Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’d separate that clause with em-dashes instead of commas. Or else spell out “eleven” for G-d’s sake. 150
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Great work by @acluva.bsky.social virginiamercury.com/2026/09/16/v...virginiamercury.comVirginia school board settles with parents, reverses policy that blocked LGBTQ+ student club • Virginia MercuryKing George School Board updates policy to expand non-curricular clubs, enhance parental input 031
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Rao and Katsas in top form here. Radical leftist Judge Henderson dissents. media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...media.cadc.uscourts.gov 040
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The irreparable harm is that the student has to attend Brooklyn Tech instead of Stuyvesant. 241
Reposted by Josh BlockNate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"The order of the president of the United States I think fairly read expresses the view that transgender citizens don't exist," Judge Young told a DOJ attorney. "Please tell me I'm wrong." DOJ lawyer: "I can't." 019794
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 21/09/20261. Under what possible procedural mechanism can a court of appeals affirm a TRO and remand for entry of a *permanent injunction* when there hasn’t even been an answer to the complaint? 2. This just openly defies Kavanaugh’s stay of the order until disposition of a cert petition. 65425
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Same guy involved in the Abrego Garcia malicious prosecution. 0379
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026static.klipy.comJim Carrey's Devastating Objection in Liar LiarALT: Jim Carrey's Devastating Objection in Liar Liar 031
Reposted by Josh BlockMike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026CA2 says federal government can conduct suspicionless searches of any international traveler's cellphones - even U.S. citizens! - upon arrival at the border. The 2nd Circuit covers JFK Airport. Biden judge concurs in the judgment to say WTF! storage.courtlistener.com/pdf/2026/09/... 14217
Reposted by Josh BlockAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 17/09/2026Just In — Rep. Beatty's legal team just alerted Judge Cooper about the existence of this photo "that appears to read 'Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED.'" Doc buff.ly/aOLFtoG 641725575
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species ProtectionAn internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal. 145
Reposted by Josh BlockKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026JUST IN: A federal judge has barred DHS from threatening to prosecute a man who harshly criticized ICE’s acting director following the fatal shootings in Minnesota. It violates his free speech, Judge Contreras ruled. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show... 3838571089
Reposted by Josh BlockMike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is getting way out of hand www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi... 126010
Reposted by Josh BlockKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026JUST IN: Judge Cooper has broadly blocked the Kennedy Center from inscribing Trump's name on the building. "Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress’s blessing." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show... 23874227
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Same breakdown as Learning Resources if you count Kavanaugh as siding with the administration on the merits, probably attributable to different views among conservatives on MQD’s application here. 020
Reposted by Josh Blockdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026i would protect this chair with my life 732206197
Reposted by Josh BlockDaphna Renan @daphnarenan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Grateful for this generous dive into our history from the New Yorker. The review tees up an important Q. Our argument is that the Court has an important role to play enforcing federal statutes, but that it should not defy enacted federal law. What does this mean for the presidency? 🧵 bit.ly/3STkBurbit.lyHas the Supreme Court Sandbagged Democracy?A new legal history argues that the Justices should be stripped of their power to overrule coequal branches of government. It arrives at an awkward moment. 142
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The press release has a quote from the U.S. Attonrey for the Northern District of Texas because of the egregious forum shopping to Judge O’Connor’s court. 05218
Reposted by Josh BlockDG @1dgrn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026#lawsky here's a nightmare scenario abovethelaw.com/2026/09/ncaa...abovethelaw.comNCAA Swaps Law Firms After Its Biglaw Lawyers Called Rhode Island Judge 'Dumb' In Email CC Disaster - Above the LawCalling the plaintiff 'poop man' probably didn't help either. 1448
Reposted by Josh BlockLiz Sepper @lsepper.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Becky Pepper-Jackson is a kid who is both brave and wants to fit in. She deserved better. Justice Sotomayor saw her but that must be cold comfortnytimes.comOpinion | The Transgender Sports Decision Was About Something Deeper Than Law 2182
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026From the Trump Administration’s cert petition in Talbott. glad-org-wpom.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/u... 030
Reposted by Josh BlockQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I for one am interested in this section 8680182
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 16/08/2026They should have pirate-shaped crackers—like animal crackers—and they could be called “pirate chips” because it sounds like “pirate ships.” 130
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Yes, this totally helps reassure me that he won’t abuse his power if the merger goes through. 073
Reposted by Josh BlockLawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Todd Blanche, to senators during his confirmation process, talked up his commitment to defend the law in question: 1010552
Reposted by Josh BlockJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026This excellent, just-filed amicus brief from @thefireorg.bsky.social defends the plaintiffs' central claims in AAUP v. Rubio--that noncitizens are protected by the First Amendment, and that deportation for political speech is flagrantly unconstitutional. knightcolumbia.org/documents/9j... 315459
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Having terrible judgment and endless gullibility are generally not desirable traits for an elected official. 0120
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 13/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us AllIs Kansas just the beginning? 010
Reposted by Josh BlockLawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I remember a time when judicial opinions didn't generally open with sentences in which the judge gives his own opinion on the policy he is about to rule against. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub... 37566119
Reposted by Josh BlockGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Would it surprise anyone to learn that the quotation from Veasey is misleadingly truncated? The actual sentence is "Mail-in ballots are not secure and require an application in advance of the election and mailing or returning the ballot before election day." 412126
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Another wildly inappropriate writing choice by Judge Oldham “It has long been established that mail-in ballots are prone to fraud…That is why voting by mail jeopardizes election integrity and democracy itself.” www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub... 180
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026And yet this is basically the same nonsense that SCOTUS used to neuter the federal bribery statute. It’s not a bribe; it’s just a tip. www.scotusblog.com/2024/06/supr... 2217
Reposted by Josh BlockMichigan Law Review @michlawreview.bsky.social · 05/08/2026In their recent #MLR piece, @lsepper.bsky.social, @profjdnelson.bsky.social, & @charlottegarden.bsky.social argue the right of expressive association shouldn't presumptively cover employment relationships given key distinctions between employment & membership. READ: bit.ly/MLRVol124Iss7SepNelGard 045
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"We are aware of no instance in American history in which a President unilaterally and using privately collected funds demolished substantial portions of the White House that Congress authorized to be built and American taxpayers paid for. Until now." media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...media.cadc.uscourts.gov 110530
Reposted by Josh BlockDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Kids recreated the Roman testudo formation and it worked exactly like ancient historians described it 14478106
Reposted by Josh BlockTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026NEWS: Knox County is Tennessee's 3rd largest county, and it voted for Trump by 20%. It has a GOP-run school board known for banning books & approving controversial charter schools. Democrats last night flipped control of the school board in Knox County. 424352911
Reposted by Josh BlockQuinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This is just an absurdly stupid, deeply unserious thing to put in a judicial opinion. But it is absolutely real, image and all, courtesy of Judge Brantley Starr of the Northern District of Texas: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 38534106
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 05/08/2026omfg. Congress doesn't have to name the specific power it relied on. 050
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