It remains baffling to me that we have a clear constitutional requirement that the president can't enrich himself on the job, something we had no problem enforcing strictly for hundreds of years, and then this sweaty conman came by and the nation just sorta shrugged it off.

A sentence that manages to get more absurd with every word

Honestly, this is good because it removes any plausible deniability about the type of people Trump put in charge of his domestic paramilitary operations

Apropos of I guess this, I was riding over the BK bridge this morning on my way to court and who did I see, riding alone on an e-CitiBike, but Brad Lander heading to BK. It's great to see public officials locomote like normal NYers.

My only quibble with this otherwise accurate explanation of Hochul's budget is that it's not even clear that the Uber/Hochul evisceration of coverage for certain victims of traffic violence will reduce premiums for motorists. It's claimed, sure, but not obviously true.

50/50 DJT tweets something that directly contradicts this in the next 24 hours.

“Is trump racist” is an actual debate people have

I am attending a CLE discussing the new Uber/Hochul rules limiting Uber's (and other motorists') exposure for negligence and the upshot is that too many people harmed by negligent motorists will have no remedy. Great job, Gov. I look forward to enjoying all the "affordability" you promised.

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This is kind of an insane thing to write as a specialist in "the psychology of traffic and road rage." Most (adult) cyclists have driven before - even around cyclists! - as I do probably weekly. We don't lack understanding of the motorist's woe; we are worried about not dying while we commute.

It's going to be hilarious (in the soul-crushing way) to see how fast Alabama goes to #SCOTUS for a stay of this ruling under Purcell, after obtaining relief from the Court from a similar injunction <checks notes> 15 days ago on the ground that it *wasn't* too close to the election.

It’s worth noting that when Jan. 6 happened, the pro-Trump right used dozens of conspiracy theories to try and offload blame from themselves—e.g., claiming it was “antifa,” “feds.” Now, they seem keen to just admit they did it—all of it—and it was good.

Abrego García should apply for the “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” How many other people have a district court ruling actually *finding* vindictive prosecution?

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I think it's reasonably likely that in the next few months we'll see more, not fewer, attempts by the regime to use the DOJ to punish political "enemies." They're panicking and we know, from Kushner, that Trump's superpower is his ability to go lower than you thought possible.

The feds harangued Kat and my family over bullshit charges for a year. They tried to beat her down, bankrupt Kat and her codefendants through legal fees, and a defeat her spirit. They fucking lost. They will continue to lose. Fuck ICE forever. To this criminal gang of a government: stay losing.

This is great news, and also the strongest evidence you need in support of releasing this morning's transcripts.

Generally speaking, legal outlets should avoid using the term "settlement," which occurs in the context of real litigation, for a case that was never litigated, where the parties were acting in concert, and where the putative defendant never filed a single document with the court.

I had thought that given its history the SDNY might be somewhat distinguishable from the dumpster fire that is the rest of the DOJ, but Jay here is clarifying that our local federal prosecutor thinks it's his job to parrot his boss' talking points about the flagrantly improper J6 slush fund.

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://bit.ly/44aNdkq

Brett Shumate furiously asking for authority to up his pathetic $25k signing bonus offer to an amount sufficient to entice lawyers to engage in unethical conduct they'll have to justify, in person, to federal judges. $250k? $2.5M? Maybe he can use the $1.8B slush fund that Todd put together.

Kind of feel like we especially don’t need fancy law explainers at the moment. “Can the president just take money when he wants?” A third grader could answer this. A Yale law prof is likelier to write the wrong answer so their 2L can work for Alito

Thinking about Jeff Bezos, a man with all the money in the world, praising Trump when it would cost him nothing to stand up to him and then comparing him to guys like this. This is real courage.

Pathetic.

It is my hope to one day force a placard perp to pay for harm caused by their theft of public space. Because it's undoubtedly the case that some of the injuries sustained on Chambers arose from cyclists forced into traffic by folks parking their cars in no standing zones. I wish the NYPD cared.

If Todd Blanche still has a law license in five years, one will have to wonder what purpose our rules of professional conduct serve.

The VRA ruling has certainly unlocked something inside Jeffries that I think we can all agree is good

Ring the bell because for the first time ever: Jim Cramer is stunned silent. Just like the rest of us, he’s seeing the President commit insider trading right in front of our very eyes.

Gee I wonder what effect these payments to insurrectionists will have the next time their historically unpopular dear leader lies about a stolen election.

The glamorous job of a DOJ attorney; trying to bankrupt undocumented immigrants with no savings, just to make their life even more of a hell. Congrats to every lawyer involved, now quit your job.

this truly is the thing that makes the united states exceptional, and right wingers hate it so much they want to destroy it

Giuffra is the probably the only person involved in this straightforwardly rotten exchange who believes that it was his advocacy in the 100 slides that moved the needle here rather than the fact that his personal client is the functional head of the DOJ.

Yes but on the other hand: $25k signing bonus!

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

That a guy like Walden thinks he can be this overtly racist against Muslims says a lot about what's "permitted" in discourse and what is not. I mean obviously he's gutter trash, notwithstanding whatever pedigree he may have. But he'll still be welcome in polite society given his chosen target.

Drivers often lie about how they came to strike a cyclist. Sometimes their insurer credits those lies, and threatens victims by suggesting they committed insurance fraud (see below). Three years after this threat, guess who just offered to settle our suit for every cent of its policy limits?

"this would be really bad and so, ipso facto, it can't happen" is the assumption underlying the entire Trump era and it's sort of bleakly funny to see people clinging to it even as the train is jumping the tracks

I was really not worried about the hantavirus until this administration started saying more and more forcefully everything is fine

The only guaranteed outcome of this policy is that many victims of traffic violence will experience financial harm. Its claimed benefits are speculative and IMO, unlikely. But Hochul/Uber were more than willing to impose that loss on the off chance they might modestly reduce premia for motorists.

There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.

This is a feature, not a bug.

100% chance he refers to Lucas as "low-IQ." Don't ask me how I know.

When I worked at Sullivan & Cromwell, I had brilliant colleagues who had arranged their lives such that they MIGHT be able to secure a job at DOJ on their path to further success. Now DOJ has to offer signing bonuses to entice lawyers to sign sanctionable briefs and otherwise support the admin.

Brilliant surgeon announces success of complex and lengthy operation to remove object he shoved up his own ass

I'm hearing that De Cillis was put back on the ballot. So maybe there's something to salvage here.

This is an important issue. Often the 1st question from the insurance company lawyer is "what kind of e-bike?" And then I may have to explain to the client that their "e-bike," which they believed to be road legal, may make it more difficult to recover for their serious injuries. Clarity is needed.

an easy fix

Someone ask the Staten Island democrats why NY-11 isn't on this list (and the answer isn't that "the journalist messed up").

This is actually the perfect distillation of the right wing worldview. A predatory industry treats consumers unfairly so it must be immigrants' fault.

its very jarring how many people think that the us system is self-correcting. even people who think trump has gone too far, they simply believe that if it gets out of whack, things just... fix themselves.