I’m just a regular American who thinks the separation of church and state is a good idea. So, his is upsetting.

There's no reason to expect anything out of Blanche besides sycophantic, face-free talking points as he auditions for the permanent AG job.

Indeed, why are you citing work that you did not read?

Unprecedented, unimagined, unbelievable levels of corruption.

Man, we live in wild times.

Some thoughts on the breakdown of trust between the government and the courts. tomsclark.substack.com/p/unworthy-o...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) defended his decision to suspend his state’s ongoing primary election to redraw the congressional maps, even after 45,000 ballots had already been cast, saying that discarding those votes was “not a big” deal. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

That a bunch of voters across two southern states have had their votes thrown out so that politicians can gerrymander the districts mid-election is a turn of events I really didn’t anticipate.

Some thoughts on the impending battle in Virginia. open.substack.com/pub/tomsclar...

I suspect that the history books will look back at this Court’s gerrymandering cases as one of its darkest eras.

*stares in what the fuck*

And, with this, SCOTUS reveals its true intent in Callais....

Doctors say that fluoride helps build strong teeth. A guy who snorts cocaine off toilet seats and takes raccoon penises home for “further study” says it causes autism. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

DID YOU KNOW? The states currently gerrymandering to remove Black political representation are also states that do not have bans on segregation in public accommodations? Once they finally overturn the Civil Rights Act of 1964 they’ll be free to fully live out their racial segregationist fantasies…

A year ago, I said it wouldn’t be long before Trump tried to denaturalize someone. Most people told me I was being alarmist. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...

I wonder whether this cease-fire will also involve continued bombing campaigns.

Pulitzer.

OK, I'm in. I've started a Substack. My first post is about something I've been tinking about for many years---how Trump's transactional model of law doesn't work in government the way it does in private life. open.substack.com/pub/tomsclar...

I think there are a lot of people right now who are in positions of power and are clearly out of their depth. This is what happens in that situation. Zero savings to the government (cruises pay for their own inspectors) and meaningful costs to the public. Exactly the opposite of efficiency.

Yes, we are in fact living in Idiocracy.

A state that redraws its legislative maps before every election to maximize advantage for the incumbent party is not a democracy or a republic and in any case obviously violates the guarantee clause, among many others. No country does this. No country ever thought of doing this. It is a total farce.

This is quite something.

Phew, it’s a good thing no U.S. policy principal came out today to hype this operation. Otherwise it would seem as though this administration hasn’t the faintest fucking clue what it‘s doing.

Kennedy's goal here is consistent with all of his other policies aimed at undermining proven health interventions: he believes the people who benefit from them are defective and he wants them culled from the population. It's comic book villain logic, specifically Viltrumite logic.

In the 90s, Harrison Ford was the right age to play the president in movies. In 2026, Harrison Ford is the right age to play the president in movies.

Police shoots & kills driver. Iowa SCT: Although qualified immunity applies to federal Sec 1983 claims alleging excessive force under the 4A, Iowa's state equivalent statute does not have a QI defense for common law torts including assault and battery. www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/2...

The Yale Law School Federalist Society just gave this guy a profile in courage award this weekend.

"Right now, our industry is afraid of the wrong things. We’re afraid of offending power. We’re afraid of losing access. We’re afraid of another baseless lawsuit... "There is a fine line between being a team player and being an accomplice...” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

Not only is this not happening, the Chinese dominance of EV’s is a terrifying development for US auto manufacturers.

I’m not sure what’s stranger, the Trump Admin telling congress that the war is over on the same day Hegseth went to ask for more money for war, or Congress blindly playing along with the dystopian doublespeak.

Increasingly, these pressers seem like an opportunity for Trump to get information from the media about what is happening outside of his bubble, not the opposite.

If, like me, you're longing for some normal politics stuff, read this on how bad a speaker Mike Johnson is. 'Cause he's really really bad, and honestly it's kind of entertaining. www.notus.org/republicans/...

These figures are *crazy.* And, yes, that's a technical term in the study of judicial politics.

kash patel spent 11 months investigating a single picture of some seashells

"What Saturday’s awful event does not change is that the Constitution and multiple federal statutes require Congress to authorize construction of a ballroom on White House grounds, and that Congress has not done so.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

By this same logic, Donald Trump bears direct personal responsibility for the murder of Melissa Hortman, the assault on Paul Pelosi, the guy who showed up armed at the Obamas, the attempted pipe bombing of several prominent Democrats, the January 6th rioters who assaulted cops, and many many more.

Political violence is never justified & we must always condemn it, including last night’s attack. But saying the President is “terrible for this country” — which he is — is not the cause of that violence & it’s bizarre CNN would suggest it is.

Conjecture: “Stenography is easy” has an R2 > 0.9 for WH writers

"Booth said the penalty is deterring but not stopping the bad behavior, so the cancellation fee isn’t going anywhere. 'If anything, I’m only getting more data to make it even stricter,' she said." Ummm. that's not how well-designed deterrence works. www.sfgate.com/food/article...

These people demand the right to appoint faculty and prescribe the content of the curriculum at American universities.

When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ ’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.

I mean. They’d be innocent even if they WERE related, because that’s not how guilt works.

I get the funny feeling the Supreme Court is not eager to take up President Trump's appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case. www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx...

Burchett is right: the most DC thing ever *is* a member of Congress blaming the city for something he and his colleagues did themselves.

Seems like the guy who should have the nuclear codes....

Oh, they do keep getting shorter. But, stepping back, it is astounding to think about the fact that Johnson, Thune, Thomas, and Alito, as well as often Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, just go along with this man. Historically embarrassing and presently horrifying.

#OpenAccess from the Journal of Law and Courts - The Prosecutor Paradox: Understanding the Public?s Low Knowledge About Chief Local Prosecutors - cup.org/4dVw70v - @jktboston.bsky.social, @annagunderson.bsky.social, @davidryanmiller.com & @kirstenwidner.bsky.social #FirstView

More generally, “Your body, your faith, and your convictions are not negotiable,” is a very interesting principle on which to base the regulation of the armed forces.