Narrator: The president did in fact start this war and appears unable to finish it.

“Sauer started by offering, not statutory text or court precedents — you know, law — but instead a 1921 law review article. In response, Evan Bernick, a law professor, posted excerpts from that article to show that the solicitor general got it wrong.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/o...

TLI! Translunar injection complete, Artemis II apogee now over 400,000 km; they're heading to the Moon.

"We will look back at Donald Trump’s presidency as years where the concept of election integrity got turned on its head. In the name of protecting democracy, Trump is breaking democracy. The damage could last a generation, even if the shelf life of his new executive order might be measured in days."

Don't get me wrong: I'm relieved that this case is shaping up as either 8-1 or 7-2 against the Trump executive order. But the case is a gift to the Supreme Court. By rejecting an outlandish position, it will earn credibility as apolitical, even as the Overton window moves far to the right.

sg sauer (federal government) just invoked ilan wurman's amicus brief in support of their theory denying birthright citizenship. so shameful - and embarrassing for the academy (and humanity).

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” Thats it. Not complicated, not ambiguous. Genuine shame on the Times and WSJ for platforming the claim that there was a real conflict about these words.

A crazily unconstitutional effort to seize control of elections from states by seeking to have the USPS put in place rules to ban the transmission of mail-in ballots that don't form to standards the Trump admin puts into place and for people the Trump admin hasn't verified as a citizen.

This is what we call an "easy case" for a lawsuit; the idea that the President can order the Post Office to adopt rules refusing to carry mail-in ballots that don't conform to the President's preferred design. Laughably, obviously unconstitutional if USPS tries to go forward with it.

Hello.

Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars reut.rs/4rZIThC

In fairness it’s not like the consequences of having a mad king unilaterally take the country to war on a whim were so incredibly obvious that you could see it coming from the 18th and 19th centuries www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

from 1868 to 2025 there was little dispute about what the birthright clause meant and the idea that the past year has been some great scholarly debate is absurd. a handful of partisans and hacks have churned out junk so that the president can get what he wants. that’s it.

Well, that’s the most repulsive thing I’ve read in a minute. I suppose I appreciate Adrian’s candor in saying all of this out loud.

oh look at that www.pew.org/en/research-...

Genuinely just bonkers to watch the USA do this to one of the most successful and innovative hubs of scientific research the world has ever seen. All those years of Free Speech On Campus debates and it turns out they actually wanted less cancer research. Absurd.

this means it is not open for transit

“Individuals nominated to the federal bench are not precluded from judicial office simply because they previously exercised their First Amendment rights." * goose meme * previously exercised their First Amendment rights how? exercised how, motherfucker?

Trump judicial nominee Kara Westercamp's Twitter account is locked down, which, in fairness, is also what I'd do if the Wayback Machine shows that I was tweeting and retweeting voter fraud conspiracy theories, pro-January 6er content, and gleeful selfies with Fox News personalities

the president of the united states just said he found out the country he started a war with had boats sometime after he started that war

Behold the intellectual might of the conservative legal movement

“Don’t ever be the first to stop applauding.” -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, writing about the unfortunate director of the local paper factory mannerofspeaking.org/2010/05/12/s...

A sad day at @wlulaw.bsky.social. Doug Rendleman was one of a kind—a rigorous and prolific scholar, a dedicated teacher and mentor to his students, and an influential figure in the world of remedies. My sympathies and condolences to Carol, Doug’s spouse of 65 years, and the entire Rendleman family.

Good riddance to this 🤡 www.statnews.com/2026/03/06/f...

We also want you to go back to your podcast, Vinay. It’s better than the chaos you’re causing at the FDA and the massive harm to vulnerable patients.

Yes. This is about Prasad.

1/9: In the New York redistricting case, Justice Alito's justification for why #SCOTUS even had *jurisdiction* to issue a stay is based upon a remarkably misleading portrayal of the state court proceedings. I realize this is technical, but I wanted to write a short thread to explain the shadiness:

This thread on Alito's outrageously misrepresentation of the facts in the NY voting rights case is so damning. Alito's account was misleading to the point of falsity. And there's nothing anybody can do about it. He gets to toss around bogus claims without any consequence.

Netanyahu to the U.S. Congress, 2002: "If you take out Saddam, Saddam's regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region."

TIL that after the Civil War freed people gathered in up to 50 small communities in Albemarle County, Virginia, for safety & mutual aid in a world dominated by hostile whites. A school & a church were at the heart of these communities — their rock & foundation. Some of the churches still stand.

Seriously, it is easy to laugh now, but there was a real fear that this could collapse law firms. Clients and attorneys can leave at any time. No long-term contracts. No non-competes. Jenner, Susman, Wilmer, and Perkins deserve so much credit, as do those that stepped in to defend.

Standing up to bullies works. Kudos to the principled leadership of these law firms, and everlasting shame on those who bent the knee to a wannabe autocrat in the name of expediency (some of whom have already had their comeuppance).

So, @leahlitman.bsky.social's excellent rant (positive) about how misogyny got us into this whole fcking mess is the best thing I've heard since Sat. Also, she and her guest make the case for giving a shit about this being lawless rather than giving in to nihilism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

And in case you're blessedly not in the weeds on this, it looks like Alito is prepared to strike down all state-level Voting Rights Acts

they didn’t do it with CA, but are now toying with the idea that the constitution means “Republicans get to gerrymander but Democrats can’t”

The liberal justices call out the *rank* hypocrisy of their Republican colleagues on the Court

Let’s be brutally honest — SCOTUS has endorsed the involuntary outing of school-age 🏳️‍⚧️ children, even when they are likely to suffer emotional and/or physical harm due to unsupportive family. More 🏳️‍⚧️ kids will suffer and die as a direct result of this decision. Tragic.

A disturbing and hypocritical ruling on so many levels. Especially the due process holding. The court JUST said there’s no deeply rooted right for women to control their own bodies. But there is a deeply rooted right for parents to know if their kids question their gender at school? Come on.

Our baby has been alive for two deadly, illegal campaigns by the U.S. to remove a foreign leader. She’s 7 weeks old.

This is one of my pettier impulses but I want the record to reflect just how often this motherfucker said that Kamala Harris was the pro-war candidate in 2024.

With the outstanding teamwork with Brendan Benedict and Michael Altebrando, @evanbernick.bsky.social & I proudly filed this originalist amicus brief defending birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

« The historians’ brief — authored by Professor Martha S. Jones and Professor Kate Masur — centers on the pre–Civil War advocacy of free Black Americans for a broad and inclusive principle of birthright citizenship. » www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

THIS Saturday, February 28, Noon - 2:00 PM, at the Rivanna Area Queer Center (RAQC). Everyone welcome - both new and returning members! Come explore new ways to join your neighbors in antifascist, pro-democracy work.

NEW POLL on Dem. structural reforms: U.S. adults support 18-yr term limits for Supreme Court justices by a 50-point margin (GOP is +34 in favor), favor statehood for Puerto Rico and limits on pardons by POTUS, and are split on DC statehood, packing the Court: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/two-thirds...

so in conclusion, the state of the union is actually very bad because a man who tried to end democracy is using the government to personally enrich himself and his buddies while executing citizens and noncitizens alike

Tell me you don't understand patent law without telling me....

Breaking MS NOW: Agents with the FBI's elite evidence response team were delayed in reaching the scene of a mass shooting at Brown U. in December because there was no FBI plane available. Kash Patel was in south Florida at the time with one of the FBI's two available jets.

Ilya Shapiro quitting for being reinstated after investigation for tweeting that KBJ was a lesser black woman was the academic free speech Outrage of the Decade for some people who had absolutely nothing to say about Emily Suski being un-hired as dean for signing a Scotus amicus brief. Weird!

The DOJ can't sustain the cases that they bring against protestors -- mostly because the cases are built on lies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...