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Best outcome of Birther II cases (albeit least satisfying, and politically second least likely): Scotus rules that by 1952, Congress understood "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" to mean everyone but diplomats for 8 USC § 1401(a), so @USConstAmendXIV.bsky.social question is not ripe.

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If you were a federal government official maintaining the nuclear codes and got fired last week by a 20something pre-cool racist with big balls who didn't know what you do, Elon Musk wants to hire you back but can't find your email. Send your resume to [email protected] stat.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Deputy AG Lionel Hutz quickly scribbling an ampersand onto it.

submitted 7 days ago • 56 comments

The National Association of Criminals With Foreign-Sounding Names should file an amicus brief supporting Trump Administration position in birthright citizenship cases, demanding instant release of 51,000+ known or suspected alien criminals from US prisons having no jurisdiction over them.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Colombia: We're not taking shackled detainees returned on military flights. Transport them with dignity Trump: Trade war! Colombia: OK Trump: Fine, no more shackled detainees returned on military flights Colombia: Good. Was that so hard? Trump: They gave in!

submitted 28 days ago • 149 comments

This guy is now out thanks to Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/...

submitted 30 days ago • 146 comments

First Felon thinks tourists, students, H1B holders, illegal aliens and kids aren't "subject to the jurisdiction" of US. So when does he spring Jose Ibarra, Danilo Cavalcante and other aliens from US prisons that supposedly have no jurisdiction over them? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Tomorrow, our democratically elected government will peacefully cede power to a military junta which, four years ago, made clear to all they would never peacefully cede it back. What could possibly go wrong?

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

If we had a textualist, originalist, constitutional conservative or strict constructionist Supreme Court, the Equal Rights Amendment is now the validly ratified 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution. We don't, though, so it probably isn't.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

If I get posthumously famous for being murdered in some unusually nasty way, or by a member of some disfavored group who wasn't supposed to be here, or whatever, please honor my memory by passing Jeff's Law, to read in full: "All laws named after crime victims are repealed, including this one."

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

A quick note: It is my view that the term “First Felon” should be capitalized both out of respect and because it refers to a very specific individual.

submitted 43 days ago • 1081 comments

“The fact that there were four justices prepared to block the proceeding bodes ill for the high court’s willingness to act as a check on Trump once he returns to office.” Why? Because there was absolutely no credible reason to stop yesterday’s sentencing. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 43 days ago • 99 comments

No California home was burned down by Proposition 103, but many are uninsured because of it.

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Jacob Sullum on the history of the "the Constitution is not a suicide pact" cliché. "That way of thinking is tantamount to saying that civil liberties should be respected only when it's convenient, which would be suicide of a different sort."

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Cybertruck dude was a radicalized Trumper. So much for "open borders" www.mediaite.com/tv/wake-up-r...

submitted 50 days ago • 270 comments

"Merry" Christmas they say, meaning the opposite. www.catholicleague.org/our-christma...

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

The ABC News settlement makes zero sense from a legal standpoint. It assumes there is a moral or reputational difference between forcibly penetrating a woman’s vagina with fingers and doing so with a penis. It also assumes that Trump has a reputation that could suffer damage.

submitted 71 days ago • 981 comments

Deny, delay, depose. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

My response for my client @oliviaoftroye.com to President Trump's nominee for Director of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (#FBI) #KashPatel's threat of a forthcoming defamation lawsuit. #RightBackAtYa

submitted 79 days ago • 834 comments

"My bad."

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

New: Trump won the popular vote narrowly. But in news deserts—counties where there are no local news sources or reporters —he won in a landslide. Latest by me and @volk_maps for Medill School’s Local News Initiative. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...

submitted 80 days ago • 68 comments

If you have a coverage dispute with your insurer, there are things you can do about that. Murder is not one.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

“I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said

submitted 81 days ago • 314 comments

I guess Hegseth was sober that day

submitted 82 days ago • 200 comments

Everything I don't like is "obeying in advance."

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

TRUMP: I’m going to use the FBI illegally to go after my political enemies! BIDEN: Um, I guess I’ll pardon my son then because fuck that. MEDIA: Biden is breaking norms!

submitted 82 days ago • 315 comments

Message to FBI Director Christopher Wray: "For the love of God—do not resign. Make Trump fire you and be as public as possible on the way out the door.... The best way to preserve the institution is to make Trump fight for every inch." www.thebulwark.com/p/three-crim...

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Thoughts on Hunter pardon: - I don’t love it, but I completely understand why he did it - with everything the incoming administration is telling us they’re going to do, we probably need to stop handcuffing ourselves with standards they won’t follow - I wish it wasn’t this way

submitted 84 days ago • 997 comments