Not that proud
@notthatproud.bsky.social
Ideas control the world. No half measures.
Pinned
List of legal reforms:
1. Reintroduce compact and contiguous requirements for congressional districts
2. Expand the size of the house by setting the population to the least populous state.
3. Split the Fifth circuit and add new judges.
4. Split the Ninth Circuit and add new judges.
1. Reintroduce compact and contiguous requirements for congressional districts
2. Expand the size of the house by setting the population to the least populous state.
3. Split the Fifth circuit and add new judges.
4. Split the Ninth Circuit and add new judges.
Gotta admit that it is bizarre to me that some people think their shitty opinions are any more worthy of a post or reply than my shitty opinions.
thanks guy, appreciate the insight
December 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Gotta admit that it is bizarre to me that some people think their shitty opinions are any more worthy of a post or reply than my shitty opinions.
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There are good arguments to be made that the US does not need a Marine Corps. This is not one of them. Instead, it is a textbook example of combining an ahistorical narrative with cherrypicked details to fit an argument. 1/
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
The Marine Corps just had its 250th birthday — now let’s abolish it
As much respect as everyone has for the Marines, their service branch became redundant and dependent on other branches long ago.
thehill.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
There are good arguments to be made that the US does not need a Marine Corps. This is not one of them. Instead, it is a textbook example of combining an ahistorical narrative with cherrypicked details to fit an argument. 1/
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
Like compounded bigotry here. Being racist while being racist.
Exclusive: ICE has developed a plan to arrest undocumented migrants who try to voluntarily leave the U.S. via the Mexico border, so they can face formal removal.
Why bother? Possibly to juice deportation numbers.
It's being referred to as "Operation Irish Goodbye."
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...
Why bother? Possibly to juice deportation numbers.
It's being referred to as "Operation Irish Goodbye."
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...
ICE Has A Surprising New Plan To Arrest People Already Leaving The U.S.
“Operation Irish Goodbye,” as it’s being called, could be aimed at boosting numbers for Trump’s much-hyped deportation campaign.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Like compounded bigotry here. Being racist while being racist.
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I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
This is fixable through institutional reform.
Worth reading. initially thought this was a joint op-ed but um definitely not. Consensus, though: Humphrey’s Executor is done.
I don’t write the headlines but I do like this one (post-Slaughter argument roundtable for @nytimes.com with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is fixable through institutional reform.
Very detailed thread. Shugerman thinks the majority is open to some compromise. I am more skeptical and, for the portion I listened to, I didn’t hear the same color. Probable that he’s right, but my assumption is that the court will just use the vesting clause to give the Pres. all the power.
I’ll attempt to live-skeet the Trump v. Slaughter oral arguments at 10 am.
I might be considered biased b/c I filed amicus briefs in Slaughter & Cook, with particular historical interpretations.
Or I might be considered well-informed.
You can judge for yourself.
See the summary below & a thread…
I might be considered biased b/c I filed amicus briefs in Slaughter & Cook, with particular historical interpretations.
Or I might be considered well-informed.
You can judge for yourself.
See the summary below & a thread…
Helpful and concise Brennan Center preview for today’s big case on the unitary executive oral arguments (against the historical claim of an unchecked presidential removal power)
Annotated Guide to Historical Amicus Briefs in the Slaughter and Cook Removal Cases
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Annotated Guide to Historical Amicus Briefs in the Slaughter and Cook Removal Cases
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Very detailed thread. Shugerman thinks the majority is open to some compromise. I am more skeptical and, for the portion I listened to, I didn’t hear the same color. Probable that he’s right, but my assumption is that the court will just use the vesting clause to give the Pres. all the power.
People who make actual commercials sleep. Sooo, uhhh, they might want to rethink whether this was a worthwhile endeavor.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
People who make actual commercials sleep. Sooo, uhhh, they might want to rethink whether this was a worthwhile endeavor.
Hot take on the SCT oral argument this morning: administration is clearly executive in nature and should be under the control of the president. This isn’t going to be that big of the deal at the end of the day and the reality is Congress needs to claim power over them through legislation.
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hot take on the SCT oral argument this morning: administration is clearly executive in nature and should be under the control of the president. This isn’t going to be that big of the deal at the end of the day and the reality is Congress needs to claim power over them through legislation.
The Law Professors!
What's most galling is Wurman and Barnett aren't stupid. They both know exactly how dishonest this is. Whatever their motives, and I don't really care, they're not doing scholarship in any of this. They're willful liars abusing their credentials in an aid of a lawless attack on fundamental rights.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Law Professors!
This is the problem with the moment we’re in. Trump and his people would likely argue that they are making their case in the Supreme Court. What ensures a President follows the law as we all understand it? There is nothing.
the president is not an elected sovereign. he does not speak for the people or embody their will, he merely represents them. if he wants to change the constitution, let him make his case.
December 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is the problem with the moment we’re in. Trump and his people would likely argue that they are making their case in the Supreme Court. What ensures a President follows the law as we all understand it? There is nothing.
Conservative Governance Double Feature:
Children of Men (2006)
One Battle After Another (2025)
Children of Men (2006)
One Battle After Another (2025)
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Conservative Governance Double Feature:
Children of Men (2006)
One Battle After Another (2025)
Children of Men (2006)
One Battle After Another (2025)
Still think The Male Loneliness Epidemic is an awesome band name.
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Still think The Male Loneliness Epidemic is an awesome band name.
They‘ve never done one of these dumb focus groups with liberal voters.
Nearly all of these people revealed themselves to be monsters.
6 Republican Voters on U.S. Strikes on Boats Suspected of Smuggling Drugs
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
They‘ve never done one of these dumb focus groups with liberal voters.
We’re fucked, folks. Birthright Citizenship is a red line.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to President Trump's January 20 birthright citizenship executive order.
The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.
The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We’re fucked, folks. Birthright Citizenship is a red line.
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Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community?
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community?
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
I think there are ways to solve many of these problems through thoroughgoing instutional reform, but the appetite for it isn’t yet sufficient. Accountability for executive action has to come from Congress, not the courts. Accordingly, we need congressional reform that permits actual oversight.
The response to my objections from the Dunkelman worldview is that I'm stuck with the outdated idea that more rules & procedures equate accountability. Thats not the case. Its a more fundamental concern consistent with the founders aversion of centralized power, and watching democratic backsliding.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I think there are ways to solve many of these problems through thoroughgoing instutional reform, but the appetite for it isn’t yet sufficient. Accountability for executive action has to come from Congress, not the courts. Accordingly, we need congressional reform that permits actual oversight.
I mean, I bet there are a lot of emails between Epstein and people who suck ass.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Bantered Regularly With Larry Summers
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I mean, I bet there are a lot of emails between Epstein and people who suck ass.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
This guy sucks and shouldn't be elected.
BREAKING: Jack Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy, has announced that he’ll seek Jerry Nadler’s congressional seat. He says the Democratic Party needs someone who can stand up strongly to Trump.
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This guy sucks and shouldn't be elected.
Yeah, none of this matters. Whether she controls the process or not, things can easily go the other way. Frankly, it would have been better to not stay it, force them to pay SNAP by midnight, and then the full court can do whatever it wants later.
Of course the Roberts et al could choose to extend the admin stay or, more likely, will just straight up stay McConnell’s order before KBJ’s deadline passes.
But she did what she could to control the process tonight and let CA1 put its reasoning on the record before Roberts et al disregard it.
But she did what she could to control the process tonight and let CA1 put its reasoning on the record before Roberts et al disregard it.
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Yeah, none of this matters. Whether she controls the process or not, things can easily go the other way. Frankly, it would have been better to not stay it, force them to pay SNAP by midnight, and then the full court can do whatever it wants later.
Best of the live blog
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Best of the live blog
The logic here is you little people need Big Daddy Cuomo to protect you. Grotesque. Alternative theory: People will stand with Mamdani against Trump because Mamdani represents us.
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The logic here is you little people need Big Daddy Cuomo to protect you. Grotesque. Alternative theory: People will stand with Mamdani against Trump because Mamdani represents us.
Don’t know the poster, but this isn’t accurate. Mamdani is popular because he went out and talked to people, and he listened to them. It‘s not about pushing kitchen table issues, as so many centrist Dems would have it, but about being responsive to his constituency. ofc, much more to it.
November 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Don’t know the poster, but this isn’t accurate. Mamdani is popular because he went out and talked to people, and he listened to them. It‘s not about pushing kitchen table issues, as so many centrist Dems would have it, but about being responsive to his constituency. ofc, much more to it.
Lol
Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has retroactively appointed former Trump attorney Lindsey Halligan as a "special attorney" for DOJ and has "ratified" all of her actions to date, including her presentations to the grand juries that indicted Trump's foes.
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Lol
Alright, kids, give me the weird stuff you don’t want. 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Alright, kids, give me the weird stuff you don’t want. 🎃
Would be nice if their reporting reflected their editorial assessment.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Would be nice if their reporting reflected their editorial assessment.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...