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Just write about the great blue heron and then the little cattle egret and then the g-damned rose breasted grosbeak and you will be done I simply do not think this is so hard.

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 4h

man, writing is for the birds literally why does anyone do it

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 10h

The other thing is virtually everything in the interview is stuff the judge actually said in court too, directly to DOJ attorneys before him.

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 10h

I don't mean to pretend I don't have views! I didn't love the judges giving these interviews. And I think we shouldn't gerrymander ordinary ethics to make it okay bc of what they said. (Though, if a violation, I'm open to arg that it was morally justified so long as they accept the consequences)

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 11h

I'm v v curious to hear what legal ethics folks think about this DOJ judicial ethics complaint. As a total nonexpert, it seems nonfrivolous? Whether that's right on the merits--and what the consequence should be if violation(s) are found--feel like pretty important questions.

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 12h

The major bombshell in here though is that DOJ says Judges Schiltz and Tunheim should be "ordered to recuse from any matters involving DHS" and that they should be investigated because they "covet publicity."

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 12h

DOJ's complaint about at least seven fed. judges in Minnesota for talking to the NYTimes about the Trump administration's mismanagement of immigration enforcement complains of these ten truthful statements on the ground that some immigration cases are pending appeal. www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...

A list of ten statements the judges made in this NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/minnesota-judge-trump-immigration.html

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Prestidigitator John 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 @tomscud.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

With a tuba dotting the i

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Megan @meplusdog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

THE Ohio State University

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

exposing a fake U of M fan for forgetting it's Ohio *State* catching people secretly attending an NBA Hawkeyes game DO NOT WORRY AMERICA, OUR SENATORS ARE ON THE CASE

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

real heads use the Friedman & Mortenson con law casebook

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Eve Brensike Primus @primuseve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Attn: @umichlaw.bsky.social and @mdefenders.bsky.social is hiring a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law/Associate Director for the new MDefenders Center for Public Defense. Job posting here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2.... Come work w/me to train the next generation of public defenders!

careers.umich.edu

Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Associate Director MDefenders Center for Public Defense | U-M Careers

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do not carry a cold beverage in their presence. Politely decline any drinks or sweetmeats they may offer. Keep a plain iron nail in your left trouser pocket and a sachet or paper twist of coarse salt in your right shoe. Enter and leave your chair moving clockwise. Follow up with a thank-you note.

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

don’t knowingly violate federal law seems a reasonable place to start as far as expectations for officeholders go

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Unofficially Tracie Cantu @thetraciecantu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One of the best series ever.

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

DEMOCRACY IS AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM PLUS ELECTRIFICATION OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY

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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

He imposed Shania Law

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Torrey Mortenson @torreymortenson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Coherent thought and an order of operations for how to achieve the goal. Otherwise parts may get changed but the system can't because of some interlocking component that was not done first. I feel like court reform and a series of legislative actions overturning some of the con law that's been

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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Resistance lieutenant: "Sir I put together a duty roster for all our soldiers for the next month." John Connor: "Wow, how did you do that so quickly?" Resistance lieutenant: [sweats nervously]

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

good luck guessing where this thread is going

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A crucial moment of my timeline on Bluesky is February 2025 when DOGE invaded the Department of Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Services and took over the Appropriations Pipes. @nathantankus.bsky.social had pivotal coverage of DOGE’s removal of key figures in the Office.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 26/09/2026

The need to rebuild admin law is not just about NIH and science. From yesterday: “Congress established the FCC so that no party can grab total control over the nation’s communications infrastructure.” That’s the big picture of the government principles that are now being shredded

bloomberg.com

Senator Questions Whether FCC Can Operate With Only Republicans

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden asked the lone Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission, Anna Gomez, whether the agency can legally conduct business, including merger reviews, if it only comprises R...

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's hard to imagine a serious effort to fix the federal government that doesn't include court reform. This is not a generic point about bad faith judges. Successful political reform will require the root-and-branch elimination of interlocking con law doctrines that choke off legislative innovation

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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

this would fix me

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As a theoretical matter I am torn on all of these Qs. Concretely: there's a handful of urgent-feeling essays that are fully formed in my head, but that I'm 2-3 years away from getting to. And I'm confident me and Claude could knock them out quickly. At some level, OBVIOUSLY I ought to do this!

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What do you call the sound made by a loud murder? A cawcawphony

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

why would you ruin perfectly good coffee by putting ice into it?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

there are so many occasions when powerful actors (including the press in some cases) have NOT fought back against equally lawless behavior. Not to mention all the blatant lawlessness that comes so fast and so furious, and/or targets powerless groups, that fighting back is a huge challenge ...

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The great virtue of the Trump administration may be that it has pushed the argument so far, and is seeking to defend such egregious presidential behavior, that virtually no one will be on board with it and the rights-privilege distinction will die a second more final death…. Here’s hoping.

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The govt gives lots of benefits that everyone can’t have (jobs, contracts, funding for projects access). If the 1A didn’t apply to decisions about these kinds of privileges it would give the govt tremendous power to shape the marketplace of ideas and retaliate against its enemies. Uhhhh wait….

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The NYT has reprinted the gov brief in the press ban case and it is revealing. It makes clear that the admin's central arg for why Trump could kick CNN etc. out of the WH is that access to the WH is not a right but a privilege🧵 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.com

Read the White House Response to the Lawsuit From CNN, MS NOW and Politico

The Trump administration has defended its ban on the three media outlets in a court filing.

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Helen @helenmaryme.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🤣😆❤️

Chalkboard sign posted outside an ice cream shop. The word "ice cream" is written with an arrow pointing to the shop door. The words "cruel world" are posted with the arrow pointing out to the world at large.

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David Williams @se7en-driver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I hear shit really kicked off during the next Congress when Nathanial Oldbay joined the MD delegation.

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

cut it out Maryland, Congressman Crabb cannot be a real thing

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 23/09/2026

THREAD: CNN et al. v. Trump et al. underway Judge Timothy Kelly says he's giving 15-20 minutes to each side. "I have to start with the DC Circuit precedent that exists." He mentions he took up the Acosta case, and was surprised by precedent giving journalists pre deprevation due process rights.

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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And check out the conversation @nikobowie.bsky.social & @daphnarenan.bsky.social recently had with @leahlitman.bsky.social on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social as part of our Supreme Court reform series ! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

podcasts.apple.com

We Need To Talk About Judicial Review

Podcast Episode · Strict Scrutiny · S7 Bonus · 51m

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Although pay has risen over the past decade, about 40% of nursing home aides rely on some form of public assistance, such as Medicaid or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), PHI reported."

kffhealthnews.org

Nursing Home Beds Are Becoming More Scarce - KFF Health News

As the oldest baby boomers turn 80, researchers worry there won’t be enough room in nursing facilities for a rapidly graying nation.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Nursing home aides work stressful, low-paying jobs with historically high turnover rates. Their median hourly wage last year was $20.67, according to federal data compiled by PHI, a research and advocacy group for direct care workers."

kffhealthnews.org

Nursing Home Beds Are Becoming More Scarce - KFF Health News

As the oldest baby boomers turn 80, researchers worry there won’t be enough room in nursing facilities for a rapidly graying nation.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The decline in nursing home beds in the US is an incredibly concerning trend, because recent research suggests that the supply of possible informal caregivers is declining as the share of older adults (65+) is increasing

kffhealthnews.org

Nursing Home Beds Are Becoming More Scarce - KFF Health News

As the oldest baby boomers turn 80, researchers worry there won’t be enough room in nursing facilities for a rapidly graying nation.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm part of the CROOKED CON 2026 lineup for @crooked.com! Join us on November 7th in Washington D.C. for panels, candidate forums, live shows, interviews, organizing events, and more. Tickets available now at crookedcon.com @strictscrutiny.bsky.social

Leah Litman / Strict Scrutiny host, Crooked Media

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