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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 6h

(This post inspired by the realization that I subconsciously stopped singing that verse because praxis.)

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 6h

Mr. Mamdani is it true that you plan to ban the money on the bus from going clink clink clink

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 2d

Defense lawyer / Plaintiff / Plaintiff’s lawyer

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Associate Professor / Full Professor / Assistant Professor

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Cannonball Adderall @leupp.bsky.social · 2d

“Race can’t be used as a factor in college admissions but race absolutely CAN be used as a factor in government stops and detentions of US residents”

Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 2d

“States can’t ban conversion therapy but they can ban gender-affirming care. They can’t regulate ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ but they can ban abortion. This is required by the Constitution. If you say we’re just doing politics you’re responsible for political violence.”
—The U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on 'conversion therapy' for LBGTQ+ kids

A majority of Supreme Court justices seem to be leaning in favor of a Christian counselor who is challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.

apnews.com

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 2d

“States can’t ban conversion therapy but they can ban gender-affirming care. They can’t regulate ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ but they can ban abortion. This is required by the Constitution. If you say we’re just doing politics you’re responsible for political violence.”
—The U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on 'conversion therapy' for LBGTQ+ kids

A majority of Supreme Court justices seem to be leaning in favor of a Christian counselor who is challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.

apnews.com

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 3d

Castro v. Guevara is an objectively hilarious name for a case

Supreme Court of the United States
No. 25A376
SAMANTHA ESTEFANIA FRANCISCO CASTRO
Applicant,
JOSE LEONARDO BRITO GUEVARA

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

i think anyone taught by ilan wurman ought to ask the university of minnesota law school for their money back

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 4d

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 4d

It’s in the GOs. I’ve been meaning to find it but haven’t gotten around to it, so if you do, I’d love it if you dropped the pointer here

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Dwayne Skyhawk @cheatlines.co · 5d

I also got what i originally went to Etsy for

Bold black red and yellow sticker with a cartoon of a sly/thoughtful Francis Fukuyama: HISTORY AINT GONNA END ITSELF

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 5d

thinking about how our multifamily housing doesn't have attics to hide in

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

On further consideration:

Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

Also: I tweeted without thinking. This case will almost certainly be assigned an immediate three-judge panel for all purposes. Relatively new CA9 procedure. Only found out about it at the July circuit conference.

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

Also: I tweeted without thinking. This case will almost certainly be assigned an immediate three-judge panel for all purposes. Relatively new CA9 procedure. Only found out about it at the July circuit conference.

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

Anyone know who the motions panel is for October?

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 5d

NEW: The Trump admin appeals Judge Immergut's TRO to the Ninth Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that all Defendants in the above-captioned case hereby appeal to
the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from this Court's October 4, 2025 Opinion and Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. 56, and Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. 56-1.

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

That’s very good

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

please sir I can only take a long drag of my cigarette with a harrowed stare into the middle distance so many times in one night

Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 5d

The next Democratic administration is going to have to prosecute a lot of things—all legitimate crimes!—which means a lot of lefty lawyers are going to need to get real comfortable with being prosecutors real quick

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5d

When the most important things, the new Democratic regime will have to do in 2027 is aggressively prosecute FARA violations. It’s not just the Russians. The Israelis, the Qataris, the PRC, the Indians, all are operating unregistered influence ops in the US

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Councilor Angelita Morillo @councilormorillo.bsky.social · 5d

A preliminary injunction hearing may follow later this month and the facts on the ground matter.

If a right wing influencer with a camera is trying to goad you into a fight, there is a reason for that, and the reason is we could lose our legal standing to stop the feds from coming in.

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

snorted my beverage lol

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

Sold

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

“Woke Movie promotes VIOLENCE against
ICE”

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

I’m going to have to chew on this for a minute, it’s an acquired taste

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

Karin Immergut has done more for liberalism in 24 hours than Chuck Schumer in nine months

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

Maybe the theme of Trump II is that when you’re up against the wall you’re more likely to be saved by a conservative than a reactionary centrist

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 5d

Pleasantly surprised (twice in one day, first time by The Oregonian) to have been wrong about Immergut on this one

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d

NEWS: Judge Karin Immergut on Saturday issued a temporary restraining order blocking Trump and Hegseth’s effort to activate the National Guard in Oregon.

Immergut, a Trump appointee, was reassigned the case after DOJ sought to recuse the first-assigned judge. www.lawdork.com/p/dojs-recus...

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON
STATE OF OREGON and the
CITY OF PORTLAND,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 3:25-cv-1756-IM
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
DONALD TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; PETE HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of Defense; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security; and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
Defendants.

CONCLUSION
For the above reasons, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining
Order, ECF 6, and temporarily enjoins Defendants' September 28, 2025, Memorandum ordering
the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard service members to Portland. The TRO expires in fourteen days on October 18, 2025, and the parties are ORDERED to comply with the attached TRO. The Defendants' request to stay or administratively stay the Temporary
Restraining Order, see Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 35 at 41, is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED this 4th day of October, 2025 at 3:40 p.m. pacific daylight time.
/s/ Karin J. Immergut
Karin J. Immergut
United States District Judge

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5d

It'll never be lost on me that a particular subset of the liberal commentariat in both North America and Western Europe were deeply infatuated with this woman up until the very moment she decided to talk about that one issue you're still basically not allowed to talk about lol.

Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 5d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 5d

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