Jack Shelley
@jackshelley.bsky.social
Husband and father. Lawyer turned teacher. Either we all matter or none of us do. If only we took the 9th Amendment seriously. Abolish ICE.
I agree with what Josh says about the Roberts court is uniquely dedicated to getting rid of legislation that they don't like or that their political allies dislike, but I do think that Congressional dysfunction explains a lot about why national problems are now resolved by lawsuits 1/2
1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash
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December 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I agree with what Josh says about the Roberts court is uniquely dedicated to getting rid of legislation that they don't like or that their political allies dislike, but I do think that Congressional dysfunction explains a lot about why national problems are now resolved by lawsuits 1/2
Along with other judicially created monstrosities like the major questions doctrine and presidential immunity.
Qualified immunity needs to die the first chance we can
December 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Along with other judicially created monstrosities like the major questions doctrine and presidential immunity.
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Qualified immunity needs to die the first chance we can
December 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Qualified immunity needs to die the first chance we can
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I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on
Music Icon Pharrell Criticizes Political Division: “I Don’t Believe In Either Side”
Pharrell Williams is making his feelings about American politics unmistakably clear.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on
Yet more evidence that men are idiots.
December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Yet more evidence that men are idiots.
I see that the efforts to lay waste to CBS News are proceeding as planned.
@cbsnews.com is advertising an Erika Kirk town hall moderated by Bari Weiss under the tagline: “Can she unite America?” I want us to think about all the whys here and their implications.
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I see that the efforts to lay waste to CBS News are proceeding as planned.
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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
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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
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I hate that anyone gives a crap about whether a cabinet secretary can do a pull-up.
December 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I hate that anyone gives a crap about whether a cabinet secretary can do a pull-up.
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the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
It should really be a bigger story that the government apparently has a kill list.
He says the men they murdered are on a list.
Let’s see the list.
Let’s hear their names.
Show us the evidence.
If you have any.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Let’s see the list.
Let’s hear their names.
Show us the evidence.
If you have any.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It should really be a bigger story that the government apparently has a kill list.
100% accurate take. Semi-relatedly, let's not forget how much legitimacy the @nytimes.com gave to this made up controversy by publishing an op-ed about how the meaning for the 14th Amendment is somehow unclear.
There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Anyone who knows this history should know there’s no contested issue.
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
100% accurate take. Semi-relatedly, let's not forget how much legitimacy the @nytimes.com gave to this made up controversy by publishing an op-ed about how the meaning for the 14th Amendment is somehow unclear.
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I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
The fact that elites can’t fathom people like them doing bad things is a big part of how we got into this mess in the first place.
Congrats again to everyone, but especially the Democratic elites, who told us that Scott Bessent was a credible Treasury Secretary because he went to the right schools & cocktail parties.
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Area man best known for lifelong association with credit product brags about finally issuing rate product.
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The fact that elites can’t fathom people like them doing bad things is a big part of how we got into this mess in the first place.
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Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
Something tells me Brett doesn't lose any sleep worrying about the well being of women.
I wonder if Brett Kavanaugh will rethink his cavalier attitude towards these things once he sees a white blonde woman can be targeted repeatedly as well?
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Something tells me Brett doesn't lose any sleep worrying about the well being of women.
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I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
Absolutely heartbreaking.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Absolutely heartbreaking.
Good thread. The Roberts Court is irredeemably corrupt and we, as a nation, need to do something about it post-Trump.
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Good thread. The Roberts Court is irredeemably corrupt and we, as a nation, need to do something about it post-Trump.
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Billionaires will destroy this country if left unchecked.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Meet the billionaire pushing taxpayer-funded school vouchers
How one of the richest people on the planet presses his pet issue: school choice
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Billionaires will destroy this country if left unchecked.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Not the sort of take you expect from a law professor, but it is very refreshing to see the legal establishment starting to call SCOTUS out on its bullshit.
just an utter joke of a court.
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Not the sort of take you expect from a law professor, but it is very refreshing to see the legal establishment starting to call SCOTUS out on its bullshit.
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What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?
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I want to hear about some tech dudes who said one billion is plenty enough and dropped out to enjoy it instead of going grindset on making the world measurably worse for everyone but fellow billionaires.
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I want to hear about some tech dudes who said one billion is plenty enough and dropped out to enjoy it instead of going grindset on making the world measurably worse for everyone but fellow billionaires.
Bold move. The real question is how many Republicans eagerly embrace this story.
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Bold move. The real question is how many Republicans eagerly embrace this story.
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves