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Maryland attorney specializing in appeals and insurance coverage. Increasing fan of watches.

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The list of dead-wrong things one can say about the Constitution is staggeringly short and she found one.

11.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wut

11.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Nadia Schadlow says "So constitutionally, the Constitution"

Nadia Schadlow says "So constitutionally, the Constitution"

If you're gonna give bad cold-call answers, you may as well go to law school so they come with a degree.

11.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I've already read this like seven times, and it's still just so jarring to watch. Ezra just full-stopping after eight β€” Eight! β€” words prove her wrong is just brutal.

11.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

I saw social media posts from enlisted folks around the time we launched Epic Fury. They were worried that the sudden appearance of crab legs meant imminent deployment. It's a well-known morale move with ... mixed effects.

11.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie says " i have to agree with this " in front of a map Alt: Michael Che in a suit and tie says " i have to agree with this "
11.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine telling 2020 Sarah that you'd be this deep in the personal jurisdiction weeds ☺️

11.03.2026 11:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hurt by Cable, Networks Spout Expletives (Published 2001)

Yeah, they were thinking about adding a new swear word to The West Wing. www.nytimes.com/2001/09/02/b...

10.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's kind of impossible not to when you hear like three words of the actual text.

10.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You can skip (emphasis added), since that's implied by the quotation marks.

10.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am deceased. β˜ οΈπŸ’€βš°οΈ

10.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
10.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He has spent so long saying that we *could* deny immigrants the right to sue in U.S. courts that he lost the plot and suggested that we *do*?

10.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Unbelievably, it is Ezra Klein Chotinering someone.

10.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Johns, but she makes it look like John.

10.03.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The imagined version of John Yoo is somehow not worse than the extant version.

10.03.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's one word every 19.11 days since ratification.

10.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/joed...

10.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | I Asked a Former Trump Official to Justify This War

Gifty
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/o...

10.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
So the case for Congress is, once we have gone to war, if they don’t like it, they can remove the money?

Congress does not have a constitutional role in the declaration of war. Congress has a role in cutting off funds for wars, which it has threatened to do. And the president doesn’t have to get permission.

But yes, you can debate, you can decide. That’s his choice in how he wants to do it.

I mean, here I will quote the Constitution: β€œThe Congress shall have power to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water.”

So the case for Congress is, once we have gone to war, if they don’t like it, they can remove the money? Congress does not have a constitutional role in the declaration of war. Congress has a role in cutting off funds for wars, which it has threatened to do. And the president doesn’t have to get permission. But yes, you can debate, you can decide. That’s his choice in how he wants to do it. I mean, here I will quote the Constitution: β€œThe Congress shall have power to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water.”

This woman has a Ph.D., but she couldn't be asked to read the Constitution’s ~4,500 words.

10.03.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 172 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 5

These special operators? They're not a magical win-war button, Senator.

10.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have had my share of genuinely stupid thoughts, but I have not printed them in a newspaper.

10.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But in less than an hour,

10.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nineteen men boarded four flights for what could’ve been a normal day of air travel during the waning days of summer in 2001.

10.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

maybe I'm focusing on the wrong thing here but this is the wildest shit I've ever heard a white South African say and I study racism for a living

08.03.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 9595 πŸ” 1687 πŸ’¬ 209 πŸ“Œ 34

ICE forgot that under the Kavanaugh rule, it's illegal to speak Spanish only in Los Angeles.

10.03.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a sucker for a great background song choice where the lyrics are relevant but the ad uses just the instrumentals. Here, (She’s Going) The Distance by Cake.

10.03.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

~ 150 - 0

09.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We scored more body-count points, for example.

09.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It seems like it might deviate wildly between trial and appellate courts. It seems plausible to me that there will be a few more appeals, but it's also possible that more litigants will correctly raise valuable appealable issues.

09.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0