Mario Nicolais

Mario Nicolais

@marionicolais.bsky.social

The Lincoln Project General Counsel; Attorney; Inky-thumbed columnist at The Colorado Sun; defender of constitutional rights; soccer nut and American Outlaw

40,959 Followers 1,237 Following 2,979 Posts Joined Nov 2024
5 days ago

Great job, @joeneguse.bsky.social

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5 days ago

Call it what it is:

Trump’s War on America.

We are spending $2 billion/day fighting on the other side of the world on the same day we hear unemployment has rising, gas prices have skyrocketed, and Americans have been ignored.

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Yesterday, the war was costing Americans $1 billion per day.

Today that figure has been ratcheted up to $2 billion per day.

Tomorrow, you can be assured that the war will be costing Americans $4 billion per day.

That’s money that could be going towards schools or healthcare or infrastructure.

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1 week ago
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Judge moves, cautiously, toward civil contempt in case over treatment of trans people in prison “Once I issue an order, it’s my intent to enforce it,“ Judge Lamberth told the government. And: Facing the Trump administration's ridiculousness. Until the elevator door closes.

There are Many Items of Note in today’s Law Dork, including:
- the substance of the show cause hearing in the trans prison care case, including Royce Lamberth quotes
- a Royce Lamberth story
- an after-court “emergency” filing that DOJ didn’t even mention at the hearing
- several off-putting moments

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6 days ago
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“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out” We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

Last year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself.

(Published July 2025)

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NEW: Clemency for Tina Peters would be unprecedented, based on my analysis of Gov Polis' 25 commutations. Peters hasn't shown remorse, taken accountability, or sought to restore harm. No Polis commutation was for a harsh sentence alone and Peters' would be the shortest by 30+ yrs

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1 week ago

😆

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1 week ago

Seems like this might be relevant in Colorado for a certain Western Slope congressman ... :)

@kylec.bsky.social

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1 week ago

I love seeing my guy - and law school friend - go after these jackasses.

Go, Joe, go!!!

@joeneguse.bsky.social

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1 week ago

If only because he'd then drop another bomb on the new Supreme Leader ...

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NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Gov Jared Polis (D) offering clemency to Tina Peters "would be a grave miscarriage of justice and dangerous for free and fair elections."

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1 week ago

So, the original UN was convened in London ... just sayin'

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The second, final Supreme Court decision is Galette v. NJ Transit. Per Sotomayor's unanimous opinion, NJ Transit is NOT an arm of NJ and thus NOT entitled to sovereign immunity.

This is a very good ruling that allows civil suits against NJ Transit! I'm surprised www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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1 week ago

💯

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1 week ago

This could easily be said by a marionette in Team America: World Police word for word

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He is a REPUBLICAN senator.

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All else aside, it’s hard to describe how disingenuous this comparison is. SJL faked letters of support to duck a state legislative ethics probe. Peters participated in a plot to undermine Colorado’s elections and has spent her brief time in prison getting in fights and earning write-ups.

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Could someone please reset the "Hours without an embarrassing DOJ filing" clock to 0?

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Walmart wants $50 for two steaks, the farmer sees maybe $5, and Trump’s billionaire buddies in meatpacking and grocery monopolies pocket the rest.

Sky‑high prices, squeezed farmers, record corporate profits—that’s the “great deal” we got.
#TrumpsWarOnOurEconomy

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Opinion | Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won.

This is a legitimate big deal. This shows how courage is rewarded.

Also, no one should ever use the other nine again.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...

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2 weeks ago

Lest anyone think Judge Murphy selectively quoted Mary Larakers—the DOJ lawyer defending third-country deportations—here's the full exchange from the transcript. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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2 weeks ago

This is the best thing the Mets have done since 1986.

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2 weeks ago

Incredibly proud of our massive win on behalf of tens of thousands of people detained by the GEO Group in Aurora, Colorado--a case I've been working on for more than a decade. Just claiming you're following the orders of the federal government doesn't put you above the law.

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2 weeks ago

We are all in danger with Trump’s idiots in office.

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2 weeks ago

Exactly right.

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2 weeks ago
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Self inflicted YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

When you're so stupid even the Court you stacked rules against you.
https://youtu.be/Ctgqi-2QkPY

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FBI Director Kash Patel was recorded on video partying with the USA men's hockey team in their locker room in Milan — just hours after a man armed with a shot gun and a gas can was shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago, prompting an FBI investigation.

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2 weeks ago

Basically fucked doesn’t even begin to cover it.

Supplies have either already changed or are in the process. No way anyone in the rest of the world trusts us again.

America is headed to economic freefall thanks to Trump.

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2 weeks ago

This is the thread to read for in-depth analysis of the Trump Tariff Takedown.

@mjsdc.bsky.social is my go-to for SCOTUS review.

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs — The Wall Street Journal Ruling finds president exceeded his powers by imposing duties without clear authorization from Congress

Boy did you ever call it! Econ numbers, tariffs …

Maybe you should travel more for the sake of the country!

apple.news/AkIx53QeiSCa...

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