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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 8h

I bet they’re even telling kids that Congress has the power of the purse

Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 8h

I’m at Back to School night for my kid and apparently they’re using out of date materials because in social studies they’re still teaching that the federal government has three branches.

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 8h

I’m at Back to School night for my kid and apparently they’re using out of date materials because in social studies they’re still teaching that the federal government has three branches.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 1d

Pleased to note that we got a great decision yesterday in a case we are helping the Institute for Justice in here in Houston. I’m proud to play a small part in helping IJ fight this thing.

thetexan.news/judicial/app...

Appeals Court Orders Harris County to Return Over $40,000 Seized in Civil Asset Forfeiture Case

The court held that evidence of a crime associated with the money was insufficient.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 16h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 19h

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps SCOTUS could reconsider its Bivens jurisprudence in the case of Portland Frog v. Several Unknown ICE Agents bsky.app/profile/dann...

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Kasia Szymborski Wolfkot @kasiawolfkot.bsky.social · 1d

friends, @brennancenter.org launched a podcast! give it a listen. this episode is a preview of the #SCOTUS term, with analysis from @mawaldman.bsky.social, Dr. Kareem Crayton @lizagoitein.bsky.social, Leah Tulin, and Prof. Gilda R. Daniels.

Supreme Court Preview

YouTube video by Brennan Center for Justice

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 1d

that would be bad and yet also, at least arguably, an improvement

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 1d

an amicus brief asking SCOTUS to reconsider its Bivens jurisprudence, and the brief is just this video

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 2d

In recent years, I’ve seen a fair amount of advocacy that just… isn’t particularly moral. Or that urges extreme policy positions without any basis to believe that those policy positions, if implemented, would actually help people. I’m talking about that.

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 2d

We are facing serious threats to civil rights and civil liberties, and to our democracy itself.

This is no time to indulge people who want to focus on self-indulgent, unstrategic, or unjust advocacy. The stakes are too high.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

This made me laugh so hard. Second screenshot is of the video posted by Benny Johnson of the event.

Benny Johnson « @bennyjohnson
X.com
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stares down army of Antifa and a guy in a chicken suit from the rooftop of the ICE facility here in Portland.
Noem says:
"Hey; Guy in the chicken suit. You can do better.
Too bad they are uneducated and ill-informed."
Noem isn't chicken: [chicken emoji]

A view from the roof of the building. There are about 15-20 people visible in total, several of whom appear to be reporters. Most are holding signs. They aren’t even taking up the whole sidewalk. One guy is wearing a chicken suit.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 2d

Two exceedingly interesting articles from Sai Prakash (U.Va. Law) on founding-era legal interpretation. In the first, he argues that "the Founders were not textualists," frequently elevating the "spirit" of the law above its letter in ways modern textualists resist. /1

Spirit

The Founders were not textualists. Certainly, the letter of the law mattered quite a bit. But, as William Blackstone noted, interpretation also required the con

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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 2d

New: Records obtained by the @aclum.bsky.social show police across the state are conducting dragnet surveillance of motorists and sharing their location information with cops in states that have banned abortion and gender affirming care, and those that work w/ICE data.aclum.org/2025/10/07/f...

Flock Gives Law Enforcement All Over the Country Access to Your Location – The Data for Justice Project | ACLU of Massachusetts

data.aclum.org

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 2d

That would be "good" in the sense that it would be a "good" way to make people rethink their decision to become lawyers.

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 3d

"They pull a federal agency, you pull an executive order limiting federal access to city property. He sends posts on Truth Social, you send legal filings citing the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution."

a man with a mustache is talking to another man in a movie .

Alt: "That's the Chicago way!"

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David A. Weinberg @davidaweinberg.bsky.social · 3d

"Court judge Diane Goodstein... had reportedly received death threats for weeks related to her work". "[A]t least three members of her family, including her husband... and their son, have been hospitalized with serious injuries." time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

time.com

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 3d

just until SCOTUS demonstrates that it can enforce the Constitution without outside help

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 3d

federalizing some state supreme court justices so they can assist SCOTUS, which is clearly struggling to muster an adequate response to this situation

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 3d

I’m thinking about this again on my walk to work this morning, which goes by the site of the Boston Tea Party and ends up a few blocks down from the Boston Massacre.

We have delineated rights in the Constitution because those arguing about it and its passage had those rights violated.

Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 4d

I often tell my students that I’ve litigated nearly all the amendments but they should call me if they have a Third Amendment case so I can collect the whole set.

It is supposed to be a joke. 🫠

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 4d

This is jawdropping. The idea that a state about to be invaded by out-of-state soldiers that Trump is moving around the nation like chess pieces has no standing to object to the invasion!

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 4d

DOJ: Well, CA NG already federalized, and ...

Judge: Anything else you want to argue?

DOJ: Yes, your honor. OR and Portland lack standing to challenge relocation of out-of-state National Guard. Only CA could possibly sue under 12406, but CA can't establish standing or irreparable harm.

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 4d

That… doesn’t sound lucky

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