Carl Levitt
@amalgamatedthought.bsky.social
Good Faith and Fair Dealing
When I was in lawschool, I saw Whelan speak at a fedsoc event. He spent the hour gloating and generally revealed himself to be a naked partisan hack.
And the kids have no idea who he is. Respecting your elders is for that old and busted conservative movement not the new memes & fash based one.
And the kids have no idea who he is. Respecting your elders is for that old and busted conservative movement not the new memes & fash based one.
To give you a sense of how fundamentally unserious the Trump administration's leaders are, I give you this exchange between the head of DOJ Civil Rights and old-school conservative legal commentator Ed Whelan.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 PM
When I was in lawschool, I saw Whelan speak at a fedsoc event. He spent the hour gloating and generally revealed himself to be a naked partisan hack.
And the kids have no idea who he is. Respecting your elders is for that old and busted conservative movement not the new memes & fash based one.
And the kids have no idea who he is. Respecting your elders is for that old and busted conservative movement not the new memes & fash based one.
The government losing on merits in a rational basis standard of review used to be unheard of. The government not even bothering to make up a reason for the court to have to take seriously is con law incompetence.
JUST IN: Judge Mehta rules that Trump/Russ Vought's termination of environmental grants during the shutdown — targeted solely at states that voted for Kamala Harris — violated the 5th Amendment's Equal Protection clause and orders them restored.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
The government losing on merits in a rational basis standard of review used to be unheard of. The government not even bothering to make up a reason for the court to have to take seriously is con law incompetence.
This is literally the Progressive-Conservative joke from the Flat Earth Party Sketch.
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youtu.be/coxQb3JZmts?...
January 3, 2026 at 4:53 AM
This is literally the Progressive-Conservative joke from the Flat Earth Party Sketch.
youtu.be/coxQb3JZmts?...
youtu.be/coxQb3JZmts?...
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i am a single-issue "has achieved CHIM" voter
January 2, 2026 at 1:07 AM
i am a single-issue "has achieved CHIM" voter
I am three hours into my "oops I didn't do my CLEs this year" marathon.
This municipal lawyer has more than once said that he doesn't review the relevant statute before filing his pre answer motion to dismiss.
This municipal lawyer has more than once said that he doesn't review the relevant statute before filing his pre answer motion to dismiss.
December 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I am three hours into my "oops I didn't do my CLEs this year" marathon.
This municipal lawyer has more than once said that he doesn't review the relevant statute before filing his pre answer motion to dismiss.
This municipal lawyer has more than once said that he doesn't review the relevant statute before filing his pre answer motion to dismiss.
I swear my entire law school admin law class will be fully obsolete in another 2 years.
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I swear my entire law school admin law class will be fully obsolete in another 2 years.
Liberal Democracy, a system of governance unique to Mars.
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Liberal Democracy, a system of governance unique to Mars.
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"there is evil in the datalinks, as there was in the streets of old. but it was never the streets that were evil." Sister Miriam Godwinson
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"there is evil in the datalinks, as there was in the streets of old. but it was never the streets that were evil." Sister Miriam Godwinson
I want to take another crack at reading JR. I have been thinking a bit about capital M Money lately.
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I want to take another crack at reading JR. I have been thinking a bit about capital M Money lately.
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TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit
August 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit
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It is Game 7 of the World Series. There is no politics during Game 7 of the World Series. Not unless Russian tanks roll into Poland. You hear me?
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It is Game 7 of the World Series. There is no politics during Game 7 of the World Series. Not unless Russian tanks roll into Poland. You hear me?
The wedged ball is extremely baseball.
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The wedged ball is extremely baseball.
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Out of all the things that could recreate the manic energy of following Blaseball almost entirely through Internet Posts, I was not expecting actual baseball.
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Out of all the things that could recreate the manic energy of following Blaseball almost entirely through Internet Posts, I was not expecting actual baseball.
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CHOTINER: So you're attending a No Kings protest today.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
October 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
CHOTINER: So you're attending a No Kings protest today.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
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Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
September 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
I though of this today for this for no reason at all.
I went looking for the line in Pirkei Avot about the skull in the water and ended reading like half of it. It is just banger after banger.
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Pirkei Avot 2:6
Moreover he saw a skull floating on the face of the water. He said to it: because you drowned others, they drowned you. And in the end, they that drowned you...
www.sefaria.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I though of this today for this for no reason at all.
I went looking for the line in Pirkei Avot about the skull in the water and ended reading like half of it. It is just banger after banger.
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Pirkei Avot 2:6
Moreover he saw a skull floating on the face of the water. He said to it: because you drowned others, they drowned you. And in the end, they that drowned you...
www.sefaria.org
September 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I went looking for the line in Pirkei Avot about the skull in the water and ended reading like half of it. It is just banger after banger.
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Slightly disappointed that Jackson cites the OED for Calvinball instead of a cite the original Watterson strips.
August 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Slightly disappointed that Jackson cites the OED for Calvinball instead of a cite the original Watterson strips.
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
July 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
Thinking a lot about left handed Benjaminites with double edged swords lately.
July 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Thinking a lot about left handed Benjaminites with double edged swords lately.
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Look, I don't want to show hardcore pornography to minors. I really don't.
But I also think that it is bullshit that states have some non-textual historic interest in making sure that minors don't see porn. Why don't minors have free speech rights to see porn?
But I also think that it is bullshit that states have some non-textual historic interest in making sure that minors don't see porn. Why don't minors have free speech rights to see porn?
June 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Look, I don't want to show hardcore pornography to minors. I really don't.
But I also think that it is bullshit that states have some non-textual historic interest in making sure that minors don't see porn. Why don't minors have free speech rights to see porn?
But I also think that it is bullshit that states have some non-textual historic interest in making sure that minors don't see porn. Why don't minors have free speech rights to see porn?
Anyway, every time there is a law and religion opinion I go back and reread Nomos and Narrative.
openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/ha...
openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/ha...
openyls.law.yale.edu
June 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Anyway, every time there is a law and religion opinion I go back and reread Nomos and Narrative.
openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/ha...
openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/ha...
Education in the modern representative democracy already has oversight and outlets for dissent. Which is why the Mahmoud decision today is so wild.
June 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Education in the modern representative democracy already has oversight and outlets for dissent. Which is why the Mahmoud decision today is so wild.