Patrick Woods

The size of the court's membership is set by statute: 28 USC 1. Amending it needs to be the top priority the next time the Democrats have a trifecta.

In case you can't tell, I lost all confidence in the SCOTUS majority even successfully masquerading as principled after the Trump immunity decision.

I'm skeptical even of that method, and waiting to try it will cost at least two years.

I really have trouble seeing how Packing the Court, followed by a series of judicial disqualification reforms (I have specific ideas!), is not the necessary first step for everything else.

I agree. At this point, court packing and any reform of the current system on any dimension go hand-in-hand.

But the necessity of court packing needs to expressly come up with every statutory reform proposal, though, because they are all doomed without it and statutes are the "easy option."

I like the thought process, but I think the chances of this and jurisdiction stripping surviving review by the current SCOTUS are close to zero.

It never ceases to amaze me how literal multi-million and billionaires can see themselves as underdogs.

I can't think of a single endeavor where they lack massive structural advantages.

"You'll get a turn... time allowing."

But not until after they sell the hotel to someone else!

Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source.

You are an odd man

What an interesting thing to say.

people online are upset that Walz required schools to put menstrual products in the men’s restrooms. but it’s no big deal to put something in the men’s room most men don’t use. they already do that with the hand soap

Is Randy Rainbow over here yet? This has his name written all over it.

If Biden had made the same mistake about the dates, NYT would have 5 columns tomorrow on how he's too old and must drop out.

I was going to give him a "young and dumb" partial pass but it turns out he's 27 so...

Was that only a month ago?

Gods this is going to be a long fall...

We are going to see so much more of this. Walz, a white Midwestern guy, will make them have to try to attack him "on the merits."

The problem being that GOP policy is broadly unpopular when explained on the merits, especially when it comes to things like this.

Dems in punctuation disarray! -NYT sometime this week.

That ratio is really something.

What’s your favorite way Tim Walz will “unleash hell?” I’ll start:

Tim Walz will unleash hell by insisting that we all stop fighting back here right now or he is turning this car around.

Not a bad time to write fiction, though.

Senator JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, told reporters that he called Gov. Tim Walz to congratulate him on his selection as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate. He said he left the Minnesota governor a voicemail telling Walz, "Look forward to a robust conversation, and enjoy the ride." Then he added, "Maybe he’ll call me back, and maybe he won’t.”

Tim Walz: "Oh, looks like I got a phone call there. Never mind, keep telling me about Pichaku, son."

This happens to me right at the beginning of girl scout cookie season every year

Just the suspicious silence alone...

Link to recipe?

2.1 Million & Climbing Voter Suspension List In TX From Raw Story per Dallas Morning News, haven’t seen it posted here yet apologies if it has been www.rawstory.com/… As the presidential contest draws nearer, Texas faces pivotal elections including a ...

For my friends and family in Texas: Check your voter registration weekly up until you get to vote. The GOP is working overtime to purge voter rolls of anyone they think might vote against them. www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...

I cannot agree with this thread more. I was already teaching Admin Law this way and will again if I return to teaching in the future.

This piece. Read it.

And not just if you're a con law person. This passage is true for EVERY class.

The criminal code or caselaw isn't "the law" of crim, given cops don't have to make arrests (or can make flimsy claims), DAs don't have to charge (or can plea around bad police work), etc. etc.

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My experience is that honest and kind high IQ people are incomprehensible to the sort of person who spends time thinking of themselves as a "high IQ" person.