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thatpeskylawyer.bsky.social
@thatpeskylawyer.bsky.social
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Required disclaimer: Speaking only for myself. Did I mention I’m a lawyer? Also (in no particular order) writer, mentor, bicyclist, geocacher, guitarist, cat servant, unrepentant leftist, unrepentant nerd and geek.
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I’ll link to parts 2 and 3 in comments.

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What Principles Should a Progressive Supreme Court Follow? Part 1 of 3: Introduction
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson compared the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” rulings to Calvinball: There are no rules except that the administration wins.
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January 2, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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Latest rant.

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So What Do We Have for Opposition Leaders?
Crisis reveals character, and we’re now seeing which Democrats are willing to be a real opposition to fascism.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Haven’t done a Substack in a while. Legal nerdiness ahead.

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Yes, Supreme Court, Congress Can Limit Who the President Can Fire
I haven’t done a Substack in a while, but I’ve had a couple tabs sitting open for this bit if legal nerdery for some time, so…
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October 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Latest rant.

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No, Democrats, the Answer Isn’t to Throw “Them” Under the Bus
Over the past few years, I’ve come to know two branches of an extended Black family with roots in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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July 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Posted yesterday but didn’t link it here.

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How to Melt ICE?
Figuring out how to respond the abuses of ICE is one of the toughest puzzles of this presidency.
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June 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Haven’t had a chance to Substack in a while.

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Lighter Notes: Yes, They Still Make Protest Songs
Though he may have won all the battles
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May 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Favorite May Day signs.
May 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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T-Rexes and a “This Sucks” flag!
April 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Some favorite signs.
April 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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And more favorite signs.
April 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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More favorite signs since we can only do 4 at a time.
April 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Some favorite signs.
April 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Prepared for Saturday.
April 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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House Democrats: Articles of impeachment against everyone who knowingly discussed national security issues on Signal. Waltz, Hegseth, Rubio, Miller, Vance. Make Republicans take those votes.
March 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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This one’s been kicking for a while, but I needed a night where I could deal with the photos and links.

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A Hungry Birthday in Frogtown
“Birthdays was the worst days…”
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March 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Does this mean the next president can un-pardon the January 6 thugs?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 17
Dictator shit
March 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Yes, Schumer must go—not necessary for the reason you think.

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Even If He Made the Right Call, Schumer Must Go
Democrats: Like bats, we cave!
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March 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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March 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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I’ve seen a few posts asking what Dems should do about the SOTU. My suggestion: Show up, and as soon as he starts talking, start singing. Lift Every Voice, We Shall Not Be Moved, freedom songs, the Ukrainian national anthem. Let themselves be carried out, singing all the while.
March 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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For Black History Month, I posted a protest song a day for 28 days. Here’s the playlist.

But wait, you ask. Where’s Marvin? And “The Message”? And…?

Well, I brainstormed enough songs to do this again next year.
Black History Month 2025: 28 Protest Songs in 28 Days by Benjamin Weiss on Apple Music
Playlist · 28 Songs
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February 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Black History Month protest song #28 of 28. Maybe not technically a protest lyric, but an anthem of resistance and resilience.

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Andra Day - "Rise Up" (Live in KUTX Studio 1A)
YouTube video by KUTX Austin
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February 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Black History Month protest song #27 of 28. Donny wanted this to become a standard, and it should be one.

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Someday We'll All Be Free (Live)
YouTube video by Donny Hathaway - Topic
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February 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Black History Month protest song #26 of 28. I had the rest of the month planned out, but then learned the co-writer of this song (keyboardist and Isley nephew Chris Jasper) passed away this week.

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The Isley Brothers - Fight the Power, Pts. 1 & 2 (Official Audio)
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February 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Black History Month protest song #25 of 28. I could fill 28 days with Marley songs alone, but I find the central image of this one particularly apt for the times.

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Bob Marley - Small Axe [Burnin' - Remastered]
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February 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Klobuchar. Again.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Feb 25
The Democrats to yell at:

Bennet (CO)
Blumenthal (CT)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Kelly (AZ)
Klobuchar (MN)
Peters (MI)
Reed (RI)
Rosen (NV)
Shaheen (NH)
Warner (VA)
jonathancohn.bsky.social Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Feb 25
If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army.

And yet....16 Democrats just did so
February 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM