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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · 9d

I decided to see if google's AI could make a basic flowchart of the federal court system. I was rewarded.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12d

For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · 13d

“If the Constitution means anything, it means that the federal government can't rifle through your child's medical records in order to intimidate you.”

This bit of fighting for the right to privacy of trans children brought by families, @pubintlawctr.bsky.social, and Ballard Spahr.

Pittsburgh:

Families urge federal court to shield UPMC trans patient health records from DOJ inquiry

In court documents, the Public Interest Law Center and Ballard Spahr argue the DOJ subpoena — which seeks records, information and communications about gender-affirming care services — violates patien...

www.wesa.fm

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · 13d

Pittsburgh for families at UPMC. And here Philadelphia, for families at Children’s Hospital:

Parents of transgender children join CHOP’s legal fight to stop federal authorities from getting medical records

The Trump administration is seeking the personal information of hundreds of patients treated at the hospital's Gender and Sexuality Development Program.

www.inquirer.com

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · 13d

“If the Constitution means anything, it means that the federal government can't rifle through your child's medical records in order to intimidate you.”

This bit of fighting for the right to privacy of trans children brought by families, @pubintlawctr.bsky.social, and Ballard Spahr.

Pittsburgh:

Families urge federal court to shield UPMC trans patient health records from DOJ inquiry

In court documents, the Public Interest Law Center and Ballard Spahr argue the DOJ subpoena — which seeks records, information and communications about gender-affirming care services — violates patien...

www.wesa.fm

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 28d

It is incredibly simple to acknowledge that violence in any form is awful and erodes society.

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Sep 8

It’s beautiful, and she does a lot with the school, has a great health clinic on the ground floor, and generally has proven all the haters dead wrong.

I just can’t get over getting out of the elevator, looking at the empty lockers, and seeing societal damnation in the closure of Bok.

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Sep 8

(I still find the bar extremely depressing, and have been there once in ten years, but recognize it probably subsidizes the rest.)

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Sep 8

This building is three blocks from our house, and across the street from our kids’ school. I wanted it to succeed and was sure it would fail.

I was very wrong!

At its 10th anniversary, the Bok building boasts its economic impact

As developer Scout expands its model to South Broad Street, the company is celebrating what has worked at Bok.

www.inquirer.com

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Sep 7

While on trial, I spent about 100 out of 115 nights sleeping in a Harrisburg Hilton, 95 miles away from my tiny kids. The six months on either side of that were no cakewalk either.

Heather Lynn Weaver @heatherweaverdc.bsky.social · Sep 6

On the topic of law firm billable hours, do not assume that just because you do not go into big law you will be working any less. As a non-profit lawyer, there have definitely been years when I’ve worked the equivalent of 2,400 billable hours, and I know may of my colleagues have too.

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Sep 5

Jeff Sessions!

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · Sep 3

As a lawyer, I'll tell you that there's nobody who knows this law better than Ryan and Brian. Sure looks like murder or war crime to me. But as a human, I'll tell you that the Rubio statement -- we could have stopped the boat but we blew it up to send a message -- is sickening and depraved.

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Sep 3

1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat.

Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.

Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️

Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean

The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.

www.justsecurity.org

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Sep 3

Philly is lucky to have you.

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Sep 2

Dennis Cook could rake.

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Aug 28

For one year Pennsylvania started inching towards fully funded public schools. Now waiting on year two.

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Education Law Center-PA @edlawcenterpa.bsky.social · Aug 28

No Cuts and No Excuses: PA Budget Must Include Full Adequacy Funding for Public Schools

Read our joint statement with @pubintlawctr.bsky.social 👇

www.elc-pa.org/2025/08/28/n...

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treb @treblaw.bsky.social · Aug 28

I watched Episode 6 of The Kingdom on Disney+ and it was well worth it to see how downtrodden the Chiefs were on the sidelines. Does not disappoint lol. Just fast forward to the midpoint of the ep and put on your robe

Brittany Mahomes saying Oh Fuck after her husband, Patrick Mahomes, is chased by the demonic Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX

Travis Kelce yelling Fuck on the sidelines at the Super Bowl

Patrick Mahomes saying Fuck a bunch because the Eagles smashed his goofy ass

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Aug 27

Is this something

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Aug 27

Is this something

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Aug 23

And… a part owner of one of the most popular baseball bat companies around. warstic.com/blogs/news/p...

Jack White and Ian Kinsler Invest in Warstic.

Grammy® Award-Winning artist, Jack White, and Detroit Tigers second baseman and four-time baseball All-Star, Ian Kinsler, became co-investors and co-partners with Warstic founder, Ben Jenkins, earlier...

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · Aug 14

Trump's scheme to control an authoritarian future is tied to his efforts to control the past, from the Smithsonian to the classroom

The story of Penn's outrageous capitulation in erasing the history of a Philly civil rights icon, Sadie T.M. Alexander. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/penn...

Sadie T.M. Alexander, caught in the crossfire of a war to control America’s past | Will Bunch

Penn's law school's pause of a scholarship honoring a pioneering Black woman highlights a campaign to erase America's history.

www.inquirer.com

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Aug 13

In the words of my five year old, that’s going to be a hard no.

Senate Republicans want to abandon a school funding plan targeting the poorest districts

Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman said it was "time to look at that formula," signaling that education funding is also a sticking point in reaching a budget deal.

www.inquirer.com

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Aug 14

In part because they haven’t actually expressed any disagreement until they needed things to disagree about.

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Aug 14

Wild quote 2:

“Pittman said Tuesday night that school vouchers remain the top Senate GOP education priority, but that he would also have interest in a parental school choice tax credit or expanding existing tax credits for wealthy Pennsylvania residents to pay for scholarships at private schools.”

Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · Aug 14

Wild quote 1:

In an interview last week, Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland) said that “I think we should be getting something” in exchange for the adequacy formula, while expressing support for school vouchers, which Shapiro has backed.

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