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@joshablock.bsky.social

Attorney @ACLULGBT. He/him. Views expressed here are my own.

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Christian teacher wins right to refuse to read gay children's books in school - LGBTQ Nation He brought in a Christian nationalist legal group to threaten his school.

It is such a sweet book…

www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/chri...

05.03.2026 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a nurse wearing glasses and a stethoscope around her neck has a serious look on her face ALT: a nurse wearing glasses and a stethoscope around her neck has a serious look on her face
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a man is sitting on a couch reading a magazine called journey away ALT: a man is sitting on a couch reading a magazine called journey away
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a man in scrubs with the words we were following the american idol tour above him ALT: a man in scrubs with the words we were following the american idol tour above him
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a woman wearing glasses and a stethoscope around her neck is smiling in a hospital room . ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a stethoscope around her neck is smiling in a hospital room .
05.03.2026 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Has anyone else pointed out that Mel on the Pitt and Ted on Schitt’s Creek are basically twinsβ€”especially when they tell jokes?

05.03.2026 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

*redistricting

05.03.2026 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s not typical boilerplate saying the court isn’t expressing an opinion on the merits. It’s more like expressing an opinion on the merits but saying that still doesn’t provide a basis to enjoin the election in advance.

05.03.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œIt would be a perilous mistake to infer from our application of Scott that these
holdings and claims fail any aspect of the β€œlikelihood of success” criterion in Rule 3:26(d)(i). In the absence of Scott, the de facto preliminary injunction may have survived our review solely under Rule 3:26(d).”

β€œIt would be a perilous mistake to infer from our application of Scott that these holdings and claims fail any aspect of the β€œlikelihood of success” criterion in Rule 3:26(d)(i). In the absence of Scott, the de facto preliminary injunction may have survived our review solely under Rule 3:26(d).”

This SCOVA decision allowing the districting referendum seems to forecast pretty strongly that the court will ultimately invalidate the redirecting if it passes.

www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...

05.03.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred Gov DeSantis from designating CAIR as a terrorist organization and punish those who associate with the group.

β€œOnce again, Florida chooses political posturing over the First Amendment,” Judge Walker writes.

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The "meritocracy" exposed: Internal emails reveal how the Trump administration hires legal interns β€œYou MUST be aligned politically with President Trump… GPA is not a strong factor.”

1.Internal emails from Liberty University Law School, obtained by Popular Information, reveal how the Trump admin hires interns.

Students were informed about "exciting" legal internships at Labor Department.

β€œYou MUST be aligned politically with President Trump… GPA is not a strong factor.”

04.03.2026 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 655    πŸ” 340    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 46

Even putting aside the implications for the laws of war, someone who describes mass killing in this way is not well, nor is the society that empowers that person to kill.

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Oof. The facts of this case.

bsky.app/profile/gabr...

03.03.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Along with Virginia, the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), would have placed reasonable persons in the positions of Principal Anderson, Superintendent Lockhart, and the Board members on notice that the sex-segregation policy was unconstitutional.7  The question presented in Brown was: β€œDoes segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though physical facilities and other β€˜tangible’ factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities?”  Id. at 493.  The Supreme Court held β€œit does,” id. at 493,β€œconclud[ing] that in the field of public education the doctrine of β€˜separate but equal’ has no place” because β€œ[s]eparate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” id. at  495.8  This landmark

Along with Virginia, the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), would have placed reasonable persons in the positions of Principal Anderson, Superintendent Lockhart, and the Board members on notice that the sex-segregation policy was unconstitutional.7 The question presented in Brown was: β€œDoes segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though physical facilities and other β€˜tangible’ factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities?” Id. at 493. The Supreme Court held β€œit does,” id. at 493,β€œconclud[ing] that in the field of public education the doctrine of β€˜separate but equal’ has no place” because β€œ[s]eparate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” id. at 495.8 This landmark

10th Cir.: it was clearly established law that public school district could not sex-segregate male and female fifth-graders based on outdated stereotypes.

Says the school's separate-but-equal argument would put them on the wrong side of Brown v. Board. 😱

www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...

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Truly pathetic.

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Very stable genius strikes again.

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'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.

"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Contrast this with Justice Alito’s dissent in AARP arguing that the habeas petitioners should have waited longer for the district court to rule on their emergency motions.

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Scenes from a personalist regime

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In any event, folks should remember this the next time someone goes around accusing civil rights orgs of attempting to β€œevade” CASA’s promotion on facial injunctions with 23(b)(2) classes. If this isn’t an evasion of CASA, then nothing is.

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All the Court says is they have standing because they are the object of the regulationβ€”but that just goes to traceability and redressability. I doesn’t show a concrete and non-speculative imminent injury in fact.

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Would genuinely like to hear SCOTUS’s explanation for why parents in Mirabelli who do not have non-hypothetical kids whose gender identity is currently being concealed have standing for injunctive relief under Clapper.

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Wait there’s more! The Court has had a bunch of chances to consider this exact issue β€œthe regular wayβ€œ, via a full merits case, Kagan writes. But it chooses to weigh in prematurely via the shadow docket on a subtle and super controversial question.

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Kagan: β€œA mere decade ago, this Court would never have granted relief in this posture. (Indeed, I am confident that the plaintiffs would never have thought to ask, at this stage, for the Court’s involvement.)”

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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Kagan correctly notes the contrast with how the Court treated the substantive due process rights of parents supporting their trans kids in Skrmetti

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This is an issue the court has repeatedly declined to grant cert on and on which every court of appeals has come out the other way.

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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Aaaaand more from SCOTUS tonight: bsky.app/profile/lawr...

02.03.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Exclusive | Trump Administration to Drop Defense of Law Firm Sanctions The Justice Dept. plans to abandon its defense of the president’s executive orders that targeted Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey.

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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Scientists Decry β€˜Political Attack’ on Reference Manual for Judges

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/c...

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Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

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