Patterico
@patterico.bsky.social
Opinions definitely not those of my employer.
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May every day be another wonderful secret.
Music I wrote: http://is.gd/mangledgrapes
My newsletter: http://patterico.substack.com
May every day be another wonderful secret.
Yeah. I thought of Ken because he has discussed this phenomenon many times.
February 10, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Yeah. I thought of Ken because he has discussed this phenomenon many times.
It's hard to describe the sinking feeling you immediately get the moment the judge says something especially nice as he is about to deliver his ruling
February 10, 2026 at 3:55 AM
It's hard to describe the sinking feeling you immediately get the moment the judge says something especially nice as he is about to deliver his ruling
There's nothing much more to tell. It wasn't a disaster but I did not get the result I had sought. But I pretty much knew that the moment the judge started to say nice things.
February 10, 2026 at 3:49 AM
There's nothing much more to tell. It wasn't a disaster but I did not get the result I had sought. But I pretty much knew that the moment the judge started to say nice things.
Says I have to pay to read it all, but my revealed preference is that I don’t care enough to do that. #economics
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Says I have to pay to read it all, but my revealed preference is that I don’t care enough to do that. #economics
I learned about the *accurate* standard, and the Supreme Court case that articulated it, from @stevevladeck.bsky.social's excellent newsletter where he addressed this issue specifically.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/186-when-c...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/186-when-c...
186. When Can States Prosecute Federal Officers?
Stephen Miller claims that ICE officers have "immunity" for anything they do while enforcing immigration law. Even as an argument about *state* criminal prosecutions, that claim is overstated at best.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I learned about the *accurate* standard, and the Supreme Court case that articulated it, from @stevevladeck.bsky.social's excellent newsletter where he addressed this issue specifically.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/186-when-c...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/186-when-c...
If you see someone trying to pull that stunt, ask them how a use of force can be objectively unnecessary and yet objectively reasonable.
I have yet to see a single one of these pundits answer that question, though I have asked it over and over with respect to the Renee Good shooting.
I have yet to see a single one of these pundits answer that question, though I have asked it over and over with respect to the Renee Good shooting.
January 25, 2026 at 5:11 PM
If you see someone trying to pull that stunt, ask them how a use of force can be objectively unnecessary and yet objectively reasonable.
I have yet to see a single one of these pundits answer that question, though I have asked it over and over with respect to the Renee Good shooting.
I have yet to see a single one of these pundits answer that question, though I have asked it over and over with respect to the Renee Good shooting.