lot of musicians and been in bands myself. I can’t overstate the importance of This Is Spinal Tap in adjusting the self-importance of musicians. Everyone knows the movie, everyone has identified Spinal Tap moments, everyone is humbler and funnier as a result.

Four-Song Peel Session of Kiwi noise rock band Bailter Space from December 6, 1992. Length: 20:31. #RIPBrentMcLachlan m.youtube.com/watch?v=SiXL...

If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Chilly, rainy Sunday read: a sharp reflection on the legacy of the inimitable Fellers -- a wave like no other briefly crests before quickly breaking and rolling back.

Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov

A great surprise at the end of an encouraging week. Vol 1 was one of my favorite releases of 2023.

Why the WashPost, WSJ, and NYT all hate Mamdani. Excellent piece from @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...

this is objectively hilarious

Far from the biggest news item today, but I just saw that the legendary Wong Kar Wai has a new 30-episode legacy TV series coming out. What a time to be alive. youtu.be/k7veVMP6X6Q?...

📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers. ➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS

An excellent deep dive into the Spotify Boycott. Our greatest power is our economic power. Coordinated action has the biggest impact. We hear that the sacrifices are real and painful. They are an investment in a better future. #GoodbyeSpotify #CancelSpotify youtu.be/Z5KSFOMPgFQ

Ellis on the use of tear gas Saturday: "That was the instance, as well, where children were present and they were dressed up in their Halloween costumes. … Those kids were tear gassed on their way to celebrate Halloween in their local school parking lot."

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

As a parent to two blind children already struggling to get sufficient services, I cannot begin to explain how devastating this will be. National Federation of the Blind Denounces Devastating Job Cuts Within the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. nfb.org/about-us/pre...

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education. America’s children deserve better than this.

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Lousy news today. TIMR has put out some of my favorite albums of the past few years... Dummy, Melanas, Guardian Singles, to name a few. It's a tougher grind than ever for indie labels in our modern era, and they were a standout. Godspeed.

Amidst the noise and nonsense of the past week, I’m only now seeing that the world lost the great Hermeto Pascoal this weekend. A big deal in our house not just for his music, but also for his albinism. Shine on. www.npr.org/2025/09/15/n...

Understandably, this was widely overlooked yesterday.

Today, a lawyer buddy of mine asked me to look at a legal issue for him. I did. I told him he couldn't do what he wanted to do. I gave him citations. He responded with the outputs from Claude and ChatGPT. Both analyzed the issue incorrectly. Both gave him the answer he wanted to hear.

Terrible news. JK was a force to be reckoned with.

Today’s settlement came as a surprise to many observers, myself included. The extent to which it reflects concern about parallel hacking/extortion issues remains to be seen. Either way, the reverberations should be interesting.

BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

It’s always Russia: Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...

A lot of litigation is simply walking into a meat grinder and demonstrating your intent to stay there.

NEW: "The electronic case filing system used by the federal judiciary has been breached in a sweeping cyber intrusion that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states, according to two people with knowledge of the incident."

The issuance of unsigned certificates will continue, apparently

Eh, finding usurpation often requires speculation in these settings. I mean, there’s an entire line of cases addressing harm to potential or reasonably likely derivative markets. Maybe he's confusing it with the still-emerging markets for the AI output? Either makes for a dubious proposition.

Clients, friends, fellow Gainesville residents of a certain era, @lapecheband.bsky.social have teased a new album with a fantastic leadoff track. Cannot wait for people to hear this album.