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This lede is the most evergreen tweet if Trump 2.0: “The White House is signaling it may soon invoke a little-known and legally untested power” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

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In a 5-2 decision, PA Supreme Ct holds that cyclists have to make reasonable efforts to let car traffic pass them on roadways, which may require pulling off the road sometimes. Dissenters say it's not a clear test, and moving to the right side of the lane is enough. www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...

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NEW: The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a 2021 censorship law can't be used to ban teaching about race and gender in Oklahoma's higher education institutions. This is a win for academic freedom and the First Amendment.

submitted 15 hours ago • 122 comments

🧵 Ohio Republicans are pushing a bill to totally ban abortion, IVF, & some contraception—even criminalizing women who seek abortion with homicide charges. This extreme proposal would overturn Ohio’s 2023 constitutional amendment protecting abortion, which 57% of voters approved tinyurl.com/37k62ks7

submitted 15 hours ago • 20 comments

Disbarment of Trump lawyer John Eastman is upheld on appeal. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

What's happening to libraries in Florida should frighten everyone. Spurred on by Moms For Liberty, the AG is threatening librarians with felonies for stocking LGBTQ+ books and overruling established processes for removing "harmful" material. It's a full on censorship campaign by the government.

submitted 19 hours ago • 106 comments

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Rubio's anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy for all. Judge Julia Kobick granted a classwide preliminary injunction that applies to all trans and nonbinary people on Tuesday. New, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-f...

submitted 15 hours ago • 22 comments

a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends

submitted 16 hours ago • 450 comments

When the birthday parade list reads like a cautionary guide to history.

submitted 19 hours ago • 166 comments

Thread on hearings before 9th Circuit on whether President had authority to federalize the CA National Guard. It appears DOJ arguments are quite broad and inflexible.

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From Tim Walz’s spokesman: Governor Walz wishes that President Trump would be a President for all Americans, but this tragedy isn’t about Trump or Walz. It’s about the Hortman family, the Hoffman family, and the State of Minnesota, and the Governor remains focused on helping all three heal.

submitted 21 hours ago • 6 comments

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant. This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

submitted 21 hours ago • 152 comments

Homebuilder sentiment has cratered this year — to the 3rd lowest level since 2012. @cnbc.com $XHB

submitted 23 hours ago • 38 comments

President Trump said that he had no plans to call Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota after a man assassinated a state lawmaker there and wounded another over the weekend. "I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I’m not calling him," Trump told reporters.

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TACO isn’t just about tariffs, alas www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...

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NEW: MyPillowGuy Mike Lindell found liable for defamation for his statements about Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer. Federal jury orders Lindell to pay $2.3M, far less than the $62.7M requested by Coomer’s attorneys.

submitted 1 day ago • 201 comments

I am hard-pressed to imagine why someone would object to these works.

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“Eastman disbarment recommended by State Bar Court’s Review Department; California Supreme Court is next” electionlawblog.org?p=150417

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The poor may not have health insurance or food assistance once Senate Republicans pass Trump’s tax bill, but at least they won’t have to deal with the “draconian tax,” as Rep. Andrew Clyde put it, on gun silencers.

submitted 26 days ago • 8 comments

Reuters: US JUDGE EXTENDS UNTIL JUNE 23 ORDER TEMPORARILY BLOCKING TRUMP FROM BARRING FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM STUDYING AT HARVARD WHILE SHE WEIGHS INJUNCTION REQUEST -- COURT HEARING

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Very worthwhile thread on at least one federal judge's perception of its duty in relation to actions taken by the executive branch.

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This morning, the Supreme Court confirmed something that’s been evidence for a while: The conservative justices aren’t just “neutral” toward abortion—they’re actively curbing blue states’ ability to protect reproductive autonomy. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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We’re announcing new legislation — the No Secret Police Act (SB 627) — to ban local/state/federal law enforcement, w/ some exceptions, from covering their faces when interacting w/ the public & require them to wear identifying info. The secret police behavior we’re seeing destroys trust & must end🧵

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A super bad thing that's happening now, and which experts predicted would happen, is generative AI chatbots are telling people real information is fake and fake information is real. www.wired.com/story/grok-c...

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BREAKING: The American Bar Association has sued the Trump administration on behalf of its members to put an end to Donald Trump's law firm intimidation project, calling Trump's efforts "unprecedented and uniquely dangerous to the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Lots of commentary on this piece already, all of which I agree with. For historians, research is a fundamental part of writing. To farm it out to AI changes the nature of this intellectual process in fundamental ways. And as Stacy Schiff points out, it also takes all the fun out of it.

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

Tip to all law students: don't embarrass yourself. Proofreading is an important habit. #LegalWriting

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I will quit my job before using AI to write history. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...

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NEW -- Dozens of communities have been devastated by windstorms, tornadoes, flooding and wildfires since Jan. 20, killing nearly 100 Americans. Donald Trump has not visited a single one. He has, however, managed 40 days of golf. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Boelter being taken into custody—photo via Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office

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Trump has not called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in the aftermath of the assassination of House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman. www.startribune.com/trump-attack...

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"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title ... from any King, Prince, or foreign State." U.S. Const. Art I, Sec. 9, cl. 8.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

Philly showin' up today

submitted 3 days ago • 627 comments

The cost of Trump’s birthday parade put into perspective at Philly’s #NoKings, created with @indivisiblephl.bsky.social.

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

In America, we have no Kings, no Queens, no nobles, no dictators, and no emperors. We have no slaves, no serfs and no subjects. Just us—‘We the People.’

submitted 3 days ago • 430 comments

LMAOOOO www.instagram.com/reel/DK2nMmJ...

submitted 4 days ago • 1377 comments

I read that NYT piece about ChatGPT drastically worsening mental health, and I’m still processing it because it was so exceedingly dark. But I will say this to tech companies: what good are profits in a society that is wholly unprepared for the worst consequences of this tech?

submitted 4 days ago • 55 comments