Mark Stichel
@hmstichel.bsky.social
Baltimore lawyer, jack of all trades, home life ruled by a six pound Chihuahua.
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Here's some legislation I'm almost surprised not to have heard any member of Congress propose yet:
Citizen Kavanaugh Stop Compensation Act:
For every hour or part thereof, beyond the first 30 mins, that a U.S. citizen is detained by ICE, that citizen is paid $500. Paid from the ICE budget.
Citizen Kavanaugh Stop Compensation Act:
For every hour or part thereof, beyond the first 30 mins, that a U.S. citizen is detained by ICE, that citizen is paid $500. Paid from the ICE budget.
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Here's some legislation I'm almost surprised not to have heard any member of Congress propose yet:
Citizen Kavanaugh Stop Compensation Act:
For every hour or part thereof, beyond the first 30 mins, that a U.S. citizen is detained by ICE, that citizen is paid $500. Paid from the ICE budget.
Citizen Kavanaugh Stop Compensation Act:
For every hour or part thereof, beyond the first 30 mins, that a U.S. citizen is detained by ICE, that citizen is paid $500. Paid from the ICE budget.
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Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids
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The latter decision is usually blocking the former
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The latter decision is usually blocking the former
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Although any prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich, convicting a ham sandwich is an altogether other matter . . . www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Although any prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich, convicting a ham sandwich is an altogether other matter . . . www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
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The jury system is a foot-long above the rest. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The jury system is a foot-long above the rest. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Oh, god. I’m going to have to talk with my nephew about this. 💔
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Oh, god. I’m going to have to talk with my nephew about this. 💔
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What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.
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This piece by Robert Post is excellent. I especially like that he traces the Trump Administration's authoritarian trampling on the First Amendment to, in part, the Roberts Court's extreme unitary executive theory. verfassungsblog.de/turn-against...
Falling Far and Fast
verfassungsblog.de
September 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This piece by Robert Post is excellent. I especially like that he traces the Trump Administration's authoritarian trampling on the First Amendment to, in part, the Roberts Court's extreme unitary executive theory. verfassungsblog.de/turn-against...
Happy Independence Day. Here’s a little song from Judge Learned Hand. m.youtube.com/watch?v=iKN_...
Judge Learned Hand Sings The Iron Merrimac
YouTube video by Josh Blackman
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July 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Happy Independence Day. Here’s a little song from Judge Learned Hand. m.youtube.com/watch?v=iKN_...
At the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.
June 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
At the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.
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could someone check with John Roberts whether accepting a $400 million plane for your personal use is a core executive power that congress may not constitutionally regulate or merely an action for which the president is presumptively immune from any accountability?
May 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
could someone check with John Roberts whether accepting a $400 million plane for your personal use is a core executive power that congress may not constitutionally regulate or merely an action for which the president is presumptively immune from any accountability?
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“I dreamed of seeing my team beat the Buckeyes not once, not twice, not three times — but four!”
The #URecord caught up with Lucas Solomon after his viral speech at last Saturday’s Spring Commencement: myumi.ch/G24Pq #MGoGrad
The #URecord caught up with Lucas Solomon after his viral speech at last Saturday’s Spring Commencement: myumi.ch/G24Pq #MGoGrad
May 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“I dreamed of seeing my team beat the Buckeyes not once, not twice, not three times — but four!”
The #URecord caught up with Lucas Solomon after his viral speech at last Saturday’s Spring Commencement: myumi.ch/G24Pq #MGoGrad
The #URecord caught up with Lucas Solomon after his viral speech at last Saturday’s Spring Commencement: myumi.ch/G24Pq #MGoGrad
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The “wrong direction” his brother says here is *specifically* “on immigration”!
youtu.be/o2xe-k7LsSk?... Interesting tidbits from the new pope's brother including how Pope Leo XIV thinks the US is going in the "wrong direction"
'There are no words': Brother of newly-named Pope Leo XIV reacts
YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The “wrong direction” his brother says here is *specifically* “on immigration”!
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Important statement by a majority of the University of Michigan’s Regents
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
In defense of our institutional independence
This University is a proud public university that belongs to all of us and generations to follow. It is a place to test ideas, shape futures and pursue, not prescribe, truth.
www.michigandaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Important statement by a majority of the University of Michigan’s Regents
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...