Jake Faleschini
@jakefaleschini.bsky.social
Adding justice and equality to the judiciary one judge at a time. Dad & husband. YIMBY and former DC elected. Making good trouble @AFJustice. @WeDemandJustice @Amprog @ACSLaw & @NewYorkStateAG alum. He/his views only.
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I support term limits for Congress, the Senate and SCOTUS.
January 31, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I support term limits for Congress, the Senate and SCOTUS.
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
Seven weeks until spring.
February 1, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Seven weeks until spring.
I know it doesn’t make any logical sense … but February is the w only month of the year when I feel like I’m paid fairly. Every other month, I work for free either for two days or three.
January 30, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I know it doesn’t make any logical sense … but February is the w only month of the year when I feel like I’m paid fairly. Every other month, I work for free either for two days or three.
Hey @mayorbowser.dc.gov, where are the plows and salt on the side streets in the city? We’re still fairly dug in here @ Kalorama and Champlain NW and I don’t know how teachers are going to get back to school tomorrow @ Marie Reed if this snow isn’t removed.
January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Hey @mayorbowser.dc.gov, where are the plows and salt on the side streets in the city? We’re still fairly dug in here @ Kalorama and Champlain NW and I don’t know how teachers are going to get back to school tomorrow @ Marie Reed if this snow isn’t removed.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
This 🐏 v 🦅 game is really good.
January 26, 2026 at 1:42 AM
This 🐏 v 🦅 game is really good.
Nazi fucking murderers. We need tribunals yesterday.
January 24, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Nazi fucking murderers. We need tribunals yesterday.
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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The Supreme Court saw the evidence Jack Smith had.
They saw the phone records. They read the memos. They knew.
And still, they gave him immunity and kept him on the 2024 ballot.
They saw the phone records. They read the memos. They knew.
And still, they gave him immunity and kept him on the 2024 ballot.
January 22, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The Supreme Court saw the evidence Jack Smith had.
They saw the phone records. They read the memos. They knew.
And still, they gave him immunity and kept him on the 2024 ballot.
They saw the phone records. They read the memos. They knew.
And still, they gave him immunity and kept him on the 2024 ballot.
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#SCOTUS is likely to do the right thing in the Lisa Cook case.
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
153. Living by the Ipse Dixit
A constitutional principle like the "unitary executive theory" isn't worth all that much if the Supreme Court can conjure new, unprincipled exceptions to it by simply asserting that they exist.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
#SCOTUS is likely to do the right thing in the Lisa Cook case.
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
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Granted access to purportedly eligible government employees, yes. SCOTUS did not grant Big Balls a right to the sale of the information.
January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Granted access to purportedly eligible government employees, yes. SCOTUS did not grant Big Balls a right to the sale of the information.
Just 287 days until judgement day for these assholes.
January 20, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Just 287 days until judgement day for these assholes.
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BREAKING: Federal court in Virginia—noting DOJ's filing "falls far beneath the level of advocacy expected from litigants in this Court, particularly the Department of Justice"—rules that Lindsey Halligan cannot hold herself out as "United States Attorney," striking that language from case filings.
January 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM
BREAKING: Federal court in Virginia—noting DOJ's filing "falls far beneath the level of advocacy expected from litigants in this Court, particularly the Department of Justice"—rules that Lindsey Halligan cannot hold herself out as "United States Attorney," striking that language from case filings.
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ICE is targeting Somali and Latino communities.
No warrants. No cause. Just skin color and accent.
The Supreme Court made that legal.
And now people are paying for it with their rights.
No warrants. No cause. Just skin color and accent.
The Supreme Court made that legal.
And now people are paying for it with their rights.
January 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
ICE is targeting Somali and Latino communities.
No warrants. No cause. Just skin color and accent.
The Supreme Court made that legal.
And now people are paying for it with their rights.
No warrants. No cause. Just skin color and accent.
The Supreme Court made that legal.
And now people are paying for it with their rights.
There is a “federal possession” of Rock Creek Parkway taking place right now. Anyone know what’s happening?
January 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
There is a “federal possession” of Rock Creek Parkway taking place right now. Anyone know what’s happening?
Well, it took Tillis about ... [checks watch] ... a year longer than it should have ... but he finally got there.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Well, it took Tillis about ... [checks watch] ... a year longer than it should have ... but he finally got there.
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The point is to make it all dysfunctional.
January 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
The point is to make it all dysfunctional.
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We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
Hey progressive legal scholars - who is planning to have a new book out in 2026? AFJ is going to start planning our 2026 Holding Court series where we often feature new books.
December 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hey progressive legal scholars - who is planning to have a new book out in 2026? AFJ is going to start planning our 2026 Holding Court series where we often feature new books.
So, who is researching how Trump and his family are grifting from all the big drug trafficker pardons? Is cashing coming in through crypto or what?
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So, who is researching how Trump and his family are grifting from all the big drug trafficker pardons? Is cashing coming in through crypto or what?
For the sake of our Constitutional democracy, we must reform the Court - including adding seats.
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
For the sake of our Constitutional democracy, we must reform the Court - including adding seats.
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The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison