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Screenshot of excerpt from opinion that reads: "Despite this, the New York courts refused to stay the trial court’s order. After that highly questionable injunction was issued, the applicants filed appeals in both the Appellate Division (the State’s intermediate appellate court) and the Court of Appeals (its highest court) challenging the trial court’s order on federal constitutional grounds. At the same time, applicants asked both courts to stay the trial court’s order. The Appellate Division refused to issue a stay, and by order issued on February 11, the Court of Appeals sent the appeal filed in that court to the Appellate Division and dismissed applicants’ motions for a stay."

With nowhere else to turn, the applicants asked us to issue a stay, and we have jurisdiction to entertain their application. Title 28 U. S. C. §1257(a) gives us jurisdiction to review “[f]inal judgments or decrees” that are rendered by a State’s highest court and adjudicate federal constitutional claims, and the Court of Appeals’ February 11 order falls within that category.

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:

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY; BOSTON UNIVERSITY; BROWN UNIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY; DARTMOUTH COLLEGE; GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY; JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY; OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY; PRINCETON UNIVERSITY; RICE UNIVERSITY; RUTGERS UNIVERSITY; STANFORD UNIVERSITY; TUFTS UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE; UNIVERSITY OF DENVER; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK; UNIVERSITY OF OREGON; UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH; AND YALE UNIVERSITY IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Lawyers on the brief include Don Verrilli.

Here's the amicus brief on Harvard's behalf from other universities storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

if for example Ras Baraka was allegedly trespassing—Newark police could have issued him a ticket, in the usual manner of things. Some ragtag group of unidentified armed men squirreling him away to an immigration detention facility is flagrantly extralegal even if they claim government authority.

This Black History Month, we're highlighting stories from community changemakers Black history happens every day, and the stories from NPR listeners are good examples of that. From becoming the first Black mayor of a town to singing music about change, these stories matter.

Black history happens every day, and the stories from NPR listeners are good examples of that. From becoming the first Black mayor of a town to singing music about change, these stories matter.

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BHM event in the Akron area, Sun 2/23 @4pm

Last night MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said Trump was the first U.S. president to “switch sides during a war.” That aptly describes Trump’s betrayal but it can’t begin to convey the depravity of what Trump did in throwing our ally overboard and lying about every facet of Putin’s criminal aggression.

Republican pollster Frank Luntz debunks Trump’s lie about zelensky’s approval numbers, points out they’re actually higher than Trump’s 👇🏽

Is this real?

Update: There are now FOUR lawsuits against birthright citizenship executive order:

1. ACLU suit (NHICS v. Trump) in New Hampshire.
2. 18 states + SF/DC in Massachusetts.
3. WA, IL, AZ, OR suit in Western District of Washington.
4. CASA/ASAP suit (CASA v Trump) in District of Maryland.

She has no discretion to deny the motion to dismiss, but finds that the government has provided no legitimate reason to dismiss with prejudice

@kmtani.bsky.social 's HLR Foreword is as excellent as people say it is.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

a red chair sits in front of a wall that has a sign that says new amsterdam on it ALT: a red chair sits in front of a wall that has a sign that says new amsterdam on it

Sharing here a long thread I just shared on Threads about Zuckerberg. Yes, I encouraged folks to come to Bluesky. Anyway, pull up a chair.

Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage. Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.

“Though there is no way to know how often coverage gets cut off mid-treatment, ProPublica has found scores of lawsuits over the past decade in which judges have sharply criticized insurance companies for citing a patient’s improvement to deny mental health coverage.”

I find people have difficulty understanding that they are themselves socially constructed and powerfully so. Top responses: "but it seems natural to me," and "it feels so real it can't be socially constructed."

(ORDER LIST: 604 U.S.) TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2024 24-656 ) 24-657 ) ORDER IN PENDING CASES TIKTOK INC., ET AL. V. GARLAND, ATT'Y GEN. FIREBAUGH, BRIAN, ET AL. V. GARLAND, ATT'Y GEN. The motion of petitioners for divided argument is granted.

As expected, SCOTUS grants the request for TikTok and the TikTok creators to split argument time on Jan. 10, meaning Noel Francisco will get 30 minutes for TikTok, Jeffrey Fisher will get 30 minutes for the creators, and Elizabeth Prelogar will get an hour for the government.

#kwanzaa #day3 #ujima #collectiveworkandresponsibility #blackliturgies #bellhooks

Jimmy's here in Heaven, and let me tell you, it's rare to meet someone who got the 'love thy neighbor' part so right.

Carter Rose From Humble Roots to Faithful Statesman The former president, a peanut farmer turned politician, was known as much for his charity and diplomatic work later in life as he was for his single presidential term, which ended in 1981.

www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

"Truly outrageous" + "entirely plausible" = why we are so cynical these days. Read this story.

I don’t blame Chris Wray personally for resigning from FBI. I’m sure his life has been nothing but headaches since he took the job of FBI director, but with the news of his resignation, you can almost hear the foundations of the rule of law splintering.

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NEWS: Montana Supreme Court unanimously rules to keep gender-affirming medical care available to minors on current terms while litigation over Montana's ban on such care continues. The ruling upheld a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the ban. juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTra...

Appellate Advocacy Blog: A New Rule on Amicus Briefs? The Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules has published for public comment amendments to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 29, which covers amicus briefs. One amendment seeks to impose disclosure re...

lawprofessors.typepad.com/appellate_ad... #appellatesky #legalwriting

The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day #6

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Okay, enough moping.

"—He who, though thus endued as with a sense

And faculty for storm and turbulence,

Is yet a Soul whose master-bias leans

To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes;

Sweet images! which, whereso’er he be,

Are at his heart"

The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day #5

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The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day #4