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Democrat. Huffington Post alumnus. Temporarily retired judge. U.C. Berkeley Law. Posts will mainly be about law, politics and sports. Trump is a danger to our democracy and freedom. No DMs please.

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Aside from Hegseth's bro ridiculousness and wish that David Ellison would neuter CNN, he has depleted the press corps so that there were batting practice questions from Lindell TV, the Daily Wire, and Epoch Times. @wsj.com was the only legitimate news source that I heard identified. (

14.03.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@myoder84.bsky.social "out of sight". You wrote "out of site" in tennis rage room piece.

09.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Someone here, (please credit if anyone remembers who) pointed out that Bovino looks (and acts, probably) like Sean Penn's character in One Battle After Another, and now I can't unsee it.πŸ˜†

16.01.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 3
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Government Officials Once Stopped False Accusations After Violence. Now, Some Join In.

This NYT article tells the shocking truth about those who spread false conspiracy theories after the Brown killings. Harmeet Dhillon, Asst. Atty. Gen. in charge of protecting white people, Tommy Tuberville, Anna Paulina Luna, Bill Ackman, Shaun Maguire. Shame! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/t...

27.12.2025 22:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Barry Bonds Should Be in the Hall of Fame - Beyond Chron Bonds' strong case for Hall of Fame

Tough day to publish this, but I wrote at Beyond Chron on why Barry Bonds should be in Baseball's Hall of Fame. beyondchron.org/barry-bonds-...

15.12.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Supreme Court Can Use the Tariff Case to Reassert the Courts’ Duty to Prevent Presidential Abuse of Power In Woody Allen’s Bananas, the rebels overthrow the dictator of β€œSan Marcos” only to watch their own leader, moments after seizing power, begin issuing lunatic decreesβ€”underwear changed every thirty mi...

It is hard to be optimistic, but if the Supreme Court wants to back away from living up Trump's ass, here's how it could use the pending tariff case.

stephenkaus.substack.com/p/the-suprem...

09.12.2025 05:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Supreme Court Can Use the Tariff Case to Reassert the Courts’ Duty to Prevent Presidential Abuse of Power The Supreme Court Can Use the Tariff Case to Reassert the Courts’ Duty to Prevent Presidential Abuse of Power By (Ret.) Judge Stephen KausEmpty heading In Woody Allen’s Bananas, the rebels overthrow t...

"The tariff case currently under submission to the Supreme Court is the perfect vehicle for the court to begin asserting its duty to require some factual support for presidential proclamations." (includes reference to regime change in Bananas)
www.sfbar.org/sfam/q3-the-...

05.12.2025 18:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Supreme Court Can Use the Tariff Case to Reassert the Courts’ Duty to Prevent Presidential Abuse of Power The Supreme Court Can Use the Tariff Case to Reassert the Courts’ Duty to Prevent Presidential Abuse of Power By Judge Stephen Kaus In Woody Allen’s Bananas, the rebels overthrow the dictator of β€œSan ...

If the Supreme Court would like to come back from the brink, as it did in 1937, it could start with the pending tariff case. I wrote this for the San Francisco Attorney magazine.

www.sfbar.org/sfam/q3-the-...

05.12.2025 00:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@schumer.senate.gov is pathetic. Dana Bash asked him 5 times if he would vote against a funding bill that cut out health care subsidies. He would not answer. He physically quivered as he weakly evaded the question. We did get to see the double-clenched fist Rumpelstiltskin move.

21.09.2025 15:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It would have been nice if she had the goods to back up "disappeared." Like that ICE doesn't say where they are taken or allow visits with lawyers and family. Holman said it was like any arrest. Mika is adamant, but unarmed with the facts.

09.09.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It would have been nice if she had the goods to back up "disappeared." Like that ICE doesn't say where they are taken or allow visits with lawyers and family. Holman said it was like any arrest. Mika is adamant, but unarmed with the facts.

09.09.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@joe-scarborough.bsky.social is such a blowhard. Takes forever to draw out and repeat a couple of points,. Not letting @esglaude.bsky.social answer. Also, @mika-brzezinski.bsky.social lacked the goods to back up "disappearing." ICE doesn't say where folks are taken and won't let them see lawyers.

09.09.2025 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In fairness, no one could have prepared for Rufo's full-throated defense of Richard Nixon and Watergate. Nixon knew of the plan to break the law and the pay-offs to the burglars, which completely undercuts Rufo's revisionist claims of innocence. At least @hubermanlab.com
made some sense. 3/3

23.08.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rufo launched his predictable attack on CRT and DEI. There was no one to point out that racism exists in our laws and society and that reasonable efforts to help disadvantaged groups are appropriate and should be legal. @realbillmaher.bsky.social @realtimers.bsky.social
2/3

23.08.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@realbillmaher.bsky.social very annoying this week. Dishonest knife-fighter Christopher Rufo paired with milquetoast centerist Frank Bruni. Plus Maher is talking more and more. Guests can hardly get a word in edgewise @realtimers.bsky.social 1/3

23.08.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Judges Gonna Trump - Beyond Chron On Friday, August 8, 2025, a Washington D.C. appellate court halted an inquiry into contempt charges for the Trump Administration’s infamous disobedience of a court order not to deport alleged gang me...

beyondchron.org/trump-judges...

15.08.2025 04:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.

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INGRAHAM: You said there was irrefutable evidence that Obama was the mastermind of this intelligence manipulation and the perpetuation of the Russia hoax. What is that irrefutable evidence?


TULSI GABBARD: *makes clear she's got nothing*

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Trump Judges Gonna Trump - Beyond Chron On Friday, August 8, 2025, a Washington D.C. appellate court halted an inquiry into contempt charges for the Trump Administration’s infamous disobedience of a court order not to deport alleged gang me...

My take on two Trump-appointed judges putting their Supreme Court ambitions ahead of vindicating the law. beyondchron.org/trump-judges...

11.08.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am learning that our family was not as oddball as I thought. Dozens of heartfelt obits for this man who brought wit and melody to our political situation in the 1960s.

29.07.2025 01:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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John Roberts Wants America To Understand That He Does Not Care - Above the Law If you have a problem with the Court, it's because you lost and you're just venting.

abovethelaw.com/2025/06/john...

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Bruce Springsteen's European stadium concerts harness rock's 'righteous power' in 'dangerous times' At gigantic open-air concerts in Berlin, Frankfurt and Gelsenkirchen, Germany, the 75-year-old rock star from New Jersey has interspersed short but poignant political speeches to describe the dangers ...

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

02.07.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court Continues Role as Trump's Servant - Beyond Chron Court assists Trump's march toward fascism

In two significant cases, the Supreme Court lubricates the way for Trump's fascism. beyondchron.org/supreme-cour...

01.07.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court Continues Role as Trump's Servant - Beyond Chron Court assists Trump's march toward fascism

The Supreme Court is Trump's handmaiden. beyondchron.org/supreme-cour...

30.06.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court Enables Trump While Lower Courts Fight Autocracy - Beyond Chron Federal courts battle against Trump

While the Supreme Court mainly backs Trump, often without even the fig leaf of a hearing, the federal district and circuit courts battle his tsunami of autocracy as best they can. beyondchron.org/supreme-cour...

27.05.2025 21:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US military spends eight times more on Viagra than gender-affirming care In a hearing over the Defense Department's removal of transgender service members, a judge uncovered that the military spends $42 million a year on Viagra.

"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...

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Judges tell Dictator Trump, β€œNot So Fast.” - Beyond Chron Perkins Coie sends pro-law message

Two judges hold Trump's deportation plans and law firm intimidation are unconstitutional. Here's an analysis. beyondchron.org/judges-tell-...

06.05.2025 22:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They are photoshopped

19.04.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0