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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 6h

Founded in 1991, the Institute for Justice litigates to end widespread abuses of power and secure vital constitutional rights. IJ litigates in state and federal courts around the country on behalf of ...

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 7h

Not much difference, but my point is perhaps he's just a Victorian antiquarian who got lost.

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 8h

Given the lack of detail, perhaps he's referring to Rule 11 of Order LXV of the Supreme Court (of London), issued in 1883, which allows for the court to require a lawyer to not charge their client for frivolous costs?

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

For Trump's secret police, the claim that US citizens have no right to monitor them or record what they are doing is a tenacious and firmly held conviction... which lacks any plausible basis in actual law. It's invoke to justify the use of violence against citizens where other pretexts fail.

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 20h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 16h

As a 1st year associate I followed a partners' instructions and filed a lien closure case involving 40 properties only to then find the local rule only allowed 2 at a time. I think he didn't do a lot of local rule reading (but I have since then).

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 16h

Chicago folks: I'll be speaking at this as will 2 of my @ij.org colleagues. Come join us!

State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 15d

SAVE THE DATE: Nov. 6-7, we're hosting a symposium with @brennancenter.org and Northwestern University Law Review exploring the future of state constitutional rights. Virtual and in-person registration options are available, and IL CLE credit is pending for in-person participants. Register today:

The Power of State Constitutional Rights

Judges, practitioners, and scholars explore critical issues facing state courts and constitutions.

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Kasia Szymborski Wolfkot @kasiawolfkot.bsky.social · 16h

Come to our FREE symposium on the power of state constitutions in Chicago, Nov. 6-7! Panels on so many rights:

voting
repro
economic
LGBTQ+
against cruel/unusual punishment

Plus sessions on federalism, barriers to rights vindication, and constitutional amendments.

SEE YOU THERE! 🤸🎉📚

State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 15d

SAVE THE DATE: Nov. 6-7, we're hosting a symposium with @brennancenter.org and Northwestern University Law Review exploring the future of state constitutional rights. Virtual and in-person registration options are available, and IL CLE credit is pending for in-person participants. Register today:

The Power of State Constitutional Rights

Judges, practitioners, and scholars explore critical issues facing state courts and constitutions.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19h

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 1d

Endless cronyism: "Decorative hardwoods industry urges Trump to expand products under section 232 tariffs proposal" www.woodworkingnetwork.com/news/woodwor...

Decorative hardwoods industry urges Trump to expand products under section 232 tariffs proposal | Woodworking Network

On Oct. 1, 2025, nine presidents and CEOs representing American manufacturers of hardwood plywood, engineered wood flooring, and hardwood veneer asked President Trump to add their products to the…

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 1d

The Two Dolls problem.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. The strong growth usually seen due to shipments of holiday merchandise, “we are not seeing that,” said Dale Rogers ..

@cnbc.com #FreightRecession
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

I think folks should prepare themselves for the off chance that there is a different outcome in Chicago than the litigation has yielded thus far in Portland. The facts on the ground, I think, are arguably different enough.

But that’ll raise serious Posse Comitatus issues in Chicago. It’s not good.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting take from the PA Supreme Court (1840):

"Every legislature is strictly a court; whence it is said by Sir Edward Coke, that the British parliament, consisting as it does of the king, lords, and commons, is the highest, most absolute, and most honorable court of justice in England."

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Short Circuit @shortcircuitij.bsky.social · 2d

Our Latest Podcast: Supreme Court Preview from UNC

With Sheldon Gilbert, Andy Hessick Justin Pearson!

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Short Circuit 397 | Supreme Court Preview from UNC - Institute for Justice

Dropping on First Monday, the Supreme Court’s first day of the October 2025 term, it’s our annual Supreme Court preview, recorded live at the University […]

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 3d

DUIs in the 19th century. Apparently called (at least here) "DRUNK IN CHARGE".

"Joseph Willbond, 60, Newcastle-street, baker, was charged with being drunk in charge of a horse and trap in Charlotte-street last night." (Evening Post, Sept. 21, 1895)

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Amy Kristin Sanders @amykristinsanders.bsky.social · 4d

Know a law student interested in Communication/Media Law?

Applications are open for the Forum on Communications Law's Annual Conference and Media Advocacy Workshop scholarships to attend the February 2026 conference in Phoenix.

Application information available on the Forum's website.

Media Advocacy Workshop 2025-2026 Law Student Scholarship Program

Now in its 31st year, the American Bar Association’s Forum on Communications Law is pleased to invite law students to apply for financial support to attend its Media Advocacy Workshop and Annual Confe...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d

Just want to say that @davidjbier.bsky.social is good people, and I hope he gets this printed out, framed, and hangs it on his wall.

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Short Circuit @shortcircuitij.bsky.social · 5d

Our Latest Podcast: Felony for taking a gun across country when you haven’t (yet) been convicted?

With Daniel Nelson & Dylan Moore!

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Felony for taking a gun across country when you haven’t (yet) been convicted? | Short Circuit 396

YouTube video by Short Circuit

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 5d

This is a really cool paper! Another example of how much you can learn from digging into state cases and state laws, even when it's federal law that's at issue.

Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 5d

Halbhuber on State Law and Universal Vacatur

Fred Halbhuber (Yale University, Law School; University of Cambridge) has posted A Remedy Inherited: State Law and Universal Vacatur (79 Stan. L. Rev. Online ___ (forthcoming 2026)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This past June, in a decision already…

Halbhuber on State Law and Universal Vacatur

Fred Halbhuber (Yale University, Law School; University of Cambridge) has posted A Remedy Inherited: State Law and Universal Vacatur (79 Stan. L. Rev. Online ___ (forthcoming 2026)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This past June, in a decision already heralded as marking a “landmark shift in administrative law,” the Supreme Court in Trump v. CASA, Inc. held that federal courts lacked the power to issue universal injunctions.

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 5d

No dictionary comes close to comparing. Those who work in words of course know about the OED, but often think it’s something expensive you would only seek out at the library for a highly specialized project. No! It’s at our fingertips. Use it. The Internet Archive says you’re welcome.

Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 5d

I often see legal briefs & judicial opinions that source dictionary dot com for a definition. That’s fine, but you’re likely missing something, especially if you’re dealing with an old statute or a constitution. For example, here is “commerce.” (Yes, American nuances are included.)

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 5d

The full story of how the dictionary came to be is in this wonderful book by Simon Winchester. Started essentially by hobbyists who loved words, the project took 70 years. Worked on, often for free, by a multitude of volunteers. Run by true polymaths.

www.amazon.com/Meaning-Ever...

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

Amazon.com: The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary: 9780195175004: Winchester, Simon: Books

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 5d

The entire 1st edition is available at this link. Bookmark it! Yes, there are newer (copyrighted) editions with more words. But for most words—in existence by the late 19th century—and their meanings—it’s all there.

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The Oxford English Dictionary All Volumes : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

All volumes of The Oxford English Dictionary.

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 5d

For those who work in words & their meanings I have a handy hack. Add a bookmark to this, now known as the Oxford English Dictionary. Thru the magic of limited copyright, collective action, individual genius & human passion you can see & read the entire work FOR FREE. 🧵

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