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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 2h

If you’re that unsure about resolution of an issue, you shouldn’t decide it on the shadow docket anyway, unless there’s an exigent need. And if there’s an accident need, you should say what it is and why the resolution is appropriate. ACB is making the 6 look worse, not better, w/ these appearances.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 2h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

“Progressive” nonprofit hires Littler.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 4h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 1d

“I’ve called this emergency meeting to address the dire state of our food stores. Now, if you’ll come to order, we can begin.”

One tuxedo cat is sitting up in front of two more tuxedo cats who are lounging. Some cat food cans on a wire shelf are visible in the background

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

President who engaged in housing discrimination as landlord lays off housing discrimination staff

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 1d

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 1d

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

An easel sign reads, “UCLA
ATTENTION
No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities.
Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest.
Scan for policy information.”

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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 1d

I really don't know what it means for a RIF to be "Democrat-oriented." Either they are targeting RIFs in Democrat house districts or they are targeting perceived Democrat employees. Regardless, sounds like an impermissible reason coupled with a First Amendment issue under Rutan v. Republican Party.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 1d

Also, she became a union member in 1936, joining the Newspaper Guild

Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in 1884, Eleanor Roosevelt was born. As 1st Lady, she lobbied FDR to appoint more women & championed racial justice. In 1960, she chaired the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, which released a trailblazing study documenting the pervasiveness of sex discrimination. #WeTheMen

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

This is a perilous moment for democracy in the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder of the Knight Institute’s work right now, and I don’t take for granted that we have the freedom and resources to do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

www.theguardian.com

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 1d

“I’ve called this emergency meeting to address the dire state of our food stores. Now, if you’ll come to order, we can begin.”

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 1d

You are being affected by a RIF” is the new “officer-involved shooting”

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 2d

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 2d

😬😬😬

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Ed Timberlake @trademarksaremagic.bsky.social · 2d

"One lesson is that the history and tradition approach does not meaningfully constrain Justices even in low-political-salience areas like copyright and trademark, outside highly politicized contexts"

- @rtushnet.bsky.social

Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 2d

Tushnet on History and Tradition in First Amendment Intellectual Property Cases: A Critique /
lawlit.blogspot.com/2025/10/tush...

Tushnet on History and Tradition in First Amendment Intellectual Property Cases: A Critique

Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School, is publishing History and Tradition in First Amendment Intellectual Property Cases: A Critique in the ...

lawlit.blogspot.com

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 2d

Really makes you wonder what was in EJ Antoni’s background…

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 2d

Notable that the administration won’t drop this guy, who — on top of his growing list of scandals — is wildly unqualified, and seems to have personality clashes even with other Trump appointees

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 2d

Stay until the end to learn it’s possible to buy an inflatable axolotl costume…

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Sabotaging America's economic competitiveness and technological advancement to make the past the future

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 3d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2d

It’s always the people you most expect. Paul Ingrassia is back in the news.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 3d

The most ominous answer I can imagine:

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3d

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 3d

Recently learned that if you are an AFT member—as, for example, members of the UC Faculty Association are, if we opt in to AAUP membership—you’re eligible for $6/mo professional legal insurance. Useful if, say, you’re in a dispute with your employer. www.aft.org/sites/defaul...

www.aft.org

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote legal editorials for the Post for a hot minute many years ago, and I was constantly anxious about making sure I got the details right. This editorial is just humiliating for everyone involved

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 3d

Describe your Bluesky account with a single image

A pair of tuxedo cats engaged in protected concerted activity re: breakfast

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 3d

“No protest in the free speech zone”

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 3d

No protest from 6am to 9am in the Broadview free speech zone.

Just here with a handful of press waiting to see if we can catch the Texas National Guard arriving in Broadview tonight.

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Terri Gerstein @terrigerstein.bsky.social · 3d

Janet Mills vetoed collective bargaining for farmworkers (2022); a minimum wage for farmworkers (2024); and a bill outlawing retaliation against farmworkers for discussing work conditions (2025). Is *that* what we need in a Democratic candidate?!? (1/2)

Axios @axios.com · 4d

Scoop: Maine Gov. Janet Mills is poised to jump into Maine Senate race

Scoop: Mills poised to jump into Maine Senate race

Gov. Janey Mills' entry into the race would set off another complicated Democratic primary.

trib.al

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