Joe Dudek
@joedudekjd.bsky.social
Maryland attorney specializing in appeals and insurance coverage.
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Joe Dudek
@joedudekjd.bsky.social
· Oct 4
Among other things, his capacity for needless cruelty appears to know no bottom.
Silly dog, that's not how you sit on a couch.
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Silly dog, that's not how you sit on a couch.
Reposted by Joe Dudek
The lawyer who wrote this brief was a favorite clerk of Chief Justice Roberts and then-Judge Kavanaugh, who are both typically very hostile to campaign finance regulations.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The lawyer who wrote this brief was a favorite clerk of Chief Justice Roberts and then-Judge Kavanaugh, who are both typically very hostile to campaign finance regulations.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
BREAKING: New legal filing in important legal case says surprising things. [Link to news website.]
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Howdy. Yeehaw. Y'all.
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ⓘ This user lives in Seattle
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
BREAKING: New legal filing in important legal case says surprising things. [Link to news website.]
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“The Justice Department should never have brought such an astoundingly shoddy case” against James Comey, @qjurecic.bsky.social argued in September. That decision, she added, was “an indication of how thoroughly Trump has been able to corrupt the department.”
The Comey Indictment Is an Embarrassment
The Justice Department should never have brought such a shoddy case.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“The Justice Department should never have brought such an astoundingly shoddy case” against James Comey, @qjurecic.bsky.social argued in September. That decision, she added, was “an indication of how thoroughly Trump has been able to corrupt the department.”
Federalism But Only When Out of Power was one of Jessica Bulman-Pozen’s earliest research agendas.
NEW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s devotion to state sovereignty has long been central to his political identity.
Yet he has helped President Donald Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.
Yet he has helped President Donald Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Long a Defender of States’ Rights, Embraces Trump’s Push to Expand Presidential Power
Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Abbott’s political identity. Yet he has helped Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Federalism But Only When Out of Power was one of Jessica Bulman-Pozen’s earliest research agendas.
Well, we’re back to malice tempered by incompetence. 🤷🏼♂️
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Well, we’re back to malice tempered by incompetence. 🤷🏼♂️
Section 4 was an umbrella, and it was raining.
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Section 4 was an umbrella, and it was raining.
Does this help, @slotkin.senate.gov?
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Does this help, @slotkin.senate.gov?
maybe i don't understand the phrase "by definition."
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
maybe i don't understand the phrase "by definition."
Chad Mizelle criticized people who have “no clue how DOJ works.” Breaking news tonight: Irony dead at 2,550.
Reminder: It’s really not normal for a senior DOJ official to publicly confirm that DOJ is getting ready to indict someone!
(Not to mention that Mizelle no longer works at DOJ — how exactly does he know “of what he speaks”?)
(Not to mention that Mizelle no longer works at DOJ — how exactly does he know “of what he speaks”?)
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Chad Mizelle criticized people who have “no clue how DOJ works.” Breaking news tonight: Irony dead at 2,550.
We should never have had to find out the answer to this question.
New #Federalism case from the Tenth Circuit
May a State prohibit foreign visa holders from participating in high school sports? www.audioarguendo.com/listen.php?c...
May a State prohibit foreign visa holders from participating in high school sports? www.audioarguendo.com/listen.php?c...
Szymakowski v. Utah High School Activities Association
www.audioarguendo.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We should never have had to find out the answer to this question.
These absolute monsters: "If you confess to a crime we can't prove, we won't ship you off to Liberia."
Unpacked:
In Aug., Govt said if Abrego pled guilty he could go to Costa Rica, where he's okay with going. Abrego said no to plea. Govt now wants to send him to Liberia. Why not Costa Rica? Govt told judge Thurs that Costa Rica wouldn’t take him anymore. @mariasacchetti exposed them.
In Aug., Govt said if Abrego pled guilty he could go to Costa Rica, where he's okay with going. Abrego said no to plea. Govt now wants to send him to Liberia. Why not Costa Rica? Govt told judge Thurs that Costa Rica wouldn’t take him anymore. @mariasacchetti exposed them.
Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
1/2
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
These absolute monsters: "If you confess to a crime we can't prove, we won't ship you off to Liberia."
It is not a crime. It hasn't been a crime since December 13, 1920. In another post, he alludes to “many legal scholars” who agree with him. I dare him to name one. Turley doesn't count.
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It is not a crime. It hasn't been a crime since December 13, 1920. In another post, he alludes to “many legal scholars” who agree with him. I dare him to name one. Turley doesn't count.
btw Boston’s mayor rules.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr8LTgWx/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr8LTgWx/
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside @yoyoma.official at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜 Thank you @celebrityseriesofboston for fostering a love for the arts in our city always and for this extra...
TikTok video by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu
www.tiktok.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
btw Boston’s mayor rules.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr8LTgWx/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr8LTgWx/
Prosecute the agents or get out of the “rule of law” business.
They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Prosecute the agents or get out of the “rule of law” business.
And please remember that if Lisa Blatt comes knocking, you should pass. Her winrate reflects that you have a good case, not that she can make it better.
In the latest episode of @dividedargument.bsky.social argument, they discuss the perennial issue of the first-time SCOTUS advocate, and what obligations you have as the non-SCOTUS bumpkin to your client to tell them a member of the SCOTUS bar is volunteering to argue /1
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
And please remember that if Lisa Blatt comes knocking, you should pass. Her winrate reflects that you have a good case, not that she can make it better.
This is how interim U.S. attorneys are supposed to work:
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is how interim U.S. attorneys are supposed to work:
Everybody reading the second Lizza essay:
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everybody reading the second Lizza essay:
Yikes on bikes.
The NYPD confirmed its involvement in an FBI investigation that included surveillance of a private Signal chat of volunteer courtwatchers monitoring ICE activity inside New York City’s immigration courthouses.
NYPD Confirms Involvement in FBI Probe Targeting Volunteer Observers in Immigration Court
An FBI document referred to activists at immigration courts as “anarchist violent extremist actors” and cited a "sensitive source with excellent access” to an encrypted chat.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Yikes on bikes.
The Deputy Secretary of State lied. DOJ got some ICE staffer to repeat those lies under penalty of perjury, even though he knew nothing. Christopher Landau should be dragged in to testify. The attorneys should be disciplined.
Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
1/2
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
1/2
SCOOP: Costa Rica says it will still accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting Trump’s DOJ
wapo.st/485rAFz
wapo.st/485rAFz
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Deputy Secretary of State lied. DOJ got some ICE staffer to repeat those lies under penalty of perjury, even though he knew nothing. Christopher Landau should be dragged in to testify. The attorneys should be disciplined.
This Is Just To Say
I have read
the poems
that were in
the screenshots
and which
you were probably
hoping
would entice
Forgive me
I cannot read more
so gross
and so wrong
I have read
the poems
that were in
the screenshots
and which
you were probably
hoping
would entice
Forgive me
I cannot read more
so gross
and so wrong
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This Is Just To Say
I have read
the poems
that were in
the screenshots
and which
you were probably
hoping
would entice
Forgive me
I cannot read more
so gross
and so wrong
I have read
the poems
that were in
the screenshots
and which
you were probably
hoping
would entice
Forgive me
I cannot read more
so gross
and so wrong
There is always a local angle.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
There is always a local angle.
Habba in New Jersey.
Halligan in E.D.V.A.
Chattah in Nevada.
Essayli in C.D. Cal.
Now, Sarcone in N.D.N.Y.
Halligan in E.D.V.A.
Chattah in Nevada.
Essayli in C.D. Cal.
Now, Sarcone in N.D.N.Y.
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Habba in New Jersey.
Halligan in E.D.V.A.
Chattah in Nevada.
Essayli in C.D. Cal.
Now, Sarcone in N.D.N.Y.
Halligan in E.D.V.A.
Chattah in Nevada.
Essayli in C.D. Cal.
Now, Sarcone in N.D.N.Y.
Does Wurman count as a circuit split?
Today, Supreme Court justices discuss in private whether to take up cases on Trump's bid to curtail birthright citizenship -- on the merits this time.
Probably won't be any immediate action, but seems likely the court will hear the cases this term with a ruling by the end of June.
Probably won't be any immediate action, but seems likely the court will hear the cases this term with a ruling by the end of June.
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Does Wurman count as a circuit split?
Some of Judge Ellis’s reliance on body-worn camera footage is just so damning for ICE. Here, she doesn't even bother to elaborate; she just shows you that basically nobody had shields or weapons.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Some of Judge Ellis’s reliance on body-worn camera footage is just so damning for ICE. Here, she doesn't even bother to elaborate; she just shows you that basically nobody had shields or weapons.