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In Alabama, a trans civil rights lawyer is facing criminal charges; three civil rights lawyers are fighting sanctions. I spoke to @chrisgeidner.bsky.social about how federal judges came after a team of civil rights lawyers who challenged a transgender care ban www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Helpful and clear analysis (as always from Lakier). But kinda remarkable she doesn’t even consider the possibility of ABC or an affiliate suing. Not a knock on Lakier; just a reflection that we’ve reached the “take for granted that corporations will bend the knee” phase.

If Trump refiles, NYT should move for sanctions. If they don’t, Judge Merryday should use his power under Rule 11 to do it regardless.

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

As someone who is about to have their first child, and would strongly prefer to have said child live past the age of 1, this concerns me.

Remarkable that Youngkin’s approval rating is +7% in this poll. Trump is just wildly unpopular and it’s going to cost down-ballot Republicans.

The warnings provided by the military lawyers raise risks, or the murders raise risks?

I wasn’t here looking for it (though I love it when I see it), but for people keeping track of DC federal grand jury ‘no true bills,’ I think there was just another one. I’m sitting in magistrate court on another case, no press or observers, and the AUSA just reported no true bill in U.S. vs. K.B.

Today's reading for our Section 1983 class: The Onion's amicus brief Novak v. City of Parma (a qualified immunity case from a few years ago). It reads very differently now than it did in 2022.

See also major universities.

Email inbox alternates between "Political Violence is Never Okay" articles and promotional materials for "Revolutionaries" sporting events.

under this language charlie kirk would not have been allowed to speak on clemson’s campus

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

St. Pauli to the Champions League let’s gooooooo…

Watching the cable news commentary on the bullet engravings is wild because none of these people seem to realize that the content of the engravings are indicative of extremely online meme brain rot

How do I explain this to my parents? (Also, @socialistdogmom.bsky.social's "Weird Little Guys" should probably be required listening for folks looking to make sense of the present moment.)

Jayden Daniels always seems to be having so much fun.

I’ve reached the age where I know for a fact that I’m going to hurt myself at this show tomorrow. And I couldn’t be more excited.

Oh. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

I got to talk with WUSA9 news about DC grand juries and US Attorney Pirro's disgraceful attack on jurors (along with the legendary Prof. Abbe Smith): www.wusa9.com/article/news...

And there’s a great student note to be written about the complete failure of the federal courts to use Rule 11 sanctions in appropriate circumstances and the collapse of democratic norms.

In this house, we believe . . . HURTADO V. CALIFORNIA (1884) WAS WRONGLY DECIDED AND GRAND JURY DISCRETION IS A STRUCTURAL FEATURE OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN

The #1 flagpole on Amazon has some, ahem, interesting marketing.

Marvelous work by @aaup.org & @uaw.org: "the entire judicial order blocking the Trump administration’s unlawful actions would remain fully and completely in effect, and enforceable by us — the teachers, researchers, and students who make this University work" www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

I haven't seen estimates, but today was pretty massive. Very proud of this city. ❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍

Thousands take to the street (in D.C. heat) to protest the federal takeover. #FreeDC

#FreeDC Mass march hitting the streets of DC now.

We’ll see everyone out there!

Will we get up to 50% of the Confederate States occupying DC?

Yeah, definitely read the whole thing. But if you want the Cliff’s Notes: US soldiers almost started WWIII, killed a bunch of NK fishermen, and then punctured their lungs with knives so their bodies sank to the bottom of the ocean.

This strike is outright murder even if you accept all the legal arguments the Obama admin made in support of its drone strikes, which you shouldn’t. www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...

We're going to have a little feeder march starting at 10:30AM from Mt. Pleasant St. NW and Lamont (the little plaza)! Meet up there if you want to walk over with neighbors!

National Guard spends the morning picking up trash because Interior Department fired all those workers; now U.S. Park Police (part of Interior Department) helicopters just hanging out over our neighborhood at night … because.

Congrats on pissing off everyone in the neighborhood. No search lights, no apparent purpose. Just a constant reminder of occupation.

🤯🤯🤯 No, seriously, this appears to just be plain old-fashioned murder. The President may get immunity criminal charges, but I’d be terrified if I were at all connected to this and not the President.

for other DC people - @freedcproject.bsky.social is collecting signatures in protest of the mayor's executive order calling for cooperation with Trump freedcproject.org/news/no-conf...

No, but for real, can anyone point me to a good legal analysis of “the legal implications of assassinating suspected drug traffickers in international waters”? It’s not my area, but it seems like the kind of thing that might actually get you prosecuted by some Spanish judge in 10 years?

YLS-trained lawyer aces cold call.

The court's opinion rightly recognizes the importance of academic freedom and the rule of law in our democracy. A huge win for plaintiffs AAUP, UAW, and Harvard University today. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AAUP-HARVARD, AAUP, & UAW WON THE HARVARD CASE!!!! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Texas Law has a new academic fellowship program. Please share with any aspiring legal academics! (The first fellow started this summer and I can say the level of mentorship, support, and inclusion of fellows is exceptional)

this now brings us up to six (!) grand jury refusals to charge (that we know about), plus two cases filed as part of the dc surge dismissed on the us attorney's office's request

The (proposed) ordinance is VERY bad. It goes beyond criminalizing "camping" or "sleeping"; it also makes it a crime for a homeless person to have any personal property that's not in their immediate possession and authorizes CPD to destroy it. Cruel, unhelpful, probably unconstitutional.

If you know us in real life, you probably know Kelly & I have spent the last 4 years trying to have a biological kid. (We've been pretty open about IVF, miscarriages, D&C, etc.). So, some good news: kid coming (🤞) Jan. '26! Not much to add beyond what Kelly wrote, but I guess a few extra thoughts...

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