jcolvin2.bsky.social

What do you call an AI agent that conducts mass surveillance and designs automated kill strikes (without any human intervention and in violation of TOS): MISANTHROPIC!

The Justices used the Learning Resources opinion to advance their competing views of the Major Questions Doctrine.

“Expanding“ only in the sense of acquiring colonies in other parts of the world. Apparently, “decline” is being used as a synonym for decolonizatio.

0. Actually, there is almost nothing that I will not eat. One exception is Chinese stinky tofu (臭豆腐). I remember wandering the very urban streets of Taipei attempting to figure out why I was smelling cowpies in the heart of the city. Turned out to be stinky tofu.

1. Math 201 - included an introduction to number theory.
2. Critical Theory - Adorno to Habermas
3. Social Anthropology
4. France in the 20th Century
5. Juggling (PE credit).

Don't give them ideas. Technically, it is statistically more likely that LA County Sheriff's deputies would pull that kind of s%^t.

With the 1950s automobile parked on the beach, the scene looks suspiciously like Cuba. Is DHS really aiming to make the US into another dictator-run Third World country (albeit one with halfway decent healthcare)?

Is the SDNY a politically exposed party?

The irony of the man who put USAID in the woodchipper claiming that the future will resemble Iain Banks’ Culture novels (universal high income, post scarcity) is rich. I have no doubt that Musk imagines himself as one of the “Minds” who would run that world, after he achieves techno-immortality.

Who would have guessed that one of those lawyers would be Larry Klayman? This has been a busy week for Klayman. On Wednesday of this week, Klayman filed a motion for rehearing and to stay the 2 year suspension imposed by the Florida bar.
acis.flcourts.gov/portal/court...

Could your mystery raptor have been Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl, who escaped from the Central Park Zoo and survived in the city for several months in the 2023-2024 time frame?

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
wolverine (Cascade Pass)
black bear (Olympic National Park)
orca (Puget Sound)
great gray heron (Puget Sound)
whooping crane (Welder Wildlife Refuge)

Oahu Connection: Whenever I hear "Big Yellow Taxi," I always think of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki - the Pink Palace on the Pacific. There are also several nice parks on Oahu, including the Ho'omuluhia Botanical Gardens in Kane'ohe, that could be considered "tree museums."

It is possible that large districts, i.e., those with populations of more than 4 million (e.g., ND Illinois, CD California, etc.), always have more than one grand jury running, with the second one being a "special." USAOs in smaller districts have flexibility to open a special GJ if necessary.

18 U.S. Code § 3331 - Summoning and term

It may be completely normal because the ND Illinois has a population of more than 4 million. See Special Grand Juries - 18 U.S. Code § 3331 - Summoning and term
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...

19 (all but Nashville). Lived in San Antonio, NYC and Seattle.

The unintended consequences section was one of the places where ACTC thought the tax lawyer perspective might add value.

I was honored to help draft the American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC) amicus brief - one of the three briefs by “guys who care about tax.”
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

Arc de Trump?

In a federal tax case, I hired Jim Eustice (of the Bittker & Eustice treatise on corporate taxation) to be on the front page of a cert. petition with our firm. It worked like a charm.

Despite being a geographic circuit, the DC Circuit also has exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction in many types of cases involving federal administrative law. See John G. Roberts Jr., “What Makes the D.C. Circuit Different? A Historical View,” 92 Va. L. Rev. 375, 377 (2006).

To Infinity (or at least Inwood) and Beyond!

After Operation SPIDERWEB, I have NO DOUBT that Ukraine will not be Russia's prey.

After Operation SPIDERWEB, I have NO DOUBT that Ukraine will win in the end.

The mj notation refers to criminal cases assigned to magistrates, including search warrant applications and criminal complaints. A complaint allows an arrest, but, if a felony is involved, a grand jury indictment must be obtained in 30 days. Most criminal cases have the cr notation.

In all cases, IRS has made a final determination as to exempt status. I was used "proposed" as shorthand for the fact that, if EO contest the determination, the matter is resolved in court, with possible retroactive consequences for the EO (tax liability) and donors (for a portion of contributions)

IRS could issue a revocation without audit or notice. IRS does not ordinarily do this because courts rule based on the administrative record. IRS normally gives EOs an opportunity for an admin appeal before issuing its determination. Deductibility is partially preserved during the court fight.

If the IRS issues a notice of proposed revocation, the 501c3 can then file a petition in court (Tax Court, district court, or CFC). While the court determination is made on the administrative record, it ordinarily takes years. Donors only lose deductibility after a final court decision.

It took me 19 hours to travel from Seattle to Guam (via HNL) for a one hour oral argument in the US district court for Guam. Not sure I would want to regularly make that trip. (The return trip through Tokyo actually was shorter because of Great Circle and jet stream.)

On at least one other occasion, Phi Theta Kappa has obtained injunctive relief that appears to have violated the First Amendment.
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unp...

www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unp...