Omri Marian
@omrimarian.bsky.social
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Family guy. Acting dad. Dog dad. Tax law professor. Backpacker. Beer snob. Weekend guitarist. Israeli expat in SoCal.
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omrimarian.bsky.social
The 501(c)(3) I keep mentioning here not only documents misbehaviour by government lawyers, but also celebrates government lawyers like Elizabeth Yusi, who are defending the rule of law while facing pressure from their superiors!
If you are a lawyer/law student and want to help, DM me.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Breaking MSNBC:

A top prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues she plans to decline to seek charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James — resisting intense pressure from Trump, according to two people familiar with her discussions. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Top prosecutor is rejecting Trump pressure to charge New York AG
A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.
www.msnbc.com
omrimarian.bsky.social
Neighbors hiding neighbors from a secret police. Where have we heard that before?
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bradmossesq.bsky.social
That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.
atrupar.com
Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho
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annabower.bsky.social
JUST IN: ICE official testifies that Eswatini hasn't agreed to receive Kilmar Abrego Garcia, despite government’s claim that they plan to deport him there.
rparloff.bsky.social
[sorry lost some frames important frames in there]
He said discussions were ongoing but Eswatini had not yet agreed to receive Abrego, even if injunction was lifted.]

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omrimarian.bsky.social
Taxing billionaires to save democracy.
liberalcurrents.com
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
omrimarian.bsky.social
Not many people know this, but the Wuhan lab not only develops the COVID viruses, but also has a very strong space lasers program.
omrimarian.bsky.social
I agree. On the other hand, this intensified his belief he should actually get it, and that there is a realistic opportunity he might, so the tantrum is going to be much worse now, and you love to see it.
nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
The widespread media decision to frame international affairs as "will Donnie get the prize he wants?" is pathetic.

He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.
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anthonymkreis.bsky.social
It’s an insane world where militarizing your own civilian streets and ordering extrajudicial murders on the high seas doesn’t get you a prize.
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jeremylittau.com
Ah yes, creating proof to match your hypothesis. The time-honored method of science.
atrupar.com
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
omrimarian.bsky.social
Adding Lisbon to my list of hated airports.
omrimarian.bsky.social
The most unforgivable failure of the Biden administration.
omrimarian.bsky.social
Under no circumstances you gotta hand it to Trump on Gaza. You people are just weird.
omrimarian.bsky.social
These takes, that Trump is somehow better than Biden on Gaza, are predictable as they are insane.
omrimarian.bsky.social
It's already the case that judges have to decide the legal meaning of facts. You brought up the issue of "legal facts". I just noted that SCOTUS seems to pick and choose which "legal facts" are relevant. Hence it's illegitimacy.
omrimarian.bsky.social
It is also a legal fact he engaged in insurrection. A court decided that.
It is also a legal fact the constitution says folks who engaged in insurrection cannot run for office. Yet, here we are.
omrimarian.bsky.social
Legitimacy is not a matter of formality, I think. SCOTUS cannot enforce its own decisions, and in order for them to be enforced someone else must view them as legitimate. But that's for political scientists to discuss. Not lawyers.
omrimarian.bsky.social
That said:
omrimarian.bsky.social
I should qualify this by saying I'm pretty certain I'm in the minority on this (really tiny minority) among U.S. law professors.
omrimarian.bsky.social
I should qualify this by saying I'm pretty certain I'm in the minority on this (really tiny minority) among U.S. law professors.
omrimarian.bsky.social
Yes, but don't you think we're past that point?
I, for example, would not have advocated lower courts to ignore Heller, or Shelby County. But we are now at a qualitatively different place.
omrimarian.bsky.social
True. But unfortunately I think we are past that point. And my opinion is that it would be better than to follow blatantly illegal decisions.
omrimarian.bsky.social
I'm not sure there is a distinction. If you can ignore a few of its decisions, you can probably ignore all of them.