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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 13h

And yet

Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 13h

Mhmm. “The Constitution doesn’t discuss the prerogative state, so I don’t see the problem with the Supreme Court silently endorsing it,” as Pitchbot’s Turley might say

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 13h

Right. The political nature of it makes it susceptible to abuse, but that’s what the supermajority requirement is for

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 13h

Obviously there’s a line-drawing problem, but seems like we’re well past that point!

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve been toying with the question of whether “routinely refuses to explain rulings in significant cases” is dereliction of duty sufficient to constitute non-good behavior. Anything remotely supportive in that history?

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 22h

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 22h

This is in my neighborhood.

The statute that he cites, 18 USC 111, only applies to people who “forcibly” interfere. He knows it, and every American who gets threatened like that should know it.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 22h

This is in my neighborhood.

The statute that he cites, 18 USC 111, only applies to people who “forcibly” interfere. He knows it, and every American who gets threatened like that should know it.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 22h

The statute that he cites, 18 USC 111, only applies to people who “forcibly” interfere. He knows it, and every American who gets threatened like that should know it.

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 1d

The “Wu-Tang album owned by a securities fraudster” of its day

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 2d

You see this in the lawyers pushing the cases, too. Shumate argued that Congress can't constitutionally authorize OSHA to set workplace safety standards (Allstates Refractory), and also that IEEPA lets the President set any tariffs he wants. Pure arguments of convenience.

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 4d

presiding judge / senior judge / sitting by designation

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 6d

GoFundMech

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 9d

Tár and Past Lives are the runaway leaders for me. Have yet to see OBAA.

Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 10d

Just what you want from a spreadsheet: 57.2% accuracy

The Verge @theverge.com · 13d

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

buff.ly

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 12d

Winning VBWA will forever be my greatest (only?) LL achievement

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And oh my god, that was 48 seasons ago

LL58 MD9 Q2

The Greatest Trivia League in All the Land.

learnedleague.com

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 16d

Parrot and Olivier in America isn’t my favorite Peter Carey, but I often think about chapter describing the experience of being exiled to Australia as a convict

Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 17d

Been saving it until after an oral argument tomorrow. Should I be hyped or HYPED?

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 18d

The Contemptations

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 18d

A black-and-white photo of suffragettes, with their faces replaced by rat heads and their sign edited to say "VOTES FOR VERMIN"

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 19d

Oh thaaaaat’s why this joke hasn’t done numbers

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 20d

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 21d

$160: bag of Kerr's sour cream and onion potato chips
$50,000: Cava takeout bag
$90,000: frozen pie crust boxes

Other acceptable bribe conveyances:

$10: empty pack of Juicy Fruit
$10,000: 50-count bag of fun-size Snickers
$250,000: commemorative Nats cup (24-oz)
$700,000: Zaytinya doggie bag

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 21d

Right, this is the Google Zero problem publishers have been dreading for the past year:

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WTF is 'Google Zero'?

Years of SEO strategy are now colliding with a system dishes to answer, not refer. The result: for many publishers traffic is slowing.

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 21d

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 21d

$160: bag of Kerr's sour cream and onion potato chips
$50,000: Cava takeout bag
$90,000: frozen pie crust boxes

Other acceptable bribe conveyances:

$10: empty pack of Juicy Fruit
$10,000: 50-count bag of fun-size Snickers
$250,000: commemorative Nats cup (24-oz)
$700,000: Zaytinya doggie bag

Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 21d

$160: bag of Kerr's sour cream and onion potato chips
$50,000: Cava takeout bag
$90,000: frozen pie crust boxes

Other acceptable bribe conveyances:

$10: empty pack of Juicy Fruit
$10,000: 50-count bag of fun-size Snickers
$250,000: commemorative Nats cup (24-oz)
$700,000: Zaytinya doggie bag

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Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.social · 22d

Matinee! Now that is a deep cut.