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Making a free cycling game @dfeldman.org · 28/08/2026

Tennessee has proposed renaming the Nashville airport after Dolly Parton Of the 523 airports with scheduled passenger service in the US, 119 are named after a man. None are named after a woman. Dolly Parton would be the first.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This is fantastic legal writing, no notes.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Once again it’s gonna come down to Bill Cassidy.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I don’t understand the argument. Everyone has the same amount of time regardless of open/closed book. I agree with no internet enabled, i.e. no outside research. But if you’re advantage in open book is that you made better notes to prepare then that’s just like legal practice and totally valid, imo.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I’d venture a guess that these are low margin routes and faced with the choice of purchasing new aircraft or repurposing existing ones, the latter was more economical.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ossoff does something very effective here that is rarely seen when members of congress do questioning: he leads the witness, and he repeatedly re-asks the question when the witness fails to answer, rather than just moving on.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I took all my law school notes on my laptop. My handwriting sucks and I learn nothing from highlighting cases. I would have been really hurt by this U Chicago laptop ban. It also requires students who need disability accommodations to have to go ask for special permission.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Not to mention what the court chooses to grant cert on to begin with. A differently balanced court might not have even taken the birthright citizenship case, with no split below and precedent already on point.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Alito outlining every other place in federal law where Bostock could apply is another example that comes to mind—though a different majority just walked that back in BPJ.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Donald Trump came one vote away from getting the Supreme Court to say that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented and temporary immigrants, a view held only by fringe far-right nativists until VERY recently. This is shocking. I am stunned.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Anger over the police killing of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley is mounting in the small town of Senatobia, Mississippi. Hundreds took to the streets in protest and police tear-gassed a crowd outside the Walmart where an officer shot the infant. Officials are not releasing bodycam or security footage.

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Anger Mounts in Senatobia Over Police Killing of 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley

Protests broke out in Senatobia, Mississippi, amid mounting anger over the police killing of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Zohran, please make the Mets win next. Thank you.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Huh. I guess that means that an en banc court is not considered a “panel,” even in CA9 (when it’s an 11 member panel)

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This is truly one of the worst things the court has done — both in terms of legitimacy and in terms of the law — since I have been covering the court.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

For no particular reason, just remembering that Maine has ranked choice voting for federal races, and a strong independent candidate would not be a spoiler.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Do they propose to grandfather in existing contracts? I can’t see any feasible way a team like the Dodgers could get their payroll from 420m to 245m in one offseason otherwise

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/05/2026

A program that gave women in Flint, Michigan, money during pregnancy and after childbirth significantly improved their health and that of their newborns, according to a new study published Wednesday.

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In Flint, Cash for Pregnant Women Leads to Better Outcomes for Babies

New research suggests money with no strings attached can promote better health, but other studies have seen mixed results.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Do you make anything of the lack of an admin stay (so far anyways)

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Should’ve given them out at my bris in a gift basket

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

So we agree an order not to seek relief in any other court is unlawful on its face, right? There are limited circumstances where a fed court can enjoin other proceedings to preserve its jx, but this is much broader.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

It’s actually impressive how many of David Stearns’ offseason moves have worked out terribly. Hard to achieve that level of failure.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Justice Alito complaining about the Court granting a stay without any reasoning is, shall we say, rich? He's been in the majority in scores of such cases, many involving elections.

J USTICE ALITO , dissenting.The Court’s unreasoned order granting stays in this caseis remarkable.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In Louisiana and likely Alabama, actual, cast votes are going to be tossed out as officials speed ahead with new (or previously enjoined) maps. This is such an extreme use case for the Purcell principle that the court ignoring it here signifies that it was always a made-up toy, not law.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It reads like most of it was voice dictated by Trump to Blanche/Woodward over the phone, and they just added a line or two about the legal relief. But there’s not a single case cite, just a rant.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Is this a truth social post or a brief?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This is a very smart move. If the president sues himself, is there a “controversy” between the parties? I’m not sure!

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I’m very excited about this new wall art I purchased for my home office. Sadly though, I don’t think it will uncurse the Mets.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

He probably wants to get back in the game before the season is lost in his absence

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

With the daily news cycle being so atrocious, I like baseball because it gives me something to root for and distract me. But thanks to my dad I ended up a Mets fan, so that isn’t happening…

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This is the district I grew up in. It’s changed pretty dramatically since Sherrill flipped it red to blue in 2018, both because of how Trump galvanized the suburbs, and redistricting to make it safe blue after 2020

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Is directing the DOJ to pay you an official act?

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

As a Mets fan, I’ll take that tradeoff. But still, yikes

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I wonder if Mills drops out if a strong independent candidate would get in as an alternative to Planter. Since Maine has RCV for federal general elections that candidate wouldn’t play spoiler, either.

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Michael C. Dorf @dorfonlaw.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Don't get me wrong: I'm relieved that this case is shaping up as either 8-1 or 7-2 against the Trump executive order. But the case is a gift to the Supreme Court. By rejecting an outlandish position, it will earn credibility as apolitical, even as the Overton window moves far to the right.

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Kyle Barry @kylecbarry.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

BREAKING: The PA Supreme Court holds that mandatory life without parole sentences for all "felony murder" convictions -- a sentence more than 1,000 people in PA are serving -- violates the state constitution's "cruel" punishment ban. This is GROUNDBREAKING: www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...

CHIEF JUSTICE TODD OPINION No. 3 WAP 2024 Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court entered June 13, 2023, at No. 1008 WDA 2021, Affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County entered December 19, 2016, at No. CP-02-CR-0016878-2014. : : : : : : : : : : : ARGUED: October 8, 2024 DECIDED: MARCH 26, 2026 In this appeal by allowance, we granted allocatur to consider whether a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for a felony murder conviction violates the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Section 13 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.1 For the reasons that follow, we determine that a mandatory life without parole sentence for all felony murder convictions, absent an assessment of culpability, is inconsistent with the protections bestowed upon our citizens

under the “cruel punishments” clause of our Commonwealth’s organic charter.2 Thus, we reverse the order of the Superior Court, vacate Appellant’s judgment of sentence, and remand for resentencing. However, as we have done under similar circumstances, we stay our order for 120 days to provide a reasonable amount of time for the General Assembly to consider remedial measures.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Thank god for Jackson saying, why are we talking about Bruen and the civil war in this case at all?? This is a simple statutory interpretation case?! Exactly right.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Deeply disappointed in people deciding that they can turn the other cheek and ignore Nazism

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Nominating this guy would be an unmitigated disaster. Janet Mills should drop out and clear the way for someone else to take him on. If she had the juice she wouldn’t be trailing by a wide margin.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Non-doom post: we saw Pillion this weekend and it was so good.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

We desperately need another candidate to enter that race, with Janet Mills polling so far behind Nazi tattoo guy.

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Also I wonder if there is a jurisdictional hook for any state level prosecution. Polymarket HQ is in NYC

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Sam Rubinstein @samrubinstein.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Well in theory if they’re not pardoned and the statute of limitations hasn’t run, a new admin could prosecute them in 2029

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