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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 9h

Am I missing any cases that you would add?

Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 9h

So right now my list is:
Trump v. Slaughter/ Trump v. Cook - Ind. Agencies
Learning Resources v. Trump - Tariffs
Chiles v. Salazar - conversion therapy and first amendment
Case v. Montana - search and seizure
Louisiana v. Callais – race conscious redistricting
birthright citizenship pending.

Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 4d

Hey law/Court people, I'm putting together a SCOTUS term preview for my AP US Gov students, and was curious what you all thought would be the most relevant and accessible cases for high school seniors.

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone has built something out like this, I would love to see it. When I build it out, I'll be happy to share what I've put together.

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 3d

This seems like a steal for any would-be philanthropist with too much money on their hands

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3d

I understand that they gave somebody 150 million to be the new boss of CBS. I just want to say, if these people are ever looking to do more novel things with their money, for 150 million dollars I will write an album every day for a year. I'll do it, too. try me

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 4d

And tbh, childcare - being in a community with people whose kids have already grown is much easier to find help with little ones.

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 4d

Intergenerational communities are so important - it's good to be in spaces with toddlers running around people with walkers. It's good to have friends at different life stages.

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, I Chiles v Salazar on there.

Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 4d

@strictscrutiny.bsky.social @anthonymkreis.bsky.social @evanbernick.bsky.social @chrisgeidner.bsky.social thoughts?

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 4d

I'd add birthright citizenship if/when it gets added to the docket. But am I missing other ones that I should be teaching to create well-informed competent young citizens?

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 4d

Right now I'm thinking:
Trump v. Slaughter/ Trump v. Cook - Ind. Agencies
Learning Resources v. Trump - Tariffs
Chiles v. Salazar - conversion therapy and first amendment
Case v. Montana - search and seizure

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 4d

Hey law/Court people, I'm putting together a SCOTUS term preview for my AP US Gov students, and was curious what you all thought would be the most relevant and accessible cases for high school seniors.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 7d

The rule of law means that civilians who commit crimes are prosecuted in courts of law with benefit of due process. Extrajudicial executions in international waters are an affront to our Constitution and the law of nations. It isn’t national defense. It’s murder.

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 8d

This 100% - so much PD is focused on chasing whatever the latest fad in edtech or pedagogy-speak instead of giving teachers time to hone their craft by reading deeply and broadly in their fields.

Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 8d

teachers also need time and incentive to read

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 9d

On a similar point from some undergrads:
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

text reads: Sure, it may save time to, say, edit using AI. However, visiting a professor during office hours or collaborating with a friend to polish an assignment keeps every last word and twist of phrase rooted in human experience — the very experience the humanities seek to explore. There is a deep disconnect between dedicating one’s studies to the humanities and finding the assistance of other humans a waste of time.

Some suggest that banning AI won’t make a difference, since there will always be students who use it regardless. But lowering standards of rigor for everyone helps no one. We do not permit cheating simply because we know many students will cheat; neither should we encourage the use of generative AI because many will be tempted to use it. Even if a student uses AI to achieve a higher grade than deserved, they have lost the experience that makes engaging in humanistic inquiry fruitful.

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 9d

Finally an LLM I can get behind.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 9d

I think they might to save Trump from himself.

Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 9d

I actually think Trump will lose on tariffs; Cook is an interesting one, because I think they'll overturn Humphrey's Executor but make some weird ruling about the Fed

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 9d

Hmm, I wonder who was President in 2019 and if there are any common denominators?

Text of New York Times Headline: First Closure Since 2019 Would Furlough Workers and Threaten Services.
In back-to-back votes before a midnight deadline, each party blocked the other's spending proposal when neither coul draw the necessary bipartisan support."

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 10d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 10d

I've never served, but this still seems astoundingly offensive to tell career soldiers that they are nothing but killing machines and tools for destruction.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 10d

Every general there is whispering "this meeting could have been an email"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12d

the other half of this that I've never really gotten over: this all but explicitly amounts to valorizing being "asleep". people are really out here wielding "I have no idea what's going on, historically speaking" as a credential

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 12d

This is, after all, the original and authentic meaning of "stay woke." In fact, the perversion of "woke" into an epithet is perhaps the defining metaphor of our moment: Historical victims are not only being revictimized, but also mocked for never forgetting this is always a possibility in the US.

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 12d

I think you lost people at "read"

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T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 14d

If you have to say it, you’re not.

The U.S. Supreme Court isn’t here to just perform a technical legal function. Its role is to explain to the whole public the application of the Constitution. It is meant to expound on the spirit and purpose of the Constitution. This court ain’t doing any of that.

Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 15d

Barrett spurns Supreme Court bias claims after string of Trump shadow docket wins

“I want people to understand, agree or disagree with the decisions that the court reaches, that we are engaged in a legal enterprise."
@courthousenews.bsky.social
www.courthousenews.com/barrett-spur...

Barrett spurns Supreme Court bias claims after string of Trump shadow docket wins

Justice Amy Coney Barrett sat for an extended discussion where she defended the high court’s rulings and her jurisprudence.

www.courthousenews.com

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Chris Sardo @mcsardo.bsky.social · 18d

This won't get nearly as much coverage as the Kimmel stuff but the Court considering whether the US should officially become a patrimonial state should be extremely troubling.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18d

BREAKING: SCOTUS will hear a case over whether it should overrule Humphrey's Executor — in a shadow docket order that also allows Trump's firing of Rebecca Slaughter as an FTC commissioner to take effect while the appeal is considered, which should not be allowed under Humphrey's Executor.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A264 (25-332)
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. U. REBECCA KELLY SLAUGHTER, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[September 22, 2025]
The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. The July 17, 2025 order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, No. 25-cv-909, ECF Doc. 52, is stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following ques-tions: (1) Whether the statutory removal protections for members of the Federal Trade Commission violate the separation of powers and, if so, whether Humphrey's Executor
v. United States, 295 U. S. 602 (1935), should be overruled.
(2) Whether a federal court may prevent a person's removal from public office, either through relief at equity or at law.
The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2025 argument session. The stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.

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