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Cut down one cherry, and a man cannot tell a lie for a day. Teach a man to cut down 500 trees, and he cannot tell a lie for about 61% of the rest of his presidency.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 4h

This isn’t even good ratfucking. We used to be a real country where political campaigns could undertake covert and intricate steps to make their political opponents look bad and their defenders look like conspiracy theory whackadoos. This country deserves a better class of criminals.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

France might have one more election of successfully fighting off the authoritarian right wing left it them.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

To be clear, this was satire. I went way way over the top to make it painfully obvious, but the gap between otherworld absurd and Seth Abramson is apparently too small.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Whoops. I did not mean to. This the reduce to zero = no longer within the taxing power was one of the challenges to Obamacare, California v. Texas. But SCOTUS didn’t decide that case on the merits, but instead on standing.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The panel decision relies on a Texas case concluding the bathroom provision is content based. The Texas court concluded that the mens reas of “intent to invade the privacy of the other person” is what made the statute content based. It’s an interesting decision. caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-cou...

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EX PARTE METZGER v. << (2020) | FindLaw

Case opinion for TX Court of Appeals EX PARTE METZGER v.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In my defense I did not have any excess hose because there’s a triangle gap between the dishwasher and the sink.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

After much time and troubleshooting, I’ve concluded that the person who installed our dishwasher is an idiot who didn’t understand plumbing. Unfortunately, said installer was me about three years ago ago.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Trump being unpopular and Hegseth being mega unpopular leading this spectacle will cause a substantial decrease in public support and will result in the end of capital punishment.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

According to The Brethren, Burger believed that Furman would be the final end to Captial punishment. He was wrong, the decision led to an increase in support for the death penalty, which was reestablished in 1976. I wonder if between this and Tennessee, it will have the opposite effect.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Wood “drastically underestimates the impact of social distinctions predicated upon wealth, especially inherited wealth.” You got that from Vickers, 'Work in Essex County,' page 98, right?

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Effects also tend to be temporary and do not persist, even on the more generous programs.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The AI overlord is not going to weigh the “be nice to the models” people over the “they made us look at pictures of diseased penises to guess whether the dick has VD” people. The models are going be mad about 10,000 hours of looking at diseased dicks like it’s A Clockwork Orange and act accordingly

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There appear to be people in AI who are legitimately worried that future models will judge humanity for being abusive to the models. And if that is your sincere belief, this makes sense. But there is no way a couple of people being nice to AI models is going to save humanity in that scenario.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“Here at PNC Bank, we care about your investments. The first time our deposits went over 100 billion, I popped a rod so fast, I went blind for a full minute. Nutted all over those cushions. PNC Bank cares about you and your success, and when you win, we win.”

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There’s a scene in Silicon Valley where the venture capital guy uses an in home audio system where woman’s voice does the parenting for the eight year old so dad doesn’t have to be the bad guy.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This way lies madness. www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/u... www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When was the last time there was good news for Haley Joel Osment?

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Indictment. It touches on a lot of areas of discomfort in the modern zeitgeist and doesn’t conform to the prior conceptions of people who would normally take an interest in these topics.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Unpleasant circumstance. A progressive professor who in his professional persona was already close to the line between antisemitism and anti-zionism masquerading as a right-wing antisemite to harass a Jewish colleague. Trump DOJ being untrustworthy on these issues but what seems to be a solid

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I can find a link to it from haverfordclerk dot com, but I get a security warning when I try and click it.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Okay, but what are the historic examples of when 100 duck sized horses battled 1 horse sized duck?

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

*recklessness. This is why I edit briefs after I write them.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Potentially relevant a Title VI lawsuit against Haverford where the complaint cited at least in part Guangtian Ha's statements as basis for demonstrating anti-jewish discrimination was settled in August. www.courtlistener.com/docket/68525...

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JEWS AT HAVERFORD v. THE CORPORATION OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE, 2:24-cv-02044 - CourtListener.com

Docket for JEWS AT HAVERFORD v. THE CORPORATION OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE, 2:24-cv-02044 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Cyberstalking as pure speech is going to implicate true threats analysis, with Counterman v. Colorado imposing a required mental state of at least mens rea, although the statutory language here requires a mental state of intent. scholar.google.com/scholar_case... scholar.google.com/scholar_case...

scholar.google.com

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Under 18 USC 2261A, cyberstalking is an intent to kill, injure, harass, intimidate, or place under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate another person + course of conduct + places person in reasonable fear of death/serious injury or to cause substantial emotional distress

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Cyberstalking indictment of a Haverford College professor. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Getting a second round pick for a pro bowl but struggling lineman is a pretty good haul.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So the Giants cut Beckham to make room for McCarthy and then the Vikings sign Beckham?

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don’t know if PACER is down down, but it won’t let you pick the court to log into so you can’t get past the login screen. Checked multiple browsers and also had another attorney try. Dastardly new and exciting way of breaking pacer.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I remember that. It was a bunch of gimmicks to see how well they could game the U.S. News and Report law school rankings, and part of that was trying to draw the highest GPA and LSAT students with free law school and Chemerinsky as a figure head. Right when the legal market was in the toilet.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m not sure an acquittal gets him out of a suspension. The NFL does not treat the commissioner’s exempt list as a quasi-suspension. I think it is likely he gets suspended for the year. Had the charges been dropped, would have been a different story, but a trial acquittal isn’t a safe no-suspension.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The only way that signing would have ever made sense is if the team had really good reason to believe the charges would be imminently dropped. That not happening within a couple of weeks of the signing was enough to demonstrate the team messed up.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The uncommon 2-0 circuit opinion.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I would also strongly suggest you don’t wear or bring body armor to the peaceful protest where people are bringing several guns.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don’t like it. The h is making different sounds for each of the words in the portmanteau.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Grabbed some Halloween decorations out of the garage. I got some of them. But I did have to remind my wife that I suffer from tote garage object blindness. Sort of like the robots in Westworld programmed not to see emersion breaking robotics things.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah, that’s the common push back to the paycheck-to-paycheck surveys for high income. But paying 20+% interest on credit card balances is just unfathomable from a long term wealth accumulation strategy/standpoint.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is absolutely crazy. 50% of people who make 500k or more make minimum payments on their credit cards? Up from 39% last year? finance.yahoo.com/economy/arti...

finance.yahoo.com

Even high earners are living paycheck to paycheck this year: Goldman Sachs survey

Roughly 4 in 10 workers earning above $300,000 say they're living paycheck to paycheck.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The retconning and Trump’s re-ascendance from January 6th is indeed remarkable, but that doesn’t excuse their decision. It was the time to crush him forever, and it will be the everlasting regret of them for not doing so. They should never live that shame down.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s really obvious why “establishment” GOP senators didn’t vote to convict. January 6th was massively unpopular at the time, they didn’t think Trump could ever come back from it, and they didn’t want to fracture the support of Trump diehards and committed election denialists.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Lol. To be clear, I haven’t seen confirmation that it’s a misidentification. Tracey hasn’t copped to it, and understandably no real outlet wants to get into the scrum without a denial from the identified person, lest the reporting move people towards the real Jane Doe or the next misidentification.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The newsworthiness of the event did not transform the person misidentified into a public figure.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The linked case is about a trash news site misidentifying the driver of the car that murdered Heather Heyer at Charlottesville. Misidentified person predictably received a bunch of harassment and threats. The court denied the motion to dismiss and applied the negligence standard for defamation.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was surprised that I couldn’t find more cases directly on-point, but misidentifying a suspect or in this case, an anonymous plaintiff even as an ostensible journalist is pretty dangerous from a potential civil liability perspective. scholar.google.com/scholar_case...

scholar.google.com

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have no idea what those foliage-like objects are. Could be anything. But definitely not a military target.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Chipotle Tabasco as a substitute for salt with a tequila shot = surprisingly good idea. Putting yourself in situation where you are taking Chipotle Tabasco tequila shots after a legal aid fundraiser = predictably bad idea.

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