He is literally just a guy who sucks! There are a zillion of them! You can’t even leave the house without bumping into one!

It really feels like every day you get out of bed with a nazi tattoo and don't make an appointment to get it covered up or removed you are making a new decision

The horseshoe theory should be re-named the BernieBro Paradigm.

BREAKING: @azagmayes.bsky.social & @AdelitaForAZ file lawsuit against Speaker Johnson (& House) for not swearing in Grijalva. (She was elected last month.) Filed in federal court in DC. Complaint: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2043

exhibit a of “has never been a reporter” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

RIP Susan Stamberg. Like public media which is at an inflection point www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...

Essay: Margaret Low, WBUR’s CEO, says goodbye to Susan Stamberg, one of NPR’s ‘founding mothers,’ who died this week at 87.

"This case was never about improving elections — it was about creating confusion and scoring political points at the expense of our democracy." story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

📰 AZ Supreme Court Sides With Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes azsos.gov/news/989

Uh, I’ve seen the Complaint. Mr. Chansley definitely cannot fucking do lawyering.

Drew Ensign alert 👀 👀

I will gladly accede to federal courts remaining in the 19th century when it comes to cameras in the courtroom if it means more @annabower.bsky.social courtroom stick figure sketches. These are the best.

Ngl it was kinda hilarious when someone suggested Dolly Parton might die last night and the entire Bluesky community said FUCK THAT and now she's doing better. People talk about the power of prayer but I think we tapped into something deeper and darker.

I'm starting to think a good law school exam would be "produce a single draft that accurately reflects the comments you've received" and the question is a single word document with tracked changes from 8 different people at unspecified times interspersed with comment bubbles.

we’re gonna need a cbs news pitchbot pretty soon

Excellent news for those who care about accurate reporting on elections! Will miss the AZ focus of Jen’s previous work, but our loss is the rest of the country’s gain.

Remembering Millie Small on her birthday. Here's a joyous clip of her rehearsing Be My Guest and Daydream with Norwegian band The Vanguards in 1966

He lost his race for Senate. But Mark Brnovich figured he was going to Serbia as US ambassador after being tapped earlier this year by Trump. Apparently that's not going to happen after White House, without explanation, withdrew the nomination. tucson.com/news/state-r...

I always like to donate to a worthy cause on the first Monday in October (aka the opening day of the SCOTUS term). Past recipients have been orgs working for reproductive freedom and separation of church and state. This year, I’m giving to @lawfaremedia.org, FIRRP.org and @nationalsecuritylaw.org

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

Getting closer to a trial that will prove that 2000 Mules was complete fantasy. Plaintiff who was accused of being a "mule" for dropping off his family's ballots in a GA drop box largely prevails on cross-MSJs. You can read the whole thing or skip to pages 53-55 for the summary.

Ok, I think it's important to point out that at THIS point Johnson is really just being a dick about this. But that's all it is. This election hasn't been certified so Johnson is going "the results aren't official yet." Which is dumb and petty but that's really all it is right now.

Another one of Abe Hamadeh’s lawyers with a strong performance.

As for AI in law- It has uses in practice. Many! But its a *tool*. People are gettinf in deep trouble all over the profession with it, and there's a common denominator- When you're using it as a stand-in *for you*. Your brain. Your analysis. Your writing!

I have thoughts. 1. The excuse "I didn't know" was never acceptable, but if ever, it isn't now. It's our duty to stay informed, and to check our work. If an associate you didn't know wrote a brief for you, you'd check it. Handwaiving an LLM doing your job? No. www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...

Kari Lake edging closer to a three-peat on sanctions.

US Magistrate Judge Vaala trying to untangle Lindsey Halligan's first adventure in indicting someone:

Don’t ever change Arizona.

@tcani.bsky.social we have hail at 7th Ave and Osborn

The facial expressions of everyone else in the photo.

To all my election lie debunkers, I give you this moment of zen. @r5-to-philly.bsky.social (I think you’re the only one from the bad place that I’ve found over here).

i just sent this email to @ezraklein.bsky.social

I have serious doubts as to whether, after all of its politically-motivated firings, the FBI has the capacity and expertise to actually investigate Kirk’s murder. The lawsuit filed today against Patel and the Bureau describes a complete clown show that leaves all of us less safe

Every Arizona lawyer should read this story. One of our own is at the heart of it and we aren’t much of a self-regulating profession if he continues to lie to courts but face no consequences from the Bar.

The cruelty outstrips the stupidity, but the stupidity is also very strong.

“Islamophobia is a construct of the Marxist left I reject. I have years of direct experience with these savages... F**K EM," GOP lawmaker John Gillette wrote on social media story via @jerodmacevoy.com

Fun fact about Rep. John Gillette: He was a sheriff's deputy in Illinois for 13 years. He amassed 42 complaints for unwanted sexual touching, brutality and excessive profanity. He was also the subject of 4 federal lawsuits. He resigned when his internal affairs records were deemed public record.

For today's bonus "One First," I wrote about the increasingly noisy claim that legal constraints don't really matter in the current moment—why it's utterly belied by what's actually happening on the ground (and by what law can actually *do*); and why, in many respects, it's affirmatively dangerous:

Given Justice Jackson's recent dissent, I think this particular shot lands even harder than the one Rick quoted

This is absolutely appalling. Richer’s wife is a great attorney and a lovely person. She doesn’t deserve this garbage.

So long as I am a law professor and have breath in my body, I’ll sure fight for it. That’s all we can do.

I know that our country is an absolute dumpster fire, but this might be the most disturbing thing I’ve read in a long time.

We like to call this the flaming chicken.

Someone needs to get arrested for burning a flag in NJ just to tee up the perfect case for exploding legal writers' brains.

BREAKING: Judge Lamberth orders Kari Lake to sit for a deposition about whether she is operating Voice of America up to legal minimum standards. He says this is "one final opportunity" before a contempt trial.

Heather Honey is in charge of election integrity at DHS now. You can’t make this shit up.

Only the best people.

🚨BREAKING: In a setback for the RNC, the Arizona Supreme Court GRANTED a petition for review of the RNC's lower court win. With this ruling, the 2023 Election Procedures Manual will likely be in effect until this case is resolved or the 2025 EPM is enacted. www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...