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David Coale

@600camp.bsky.social
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Leads the appellate practice at Dallas’s Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann. Blogger, sometime pundit, often driving kids in large pickup truck.

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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The Lawyer With No Tie discusses the recent tomfoolery about vouchers and Muslim schools - www.fox4news.com/video/fmc-98...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
For something a little different, I joined Brandon Rottinghaus from the University of Houston to talk about lawyer advertising and the First Amendment - lnkd.in/g8hcDPTe
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Me, anchors, and stock footage of trade stuff discuss the tariffs opinion. www.fox4news.com/video/fmc-zc... -
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I gaze into the Major Questions Doctrine while discussing SCOTUS’s demolition of President Trump’s tariff plan this morning - www.fox4news.com/video/fmc-ig...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I gaze into the Major Questions Doctrine while discussing SCOTUS’s demolition of President Trump’s tariff plan this morning - www.fox4news.com/video/fmc-ig...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I gaze at the Fifth Circuit’s 2-1 opinion of last Friday about immigration detention without bond. www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I think “if you don’t close the blinds well you get a weird light thing on your forehead,” while discussing the student walkouts of the last few days in Austin - www.fox7austin.com/news/greg-ab...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I use the underused but apt term “fizzled out” to describe DHS’s claim for keeping Leqaa Kordia in custody - www.fox4news.com/video/fmc-qc...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Concealed by my stealthy Clark Kent disguise, I talk about the latest in Minnesota with Shaun Rabb - www.fox4news.com/video/fmc-a2...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Minnesota’s lawsuit about ICE gets the furrowed brow, both on the merits and because my collar is too tight - www.fox4news.com/video/fmc-3t...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Now actually wearing the flashy red-blue combination, I talk about the Texas teachers' union suing the Education Agency about regulation of socal-media posts - www.fox4news.com/video/fmc-00...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I skeptically eye Maduro's claim of immunity - under US criminal law, not touching the international-law issues www.fox4news.com/video/fmc-0c...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Start the New Year right with me hungrily eyeing my name, while discussing the "app purchase age verification law" and the order enjoining it, on Spectrum. vimeo.com/1150822572?f...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Despite my weirdly yellow hue, I express my opinion about the Texas “age registration to buy apps” law that was recently enjoined - www.fox4news.com/news/judge-b...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I pray that the errant lock of hair on my forehead will go back where it is supposed to be, while describing notable Texas cases about religious freedom in Androvett's "top 10 of 2025" year-end summary. androvett.com/media-covera...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
All the cool kids organize their space with “window/door over left shoulder, art over right,” as we talk about short-term rentals with the World Cup coming up - www.fox4news.com/news/demand-...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
In Bloomberg last week, I talk about the Texas AG's new tactic of suing in very sparsely populated counties: news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-ops-an...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I hungrily eye the CBS logo while further discussing the Camp Mystic lawsuits - www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Despite dim lighting, I shed some light on the new Camp Mystic lawsuits with Allie Spillyards - lnkd.in/gFFmURRQ
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I make an equals sign with my hands to say “equal protection” about the latest waffling on implementing Obergefell and same-sex marriage - www.fox4news.com/video/1733736
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
“Follow the yellow brick tie,” I say, in talking about DHS’s current position about bonds during removal proceedings - www.fox4news.com/news/federal...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
"What?" I say, upon learning that the Texas GOP wants to regulate the state primary ballot,. vimeo.com/1126435316
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I squint to avoid the distracting glare of … colorful crosswalks, an odd new priority of state government - www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Marvel at the thoughts of "David Coale, tax lawyer" in Bloomberg (to be fair, it's about the impact of the Jarkesy opinion which I actually do know something about) todayhttps://lnkd.in/gicfaXfb
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I look askance at the President’s authority to require big layoffs during the shutdown, www.fox4news.com/video/1717993
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I say “First” for the Amendment affected by the FCC’s position in l’affaire Kimmel - www.fox4news.com/video/1710913
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
“Help, I’m trapped in a giant Constitution,” I say to Alex Douglas while also talking about the Charlie Kirk aftermath - www.fox4news.com/news/where-d...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Re: the trouble at Texas State, at about 1:40, I remind that the First Amendment “protects your right to be obnoxious,” but not your ability to walk into a group of people and risk provoking a fight. www.fox7austin.com/video/1708910
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I wonder why my camera made my shirt and head the same color, as I talk about government-employee speech rights and the Charlie Kirk situation - fox7austin.com/video/1708196
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
New Legislative session, same “Open Courts” problem, in the online DMN and Sunday’s print edition - www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Very interesting ecclesiastical-immunity case from the Fifth Circuit a few days ago, in a dispute between the Baptist Mission Board and the former executive director of a regional group of Baptist churches - 600camp.com/your-mission...
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Your mission, if you choose to accept it ... - 600 Camp
McRaney v. N. Am. Mission Board arises from a contentious dispute between the North American Mission Board, a Baptist organization, and the former executive director of the Baptist Convention of Maryl...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Enjoy some kimchi and whatever I may be saying here
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Explore the red tape with me today in Fortune - fortune.com/2025/09/03/t...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Fox 7 Austin valiantly summarizes the 800+ new laws that became effective today, complete with my two cents about the Ten Commandments - similar to another recent segment but with a redder overall tint. www.fox7austin.com/news/from-cl...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Surrounded by walls, I talk about school walls with the Ten Commandments on them. www.fox4news.com/news/legal-b...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
I sing a melodious duet with Shaun Rabb while discussing events in DC city government - www.fox4news.com/video/1689511
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
To appear wise about the quorum saga, I incline my head in a knowing way - www.fox4news.com/video/1688515
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I get a little odd, with the Epoch Times, about the legal dramatics this week in Austin - lnkd.in/gSb_C4TE
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
In which I deftly illustrate the departure of the Texas Democratic legislators www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4JF...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The August Texas Monthly has a story about how Texas has picked up some California-style regulation in recent years; among other features, the story has a quote from me just above Matthew McConaughey's head - www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
The man with no jacket in his office talks about the Uvalde lawsuit against Meta and others - www.fox4news.com/news/parents...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The hills are alive with the sound of - me - discussing FEMA and the recent floods www.fox4news.com/news/fema-ca...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I search for the truth, speaking to the Preston Hollow Democrats yesterday about the recent Supreme Court term, with law school classmate Elizabeth Ginsberg
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
You can file class actions after CASA, or you can file lots of little lawsuits … www.salon.com/2025/06/30/s...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Like a legal Flash, I move too fast for my laptop camera, but more quickly than nationwide injunctions are moving after the morning’s opinion - www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Other cases have understandably dominated the headlines today, but it's still worth noting that the track record of "doubling" arguments in the Fifth Circuit was doubly unsuccessful today - 600camp.com/double-troub...
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Double Trouble - 600 Camp
Last term, the Supreme Court reversed a Fifth Circuit opinion that held the CFPB’s structure violated the Constitution because it was “double insulated” from the annual appropriations process. The unf...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I illustrate the smaller role of judicial review after the nationwide-injunction case - www.fox4news.com/video/1665675
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
David, the Attorney Not Involved, discusses the fading investigations about the EPIC development in Collin County - www.fox4news.com/news/epic-ci...
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David Coale @600camp.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I know that pressing issues of foreign affairs are top-of-mind right now but it's still worth a minute to consider just how specific personal jurisdiction has gotten so Baroque, after decades of effort to apply the International Shoe test to the "stream of commerce" - 600camp.com/specific-jur...
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Specific Jurisdiction Is Confusing - 600 Camp
Within the last month, area courts have reached the following holdings: in Ethridge v. Samsung, a Fifth Circuit panel majority found that a manufacturer of batteries was subject to jurisdiction in Tex...
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