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If a child, their parents, and their medical doctor are all in favor of pursuing a generally accepted medical treatment, why would lawmakers intervene to prohibit it?

Several parts of Houston come pretty close. Come visit Longpoint Road between Old Hempstead Road and Gessner. Bring cash and wear stretchy pants.

If your most important issue is the rule of law and liberty for all you've gone from squishy moderate to rabid partisan over a generation.

A miniature goat farm in the mountains of New Mexico where sometimes I make artisanal cheeses and soaps and sometimes I just hang out with my goats, but I always wear long flowy skirts and read books all day and let my hair get all long and witchy-woman crazy.

Some background: Houston’s toll roads are wildly profitable, tolls can soar to $20 or more, and no cash is accepted at most tollbooths. So “toll violations” are pretty commonplace here.

My two current favorites for my law practice are “that gun kicks as hard as it shoots” and “you gotta hang the meat low enough that the dog will jump.”

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Reminder: Even in Texas, it’s not too late to plant some bush beans and okra.

The notion that “God has a side on every issue”—and the implication that a certain group of humans is empowered to say what side that is—is toxic to a free democracy in a diverse society.

Surround yourself with professional colleagues who make you better at what you do.

Brutal 👍

This is something many people don't understand about being a lawyer. I will put your interests before my own. In court, I will defend the positions you tell me to defend, even if I disagree. But I cannot and will not lie for you. Sadly, some of the people who don't understand this are lawyers.

Truly dire.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

Proposal: Bro = masculine Brah = feminine Bruh = gender neutral Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

For the love of Pete, stop writing your briefs in staccato. It reads like kids arguing via SnapChat. “Bruh.” —“Couldn’t be me.” — “Cap.” —“Not so.”— “Higgley-piggley.”—“Applesauce.”—“Be so for real right now.”

Trial lawyers, I am begging you, please object to testimony like this.

Lawyers who claim they’re just “looking out for the little guy” while lying to judges and robbing their clients blind are exhausting. Anyway. How was your week?

I think I want to watch Dr Who. I’ve been saving it for when I really needed it. It’s time. Where do I start?

Supplemental Trial Cannoli Report: Second week of personal injury trial in Tucson. I have a rule that I don’t pass up cannoli when I’m traveling for work. It usually brings me a little joy. This time I should have made an exception.

Idk who needs to hear this but asking a question in response to an email assigning you a specific task is not the same thing as “accomplishing the task.”

Tanaka Atsuko @artinstitutechi.bsky.social #morningart #art

The Bare Naked Ladies were right: the hits keep coming and they don’t stop coming

Mango Chamoy Sherbet + Apple Crisp is probably one of the best ideas I’ve had in the last decade.

Someone’s gotta keep the culinary gentiles away from the spanagram puzzle submissions. Or maybe the same person who thinks brisket is a Hanukah food is responsible for today’s newfangled shanda

Timeless. Goes great with my other 2 favorites: “Don’t put your feet on the dashboard” and “Give 18-wheelers plenty of space.”

Chocolate chip, molasses cookies, and amaretti. None of these are “pretty” but they taste amazing.

Hmmmm. Do I want to make the traditional family Christmas cookies (sand tarts, peanut butter balls, Sicilian fig cookies) or do I want to try something new? If so, what?

Good morning - three oral arguments again today at SCOTX. A variety of important issues: personal jurisdiction, attorney-disciplinary rules, and state constitutional freedom-of-religion protections!

Yay trains!

I have a Mann Act joke, but it crosses some lines…

I dreamt in a language last night that I haven’t spoken or heard in 25 years. Amazing what your brain does when you’re not looking.

I have a Harvard Law School joke, but they’ve probably already told you they went to Harvard.

I¹ have² a³ great⁴ joke⁵ about⁶ law⁷ review.⁸

I had an appellate joke, but the Court of Appeals said I waived it by not bringing it to your attention earlier.

I always forget what the first week of winter is like. I’m tromping around my own house wearing a parka and sipping hot tea. Also I live in Houston and it’s 68 degrees inside. But still.

What a year for the Orlando Pride 🤩 #NWSLChampionship www.forbes.com/sites/jackie...

“The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.” - Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

This is one of the most entertaining accounts of Sicilian history I’ve found. Like listening to a family scrapbook going back to the ancient tribes. Both of my family’s villages of origin got brief shoutouts! (One was for a devastating earthquake. But still cool.)

I am perfectly aware that using both bold and italics in an appellate brief is the equivalent of all caps yelling. Let’s face it— I AM yelling at this point.

Where are my Texas lawyers and judges? Comment below to make a list for people to follow!

Never underestimate the power of the law library.

I nearly got suspended in high school for organizing a protest to bring attention to another student’s unjust punishment. I was surprised when I decided to go to law school years later. Nobody else seemed to be.

You don’t scare me. I live with someone who has declared all punctuation “aggressive.”

if you ask a white person how it’s going and they say “it’s going,” they are having a rough time. but if they answer “livin’ the dream,” they need an immediate mental health intervention

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But first, we make biscuits.

Travel lacrosse season is starting back up for youngest child. I’ll be visiting the finest parts of rural MD, PA, and FL, staying at only the best one-star hotels, eating convenience store boiled eggs, and generally loving every minute of it.