joshuaaengel.com
Civil Rights & Appellate Attorney | Fmr Prosecutor | Father & Husband | Friend of Collies | Long-Suffering Cornhuskers Fan
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Or is this all Kayfabe??
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While generally not best practices, I can imagine a circumstance where this is appropriate
As a state prosecutor running an appellate division, I had argued 100+ times before the same appellate district - judges and I had enough history that we would cut right to questions
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Small but important legal point: while most of Harvard's claims are based on Admin Procedures, Harvard also asserts that federal courts have inherent equitable power to enjoin unconstitutional actions by federal officers - and cite an opinion authored by Scalia for this claim
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Notable that while most of Harvard's claims are based on Administrative Procedures Act, Hard also asserts that federal courts have inherent equitable power to enjoin unconstitutional actions by federal officers -- and cite an opinion authored by Scalia
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The two great yet persistent myths about rich people encapsulated here are
1) Because they are successful at business they know how to do lots of other things well, too; and
2) Once you make a lot of money you no longer care about making more money, but just look for ways to “give back”
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The Great Writ had a good run… time to move on to something new, I guess
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Thanks for posting over here — prefer to not wade through all that “stuff” on other site to get updates from press during games
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The claim that “millions of trials” will be burdensome is incredibly specious
Every year, the courts handle millions of speeding and traffic tickets — each one with full due process rights to unbiased decision-maker, discovery, counsel, confrontation, etc…
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Students using AI to write papers is not the worst part — the worst part is that many faculty members use AI to then grade those papers
When Professor @lauracstruve.com and I tried to suggest AI policies for schools, we found that many faculty see it only as labor saving
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“Shocking” like “I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!”
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William Henry Harrison remains the Greatest President from Penn
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Even better - if you know a professor at a local college, ask for recommendation of students known to be reliable and looking for some work (that's what I do when our firm needs some part-time assistance)
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Unfortunately, over the past approx. 18 months I have seen many students and faculty asked if they are Jewish, both by people on the right AND the left
The information has never been used for a good reason
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Understand that you can probably count on two hands the lawyers who deeply care about appellate jurisdiction…
But…
Cannot understate how great of shift in our basic understanding of the law it would be to allow appeals of grants/denials of TROs
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I spent some time prosecuting in Municipal and state district courts -- we routinely handled dockets with hundreds of cases in a day
Providing all potential deportees with as much due process as a speeding ticket trial would hardly be a challenge
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While the answer is not without complicating factors, in most cases federal officials acting within the scope of their official duty are immune from state criminal prosecutions on the supremacy clause theory that otherwise states could make it impossible for the federal government to function
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Sure, but we also need to provide space for people to come around to the idea of protecting individual free speech and due process rights
As the Bible (Ezekiel 33:11-12) teaches, God wishes not the death of sinners, "but rather that they turn from their ways and live.”
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Welcome to the challenges of being a civil rights attorney
Constitutional rights are - by definition - designed to protect viewpoints and individuals who are unpopular
Clients who assert due process and free speech rights are rarely sympathetic, which is really the whole point
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Top. Men.
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Ideas that if you eat right and exercise you will never get sick is more widespread than people realize
I have seen many friends at the gym who never go to the doctor and believe that sickness is a moral failure from failing to eat the right foods, take the right supplements, and work out enough
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I left a large law firm after seven years at the start of my legal career and have never been happier
Lawyers thinking of leaving should contact me — like lots of small firms, we are always looking to add talented lawyers with Big Firm experience who understand what goes into doing quality work
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Noted by *every* attorney who has worked gov't job is Court's rebuke of AG for removing attorney for lack of "zealous advocacy"
"the duty of zealous representation is tempered by the duty of candor to the court, among other ethical obligations, and the duty to uphold the rule of law..."
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More: 4th Cir rebukes AG for requiring zealous advocacy from government lawyers above other values
"the duty of zealous representation is tempered by the duty of candor to the court, among other ethical obligations, and the duty to uphold the rule of law..."
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Need to add: Bondi statement about requiring required zealous advocacy on behalf of the United States is highly problematic by failing to recognize this independent obligation of AUSAs to seek justice and assure procedural fairness
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Every government attorney struggles with the line between zealous advocacy and the obligation is to seek justice and am sympathetic to individual AUSA’s making tough calls in the moment
I would like to read this charitably, where the need for candor with the court created a clarifying moment
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Bondi statement — a government ttorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States — is problematic
Government lawyers have a countervailing and independent obligation to seek justice, which includes ensuring procedural fairness and accurate outcomes
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Wilmington, Ohio
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Strong Dog Game in Ohio
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Best response to this photo from family 👇
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Revoking security clearances strikes me as a uniquely Washington version of vengeance
Like, I had a security clearance for a while working for state agency in the Midwest and nobody cared or was impressed, and I did not think about it as a loss when I did not need it anymore
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One problem is that rightward shift of ADL and AIPAC has encouraged the growth of anti-Semitic tropes on the left when these groups support Administration actions - such “dual loyalty” or “Jews secretly control the government”
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Ran this by English Professor and Princeton Ph.D. @lauracstruve.com -- she surprisingly said says she is unfamiliar with the North East Linguistic Society, but confidently adds, "I am sure they are super cool"
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There was some criticism last week of a judge doing a YouTube video opinion
As long as the evidence used by the judge is part of the record, I am all in favor of more non-traditional modes of communication by the courts
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“Are you fucking kidding me!!”
— The response from literally everyone who ever had a security clearance
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Josh, Can one of the attorneys you correspond with who knows federal FOIA law well explain whether the Signal chats, if not classified would be available under a freedom of information act request?