A. English
@h2ofcounsel.bsky.social
Environmental lawyer, focused on water, climate, and disaster issues. Vermont Law & Graduate School alumnus (JD/MELP ‘13) All opinions my own. (He/him/his)
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The definitive obituary of James Watson, written by the late, great Sharon Begley @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The definitive obituary of James Watson, written by the late, great Sharon Begley @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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We make them care by voting them out if they don't
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
We make them care by voting them out if they don't
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Important to note that these pardons — which cover federal crimes that were not going to be prosecuted by the Trump administration — were announced just over an hour ago via a reply to a tweet.
This news was not shared by reporters for a while because it was missed due to the way it was announced.
This news was not shared by reporters for a while because it was missed due to the way it was announced.
BREAKING
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Important to note that these pardons — which cover federal crimes that were not going to be prosecuted by the Trump administration — were announced just over an hour ago via a reply to a tweet.
This news was not shared by reporters for a while because it was missed due to the way it was announced.
This news was not shared by reporters for a while because it was missed due to the way it was announced.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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This is an astute observation by Judge Young. In employing ICE — and in seeking to deploy the military, as Trump expressed yesterday — as the primary mechanism for "law enforcement," the goal of the Trump administration is to skirt the legal system entirely, eliminating citizens' say as jurors.
![From: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282460/gov.uscourts.mad.282460.261.0.pdf
Case 1:25-cv-10685-WGY Document 261 Filed 09/30/25 Page 97 of 161
ICE has successfully persuaded the public that it is our principal criminal law enforcement agency. Americans have an abiding faith in our criminal justice system. After all, ultimately they run it as jurors. “The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury[.]” U.S. Const. art. III, § 2, cl. 3. Despite the meaningless but effective “worst of the worst” rhetoric, however, ICE has nothing whatever to do with criminal law enforcement and seeks to avoid the actual criminal courts at all costs. It is carrying a civil law mandate passed by our Congress and pressed to its furthest reach by the President. Even so, it drapes itself in the public’s understanding of the criminal law though its “warrants” are but unreviewed orders from an ICE superior and its “immigration courts” are not true courts at all but hearings before officers who cannot challenge the legal interpretations they are given. Under the unitary President theory they must speak with his voice. The People's presence as jurors is unthinkable.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rpmrndoz3bzl5gdq7troboro/bafkreicupujjs44mjuhm6qsf3kyrucvbtg5unnsiheewfgskbltvmo32ly@jpeg)
October 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is an astute observation by Judge Young. In employing ICE — and in seeking to deploy the military, as Trump expressed yesterday — as the primary mechanism for "law enforcement," the goal of the Trump administration is to skirt the legal system entirely, eliminating citizens' say as jurors.
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As the government shutdown begins, remember that one of the biggest deficit drivers of the past 20 years are Republican tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations. The issue isn't programs that help millions of Americans, it's giveaways to the rich.
October 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As the government shutdown begins, remember that one of the biggest deficit drivers of the past 20 years are Republican tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations. The issue isn't programs that help millions of Americans, it's giveaways to the rich.
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I said what I said.
IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."
October 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I said what I said.
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*A Republican lawmaker objected to reference to Charlie Kirk holding “often racist and controversial views” in local Alaska news
*The corporate owner took down the story and edited it
*The journalists resigned
This feels like more and more of our media now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
*The corporate owner took down the story and edited it
*The journalists resigned
This feels like more and more of our media now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
*A Republican lawmaker objected to reference to Charlie Kirk holding “often racist and controversial views” in local Alaska news
*The corporate owner took down the story and edited it
*The journalists resigned
This feels like more and more of our media now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
*The corporate owner took down the story and edited it
*The journalists resigned
This feels like more and more of our media now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
🎶If they want you to be violent, they’re a cop🎶
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🎶If they want you to be violent, they’re a cop🎶
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🎶If they want to start a scrap🎶
🎶Then they’re trying to entrap🎶
🎶If they want you to be violent, they’re a cop🎶
👏👏
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🎶If they want you to be violent, they’re a cop🎶
👏👏
🎶If they want to start a scrap🎶
🎶Then they’re trying to entrap🎶
🎶If they want you to be violent, they’re a cop🎶
👏👏
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🎶If they want you to be violent, they’re a cop🎶
👏👏
🎶If they want you to be violent, they’re a cop🎶
👏👏
🎶If they want to start a scrap🎶
🎶Then they’re trying to entrap🎶
🎶If they want you to be violent, they’re a cop🎶
👏👏
👏👏
🎶If they want you to be violent, they’re a cop🎶
👏👏
🎶If they want to start a scrap🎶
🎶Then they’re trying to entrap🎶
🎶If they want you to be violent, they’re a cop🎶
👏👏
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The part about this story which makes me viscerally, screaming angry is Disney saying that they pulled Kimmel in part because Kimmel employees got death threats after the FCC chair’s comments, which, responding to the villain by giving him what he wants isn’t protecting anyone, shitheads.
the most interesting part of this reporting is that they didn't pull him off the air for what he had *already* said, they pulled him off the air for what he was *going* to say, which, i expect, has them in quite the pickle now, because he's unlikely to be *more* conciliatory after this
New reporting from CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister: "ABC hopes to bring Jimmy Kimmel back, but temperature needs to be taken down under FCC threats"
September 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The part about this story which makes me viscerally, screaming angry is Disney saying that they pulled Kimmel in part because Kimmel employees got death threats after the FCC chair’s comments, which, responding to the villain by giving him what he wants isn’t protecting anyone, shitheads.
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Wonderful resource and home for the incredible work done by @tomcartwright.bsky.social.
We’re proud to officially house the ICE Flight Monitor developed by @tomcartwright.bsky.social to track & analyze US immigration enforcement flights. Cartwright tracked 40,000+ ICE flights since 2020, exposing hidden operations of US immigration enforcement.
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ICE Flight Tracking Project Now Officially Housed at Human Rights First - Human Rights First
Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First is proud to officially house an innovative initiative that monitors and analyzes U.S. immigration enforcement flights. The project was developed and led by retire...
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August 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Wonderful resource and home for the incredible work done by @tomcartwright.bsky.social.
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"Roberts wrote the majority opinion in Skrmetti, a low quality mix of medical misinformation and legal conclusions that are equal parts tortured and dishonest. This isn't new, however. These are the usual rhetorical tricks of the Roberts Court."
The Roberts Court exists to give legal cover to bigots
The majority decision in US v. Skrmetti is the latest example.
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June 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Roberts wrote the majority opinion in Skrmetti, a low quality mix of medical misinformation and legal conclusions that are equal parts tortured and dishonest. This isn't new, however. These are the usual rhetorical tricks of the Roberts Court."
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Yes, I think it *is* performing its function [interpreting Law], but it's doing it in bad faith. Law requires interpretation. It cannot interpret & apply itself. Hence the power of all its executors & crucial importance that they all (front-line police to Supreme Court Justice) act in good faith.
“In the current system the parties at the Court can never talk honestly or directly about the principles at stake. No good faith discussion is possible under the current regime of relentless and partisan dishonesty.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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June 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Yes, I think it *is* performing its function [interpreting Law], but it's doing it in bad faith. Law requires interpretation. It cannot interpret & apply itself. Hence the power of all its executors & crucial importance that they all (front-line police to Supreme Court Justice) act in good faith.
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New in PN: SCOTUS clears the path for Trump's network of global gulags
"With one paragraph, the Court undercut lower court judges and consigned countless immigrants to be renditioned to a system of gulags. It will have lasting corrosive effects on American civil society and respect for the courts."
"With one paragraph, the Court undercut lower court judges and consigned countless immigrants to be renditioned to a system of gulags. It will have lasting corrosive effects on American civil society and respect for the courts."
SCOTUS clears the path for Trump's network of global gulags
And the MAGA justices are burning down the judiciary in the process.
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June 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New in PN: SCOTUS clears the path for Trump's network of global gulags
"With one paragraph, the Court undercut lower court judges and consigned countless immigrants to be renditioned to a system of gulags. It will have lasting corrosive effects on American civil society and respect for the courts."
"With one paragraph, the Court undercut lower court judges and consigned countless immigrants to be renditioned to a system of gulags. It will have lasting corrosive effects on American civil society and respect for the courts."
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A federal judge ruled the EPA’s termination of $600 million in environmental justice grants for low-income, marginalized communities was unlawful.
June 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A federal judge ruled the EPA’s termination of $600 million in environmental justice grants for low-income, marginalized communities was unlawful.
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a copious trail of emails, texts and phone records support Mr. Reuveni’s version of events. - At Justice Dept., Bove Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says buff.ly/S7Qb4tD
Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says
Emil Bove III, a Trump judicial nominee, voiced his intent to disobey court orders as others stonewalled and misled judges, according to a complaint.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
a copious trail of emails, texts and phone records support Mr. Reuveni’s version of events. - At Justice Dept., Bove Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says buff.ly/S7Qb4tD
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He knew the court would order the planes turned around, and told his DoJ lawyers to tell the court to fuck off. This letter has already shown up in the South Sudan DVD case in a motion filed by the Plaintiffs at SCOTUS today.
This is a bone-chilling account of what one witness reports Bove and others are doing to the rule of law. (Ignore the milquetoast headline and focus on the substance).
Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says
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June 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
He knew the court would order the planes turned around, and told his DoJ lawyers to tell the court to fuck off. This letter has already shown up in the South Sudan DVD case in a motion filed by the Plaintiffs at SCOTUS today.
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Huh?? 🤔
In a new filing, Trump’s DOJ worries that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be deported if he’s released from criminal detention.
The Trump administration previously refused to return Abrego Garcia after he was wrongly deported…and is still trying to deport him again.
In a new filing, Trump’s DOJ worries that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be deported if he’s released from criminal detention.
The Trump administration previously refused to return Abrego Garcia after he was wrongly deported…and is still trying to deport him again.
June 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Huh?? 🤔
In a new filing, Trump’s DOJ worries that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be deported if he’s released from criminal detention.
The Trump administration previously refused to return Abrego Garcia after he was wrongly deported…and is still trying to deport him again.
In a new filing, Trump’s DOJ worries that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be deported if he’s released from criminal detention.
The Trump administration previously refused to return Abrego Garcia after he was wrongly deported…and is still trying to deport him again.
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Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser:
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
June 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser:
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
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Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
The Trump administration’s table of authorities in this filing:
June 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
I forgot one of the cardinal rules of early spring in suburbia: if you don’t spray your plants when they emerge, deer WILL eat them. #ReleaseTheWolves #OrSomeOtherLargePredator
March 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I forgot one of the cardinal rules of early spring in suburbia: if you don’t spray your plants when they emerge, deer WILL eat them. #ReleaseTheWolves #OrSomeOtherLargePredator
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[incoherent sputtering rage]
This is what a friend of mine once called “fractally terrible,” in that no matter how closely you look, the objective awfulness of it never ends nor diminishes.
[incoherent sputtering rage]
This is what a friend of mine once called “fractally terrible,” in that no matter how closely you look, the objective awfulness of it never ends nor diminishes.
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March 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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[incoherent sputtering rage]
This is what a friend of mine once called “fractally terrible,” in that no matter how closely you look, the objective awfulness of it never ends nor diminishes.
[incoherent sputtering rage]
This is what a friend of mine once called “fractally terrible,” in that no matter how closely you look, the objective awfulness of it never ends nor diminishes.
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NEW: Judge Chutkan GRANTS a request for discovery in the case brought by state AGs alleging that the conduct of Musk and DOGE violates the Appointments Clause.
The permitted discovery includes documents and interrogatories related to the scope of Musk/DOGE's authority.
The permitted discovery includes documents and interrogatories related to the scope of Musk/DOGE's authority.
March 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
NEW: Judge Chutkan GRANTS a request for discovery in the case brought by state AGs alleging that the conduct of Musk and DOGE violates the Appointments Clause.
The permitted discovery includes documents and interrogatories related to the scope of Musk/DOGE's authority.
The permitted discovery includes documents and interrogatories related to the scope of Musk/DOGE's authority.