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Matthew Stiegler

@matthewstiegler.bsky.social

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Appellate lawyer, president of Third Circuit Bar Association, former prosecutor, fellow of American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Thaddeus Stevens fan. Views here: just mine.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · Aug 31

We lose it all if we don’t unite in time.

Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · Aug 30

🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.

The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 3m

Should be a nice stress-free one

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 3h

Important thread and article.

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 3h

One of the basic points in my new Dispatch piece on the right to record immigration raids and raiders is that ICE agents are already informally “enforcing” their disapproval of at-the-scene recording by roughing up journalists, freelance photographers, and others with cellphone cameras. /1

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 14h

New from me at The Dispatch: DHS says it's illegal to videotape ICE agents. That's not what the courts say. @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 3h

Obscene

Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 3h

Rules or practitioners?

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 3h

Also, buy the dang book, it’s quite good and also fun if you’re a weirdo.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

Written and Unwritten

Cambridge Core - American Studies - Written and Unwritten

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 3h

Or the local rule is a dead letter and everyone who practices there just knows the unwritten way it really works.

Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 3h

The president personally trolling @kovarsky.bsky.social

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h

Question: Have you given any more thought to suspending habeas corpus?

Trump: Suspending who?

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 3h

Violent violets too

Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 4h

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Phil Weiser @philweiser.bsky.social · 5h

To keep our republic, we must defend freedom of speech; the #RuleofLaw; and not allow the military to do domestic law enforcement. I will defend these pillars and stand strong against this bullying, lawless administration, as I explained to @kylec.bsky.social. www.9news.com/video/news/l...

www.9news.com

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 5h

Governor Shapiro, you belong in Chicago and Portland today, standing shoulder to shoulder with the governors there. Silence is not an option.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 5h

Watch, he turns to look into the lens to say it.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 5h

If you zoom in, you can see the Antifa-led hellfire.

<touches earpiece>

Correction, that’s a bouquet of daisies.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 5h

Also increasingly unserious

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 5h

White House officials have held increasingly serious discussions in recent days about President Donald Trump invoking the Insurrection Act:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 5h

Your fearlessness inspires us all.

Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 6h

Fortunately she’s wearing a begonia-proof vest.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 6h

My wife @pattyskuster.bsky.social is in Portland today. It’s a war zone, insurrectionists and sunflowers everywhere.

Pretty flowers at the downtown farmers’ market.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 7h

Great idea

Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 7h

When I was head of habeas unit at the Philly DA’s office, I posted on twitter that my unit was hiring. Today, one of the people who responded is the new head of the unit; another is their boss. Couldn’t be prouder.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 20h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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States United Democracy Center @statesunited.org · 7h

DISTRICT COURT JUDGE RESPONDS TO WEEKEND DEPLOYMENTS >> “I am certainly troubled by now hearing that both California and Texas are being sent to Oregon, which does appear to be in direct contradiction of my order..."
www.opb.org/article/2025...

Federal judge blocks federalized guard from deploying to Oregon

U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut’s ruling late Sunday, her second in two days, capped a dramatic weekend that included President Trump sending California National Guard members to Oregon and o...

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 8h

Not sure I even heard of local rules back when I went to law school. Hopefully not true these days.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11h

One day you're living in a constitutional republic, the next day the president is calling for the arrest of governors and mayors

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 11h

I’m not a political strategist or a social psychologist, but to me this seems true and important. Values must be activated. Surviving a real crisis takes real leadership.

Highlighted: “We've learned, hearteningly, that majorities seem to harbor a deep attachment to liberal rights and liberties, one that instinctively recoils at masked kidnappings, at hypermilitarized vehicles on urban boulevards, at the trappings of totalitarian dictatorship. But this must be activated. That takes conflict and controversy-powerful imagery and language that rivets attention.”

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

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