One in the heap of evidence we don't really have cancel culture...
07.03.2026 20:45
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One in the heap of evidence we don't really have cancel culture...
@evanbernick.bsky.social
Oh my. I'm so sorry. Sending you light.
Stunning is just the word I was going to use! I would love to know how you achieve such smoothness in the stem and leaf color.
CALL TO ACTION: Today Pam Bondi announced a new rule that would stop state bar associations from investigating misconduct by lawyers. We can work to stop this rule by writing comments stating our objections. youtube.com/shorts/434iX...
By the way, who has standing to sue about this?
The proposed rulemaking seems to concede that if DOJ finds wrongdoing (yeah, right), then the state could evaluate for additional, state-only penalties, like disbarment... Not saying I agree of course.
That was the most pretzel twisty bit. This tries to sub in "about the same stuff." "[T]he State ethics rules will apply to Department attorneys under the same factual circumstances as they would to non-Department attorneys under identical or similar circumstances— i.e., 'in the same manner.'"
Just reading it now, it seems like DOJ is saying the statute means state ethics rules govern substantive conduct, but the statute is silent on the process by which those rules are enforced, so DOJ can adjudicate the question of compliance with state rules. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Lawyers can also volunteer their time to help write complaints. They aren't terribly complex and the process is supposed to be navigable to anyone. They may continue to go nowhere, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try... @ldadorg.bsky.social has written great complaints with volunteer attorneys.
Not ideal but:
- We can organize around the rules that govern the committees sucking -- for instance most states provide for way too much confidentiality, which impedes oversight. ABA has pushed on that a bit I think.
- Also, complainants can push, or even sue, if their complaint gets sat on...
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#BossLevel
My bday a year ago involved a: very early alarm, Lyft, Amtrak, ride from a former Fellow, presentation at a law school, taxi, 6 hour flight, and another taxi.
With the time change, a 27 hour bday.
Worth it? Yes, I thought so. I think so. But also: work won’t love you back. Take care of yourselves.
There's precedent for this in NY! The boro president in Staten Island was so pissed about a land deal he "assigned the street names as Cupidity Drive, Avidity Place and Fourberie Lane, meaning greed, desire and deception, respectively." Won at the trial court. www.citylandnyc.org/staten-islan....
WHOA: WSJ reporting that DOJ is dropping its appeals of the four law firm executive order rulings as soon as today. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Tomorrow's hearing is obviously deeply important to the rule of law and our obligations to immigrants. But also: happy birthday to meeee.
If you could de-bias the answers... that'd be swell.
To build the beloved community, we have to provide loving care to kids. I hope you'll consider signing: sign.moveon.org/petitions/rf...
If Columbia wishes to persuade its community that its principles are institutional rather than situational, it must apply them without regard to medals, proximity to donor funds, or decades of accumulated distinction.
Yet when a Nobel laureate maintained an 11-year relationship (at least) with a convicted sex offender whose crimes involved the exploitation of minors ... well after Epstein’s 2008 conviction — the University’s language narrowed to procedural compliance. Standards receded; policy remained...
When students protested the war in Gaza, interim policies materialized with enviable efficiency. Enforcement mechanisms expanded. Columbia demonstrated that it can define and apply new rules quickly when it believes institutional values are at stake.
Faculty and students are capable of nuance. They can distinguish between illegal conduct and grievous error. What they struggle to accept is visible hierarchy in consequence — the sense that standards expand or contract depending on who stands beneath them....
"Universities often insist that ethics extend beyond policy violations and criminal codes. They speak of judgment, responsibility, and institutional trust. Those commitments ring hollow if their invocation depends on celebrity or rank....
Powerful commentary on Columbia's accepting its much-lauded faculty member's partial resignation (à la Paul Weiss and Brad Karp) as opposed to more full terminations/resignations/repudiations of those with less institutional juice. Lays bare institutional ethics. 🧵
cu-standsup.org/specter/post...
A magnificently colored tulip with striations including deep crimson petal tips and a glowing yellow center.
In case anyone needs a little beauty this evening
It's stunning as is. I'm sure you have improvements in mind, but it is very, very lovely just like this.
Omg thank you. I would have. But now I'll silence the guilt. Appreciated.
At least the redacted portions of the warrant are fuzzy on whether they claim her property would provide evidence of Aurelio's violation of 793 or her own. Also I don't see written that she was a journalist, info the judge needed to make an informed decision. www.washingtonpost.com/documents/64...
Mamdani just secured a quarter million future voters for his reelection.