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Doug Gladden

@dougthelawyer.bsky.social
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Appellate Lawyer. Public Defender. Board Certified—Criminal Appellate Law. Licensed in Texas and Georgia. #AppellateTwitter #AppellateSky

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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Well, it's been a good run here. But now Bluesky is demanding that I provide—to a third party, no less—information that will make me vulnerable to identity theft. Not happening, guys. I probably won't be back. @support.bsky.team LMK if you ever get rid of this nonsense
Bluesky demanding either "age verification," logging out, or deleting my account.The only three "age verification" methods, which are giving 1) SSN, 2) credit card, or 3) driver license.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Platner finally stopped when somebody said no
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
An alien may freely come into England being no enemy. I want to frame this bad boy.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
When you remember who "they" are, the question answers itself
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I'll take some open border brisket as long as Cornyn didn't make the brisket
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Jonathon Booth @jboothhistory.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I think every judicial opinion should specify the exact contributions of the law clerk
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
New artwork by my 11-yo
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Air conditioning - I am not kidding - made the progress of civilization possible after World War II. Helped people work more productively, live longer, etc. Demonizing a/c is done by people who've never really had to live in a world without it
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The thing about criminal defense attorneys in America is that we really really really like the Constitution, and we'll fight like hell to defend it, even when it protects other things we don't personally like.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Have they checked the Big and Tall section
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Roadrunner on a fence. Not living up to name. 4/10 stars.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
What a whirlwind couple of days. Yesterday morning I spoke to about 1,000 of my fellow Texas criminal defense lawyers on ethics, and this morning I got to spend some quality time with the legendary Brian Steel before and after he spoke to us about his remarkable career.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
On the one hand, I really like what San Antonio is doing to the Alamo Plaza. On the other hand, I really miss the jarring impact of seeing the church in the middle of a bustling urban downtown area. But on the whole, it's pretty nice. And it looks like it's going to get even better.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Imagine being a supposedly neutral judge and thinking that "the District Attorney conceding relief" is a "problem."
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Well played, Buc-ee's
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Olives Guacamole Sushi Broccoli
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
There's a reason I keep a framed print of this strip in my office—on the wall directly behind my monitors, no less.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Must feel so amazing right now to be a Vietnamese man in NYC named Nicks Nguyen and hearing the whole city chant your name
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Unless they've changed it for current events, the plaza is always open. It's really nice to walk around after dark. Then go get a drink at the Menger Bar, and pretend you're Teddy Roosevelt.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The godforsaken stretch of land that exists for no other reason than to take up space between Georgia and Texas
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"Whales are just like elephants, Abbott. They have a graveyard where they go to die." youtu.be/wiKZo8kGwvc?...
youtu.be
The Story of Moby Dick - Abbott & Costello.
YouTube video by marcos estavos
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madam, i'm adam @ajvsell.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Calibri is just Comic Sans wearing its father’s old suit jacket.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Just watched an oral argument where the prosecutor began rebuttal with: "A line from my favorite movie, My Cousin Vinny, comes to mind. I can't say that line, but suffice it to say, I disagree with everything that [opposing counsel] said." #appellatesky
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Once every three years, each appellate judge should have to try a criminal case as defense counsel.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
He's just a duck Who thinks he's a flamingo
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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Here’s the thing about principles: they’re only principles if you stand by them when you have something to lose.
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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I always wondered why competitors didnt make more of the fact that Texas Pete hot sauce comes from North Carolina. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_P...
en.wikipedia.org
Texas Pete - Wikipedia
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Last week a Dallas County judge told me that the county is *considering* raising the hourly rate for appointed lawyers in criminal cases. . . . From $100 to $110.
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Stephen Hardwick @nonfinality.com · 29/05/2026
My end-of-May harumph—there is no such thing as “graduation” from elementary or middle school.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Yikes
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Evergreen
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Wishbone Knight
ALT: Wishbone Knight
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Part of "the spell a book casts on readers" is entering the universe of the book—including the time period in which it is set. Reading is the closest thing we have to TIME TRAVEL. To take that away is criminal.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 28/05/2026
I do not think it is possible to do this. The world today is so different from the one I grew up in. If you add cell phones into a story that doesn't have them, there are so many "why didn't they--" questions that arise.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
It was my honor and privilege last week to close out UT Law's 2026 Robert O. Dawson Conference on Criminal Appeals by speaking on Appellate Ethics to a packed room of some of the finest appellate lawyers, judges, and court staff in the State of Texas.
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Joe Dudek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Of course he did. She had a shotgun!
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Today's political lesson: "Sen. Cornyn votes with President Trump 99% of the time" always seemed like an attack ad, and indeed it was. MAGAs saw "99%" and said, "That's not enough."
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Good morning to everyone except the guy 3 houses down using a gas powered leaf blower at 7:40 am IN THE RAIN
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Far Side becomes reality
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
On the contrary, I didn't think I looked that good!
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Anders overuse is bad enough. But this. Wow.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"A skillet of bacon grease is a little munitions factory" youtu.be/x1rKvuDsQhQ?...
youtu.be
Disney Wartime Cartoon | "Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Firing Line" (4K | 60fps)
YouTube video by mouselounge
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Some of y'all who are mad that SCOTUS didn't rule by 5 p.m. have never waited in vain for a state criminal judge to rule on your writ of habeas corpus or your motion for new trial and it shows
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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 12/05/2026
You think they have a rivalry?
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University of Georgia
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Lenin Georgian Polytechnical Institute) is the main and largest technical university of Georgia. It is located in the capital city of Tbilisi.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This reminds me of the most disappointing CD I've ever gotten. Behold this disaster. It's even worse than it looks. (Pictures from an eBay listing; I threw mine out years ago)
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Ley @savagelure.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Abolishing the death penalty has always been about the policy (fairness, cost, equity, racial justice, morality), not whether individual crimes deserve the penalty. You can be utterly certain that this man is deserving yet still advocate for abolishing the penalty.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Supreme Court of Georgia suspends prosecutor’s privilege to practice law before the court for six months after filing a brief with the court that contained non-existent cases and cases that do not stand for the proposition asserted in the brief due to AI usage. www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/u...
gasupreme.us
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
If only James Comey had written 74770609^1/2 with seashells no one in the Trump administration would have figured it out.
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Well done, Trader Joe's. Well done.
Trader Joe's disclaimer that says

NOTE: Since posting, the details of this item may have changed due to fluctuating market prices, federal regulations, currency rates, drought, bandits, rush hour traffic, filibusters, zombie apocalypse, punctilious product developers...Contact our Crew for current price and availability
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Doug Gladden @dougthelawyer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The two main themes in Star Wars—including the Force theme—begin with a perfect fourth.
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