Well, it's been a good run here. But now Bluesky is demanding that I provide—to a third party, no less—information that will make me vulnerable to identity theft. Not happening, guys. I probably won't be back. @support.bsky.team LMK if you ever get rid of this nonsense

Platner finally stopped when somebody said no

👀

An alien may freely come into England being no enemy. I want to frame this bad boy.

When you remember who "they" are, the question answers itself

I'll take some open border brisket as long as Cornyn didn't make the brisket

I think every judicial opinion should specify the exact contributions of the law clerk

New artwork by my 11-yo

Air conditioning - I am not kidding - made the progress of civilization possible after World War II. Helped people work more productively, live longer, etc. Demonizing a/c is done by people who've never really had to live in a world without it

The thing about criminal defense attorneys in America is that we really really really like the Constitution, and we'll fight like hell to defend it, even when it protects other things we don't personally like.

Have they checked the Big and Tall section

Roadrunner on a fence. Not living up to name. 4/10 stars.

What a whirlwind couple of days. Yesterday morning I spoke to about 1,000 of my fellow Texas criminal defense lawyers on ethics, and this morning I got to spend some quality time with the legendary Brian Steel before and after he spoke to us about his remarkable career.

On the one hand, I really like what San Antonio is doing to the Alamo Plaza. On the other hand, I really miss the jarring impact of seeing the church in the middle of a bustling urban downtown area. But on the whole, it's pretty nice. And it looks like it's going to get even better.

Imagine being a supposedly neutral judge and thinking that "the District Attorney conceding relief" is a "problem."

Well played, Buc-ee's

Olives Guacamole Sushi Broccoli

There's a reason I keep a framed print of this strip in my office—on the wall directly behind my monitors, no less.

Must feel so amazing right now to be a Vietnamese man in NYC named Nicks Nguyen and hearing the whole city chant your name

Unless they've changed it for current events, the plaza is always open. It's really nice to walk around after dark. Then go get a drink at the Menger Bar, and pretend you're Teddy Roosevelt.

The godforsaken stretch of land that exists for no other reason than to take up space between Georgia and Texas

"Whales are just like elephants, Abbott. They have a graveyard where they go to die." youtu.be/wiKZo8kGwvc?...

Calibri is just Comic Sans wearing its father’s old suit jacket.

Just watched an oral argument where the prosecutor began rebuttal with: "A line from my favorite movie, My Cousin Vinny, comes to mind. I can't say that line, but suffice it to say, I disagree with everything that [opposing counsel] said." #appellatesky

Once every three years, each appellate judge should have to try a criminal case as defense counsel.

He's just a duck Who thinks he's a flamingo

Here’s the thing about principles: they’re only principles if you stand by them when you have something to lose.

I always wondered why competitors didnt make more of the fact that Texas Pete hot sauce comes from North Carolina. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_P...

Last week a Dallas County judge told me that the county is *considering* raising the hourly rate for appointed lawyers in criminal cases. . . . From $100 to $110.

My end-of-May harumph—there is no such thing as “graduation” from elementary or middle school.

Yikes

Evergreen

Part of "the spell a book casts on readers" is entering the universe of the book—including the time period in which it is set. Reading is the closest thing we have to TIME TRAVEL. To take that away is criminal.

I do not think it is possible to do this. The world today is so different from the one I grew up in. If you add cell phones into a story that doesn't have them, there are so many "why didn't they--" questions that arise.

It was my honor and privilege last week to close out UT Law's 2026 Robert O. Dawson Conference on Criminal Appeals by speaking on Appellate Ethics to a packed room of some of the finest appellate lawyers, judges, and court staff in the State of Texas.

Of course he did. She had a shotgun!

Today's political lesson: "Sen. Cornyn votes with President Trump 99% of the time" always seemed like an attack ad, and indeed it was. MAGAs saw "99%" and said, "That's not enough."

Good morning to everyone except the guy 3 houses down using a gas powered leaf blower at 7:40 am IN THE RAIN

The Far Side becomes reality

On the contrary, I didn't think I looked that good!

Anders overuse is bad enough. But this. Wow.

"A skillet of bacon grease is a little munitions factory" youtu.be/x1rKvuDsQhQ?...

Some of y'all who are mad that SCOTUS didn't rule by 5 p.m. have never waited in vain for a state criminal judge to rule on your writ of habeas corpus or your motion for new trial and it shows

You think they have a rivalry?

This reminds me of the most disappointing CD I've ever gotten. Behold this disaster. It's even worse than it looks. (Pictures from an eBay listing; I threw mine out years ago)

Abolishing the death penalty has always been about the policy (fairness, cost, equity, racial justice, morality), not whether individual crimes deserve the penalty. You can be utterly certain that this man is deserving yet still advocate for abolishing the penalty.

Supreme Court of Georgia suspends prosecutor’s privilege to practice law before the court for six months after filing a brief with the court that contained non-existent cases and cases that do not stand for the proposition asserted in the brief due to AI usage. www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/u...

If only James Comey had written 74770609^1/2 with seashells no one in the Trump administration would have figured it out.

Well done, Trader Joe's. Well done.

The two main themes in Star Wars—including the Force theme—begin with a perfect fourth.