Thomas Frampton

From what I’ve read, some of the affidavit’s assertions seem… not true. Think there’s any universe where she does the thing judges are supposed to do when people make false/misleading sworn statements before them? Seems like another important piece of “making sure this doesn’t happen again.”

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

My first week clerking for a district court judge after law school he asked me to edit this one . . .

Remarkably careful, detailed, and accessible prose. Still not crazy about all these New Testament citations in judicial opinions, but this is impressive legal writing.

My latest article with the one and only @spenceroverton.bsky.social called “Digital Ethnonationalism” forthcoming in University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Here is the papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I keep thinking about the Chief Justice’s “court of history.” Can it issue preliminary injunctions? How does stare decisis work there?

The makers of Paw Patrol.

Part of what's great about this is how Hunter Hess tried really hard to not go into specifics but Trump (1) deduced (correctly!) that any reference to things that aren't "good" or "moral" must mean him and (2) decided he needed to elevate it with some bonkers response. Great work, Mr. President. 🫡

haha. realizing my affinity for unlikely cross-species animal friendships has a counterpart (that is, discomfort with unlikely cross-species exploitation).

Big fan of dogs in coats (and especially with a little hood). But is that . . . sheepskin? And why does that feel so unsettling?

90+6' Final whistle! Victory for #fcsp

#fcsp | #fcspvfb 2-1

208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected

“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”

In the canon of "awful SCOTUS decisions of the Trump Era," Trump v. Hawaii in 2018 should probably rank higher.

Maybe not as consequential as Trump v. U.S. or Trump v. Anderson, but the Chief Justice's yawning indifference to Trump's bigotry helped set the stage for everything that's come since...

This is not your father's accordion music.

(Very cool; thanks.)

Sorry, what's "PT" mean here?

Right?!

100%. Credit to the freshman college reporter there.

This is insane. Under absolutely no circumstances should a prof ever discuss the physical appearance of a student in a rec letter! I can’t believe I even have to say that!

All of this.

And Le wasn't the only "volunteer" attorney there. Two of the (illegally held) petitioners are being repped by an attorney who works at Climate Defense Project (which, I'm guessing, doesn't specialize in immigration).

Read THEIR remarks at the end of the hearing; far more powerful.

Yes. Yet somehow this guy's emails unlocked a new level for me.

This is truly horrifying. And the problem is not the "language" that he used (per Yale spox). This guy seems to be actively endangering students.

Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."

This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.

yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...

Jay’s right, except I don’t think they’re really that “deluded.” They have a decent grasp on reality and are acting rationally to ensure their nominations don’t get pulled. Even if that requires debasing themselves. This performative delusion is more craven than authentic delusion.

Cue impeachment proceedings for fraudulently bolstering academic credentials of close family members.

ICE agent wearing skull mask that is usually associated with the neo Nazi atomwaffen group

Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets

SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, "The system sucks, this job sucks" to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep. @FOX9

This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.

And the hot pursuit doctrine… and the conflation of lacking status and unlawful entry… and…

This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.

Note the antisemitic attack on Garber in the middle of Trump's midnight rant (which, it's worth remembering, is attempting to extort a massive payment from Harvard to settle Trump's purported "antisemitism" investigation).

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