Joe Fore
@joefore.bsky.social
Teacher, lawyer, writer, angler, unapologetic Blue Devil | Co-Director, @UVALaw #LegalWriting Program | Founder, Punctuated Law Designs (http://punctuatedlaw.com) | Writing Coach
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If due process can be denied to anyone, it can be denied to everyone.
"You don't get due process because [x]."
"But [x] doesn't actually apply to me!"
"Sorry, you have no legal recourse to show you have due process rights because we've denied your due process rights due to [x]."
Wurman worm.
"You don't get due process because [x]."
"But [x] doesn't actually apply to me!"
"Sorry, you have no legal recourse to show you have due process rights because we've denied your due process rights due to [x]."
Wurman worm.
February 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
If due process can be denied to anyone, it can be denied to everyone.
"You don't get due process because [x]."
"But [x] doesn't actually apply to me!"
"Sorry, you have no legal recourse to show you have due process rights because we've denied your due process rights due to [x]."
Wurman worm.
"You don't get due process because [x]."
"But [x] doesn't actually apply to me!"
"Sorry, you have no legal recourse to show you have due process rights because we've denied your due process rights due to [x]."
Wurman worm.
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Forget the Gerrymander—under VA’s proposed new congressional map, Charlottesville becomes part of the Blue Ridge Seahorse.
February 6, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Forget the Gerrymander—under VA’s proposed new congressional map, Charlottesville becomes part of the Blue Ridge Seahorse.
Forget the Gerrymander—under VA’s proposed new congressional map, Charlottesville becomes part of the Blue Ridge Seahorse.
February 6, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Forget the Gerrymander—under VA’s proposed new congressional map, Charlottesville becomes part of the Blue Ridge Seahorse.
"Look on my Concourse C, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds
Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds
Funding for the Gateway Project has been held up since October.
dlvr.it
February 6, 2026 at 2:43 AM
"Look on my Concourse C, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Pro tip for the #legalwriting students out there who are starting to think about their 1L oral arguments: when the judge asks a question, try to immediately and directly respond to that question.
But see:
But see:
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Pro tip for the #legalwriting students out there who are starting to think about their 1L oral arguments: when the judge asks a question, try to immediately and directly respond to that question.
But see:
But see:
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Hey, so, I don’t do civil litigation, is it generally considered good when the judge does this?
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![Case 1:24-CV-09429-KPF Document 227 Filed 02/05/26 Page 2 of 33
Feldman [wals not excused from this professional obligation [of verifying that the cases he submitted to the Court were valid] by dint of using emerging
technology." (Dkt. #169 at 4).
Mr. Feldman persisted. A few days prior to the Court's hearing on the
Order to Show Cause, Mr. Feldman submitted a proposed reply brief in further support of Affable's motion to dismiss. Once again, his brief contained false citations. And at the August 22, 2025 hearing, Mr. Feldman was unable to respond directly to, much less answer, the Court's questioning about his
submissions.
Mr. Feldman has not, and apparently cannot, learn from his mistakes.
And while the Court does not oppose the use of Al to assist in legal research
and writing, it must take a stand where, as here, counsel repeatedly files
submissions with false citations because counsel refuses to verify those
submissions. This Court can do no more. For the reasons that follow, the
Court sanctions Mr. Feldman pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11
and the Court's inherent powers by striking Affable's submissions and entering
default judgment against it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreigeefuabd636ruucelhxav3v3p43dezhotggrwlgjgsev2z2ggev4@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Hey, so, I don’t do civil litigation, is it generally considered good when the judge does this?
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So powerful. Just watch it.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 6, 2026 at 12:58 AM
So powerful. Just watch it.
Who else remembers when George Mason had to pivot after its renaming—going from the Antonin Scalia School of Law (ASSOL) to the Antonin Scalia Law School?
Finally, some good news on the museum front..! Its stint as the "Phart Museum" can now be forgotten as a short, sad chapter in its history; good riddance, in my opinion
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Philadelphia Art Museum Reverses Controversial Rebrand, Becomes Philadelphia Museum of Art Again
Months after announcing a rebrand from Philadelphia Museum of Art to Philadelphia Art Museum, the institution announced that it is reversing course.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Who else remembers when George Mason had to pivot after its renaming—going from the Antonin Scalia School of Law (ASSOL) to the Antonin Scalia Law School?
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Come work with me!
The Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney! We're excited to find someone excellent to join our team doing the best law job around. Apply now!
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The Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney! We're excited to find someone excellent to join our team doing the best law job around. Apply now!
www.fd.org/sites/defaul...
February 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Come work with me!
The Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney! We're excited to find someone excellent to join our team doing the best law job around. Apply now!
www.fd.org/sites/defaul...
The Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney! We're excited to find someone excellent to join our team doing the best law job around. Apply now!
www.fd.org/sites/defaul...
I was reviewing Judge Ana Reyes's official DDC bio after reading about the Haitian TPS order, which includes the most amazing personal tidbit:
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February 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I was reviewing Judge Ana Reyes's official DDC bio after reading about the Haitian TPS order, which includes the most amazing personal tidbit:
www.dcd.uscourts.gov/content/dist...
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Pam Bondi (probably): “and another thing: we’re not desperate. please dont put in the newspaper that we’re desperate.”
Exclusive: DOJ is requiring all 93 US attorneys to designate prosecutors for "emergency jump teams" supporting surge districts dealing with assaults & obstruction of federal officers, per internal memo. Comes as more Minn. prosecutors resign. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
DOJ Demands Emergency Surge Prosecutors From All US Attorneys
The Justice Department is requiring all US attorneys to rapidly assign prosecutors for “emergency jump teams” supporting districts handling alleged assaults or obstruction of law enforcement, accordin...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Pam Bondi (probably): “and another thing: we’re not desperate. please dont put in the newspaper that we’re desperate.”
Hoo boy…the next @badlawyerpod.bsky.social is going to be 🔥🔥🔥
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Hoo boy…the next @badlawyerpod.bsky.social is going to be 🔥🔥🔥
As a born-and-raised Orlandoan, this is 100% not a crime in the FLA.
February 3, 2026 at 11:19 PM
As a born-and-raised Orlandoan, this is 100% not a crime in the FLA.
Was leaving Madison Square Garden after a basketball game. The crowded escalator down was feeding into a landing and other escalator that was already packed. In a few seconds, it went from “close quarters” to “stampede”. I had to jump over the siderail to the next escalator down to avoid the crush.
What’s the worst *short-lived* scare you’ve ever had? Where you were genuinely freaking out but then it was all ok within minutes?
I had a literal moth get trapped inside my ear for about 40 seconds. I was screaming. Then it was out.
I had a literal moth get trapped inside my ear for about 40 seconds. I was screaming. Then it was out.
February 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Was leaving Madison Square Garden after a basketball game. The crowded escalator down was feeding into a landing and other escalator that was already packed. In a few seconds, it went from “close quarters” to “stampede”. I had to jump over the siderail to the next escalator down to avoid the crush.
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Fed judges are getting PISSED. The levels of overt anger we are seeing in opinions is not, I think, at all usual.
Judge Reyes’s conclusion: “There is an old adage among lawyers. If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither, pound the table. … Having neither and bringing the adage into the 21st century, [Noem] pounds X (f/k/a Twitter).”
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Fed judges are getting PISSED. The levels of overt anger we are seeing in opinions is not, I think, at all usual.
Chad Mizelle: “and another thing: we’re not desperate. please dont put in the newspaper that we’re desperate.”
Breaking: Eight more prosecutors are leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota, including Ana Voss, the current civil division chief, the Star Tribune reports.
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February 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Chad Mizelle: “and another thing: we’re not desperate. please dont put in the newspaper that we’re desperate.”
That X profile pic is literally the only time I’ve seen Stephen Miller smile.
DOJ humbly asks any fascist with a law degree to slide into its DMs.
January 31, 2026 at 11:20 PM
That X profile pic is literally the only time I’ve seen Stephen Miller smile.
A reminder to law students who are interviewing for biglaw firms in the weeks ahead:
There are lots of firms out there you could work for. You should carefully consider which firms comport with your personal and professional values—and which ones don’t.
There are lots of firms out there you could work for. You should carefully consider which firms comport with your personal and professional values—and which ones don’t.
A sordid bankshot: Patriots owner Robert Kraft had just been indicted for a sex crime in S. Fla (soliciting prostitution), so Jeffrey Epstein reached out to Brad Karp, chairman of the Paul Weiss biglaw firm offering to help find Kraft a lawyer.
Karp was among the earliest to capitulate to Trump.
Karp was among the earliest to capitulate to Trump.
The hits: they keep on coming
January 30, 2026 at 11:17 PM
A reminder to law students who are interviewing for biglaw firms in the weeks ahead:
There are lots of firms out there you could work for. You should carefully consider which firms comport with your personal and professional values—and which ones don’t.
There are lots of firms out there you could work for. You should carefully consider which firms comport with your personal and professional values—and which ones don’t.
Reposting for my #legalwriting students, whose appellate-brief assignment involves the analogous federal crime of pretending to be a federal employee and “acting as such” (18 U.S.C. 912)
For all who are interested, this morning the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a Cattle Ranger who acts outside the scope of his limited law enforcement powers does not commit the offense of impersonation of a public servant.
I'm fuming today (gestures at world) but if you want to be cheered up, I learned from CA5 today that there are 30 commissioned special cattle rangers that, among other things, investigate if you sell the cattle you are using as loan collateral.
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January 29, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Reposting for my #legalwriting students, whose appellate-brief assignment involves the analogous federal crime of pretending to be a federal employee and “acting as such” (18 U.S.C. 912)
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I like to think that Temple law graduates or student interns currently at the court are among the "talented lawyers in Chambers" who caught the hallucinations in this case.
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Memorandum and/or Opinion – #42 in LIFETIME WELL LLC v. IBSPOT.COM INC. (E.D. Pa., 2:25-cv-05135) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. SIGNED BY DISTRICT JUDGE MARK A. KEARNEY ON 1/26/26. 1/26/26 ENTERED & E-MAILED.(fdc) (Entered: 01/26/2026)
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January 28, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I like to think that Temple law graduates or student interns currently at the court are among the "talented lawyers in Chambers" who caught the hallucinations in this case.
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Judge Roy Dalton in Florida is threatening to sanction U.S. Attorney Gregory Kehoe for a "woeful, wholesale failure to point to scores of contrary persuasive cases" holding Trump's policy of denying bond hearings to detained migrants is unlawful. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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January 27, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Judge Roy Dalton in Florida is threatening to sanction U.S. Attorney Gregory Kehoe for a "woeful, wholesale failure to point to scores of contrary persuasive cases" holding Trump's policy of denying bond hearings to detained migrants is unlawful. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
“[W]e have laws. And they are difficult. And they have to be enforced. And it’s right that they’re enforced. But we do NOT strut—ever.” Leo McGarry, The West Wing, “Shibboleth”
“The memes will continue.” Current West Wing occupants, strutting.
“The memes will continue.” Current West Wing occupants, strutting.
The White House is just outright admitting that it's posting fake and misleading information about a defendant who has been criminally charged by the feds.
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“[W]e have laws. And they are difficult. And they have to be enforced. And it’s right that they’re enforced. But we do NOT strut—ever.” Leo McGarry, The West Wing, “Shibboleth”
“The memes will continue.” Current West Wing occupants, strutting.
“The memes will continue.” Current West Wing occupants, strutting.