First Monday in October
I remember seeing this movie with my mom at her urging because, at the time, she thought I could make a good lawyer someday (because I was an argumentative child) and hoped I’d be inspired by it. She...
View ArticleMonday Evening Open Thread: Tragedy Tomorrow — Comedy Tonight!
Donald J. Trump was entitled to receive a jury trial in his NYC civil fraud case. While Trump wanted a trial by jury, HIS attorneys DID NOT correctly fill out court paperwork. Instead, Trump will...
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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: SBF On Trial — Update
On his first day in court, SBF arrived in front of potential jurors with a new look—and mostly focused on his laptop. https://t.co/qC5b5b1z3Z — Fast Company (@FastCompany) October 3, 2023 Of course...
View ArticleOpen Thread: In Other News…
Random stuff, because we’ve all been consumed with overarching themes this week: Douglass Mackey, the man “on trial for memes,” was sentenced to seven months in prison Wednesday for his efforts to...
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TGIFriday Morning Open Thread: A Good Week’s Work
(Jack Ohman via GoComics.com) At Chicago fundraiser, Biden calls Trump a nickname again — says only two presidents in US history with fewer jobs the day they left office than when they came in....
View ArticleOk So Maybe We Might Need An Ethics Code
The frauds at the Supreme Court have decided maybe congress was right and although we still completely disagree they have any authority over us we will make a tidy little code of ethics: The Supreme...
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Open Thread: Scrutinizing SC(R)OTUS
(Clay Jones via GoComics.com) The Supreme Court (Republican) of the United States. Justice Thomas rightly earns the most media opprobrium, but the Scandalous Six are all a disgrace to their (stolen)...
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Friday Evening Open Thread: Hopefully, Leonard Leo Will Be Going Through Some...
BREAKING: The Senate Judiciary Committee has just voted to approve subpoenas for conservative activist Leonard Leo and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow in its Supreme Court ethics probe. — Kyle Griffin...
View ArticleHere comes the rain again…
Optional soundtrack for the post: Big storm coming in off the Gulf of Mexico today. It has tropical components, so I’m having a bad hair day but my orchid (the sole bit of flora I am responsible for on...
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Late Night Open Thread: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Last of Her Very...
Biden is at National Cathedral for Sandra Day O'Connor’s funeral. All 9 Supreme Court justices here. Biden aides include Jake Sullivan (who got back Sunday from Middle East), Bruce Reed, Annie...
View ArticlePA Calls BS on Dobbs Decision
In their most recent Slate column, legal analysts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern celebrate a ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that explicitly rebukes the Dobbs decision. They point out...
View ArticleSquishable Morning Thread
What the goddamn fucking HELL?!? Sorry — just catching up on last night’s Supreme Court fuckery. Looks like we’ve got six Aileen “Loose” Cannons on the court. That’s not good. Open thread. ETA —...
View ArticleAmy Coney Barrett: Tone Police
Finally got around to reading that unanimous SCOTUS opinion on the Colorado ballot, and hoo boy. I’m not a lawyer, so I’ll leave the legal analysis to qualified people, but tone is something I do...
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Hope and Inspiration On a Wednesday Morning
I always feel better knowing that Sheldon Whitehouse is not giving up on making our judicial system work. He calls them out and actually tries to make change. Dick Durbin in my senator, and I wish he...
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The Lawless Right Wing Junta on the Supreme Court
We’ve been enduring a slow-rolling judicial coup since 2000, at least. We’ve just entered a new phase, in which the Supreme Treason caucus just decided that states do have what we fought the Civil War...
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