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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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MA State House Employee Union @beaconhillunion.bsky.social · 2d

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Sign Your Union Authorization Card – State House Employee Union

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 3d

I am both immensely proud and wowed and inspired by @azizaahmed.bsky.social - sister of my heart! This is a work of history, love, brilliance, and resistance. I needed this today.

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Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social · 4d

“No vehicles in the park” should cover all possible situations, one would think.

Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social · 4d

Using my legal education skills to help my town write an ordinance banning vehicles from the park.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 4d

Expand it to 60 justices.

Move it to a strip mall in rural Kansas.

Cut the clerk budget to zero.

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 4d

“Four months ago, in Skrmetti, the Court used purported medical uncertainty to give Tennessee more flexibility to discriminate. Today, Alito used purported medical uncertainty to give Colorado less flexibility to protect.”

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

I've written my analysis of today's grim Supreme Court oral argument in the conversion therapy case:

As far as the Court's concerned, imaginary medical uncertainty gives states the authority to hurt queer kids, and takes away states' authority to protect them

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/chile...

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 8d

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Guillotine Hunger Force @themilfmag.net · May 2

accelerationists when they find out there r later stages of capitalism

spongebob and patrick seated at the edge of a rift agape

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9d

Unanimous First Circuit takes pains to emphasize that this was an incredibly easy case to decide, despite writing a very long opinion knocking down every ridiculous argument the Trump admin made.

The analysis that follows is necessarily lengthy, as we
must address the parties' numerous arguments in each of the cases
involved. But the length of our analysis should not be mistaken
for a sign that the fundamental question that these cases raise
about the scope of birthright citizenship is a difficult one. It
is not, which may explain why it has been more than a century since
a branch of our government has made as concerted an effort as the
Executive Branch now makes to deny Americans their birthright.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 10d

On Yom Kippur, a sacred day of reflection and atonement, hate-fueled violence took two lives in Manchester, England.

We must confront antisemitism wherever it appears. No family, no community, no house of worship should ever fear for their safety.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 10d

K A V A N A U G H S T O P

K A V A N A U G H S T O P

K A V A N A U G H S T O P

K A V A N A U G H S T O P

K A V A N A U G H S T O P

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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 10d

Like, can we take up a collection to give the ice thugs in Chicago red coats? Because this is exactly the sort of shit that the framers were afraid of.

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Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social · 11d

If you’re going to Socratic-method me about something you’ve written about, I’m going to be prepared!

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Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social · 11d

*unassigned books and articles, to be clear

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Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social · 11d

Deep cut. I made this in law school for when I had read the books/articles my profs had written and were teaching.

George C. Scott as General George S. Patton in the film Patton, calling out to Rommel “You magnificent bastard! I read your book!”

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Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social · 11d

What a great memory. Having a friend who worked in the NBO got me into so many good intimate radio spots in that storefront.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 11d

Kudos to @karenattiah.bsky.social , her union, and her lawyers for fighting this. Their case is righteous. It’s the labor movement that’s doing the most to fight back against Trumpian repression and corporate enabling of it. Join a union!

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

The Washington Post Accused Me of “Gross Misconduct.” Here's My Response.

This fight isn’t just about my job — it’s about who gets punished for telling the truth, and who gets protected for spreading hate and violence.

open.substack.com

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 11d

There's a lot going on in the world, so you may have missed the announcement that next week (6-8 October) the ICJ will hold oral hearings in the advisory proceedings on the right to strike. 20 states and 5 international organisations are due to participate.
www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

www.icj-cij.org

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 13d

The crits were right.

Jacob Schriner-Briggs @jschrinerbriggs.bsky.social · 13d

Just to take stock: the first claim was that there was an entire literature supporting the anti-birthright position. Then, *after* that claim, scholars emerged to post drafts on SSRN. And *now* the government points to a "growing body of modern scholarship" all drafted after the initial claim.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 13d

A LITERATURE IS BORN!

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Jacob Schriner-Briggs @jschrinerbriggs.bsky.social · 13d

Just to take stock: the first claim was that there was an entire literature supporting the anti-birthright position. Then, *after* that claim, scholars emerged to post drafts on SSRN. And *now* the government points to a "growing body of modern scholarship" all drafted after the initial claim.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 13d

A LITERATURE IS BORN!

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 16d

Biden should have added a new justice to the Supreme Court every day he was in office

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 16d

We created Boston Family Days to guarantee every kid growing up in Boston can bring their family to museums/aquarium/zoo for free. 65,000+ free visits so far!

Now we’ve added free performing arts access so our students are at every major stage in our city. Thank you to all our amazing partners!

Free museum days program for Boston students expands to include performing arts

Boston students can now score free tickets to the Boston Ballet, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and other performing art institutions.

www.boston.com

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Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social · 16d

This morning's "Commonwealth v. One (1) Check in the Amount of $480.00 for 1,600 Pieces of Wild Oysters, Dkt. 24-P-507 (Mass. App. Ct. 2025)" = perhaps the most Massachusetts name for a case ever www.mass.gov/doc/commonwe...

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merritt @merrittk.com · 16d

"please rate your package delivery" i mean ill click the smiley face because i assume it impacts the poor bastard who delivered it but i must impress upon you that forcing both him and i into this situation is an act of utter inhumanity and furthermore that god frowns upon your deeds

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Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social · 16d

bsky.app/profile/jboo... @jboothhistory.bsky.social beat me to it

Jonathon Booth @jboothhistory.bsky.social · 16d

My "we are engaged in a legal enterprise" shirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my shirt

Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 17d

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...

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