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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 13m
you and me both
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John Doyle @jdoyleoss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Originalism Trap by @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app really opened my eyes on this topic.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 14m
🥰 you heard her folks, share with your coworkers! share with your friends! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives ...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I went to the grand reopening of the African American Civil War museum this week and the timing is just right — its mission to preserve Black history is more relevant now than ever
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The African American Civil War Museum Reopens To Honor The Black Soldiers Who Changed History
The museum recently held its grand reopening in Washington’s historic U Street Corridor.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3h
I guess I slightly prefer the way Kav just white knighted for fossile fuels than how Alito would have done it. Just because Alito would have thrown in a Fox News barb about how climate change "hasn't even been proven yet" or something
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3h
What the Laquan McDonald cover-up guy advocating against holding people accountable for doing things like wantonly killing people under the auspices of public safety?!
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 3h
Kav also saying the Court's precedents are backed up by the "equal sovereignty principle." You know, the thing they made up in Shelby County to gut the Voting Rights Act. So it's a weapon to be used against Acts of Congress that states don't like...and state law suits that industry doesn't like.
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 3h
Alito's prob sitting in his chambers pounding his desk screaming softball questions to save Suncor's lawyers.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 3h
fist-pumped at this, this is one of the things I was hoping to hear like, the oil companies are the ones asking for something unprecedented and ridiculous, not the state and local governments who have been harmed by their conduct and want them to pay for it
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Balls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 3h
The Supreme Court's first case of the new term is an oil company's effort to avoid accountability for climate change harms
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How the Supreme Court Could Slam the Courthouse Door On Climate Accountability
The justices’ decision in Suncor Energy could leave cities and states ravaged by climate change with no meaningful recourse.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3h
I can’t believe it’s already the
Poster for the 1981 film adaptation of the 1978 play "First Monday in October"—named for the first day of the US Supreme Court's fall term. This poster includes photos of the movie's stars, Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh, with a caricature of the Supreme Court justices and Clayburgh's character dangling from two ends of Lady Justice's scale. Tagline: "In the Supreme Court, there are only eight of them against all of her."
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 4h
I'll be tuning in to the Supreme Court's oral argument in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County this morning--the case that Alito just belatedly recused from--which will determine whether communities can sue polluters to make em pay for the harms they caused to the climate www.lcv.org/blog/suncor-...
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Suncor v. Boulder: the Supreme Court climate lawsuit against Big Polluters, and what it means for you
Polluter-caused climate change costs all of us money. This case will decide whether the American people can sue Big Polluters to make them pay their share.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6h
I should NOT read news before food and coffee. Now I have gone and said things.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h
Let’s do this. I’m headed back to SCOTUS. First arguments of term — in a key climate change case — are at 10a. Subscribe now to support another term of my independent legal journalism: www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...
Chris with a cold brew, ready to go, in a blue and white check shirt, maroon tie, and gray jacket.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 5h
People in jail have the right to vote, but it's rarely accessible. I wrote about how Dallas election officials basically mocked the rights of the legally innocent. boltsmag.org/dallas-count...
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Dallas County Jail Adds Election Day Polling Place After Pressure from Activists - Bolts
Last summer, Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown sat inside her car to record a video to post on social media talking about voting inside her jail. Progressive activists had been... Read More
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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 8h
this is pretty cool. Now that the CFPB has been functionally dismantled by Russell Vought, a bunch of the attorneys formed a consumer protection law firm www.law360.com/colorado/art...
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Home Equity Fintech Is 1st Target Of Ex-CFPB Attys' Law Firm - Law360
Home equity fintech firm Unlock has used deceptive marketing and confusing contract terms to hide that its "investment" agreements are actually illegal high-cost loans, according to a new proposed cla...
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 5h
Anyway, happy First Monday everybody, this Supreme Court term is going to be an absolute nightmare, just like they will continue to be until we decide enough is enough and get serious about court reform.
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 5h
This week marks 10 years since I had an abortion. It wasn’t traumatic or heart wrenching—I just didn’t want to become a parent while 24 and living in a shoebox in Brooklyn. I will never be able to convey the rage I feel at the men who have spent the last decade making women less free and less equal.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 5h
I saw IT when I should not have lol which is strange bc my parents were v strict and it seems like the kinda thing they woulda disallowed! But also the movie was showing on the Sci Fi channel or something, and I think they assumed that if it was sufficiently edited for TV, it was fine (it was not)
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6h
This book had me sleeping with the lights on when i was six bsky.app/profile/slee...
The cover of Scary Stories to tell in the dark
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15h
Arguably the biggest democracy referendum next month: Virginia is one of only three states where the state constitution says people should lose their right to vote FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE if they are convicted of any felony. This measure would allow anyone to vote after prison.
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“It’s Time”: Virginians Will Decide Whether to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I highly recommend listening, as author Madiba Dennie narrates it herself and her voice is both clear and hopeful
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
the inevitable consequence of blocking people from ending their pregnancies is that pregnancy ends people’s lives ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Tierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It Predictable
Republican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care.
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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 17h
To be scrupulously fair to Alito, he doesn't really believe women are people, so I guess it isn't surprising that he doesn't think they have concrete reliance interests.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 16h
Alito is a second-rate mind doing first-rate misogyny.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 16h
for reference, in the Dobbs opinion, Alito was like, women generally don't _plan_ to get an abortion, so how could they have a reliance interest in abortion? which is kind of an extension of 'you want health insurance? what, you plan on being sick?'
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 20h
Hate it when you see what you think is a cool bird and you look it up later and it’s called like the Common Dumb Asshole. “Birders throughout history have hated its guts. It can’t even fly right.” I thought I saw an interesting guy.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18h
I’m gonna put my fist through a wall
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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For it is easier for a camel to get though Manhattan traffic than…
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today, Oct 4, is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi: the day when you can bring your pets to church for a blessing.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23h
I regret to announce that the new Supreme Court term starts tomorrow Im pleased to announce that ballsandstrikes.org is still breaking it all down, & now offering a new way for you to support us doing so! Register and become a Dedicated Supporter for just $5/mo (or Even More Dedicated for $50/yr)!
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Balls & Strikes
A site for critical, progressive, and bullshit-free commentary about courts, judges, and the legal system they uphold.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not a coincidence that only place far right wing operatives like Alito feels comfortable giving “interviews” is to far right or right-leaning media outlets. So they can gaslight like this ↘️
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
A few assorted thoughts: - this article is sad af man - bewildering that there are people out there who voted for Trump for the first time in 2024 - truck driver's mom pissed me off so bad
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 04/10/2026
I think Stevie Wonder is a maniac Because why …. Where did this Cookie Monster voice come from????
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
one thing I remember thinking about during the NYT's wall to wall coverage of Claudine Gay's fake plagiarism scandal is how regularly the NYT denies credit to the work of local, independent, and/or student journalists
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exactly this. No matter how straight forward Alito’s comments look - it’d be a mistake to dismiss it as a clickbait. Given how these guys have grabbed power without any regard for precedent and rules - Dems should fully expect Rs to ram through a scotus nomination if they lose the senate.
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sr. Producer/Editor – “Preditor” (Social Media/Short Form)
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Washington, DC

$139,200 - $186,600 a yearTobias from Arrested Development
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In a gesture of reconciliation I am adding Tom Cotton to all the group chats I have made fun of Tom Cotton in.
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Allen Davis @allenrdavis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Want to know more? Read, or listen to, the excellent “The Originalism Trap”.
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.
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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"For comparison, the George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden administrations made a combined total of 25 shadow docket applications over the course of 20 years." ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ketan...
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Getting Tired of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Abuses
The conservative supermajority keeps refusing to take the real-world harms of its work seriously.
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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Justice Jackson said "stop playing in my face" and @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app clocked it: ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ketan... "It was the 40th such application the Trump administration has made over the past year and a half."
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Getting Tired of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Abuses
The conservative supermajority keeps refusing to take the real-world harms of its work seriously.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
This was a emotionally challenging piece for me to write--angering, saddening, and tbh frightening--but I also think it's important There were so many opportunities to save Tierra Walker's life and it's so obvious why her pregnancy ended in death anyway ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Tierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It Predictable
Republican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026
Not yet 11am and I've been tagged in multiple nice posts about The Originalism Trap, this is an exciting morning for me bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives ...
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Sarah Walker @quesarahsera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app breaks down the bullshit of "Originalism" in her wonderful book The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back. It's a great read AND a great listen because the author herself reads the work for the audiobook!
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The Originalism Trap by Madiba K. Dennie: 9780593729250 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives....
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ironically, my original interview with the journalist I spoke with was primarily about how "inconsistencies" can come from gender bias in investigatory processes and then be blamed on survivors. It was the inspiration for this thread--but none of these points made it into any USA Today article:
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Liza @lizamezzo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Quality analysis, not on Substack. Worth a few greenbacks!
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every single reporter working in Maine should be asking Susan Collins whether she will commit to voting against any Trump picked nominee to #SCOTUS if Alito retires during lame duck.
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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