wholechicken.bsky.social
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Good real estate agents sell the fantasy.
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Weak argument. If I am paying a bank to hold something, the bank has physical possession and I have constructive possession since I can cancel the contract. Of course, we’ve never seen the terms of any agreement because it’s a “state secret”.
Again, this is a placeholder for the Supreme Court help
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Agreed. No need to capitulate in advance. There is also a limited pool of DOJ attorneys and exec staffers willing to act as tribute.
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Pretty sure the Spurs have already given up the first goal. It’s their thing. #coys
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Last time I researched the issue, seemed pretty clear the president could pardon criminal contempt from a federal district court.
I do not know if each day’s failure could be considered a new predicate act, subject to a new order of contempt and requiring a new pardon. A human centipede of contempt
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Cases are won during the screening process. The rest is just determining magnitude.
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There are many tells. The “for starters” and the attacks on the district court itself. A pleading like this screams junior associate without supervision. That’s without the loose play with the factual record and dubious legal theories.
This is a placeholder for their Supreme Court to bail them out.
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Glad I’m not the only one bothered by pleadings in sans serif fonts. I try not to let it get to me, but any party submitting documents to me in Arial is starting off on the wrong foot.
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Letting lawyers work from home and help with the family is a good thing. As long as the baby isn’t interrupting opposing counsel’s arguments, a mute button suffices. Let’s not get caught up in decorum when it’s the content that matters.
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No! Not Libby! It’s what I’ve been relying on to ween myself from the Amazon/Kindle marketplace. I’ll assume that’s not a coincidence.
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Judges rule from the bench with great regularity. It then gets reduced to a written order consistent with that ruling. The verbal part is on the record, the written part becomes part of the court file.
There are many reason—one of which is to save time before a written opinion/order are drafted.
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Affidavits are required to be to personal knowledge. My read is that the government is now burning through people who admit to personal knowledge and can’t support their positions because of this—now or later in proceedings.
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Lawyers as a whole, fetishize the regular order. There are countless examples of the Federal government threatening lawyers but it’s rarely through bar discipline. It’s usually through arrest.
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Every State Bar is different. My primary (I practice in multiple) state’s Supreme Court appoints members based on recommendation from the Bar. A localized right wing insurrection might influence some aspects of this, but the disciplinary process is not terribly volatile.
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Not sure what you mean. So long as having a license to practice is required in court, state bars matter. They are not meant to be front line decision making bodies, they’re professional organizations. They can yank licenses. A judge, in a court, with jurisdiction over a dispute, has far more tools.
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I’m a member of my state’s disciplinary board. While theft from clients is always a no brainer in proceedings, I’ve been part of decisions to sanction for misrepresentations to a judge or other malfeasance. The regular process is pretty lengthy unless there is an emergency order—unlikely here.
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Ends justify the means—Supreme Court edition. Good article but not the least bit surprising to those who read Scalia’s and now Alito’s smarmy screeds. I always know if I pick up a Supreme Court opinion and I see his name on the Opinion, an awful hypocritical angel is about to get its wings.
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Very much giving “we had to destroy the village to save it” vibes. We just happen to be destroying our own village while we still live in it.
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The only good part about mediating, is that these aren’t your stupid clients. Once the mediation is over, you don’t have to pretend to believe their bullshit.
And the espresso equipment I wrote off this year was definitely a business expense.
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I’m sure there is a dedicated cadre of roided up stripclub bouncers/MMA aspirants who are awaiting the go ahead from K$sh to fill out the ranks of the FBI.
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That might be the first truly funny thing I’ve seen from the MAGA people. From start to finish designed to make our liberal heads explode. You couldn’t possibly huff enough orange bronzer to actually believe any of this is a view of things to come in Gaza.
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Two ball, side pocket.