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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Maybe you bought it and then forgot about it? I do that with Amazon orders sometimes.

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

There’s a (currently unoccupied) hot tub on the deck of the one on the right. Just sayin.

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The prior owner of the 818 was reportedly Howard Shultz of Starbucks, who then sold it to an unnamed buyer (who, again, was not me)

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

(Neither one is mine, to be clear)

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I’m assuming the appearance this week of two yachts at DC’s Wharf is inauguration related?

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Swag from my in-house days still going strong 💪

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

As if I needed another reason to ❤️ DCA, the new Capital One lounge is pretty excellent

Brunch adult DCA’s new Capital One lounge

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Well there are too many banks to choose from in Old Town but that doesn’t stop the city council from adding more :)

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Fabulous issue as usual but this Old Town Oligarch might have added the TD Bank debate to the discourse rankings

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

But please do report back tomorrow. For science.

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

In that case all bets are off, Joe.

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Graphic designer: *sigh* It’s kerning.

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Erik the Rural Juror @edoggthered.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? IT worker: That’s when I was turning it off and then back on again.

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Liquor before beer, in the clear.

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Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Government lawyer with clearance: ████████ the ███████ except ████████ wombat exclusion ████████.

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Patent lawyer: It’s a “comprising” resume.

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Peter Orlowicz @peterorlowicz.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Government lawyer: No, that explanation is exempt from disclosure under 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(2) and (b)(6).

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Appellate lawyer: The deadline for my next job wasn’t jurisdictional.

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Sadly, a newly opened bookstore in Old Town had a serious fire. alexandrialivingmagazine.com/business/thr...

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Ugh, that’s sad. It’s been a rough few weeks for ALX bookstores.

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

They generally adhere to that rule but sometimes break it (I believe) when a portion of the court is sitting in a non-DC location.

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The Fed. Cir. IOPs define “Merits Panel” as “three or more judges.” That said I am not aware of the court constituting a panel of more than three judges in recent memory.

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

It’s our favorite court on Lafayette Square! bsky.app/profile/tras...

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Those hearings are still the court sitting en banc—28 USC 46(c) authorizes courts to prescribe a number of judges as constituting the en banc court.

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Ding ding! bsky.app/profile/tras...

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

And the answer is… The Federal Circuit. Under 28 U.S.C. § 46, it’s the only circuit court that “may sit in panels of more than three judges.”

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Gavin @gavinneedham.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Not the answer but the Canadian Supreme Court routinely sits with only 5 or 7 justices.

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andrew trask @trask.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Some #AppellateSky trivia to start the day: What is the only US Court of Appeals authorized to sit in panels of more than 3 judges without going en banc?

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