bobbourque.bsky.social
I’ve been a lawyer and a scientist, but not in that order
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Grotesque
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Grotesque
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I agree … but the thing is … this Supreme Court, with its extraordinarily deferential posture toward Trump, will see exerting “monetary and diplomatic pressure” on another country as interference with foreign policy and therefore off limits for the courts
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The Justice Department states that it cannot “forcibly extract an alien from the domestic custody of a foreign sovereign nation” and strongly suggests that it cannot—and will not—do anything further to bring Abrego Garcia back home.
An astonishing filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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How about this beauty from The NY Times
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Finally — some action by a Democrat
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My writeup of Öztürk's declaration (filed yesterday) for @cambridgeday.bsky.social: www.cambridgeday.com/2025/04/11/i...
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Then why is The NY Times giving him a pulpit to spread his poison far and wide?
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And upholding the traits that we most want to see in our military
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It’s probably at least partially designed so that “woke” faculty will “self-deport” by leaving for a university system that respects academic freedom
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Courage and integrity
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She knew when she made her remarks that this would be the result. Good on her for having the integrity to say what needed to be said.
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Pure bunk
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The judge will likely order the government to report on the efforts it has made to get Garcia back to the US. Based on the case before Judge Boasberg, we can expect a stonewall response arguing “national security” and “foreign affairs”
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Just … wow
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The cruelty is a feature