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Ben @legalshmendrik.bsky.social · Jan 21

Imma say this once clearly and succinctly in case you’re feeling it and feel gaslit.
This is how democracies fall. This is how societies collapse.

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Ben @legalshmendrik.bsky.social · 12h

Called tf out 😭

Ben @legalshmendrik.bsky.social · 14h

Yup

Ben @legalshmendrik.bsky.social · 14h

It’s a scary proposition

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Ben @legalshmendrik.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah I don’t think the systems are the solution to systemic failure and overload

Ben @legalshmendrik.bsky.social · 18h

I don’t think it’s a coincidence they’re targeting lawyers and law firms. That said we can do better at strategizing rather than being overwhelmed by every battle

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Ben @legalshmendrik.bsky.social · 18h

I’d be curious to collaborate on some of this… and I wonder if I might be able to tap some other brilliant folks…

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Ben @legalshmendrik.bsky.social · 19h

Is *checks notes* shit bad yet?

Sarah Burnes @sarahburnes.bsky.social · 23h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In interviews, federal judges called the Supreme Court’s emergency orders “mystical,” “overly blunt,” “incredibly demoralizing and troubling” and “a slap in the face to the district courts.” One judge compared their district’s current relationship with the Supreme Court to “a war zone.” Another said the courts were in the midst of a “judicial crisis.”

Ben @legalshmendrik.bsky.social · 19h

Gimme

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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t funny. Judges only speak to the press when they’re in extreme distress

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

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...