The breast cancer center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low.
At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless:
“An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.”
(Published April 2025)
The case of temporary visitors was more complicated at common law. The parents, if lawfully present, were under the temporary protection of the sovereign. That is why one judge in a famous case, Lynch v. Clarke, held in 1844 that a child born of temporary sojourners was a citizen. But the rule was contested because of increasing international travel and the resulting dual allegiances. Joseph Story suggested that an exception for temporary visitors would be a “reasonable qualification” to the rule. Henry St. George Tucker in his treatise stated flatly that temporary visitors fell outside the common-law
I'm afraid I can't just sit here and say nothing when another law professor gives false testimony to Congress about the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Ilan Wurman has given false testimony to Congress, being fully on notice of the falsity. I do not think this is fairly debatable. 1.
Yes, and
These pediatrician moms have a shared message: Release all children in immigration detention
19thnews.org/2026/03/pedi... via @19thnews.org
In fact, lots of bad people become judges
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
We Are So F$&ked, Episode 8 million.
I was literally typing this exact response when I noticed you beat me to it!
Misinformation a barrier to women’s health: experts www.timescolonist.com/local-news/m...
"...rampant misinformation online about side effects of contraception."
@drjengunter.bsky.social: "... #misinformation is 'becoming a health crisis unto itself.'"
America simply cannot afford to allow the bandits, propagandists, and sadists who’ve been running this administration to simply slide back into positions of power and privilege from which to plot their next fascist takeover. trib.al/NAfd098
To think MAGA was out here clutching pearls over whether someone might buy candy, cookies, or soda with food assistance, while so many bigger issues go untouched.
Sen John Cornyn has an op-ed in Rupert Murdoch's NYPost, arguing that reducing the number of voters in the midterms is essential to GOP success at the polls. This is the GOP success formula in Texas, which has the lowest voter rates in the entire developed world—by design.
Our analysis, which shows that more women nearly bled to death during miscarriage after Texas banned abortion, adds to a growing body of reporting revealing that maternal outcomes have gotten worse under bans.
(Published July 2025)
Taking a break today from posting about concentration-camp matters for the newsletter, I wrote instead about a sociological study that might shed light on the Trump administration's reckless violence and the loyalty of his most diehard supporters.
SCOOP: Federal judiciary approves new Supreme Court defender office to help represent indigent defendants at #SCOTUS.
Its full-time director will serve as a counterweight to the U.S. solicitor general in federal criminal cases. The first will be former Kagan clerk and SG atty Ashley Robertson.
A new study shows teens in states with parental involvement laws are increasingly seeking abortion pills online to avoid judges, delays and unsafe alternatives.
On this day in 1662, Judge Matthew Hale began presiding over a witchcraft trial in England. He ultimately sentenced 2 "witches" to death. Spoiler: They weren’t really witches.
While overruling Roe, the Sup Ct repeatedly cited Hale as a “great” & “eminent” legal authority. #WeTheMen
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New in PN: The worst cabinet in history
"Even having one or two cabinet members as disastrous as Noem, Hegseth, Kennedy, or Bondi would be a stain on any administration; putting them all in one govt has created a kind of Bizarro World 1927 Yankees, an all-star team of incompetence and malevolence."
A picture of all-time badass Stagecoach Mary Fields, holding her rifle.
Happy International Women's Day!
Remember, when in doubt, do as Stagecoach Mary Fields did, and either headbutt, shoot it, set it on fire, or let your horses trample it.
"She broke more noses than any other person in central Montana."
This article is a beautiful reminder of why reproductive choice matters. When women have the freedom to choose, girls stay in school, families thrive, and we all move closer to true gender equality. Hope everyone had a good International Women's Day! www.msiunitedstates.org/how-choice-a...
An inappropriate relationship at Ohio State?
*shakes head*
No, it's THE inappropriate relationship
Barbie. She's everything. He's just Ken.
On this day in 1959, the Barbie doll debuted at the American International Toy Fair. In real life, she would have an 18-inch waist, a milquetoast boyfriend, and a serious foot problem. #WeTheMen
Prof. Peters teaching at Yale, she stands by a blackboard and is wearing pants and a blazer. She looks to be in her mid 40s but it is hard to say. Picture from Yale law school website obituary.
In honor of international Women's Day I am going to tell you a story about Ellen Ash Peters, the first female professor at Yale Law and the first female Justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Allow @amylittlefield.bsky.social to introduce you to self-admitted virgin pastor who ended abortion in Texas and is working to ban it nationwide. Mark Lee Dickson has a collection of teddy bears that play audio from women's ultrasounds and doesn't appear in public without a backwards baseball hat
The number of laws encouraging neighbors—and relatives—to rat each other out is growing.
Several GOP towns and states now allow residents to sue each other for getting abortion care, and get paid for doing it.
Fox ran older footage but labeled it as happening Saturday.
Academics do not think losing an hour is a big deal because for them that happens every time they have a faculty meeting.
#Satire
I think this deserves at least as much sustained attention from US media as Claudine Gay's dissertation
*the plan will be ready in two weeks
Having some of the most thoroughly redacted thoughts of my life.
That’s some big D diplomacy.
