Jon
@jonpainter.bsky.social
Currently: Passed the bar. Lawyer. Not your lawyer. Statements my own and do not reflect the views of my employer.
Previously: Television producer and photographer.
#Miami #Law
Previously: Television producer and photographer.
#Miami #Law
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space law fact: the united nations committee on the peaceful uses of outer space is the international body tasked with considering legal issues arising from the exploration of space
October 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
space law fact: the united nations committee on the peaceful uses of outer space is the international body tasked with considering legal issues arising from the exploration of space
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BOOM 🔥:
Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.
Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.
October 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
BOOM 🔥:
Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.
Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.
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Read this. The whole thing. Sit with it.
Free advice for this Sunday morning:
When you see the byline “Eli Saslow,” you drop whatever the hell you’re doing and click on the link.
Gift link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
When you see the byline “Eli Saslow,” you drop whatever the hell you’re doing and click on the link.
Gift link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Read this. The whole thing. Sit with it.
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I'm stunned. ICE attorneys not identifying themselves in COURT?
July 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm stunned. ICE attorneys not identifying themselves in COURT?
In 1994 the @guinnessisacat.bsky.social Widget beat out the internet as invention of the year, and tbh, good call.
The widget never threatened liberal democracy.
And it gives a perfect pour.
The widget never threatened liberal democracy.
And it gives a perfect pour.
June 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
In 1994 the @guinnessisacat.bsky.social Widget beat out the internet as invention of the year, and tbh, good call.
The widget never threatened liberal democracy.
And it gives a perfect pour.
The widget never threatened liberal democracy.
And it gives a perfect pour.
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Younger people will be shocked to hear this, but way back when I grew up, anytime you saw a movie where some government official stopped someone on the street and demanded to see their identification papers, that was supposed to let you know they were the *bad* guys.
June 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Younger people will be shocked to hear this, but way back when I grew up, anytime you saw a movie where some government official stopped someone on the street and demanded to see their identification papers, that was supposed to let you know they were the *bad* guys.
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June 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.
I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.
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A few key points:
- Senator Padilla is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety
- He identified himself as a Senator
- Right before this happened Noem literally said she was there to liberate Los Angeles from its elected leadership
- Senator Padilla is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety
- He identified himself as a Senator
- Right before this happened Noem literally said she was there to liberate Los Angeles from its elected leadership
Padilla's office issues new statement on Kristi Noem's goons manhandling him:
"He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed."
"He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed."
June 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A few key points:
- Senator Padilla is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety
- He identified himself as a Senator
- Right before this happened Noem literally said she was there to liberate Los Angeles from its elected leadership
- Senator Padilla is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety
- He identified himself as a Senator
- Right before this happened Noem literally said she was there to liberate Los Angeles from its elected leadership
There are different arguments for the best way to watch the skywalker saga, but there’s only one way to watch Andor… after Rogue One.
#StarWars
#StarWars
June 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
There are different arguments for the best way to watch the skywalker saga, but there’s only one way to watch Andor… after Rogue One.
#StarWars
#StarWars
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Probably preaching to the choir here but, some data from the 1960s.
June 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Probably preaching to the choir here but, some data from the 1960s.
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We have 43 more months of this dumpster fire... 🫤
June 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
We have 43 more months of this dumpster fire... 🫤
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Technically, it was mostly norms that kept Presidents from sending political hacks into the executive agencies to make "factual" determinations that run counter to literal reality.
But also it's a norm that was observed because doing otherwise is so obviously stupid and self-destructive.
But also it's a norm that was observed because doing otherwise is so obviously stupid and self-destructive.
BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Technically, it was mostly norms that kept Presidents from sending political hacks into the executive agencies to make "factual" determinations that run counter to literal reality.
But also it's a norm that was observed because doing otherwise is so obviously stupid and self-destructive.
But also it's a norm that was observed because doing otherwise is so obviously stupid and self-destructive.
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This is the *opposite* of what habeas corpus means.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is the *opposite* of what habeas corpus means.
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Today Trump's main legislative initiative died *in committee*, his main domestic policy initiative was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, & his economic shenanigans got the whole country's credit downgraded.
Let's talk about what's important: Biden Old
Let's talk about what's important: Biden Old
May 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today Trump's main legislative initiative died *in committee*, his main domestic policy initiative was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, & his economic shenanigans got the whole country's credit downgraded.
Let's talk about what's important: Biden Old
Let's talk about what's important: Biden Old
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Anne Frank, diary entry, January 13, 1943.
May 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Anne Frank, diary entry, January 13, 1943.
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Weekend read: US courts have ordered a stop to President Trump's policies and actions 200+ times.
We've been tracking lawsuits from the moment he was sworn in, identifying at least 328 and counting.
A deep dive into the data (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
We've been tracking lawsuits from the moment he was sworn in, identifying at least 328 and counting.
A deep dive into the data (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
In Court, Trump Is Losing More Than He’s Winning
A Bloomberg analysis of more than 325 court cases involving challenges to President Trump’s executive actions reveals the stress test on the balance of power taking shape.
www.bloomberg.com
May 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Weekend read: US courts have ordered a stop to President Trump's policies and actions 200+ times.
We've been tracking lawsuits from the moment he was sworn in, identifying at least 328 and counting.
A deep dive into the data (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
We've been tracking lawsuits from the moment he was sworn in, identifying at least 328 and counting.
A deep dive into the data (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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READ. THE. SUBHEAD.
May 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
READ. THE. SUBHEAD.
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Now Stephen Miller is talking constitutional rubbish about a supposed presidential power to suspend habeas corpus to get back at federal courts that displease Trump too much. But only Congress has suspension power — and then only when “public safety requires it” in times of “invasion or rebellion.”
May 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Now Stephen Miller is talking constitutional rubbish about a supposed presidential power to suspend habeas corpus to get back at federal courts that displease Trump too much. But only Congress has suspension power — and then only when “public safety requires it” in times of “invasion or rebellion.”
Undoing the benefits we gained from the Bretton Woods agreement to own the libs…
"The Shift Away From the Dollar Is Picking Up Steam" www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
May 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Undoing the benefits we gained from the Bretton Woods agreement to own the libs…
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This is wild.
Where by “wild” I mean “the sort of humiliating display of racist arrogance that will harm the US’s world-wide reputation in ways that will be impossible to fully repair in my lifetime.”
Where by “wild” I mean “the sort of humiliating display of racist arrogance that will harm the US’s world-wide reputation in ways that will be impossible to fully repair in my lifetime.”
1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
May 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is wild.
Where by “wild” I mean “the sort of humiliating display of racist arrogance that will harm the US’s world-wide reputation in ways that will be impossible to fully repair in my lifetime.”
Where by “wild” I mean “the sort of humiliating display of racist arrogance that will harm the US’s world-wide reputation in ways that will be impossible to fully repair in my lifetime.”
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Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
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Judge Howell's opinion in the Perkins Coie case is here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Judge Howell's opinion in the Perkins Coie case is here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...