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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 13h

Beating her would make him a better candidate, also.

Collins is a steep challenge. He's in an uphill battle as is.

D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 13h

Pretty much, yeah.

People terrified of a challenger in an open primary are tacitly admitting weakness. Platner doesnt seem scared, but people sure are scared for him.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 14h

I wrote a paper on sovereign immunity in law school, but considering that damn near as much law has been made since then as before in the LEO capacity, I can guarantee I'm not either.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 14h

We're not journalists, we're lawyers. I have access to it, its all good.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, I need to reread that. That'll be a tomorrow thing, but I'd like to refresh on this.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 14h

Mmmm, I see.

Yeah that'd...fucking suck.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 14h

My memory is that the Martin v. USA ruling is that it overruled the 11th Circuit's ruling for the US gov on these grounds, but I'll reread.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 23h

...aside from packing the court with less doctrinalists, of course, which we also shouldn't give up on.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 23h

In summary, yes, 1983 wouldn't be the lawsuit, but amending 1983 is probably the path to getting rid of QI

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 23h

FTCA doesn't exempt intentional torts for law enforcement officers, QI is the doctrine that currently protects them, amending state equivalents or the actual 1983 is largely agreed upon as the method of how a jurisdiction or Congress would say "QI isn't a thing".

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 23h

If you're a lawyer and you don't caveat you're begging to be sued. Laypeople take literally anything that isnt hedged as a guarantee.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 23h

This would be actionable if not for QI!

It would be a great time to remind your representatives that a toothless 1983 is a useless 1983!

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

What song did you dance to that they no longer have the rights for

D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

Read what you like, and every once in awhile try something you wouldn't ordinarily try. Screw what the mainstream decides is worthy, that's your free time.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

I started getting multiple swastikas in my replies and that was just enough. Nobody needs that in their day.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

The first people to ever lie to em, and that's why it stuck.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

This is a biiiig reason they're covering up.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

US declared war on Germany 6 months before the Battle of Stalingrad, dude.

Aka, when the Eastern Front was mostly just German boots to Soviet ass sunup to sundown, with some in the dark too.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

The people who talk like this never do jackshit

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

Unreasoned opinions that break with precedent are indeed a dire crisis.

I'm waiting for somebody to have the guys to bring this up at one of the cushy speaking gigs the Justices love.

Watch it be some plucky 2L.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 4d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 5d

I think I've played in one campaign worthy of those adjectives and have basically been searching for it ever since, so your players shluld get with the program they dont know how good they got it

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 5d

...do I want to know?

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 5d

Possible, sure. Hell, it's theoretically possible now

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 5d

That a machine can't replace a lawyer for most of a lawyer's functions is obvious to people who know the industry.

But also? If AI ever really becomes a danger to the profession, we'll just disallow its use and start hitting the people making these products with misdemeanors.

Guild, baby.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 5d

Not really, actually. The district split is overwhelmingly in favor of them not applying in federal court.

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