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Thirty-something lawyer. NYC. Writing personal thoughts and political expression on SubStack. Toward a new Federalism for the 21st Century. areaf51.substack.com
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Samuel Alito is one of the worst jurists in the history of the Court. His willingness to abdicate and obfuscate in order to make imaginary arguments to justify any position he personally holds is alarming.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Pam Bondi and the direction of this DOJ would have made the actual Publius take up arms, I think.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump's budget plan is available at the link below. His budget will raise the U.S. deficit by $3.078 trillion. Donald Trump's budget will raise the deficit by about $8,921 per person in the U.S. docs.house.gov/meetings/BU/...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army. And yet....16 Democrats just did so

submitted 32 days ago • 645 comments

This includes facts that would strongly support two cases now before the courts alleging that Musk/DOGE are exercising government authority in violation of the Appointments Clause. @mattbaidc.bsky.social in WaPo with details on USAID "tightly controlled" by DOGE⤵️ h/t @samsteindc.bsky.social

submitted 32 days ago • 24 comments

Boycotts are taking hold. Protests are on the rise. Federal courts are hitting back. The Trump-Musk-Vance regime's popularity is plunging and DOGE is losing credibility. In these dark times, it's important to recognize that people are fighting back. Join them.

submitted 32 days ago • 314 comments

I cannot stress enough that the actual Publius would have fought another Revolution if they found out federal prosecutors called themselves the President's lawyers.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments