Yeah, I was trying to get at that with, “Push for what you'd want,” combined with the fact that “change takes time.”
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Yeah, I was trying to get at that with, “Push for what you'd want,” combined with the fact that “change takes time.”
It’s my screencap from a video, so.
Pete Hegseth cosplaying as Colin Jost playing Pete Hegseth.
Um, is Hegseth getting work done to look more like Colin Jost, or is it just me?
“Officer-involved shooting” caught completely off guard.
“Non-diverse participants” is the euphemism of the year
(I think that’s actually covered by the two that follow.)
I reply with all the love in the world …
Every once in a while, a reminder is needed, so that others, including new followers, know my thoughts.
And (*cough*) it’s my account.
UPDATE: Judge Elkins — in light of this amicus brief (and the defendant’s reply) — gives DOJ a sur-reply on the Posse Comitatus challenge to JAG lawyers prosecuting in Minnesota, due by March 24, and sets argument on this issue at a previously scheduled April 3 hearing.
Here's a Courtlistener link to this brief, filed by @smmarotta.bsky.social on behalf of Soto Jimenez: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
HUGE.
Also, that’s all that a TRO can generally be. That can then be extended once, and a preliminary injunction request would often follow, which would extend throughout litigation.
Yes. (I said it wasn't alphabetical, though, and I also noted Howard's senior status.)
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Thanks!
Oh, yes! That works and makes sense, if a little weird. (It echoes the way I think most of the appeals courts handle arguments, with the most senior active judge being the "administrative" judge during arguments.)
Before Montecalvo, Howard, and Aframe, Circuit Judges.
Query: How do you get this order of judges listed?
That's not alphabetical order; it's Biden, GWB (senior status), Biden; and Montecalvo is not the chief judge.
UPDATE: The First Circuit granted an "administrative stay" in the third-country removals case this afternoon. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Donald Trump calls Thomas Massie a traitor for supporting the release of the Epstein Files.
Journalists need to start asking Trump what he is trying to hide.
This is my take after 30 years of working in politics, law, and journalism at all levels and in countless different roles.
Here's my bottom line:
Much of what they are doing is bad.
Much of what they are doing is unpopular.
Pushback is working.
We are winning.
Keep fighting.
Be creative.
Push for what you'd want.
Allow for insiders and outsiders.
Realize that change takes time.
Reduce harm in the meantime.
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Wow, had no idea.
tl;dr: Savvy people saying we've lost can fuck all the way off.
I literally published the story on Bondi's first day in office laying out the ways in which she was going to disserve DOJ and the American people.
Her doing that does not mean she's doing her job well or properly. She's not, and giving up on that is giving up.
This is the most tiring bullshit.
Literally blocking you.
This is it.
Story about stray house cat attacks.
There also is precedent for tigers attacking people.
Get off base, Bondi.
Also: Do your job.
Yes!
That said, it was the kicker that drove me off the ledge. (See follow-up post.)
There is precedent for an elected official to take over military quarters. In 1974, Congress authorized the vice president to reside at the Naval Observatory, which for 40 years had been the official home of the chief of naval operations. Since then, the Navy's top admirals have typically lived in Tingey House, a historic property across town at the Washington Navy Yard.
Also, this isn't a fucking precedent.
"Congress authorized."
FFS, people.