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Lawyer, reader and possible time traveler. Dog dad to Maya.
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The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969. One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.

submitted 1 day ago • 1398 comments

Whether it's liberal students booing Charles Murray or conservative presidents sending innocent fathers to die in El Salvadoran torture prisons, there's been plenty of incivility on both sides of the political spectrum.

submitted 2 days ago • 24 comments

Sen. John Calhoun, who orated for every bad idea from nullification to secession and claimed slavery was not merely a necessary evil but a genuine good, died on today's date in 1850, a decade before the civil war he helped provoke. "It's okay to be this wrong," he assured followers. "I'm white." "

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

Democrats - take every opportunity presented. VP is scared people will see this as bailing out Europe? Then play that angle daily: trump's a hypocrite on Europe policy and wasting US resources in the process. Plus they're indecisive.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Lawyers who fail to stand up for other lawyers who are being targeted by the Trumpers are being very bad lawyers, in addition to being cowards. The Trump Regime is attacking the rule of law; and without the rule of law, there will not be much of a need for lawyers.

submitted 23 days ago • 17 comments

I hate how accurate this feels right now🫣

submitted 25 days ago • 176 comments

ICYMI www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmDV...

submitted 28 days ago • 87 comments

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

This is the real end game.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Garry Kasparov is right, I’m afraid: they are breaking everything so quickly even though it’s unpopular, because they never expect to face real elections again. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

submitted 34 days ago • 88 comments

Brilliance

submitted 54 days ago • 120 comments

Worried about a fascist takeover? This sheet-pan paella will make you feel like you’re in 1930s Spain.

submitted 61 days ago • 88 comments

Sen. Chris Coons: Is president-elect Trump eligible to run for another term in 2028? Pam Bondi: *awkward pause* No, senator, not unless they change the constitution.

submitted 78 days ago • 5 comments

h/t @karaswisher.bsky.social

submitted 79 days ago • 451 comments