nicholashandler.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, TAMU School of Law. Interested in administrative law, bureaucracy, civil procedure. Fairweather Jets fan. Opinions my own.
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He’s been tweeting frantically about impeaching judges all day. I’m not an optimist by nature, but there’s a non-zero chance he could negatively polarize at least two R justices into rethinking the unitary executive. He’s really that annoying. A once-in-a-generation talent.
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On the other hand, maybe we don’t need to understand everything. Maybe DOGE can just remain a beautiful mystery that slowly degrades food and airplane safety.
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Answer: no, a deep state is just when the SEC is allowed to enforce its own securities regulations.
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'Can an ALJ have ex parte communications with agency staff?' ---> 'Can the world's richest man use the Treasury payment system to steal money directly from your bank account?'
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I’m not. I would love to see this!
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www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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But the fact that agencies led by Pete Hegeseth, Pam Bondi and Kash Patel have pushed back shows how strong the culture of independence is.
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It’s interesting that the resistance is being led by historically more conservative agencies. I don’t think the military and law enforcement are as accustomed to this kind of overt partisan attack. State has come under fire before, but has a very long history of pushing back.
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I don’t know the specifics, but I imagine a lot of personnel data is covered by the Privacy Act and can’t be disclosed without consent? I also think posting this is an obvious implicit threat that borders on extortion.
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Top 10 States by percentage of expenditures from Federal funds
1. LA 50%
2. MS 46%
3. IN 44%
4. SD 43%
5. NM 43%
6. KY 43%
7. AL 42%
8. MI 40%
9. MO 40%
10. MT 40%
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Look, Eric Adams is bad but at least he didn't do anything REALLY crazy like attempt minor police reform.
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Comedy is legal, but finding me unfunny is now an aggravated felony.
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It always fills me with confidence when somebody dresses like a guy on an FBI Wanted poster.