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The majority’s contention that I reject “ ‘pure textualism’ [a]s insuf ficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek,” ante, at 10, stems from an unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And, indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A method ology that includes consideration of Congress’s aims does exactly that— and no more. By contrast, pure textualism’s refusal to try to understand the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing judicial policy preferences. By “finding” answers in ambiguous text, and not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own pref erences as “textual” inevitabilities. So, really, far from being “insuffi ciently pliable,” I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s its primary problem—and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexi ble enough to secure the majority’s desired outcome.

Whoa. Spicy footnote from Justice Jackson, dissenting in the ADA case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.

While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!

If you are worried about the food-supply chain, please heart and share this thread. These are the resources you need to ensure you stock up on items.

You can feel free to post some small businesses and markets in your area. This will probably go viral and the businesses always need customers.

Fully on board with dems running for office promising to reinstate fired federal employees and jail this administration’s various criminals, but let’s go ahead and add “we will seize by eminent domain any national parkland sold to developers”

Don’t Eliminate America’s Most Accountable Foreign Aid Model - Consensus for Development Reform By John Danilovich

If you want something new to call your reps about, advocating for the MCC might yield some results.

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This is a really important response to the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan by Kash Patel's lawless FBI. Good on Representative Clancy.

Teaching isn't a Science - or an Art Or a business, for that matter.

So full of truth — teaching is a craft.

Happy anniversary to the greatest ever misprint.

INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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HS English teacher here!!

You may not realize how huge this is, but for a town in Wyoming, people showed up today! #Handsoff #Casper #Wyoming

Try that in a small town ICE disappeared a mother and 3 children. Neighbors of Trump's Border Czar said hell no.

This is hopeful.

The crowd at the Hands Off LA protest, estimated at close to 10k at the moment

LA showing up

#HandsOff2025 in Chattanooga TN!! The people are speaking!! @indivisible.org

#handsoff @maddow.msnbc.com That’s Rick Steves giving a speech. At least 400 people in Edmonds, WA

At least a thousand people in Bend across four corners and down the street downtown. Creative signs. Everyone united.

#Handsoff our democracy!

Thanks for showing up, Bend.

No Kings in our country.

From my aunt in Indianapolis—a massive gatherings in the red states too!

#HandsOff Augusta, Maine

Mainers standing up against fascism.

Hands Off Madison Wisconsin! Hands off our democracy!

Tiny suburb in Hastings-on-Hudson #handsoff

GRANBURY?!?!?

Little red Kings County CA had about 150 concerned residents out today since Rep Valadao CD22 and Rep Fong CD 20 won’t talk to us or try to do what is right in Congress. So proud of many who protested for the first time.

#Handsoff! Burlington, VT

#HandsOff Austin, Texas

OMG! Over 1500 people showed up in Anchorage, Alaska to say #HandsOFF our democracy, our veterans, our social security, our schools, our Medicaid, our jobs, our 401Ks and our democracy! #StandUPAlaska

A very Colorado Springs moment. And you know what? It worked! People love to sing a song, man

Here's how you end a Hands Off! demonstration, Santa Barbara style. Thanks to the Society of Fearless Grandmothers, who organized the human alphabet and took the drone shots! #indivisible #handsoff

Great showing at Missoula's Hands Off rally today!

It was an honor to get to speak briefly, and to introduce the folks doing amazing work on the ground here in Missoula.