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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 1d

In case it’s helpful context, I pick a different starting word every morning for Wordle.

Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 1d

I have never been to a bagel shop in New York. I have never eaten a bagel in New York at all. It’s a travesty no? (Are they really different from bagels elsewhere?)

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 1d

Wait do people really have a standing “bagel order”?

(I have lost.)

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yes I’m certain he just forgot the comma but this critique is more fun.

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 1d

I don't want to be a stickler for grammar, but in this context I think "leaping bounding" should be a hyphenated phrasal adjective: "leaping-bounding." Precision matters when insulting someone.

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 2d

Eric is the new Brian. (There were so many Brians in the last DOJ.)

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 3d

Principles of patent law?!?

Where is that free library because tbh I could use that one. Happy to leave Five Chiefs in its place?

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 4d

Ok fine but for 3L subjects, it’s gotta be: Fed Courts, Local Government Law, Class Actions

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 9d

Aaaand again today

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 9d

In this political climate, though, where people are going after judges and putting their families in serious danger, I could understand recusal to avoid that terrifying scenario.

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 10d

Down escape or at DuPont Circle was out the other day. It was brutal. Pretty sure it was the National Guard’s fault somehow

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 10d

Quite a sunset

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 11d

Same here

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Seth Boo!-ger Trueger @mdaware.org · 13d

ICYMI

Why Do Recipe Writers Lie About How Long It Takes To Caramelize Onions?

Browning onions is a matter of patience. My own patience ran out earlier this year while leafing through the New York Times food section. There, in the...

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 13d

one of my favorites. it pairs well with:

The Vast Bay Leaf Conspiracy

The Vast Bay Leaf Conspiracy by Kelly Conaboy Maybe you’ve had this experience: You throw a bay leaf into a broth, and it doesn’t do anything. Then you throw the rest of the bay leaves you bought …

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 15d

I’m not sure how these things are even inconsistent. Testimony that he never authorized someone within FBI to be an “anonymous source” is not inconsistent with testimony from McCabe that Comey authorized him to provide information to the press—at least not if McCabe wasn’t doing so anonymously.

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 18d

I would add Cate Stetson and Sarah Harrington, both of whom have different styles from the others on this list (and from each other!)

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 18d

Maybe not, though admittedly I don’t know a ton about the issue or how developed it is.

Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 18d

It was rewritten by the Court but was included in some form in the application for a stay and cert before judgment.

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 18d

Judicial restraint could play a much stronger role in these practices, especially if the Court wants to rely on the notion that it's a passive body that doesn't seek out issues or cases. /end (really)

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 18d

Sua sponte rehearing a case and then crafting an entire new QP that wasn't actually presented by the petition sure doesn't look like a passive Court just taking issues as they come. Rewriting and changing QPs doesn't either. /17

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 18d

That's maybe right in theory, but the more that the Court completely changes the QP or rules on grounds that neither party has offered (as in Sineneng-Smith, which continues to be the decision that outrages me most), the less it seems right factually. /16

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 18d

Just kidding on /end. One more point: I have heard several of the Justices explain that the Court is unique among the branches in that it does not get to pick the cases and issues--the cases and issues come to the Court, which can either decide to hear them or not. /15

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 18d

Finally, the William & Mary students are so incredibly lucky to have Prof Alli Orr Larsen, who put together such a fantastic conference each year. I would have LOVED attending that kind of thing as a law student. Heck, I loved attending it as a practicing lawyer! /end

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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 18d

To the contrary, I very much welcome the Justices sharing their views about the Court because otherwise, we are left to guess. And I hope they welcome public engagement with the views they express. Perhaps their minds can even be changed. /13

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