Chris Edwards
@chrisedwardsca4.bsky.social
North Carolina-based appellate lawyer, handling civil and criminal appeals in both state and federal court. Board-certified appellate specialist. Tweets about appellate practice and procedure, sports (#COYS), and nonsense.
This type of website has existed on the dark web for years.
Could there be any downsides to hosting a website where people pay each other to do crimes?
Could there be any downsides to hosting a website where people pay each other to do crimes?
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This type of website has existed on the dark web for years.
Could there be any downsides to hosting a website where people pay each other to do crimes?
Could there be any downsides to hosting a website where people pay each other to do crimes?
Libertarians rejoice: we’ve privatized the BLS
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Libertarians rejoice: we’ve privatized the BLS
Boycott aside, this misunderstands the millennial shopper.
Please. Please. Don’t speak to me.
Please. Please. Don’t speak to me.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Boycott aside, this misunderstands the millennial shopper.
Please. Please. Don’t speak to me.
Please. Please. Don’t speak to me.
I’m watching my oral argument from earlier today and that can’t be the sound that comes out of my mouth when it makes noises.
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I’m watching my oral argument from earlier today and that can’t be the sound that comes out of my mouth when it makes noises.
In-flight reading. Apropos of nothing.
October 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In-flight reading. Apropos of nothing.
Already moved to YouTube TV. Oh well…
they boutta find out how hard it is to get people to resubscribe once they cancel a service
September 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Already moved to YouTube TV. Oh well…
Please tell me I can switch to YouTubeTV. I really want to watch TV.
I shall now cancel my Disney+ and Hulu subscription.
September 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Please tell me I can switch to YouTubeTV. I really want to watch TV.
Taking a break from The Horrors tonight, thanks
September 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Taking a break from The Horrors tonight, thanks
It feels like the First Amendment might prevent you from doing that.
University of Mississippi announced it has terminated an employee due to “hurtful, insensitive comments” made on social media regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
via @mississippitoday.org
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/ole-...
via @mississippitoday.org
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/ole-...
Ole Miss fires employee over social media post on fatal Charlie Kirk shooting
University of Mississippi announced it has terminated an employee due to “hurtful, insensitive comments” made on social media regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk, CEO and co-founder of Turning...
www.newsfromthestates.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It feels like the First Amendment might prevent you from doing that.
Mississippi wants you to scan your license to access BlueSky.
Meanwhile, in the UK you scan your face and it “estimates” your age.
Meanwhile, in the UK you scan your face and it “estimates” your age.
September 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Mississippi wants you to scan your license to access BlueSky.
Meanwhile, in the UK you scan your face and it “estimates” your age.
Meanwhile, in the UK you scan your face and it “estimates” your age.
I have one hour of work to do before I leave to go on vacation. I know I should do it today and leave my laptop at home.
But I am incapable. I know there’s no universe where I’m not furiously typing away in an airport tomorrow.
But I am incapable. I know there’s no universe where I’m not furiously typing away in an airport tomorrow.
September 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I have one hour of work to do before I leave to go on vacation. I know I should do it today and leave my laptop at home.
But I am incapable. I know there’s no universe where I’m not furiously typing away in an airport tomorrow.
But I am incapable. I know there’s no universe where I’m not furiously typing away in an airport tomorrow.
I have billed 2400 hours before. I’ve actually done it more than once.
It’s totally unsustainable even when the market is good. It’s a professional death sentence if the market is bad.
Maybe in big law you can focus on one, single matter that takes up that much time.
It’s totally unsustainable even when the market is good. It’s a professional death sentence if the market is bad.
Maybe in big law you can focus on one, single matter that takes up that much time.
Yeesh, may this “path” never find me. A 2,400 hr year is basically billing 10 hours a day. That’s *billable* time: not all the time you’re at the office, or eating lunch, or in transit, or in slow periods bc of market downturns outside of your control. BILLABLE. TIME.
Sorry, life’s too damn short.
Sorry, life’s too damn short.
September 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I have billed 2400 hours before. I’ve actually done it more than once.
It’s totally unsustainable even when the market is good. It’s a professional death sentence if the market is bad.
Maybe in big law you can focus on one, single matter that takes up that much time.
It’s totally unsustainable even when the market is good. It’s a professional death sentence if the market is bad.
Maybe in big law you can focus on one, single matter that takes up that much time.
Getting in the mood for my UK trip.
September 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Getting in the mood for my UK trip.
I’d like to congratulate me on making it through a four day week, so I can now go on a 10 day vacation.
September 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I’d like to congratulate me on making it through a four day week, so I can now go on a 10 day vacation.
I can attest @matthewstiegler.bsky.social was tremendously helpful, just like @carlcecere.bsky.social has been in the past.
To echo what @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social and others have said before, I always enjoy it when people reach out to me wanting to talk about starting an appellate practice. It's not an imposition, it's a chance to try to help others the way many generously helped me. I just got to do it again today.
August 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I can attest @matthewstiegler.bsky.social was tremendously helpful, just like @carlcecere.bsky.social has been in the past.
Maybe I should post on BlueSky more. Obviously trying to save the dwindling post count.
August 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Maybe I should post on BlueSky more. Obviously trying to save the dwindling post count.
The Fourth Circuit’s circuit mediator wants a mediation statement.
This was not part of the deal. No one told me that I would have to go back to drafting mediation statements.
This was not part of the deal. No one told me that I would have to go back to drafting mediation statements.
July 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Fourth Circuit’s circuit mediator wants a mediation statement.
This was not part of the deal. No one told me that I would have to go back to drafting mediation statements.
This was not part of the deal. No one told me that I would have to go back to drafting mediation statements.
So Bondi is obviously misrepresenting § 546.
But let’s not miss the fact that she fired the FAUSA, but that doesn’t seem to nullify her appointment, which is kind of a hilarious outcome.
But let’s not miss the fact that she fired the FAUSA, but that doesn’t seem to nullify her appointment, which is kind of a hilarious outcome.
Bondi announces the removal of the top career prosecutor in the NJ US Attorney’s Office because she was chosen by the district judges to replace Alina Habba.
July 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So Bondi is obviously misrepresenting § 546.
But let’s not miss the fact that she fired the FAUSA, but that doesn’t seem to nullify her appointment, which is kind of a hilarious outcome.
But let’s not miss the fact that she fired the FAUSA, but that doesn’t seem to nullify her appointment, which is kind of a hilarious outcome.
Thom Tillis can’t even get this right. You can’t congratulate the team that beat the Hurricanes.
The #Senate agreed to S.Res.333 congratulating the Florida Panthers for winning the 2025 Stanley Cup Final by unanimous consent.
July 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thom Tillis can’t even get this right. You can’t congratulate the team that beat the Hurricanes.
Going to start demanding $10,000,000,000 in every case regardless of actual damages.
WSJ claimed the Trump–Epstein article was an “exclusive.” But what if I told you they fully intended to show it to people? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Going to start demanding $10,000,000,000 in every case regardless of actual damages.
Them: what did you and your wife give each other for your anniversary?
Us:
Us:
June 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Them: what did you and your wife give each other for your anniversary?
Us:
Us:
No. She’s not.
What’s she swinging between? The status quo and conservative grievance? That’s not a swing vote.
Next question?
What’s she swinging between? The status quo and conservative grievance? That’s not a swing vote.
Next question?
Is Justice Barrett "Solidifying Herself as the Swing Justice"?
In a recent post, Josh Blackman writes that "Justice Barrett is solidifying herself as the swing Justice," citing a recent analysis by Adam Feldman of
reason.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
No. She’s not.
What’s she swinging between? The status quo and conservative grievance? That’s not a swing vote.
Next question?
What’s she swinging between? The status quo and conservative grievance? That’s not a swing vote.
Next question?
The airport at 4:30 AM is a feral place. Who plays corn hole at 4:30?
May 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The airport at 4:30 AM is a feral place. Who plays corn hole at 4:30?
How many advanced degrees does it take to book a flight with my Delta companion pass?
Wife and I have been at it for half an hour with no success.
Wife and I have been at it for half an hour with no success.
May 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
How many advanced degrees does it take to book a flight with my Delta companion pass?
Wife and I have been at it for half an hour with no success.
Wife and I have been at it for half an hour with no success.