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Noah Dahl

@noahdahl.bsky.social

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Self-deprecating handle (say it a few times fast). Pro-democracy. Focused on SCOTUS and the federal judiciary, but not exclusively so. Upside-down flag is a distress signal.

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · Mar 30

If there's one thing I hope people will hear among the many (often dumb) things I post, it's this:

Americans—even those in the legal profession—have a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of the Chief Justice.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · Mar 29

Where is Chief Justice Roberts @judgeluttig.bsky.social?

As the titular head of the federal judiciary, it is incumbent upon him (along with the Judicial Conference, which should have held a special meeting by now to address these dangerous attacks on the Article III branch).

judgeluttig.bsky.social @judgeluttig.bsky.social · Mar 28

Yesterday, more than 1,000 lawyers and legal groups signed a letter calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to defend the Federal Judiciary, the Rule of Law, and the legal profession from the President’s vicious and palpably unconstitutional attacks.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 1h

Something tells me they're ok with it tho.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3h

Holy shit: the Department of Justice brought charges against the sitting New York State Attorney General without informing the United States Attorney General.

abcnews.go.com/US/pam-bondi...

Pam Bondi, DOJ officials caught off guard by Tish James indictment: Sources

Sources said that Tish James' indictment for alleged fraud came as a surprise.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 2h

Errr...because you see it as a step on the road towards an explicitly Christian theocracy?

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 2h

No asinine @nytimes.com editor it doesn't "depend on the narrator". You can send people there to find out. You *might* even have someone there already. Either way, it's YOUR JOB to sort it out and tell us.

'Liberal media' my ass...

NYT article headline written by an utterly amoral and comfortably elite editor states: "Comparative Calm or 'Hellscape'? In Portland, Depends on the Narrator."

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 2h

How do you explain Pritzker's public statements with the problems with ISP then. Square that circle.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 3h

Given his public posture, I can see ZERO reason to think Pritzker has ordered ISP to do what it's been doing.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 3h

In case you hadn't noticed, law enforcement tends to side with Trump very strongly and has increasingly felt empowered to act independently.

If I had to guess, I'd say Pritzker is choosing to focus on Trump rather than invest the time in bringing ISP to heel.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 3h

Can someone list the suburb. Don't see it in the thread

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 3h

There's no magic wand to wave. Not even for a governor.

Life doesn't work like a Hollywood flick where Schwarzenegger bashes the baddies and wraps it all up in time for the credits.

This is an unrealistic take.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 3h

Only disagreement here is that it's not just the shadow docket where the Supreme Court 6 have jumped the rails.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 4h

Absolutely. The merits decisions have been full of factual misrepresentations and outright lies.

No wonder they have taken to issuing rulings with no writing whatsoever.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 7h

I'd have gotten about half right (and would not have been allowed to vote if I were a black person in the 1950s South).

David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 12h

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Pop Quiz!

Every American should know the basics of our Founding, don’t you agree?

The history, and the Constitution itself?

Well, to make sure you know it, and as part of my virtual Democracy Academy, let me give you a quick pop quiz.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 9h

The reason the ICE videos aren’t producing a backlash of that scale (yet) is that our institutional elites are deeply committed to ignoring them, which both reduces their spread and reduces the sense that this is something important we SHOULD be freaking out about.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 8h

As a mark of just how far from reality Trump & Miller are about Portland, note that Judge Karin Immergut, who rejected the administration's deployment of the Nat'l Guard there, was called out by the Leadership Conference for refusing to affirm Brown v. Board.

bit.ly/4nXhX0M

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 8h

'Jurk' - lol.

(that's it, I'm firing my proofreader pronto)

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 8h

This is the governor he has been throughout his tenure here in Illinois. Don't ask me how, but finally Illinois voters got it right. Thanks Gov!

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 8h

And to be fair, professors were being threatened by Jurk supporters long before Charlie Kirk was killed.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 9h

It's not just about Charlie Kirk. Professors have been targeted over Gaza, courses, conferences, environmental institutes, and student protests.

And it wasn't JUST Trump. Biden played a role, as did state legislators and college administrators.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

www.theguardian.com

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 10h

What if we had a news media willing to state this plainly every time Miller says it?

There's no reaon to treat any of his claims seriously, yet institutional media never fails to grant hime credence he doesn't deserve.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h

This MAGA propaganda is deeply sinister. Stephen Miller has been lying about Portland/Chicago relentlessly. It's core to his project: He's trying to establish quasi-absolute power for Trump to simply invent pretexts by fiat to justify whatever abuses he launches. 5/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 12h

Think that text is auto-generated by bluesky.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 20h

Loyal to the bank of America.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 20h

100%. That's what social media is for*

[*he says gazing awkwardly in the mirror]

It is frustrating how much space NYT gives to people with nothing worthwhile to say.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 20h

Silly Reuters always leaving out the details: "...the 'cardiac age' of a 65-year-old with advanced coronary artery disease...."

Reuters @reuters.com · 23h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 21h

Wow (and I don't even particularly like TWBB, but Magnolia was terrific).

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 22h

Imagine how embarrassing and disempowering it must be to be a journalist or reporter who isn't allowed to straight up call out all his B.S. on a daily basis.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine how terrifying it must be as a foreign leader or foreign intelligence service to watch a US president this divorced from actual reality or facts….

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like you may be 積ん読 (つんどく)

(tsundoku: a Japanese term describing the phenomenon of acquiring books without reading them)