Rob Joyce

Total Eclipses Make light, reflect light, don't block light. Advice to fellow people of privilege on not being an obstacle. Part 2 of 2.

Continued thoughts about being a person of privilege in a supremacist society while trying to oppose supremacy, and the some ideas on how best to avoid becoming an obstacle to that struggle by resisting the supremacist urge to center darkness.

www.the-reframe.com/total-eclips...

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTEREST AND IDENTITY OF AMICI .......................................................................1 II. ARGUMENT ..................................................................................................................2 A. The Court may hold the Government in contempt. ...............................................2 B. The USMS cannot lawfully disobey the Court’s orders. .......................................7 C. Even if the USMS were to follow an unlawful directive to disobey the Court’s orders, the Court still would have other options for holding the Government accountable......................................................................................9 1. The Court can sanction the Government by disqualifying counsel.............9 2. The Court can impose adverse litigation outcomes to sanction parties that disobey court orders..............................................................11 3. The Court may be able to execute contempt orders by appointing non-marshals. .........................................................................................13 a. The Court may be able to use the All Writs Act to appoint non-USMS personnel to enforce judicial orders. .........................13 b. The Court may be able to enforce contempt orders by invoking its inherent authority to appoint court officers...............18 4. The Court should take into account certain other considerations before appointing non-USMS officials to execute contempt orders. ........20 III. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................21

Two weeks ago the named partners from Keker, Van Next, and Peters wrote a NYT oped about why law firms should never cave to Trump. Now they're also seeking to file an amicus in the JGG (Venezuelans renditioned to El Salvador) case saying "fuck yeah, you can hold the gov't in contempt for this"

Look up what you can run for: runforwhat.net

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.

What will you do?

A powerful piece and call to action for all lawyers, but especially law firms. Thank you @kekerllp.bsky.social for standing up for our profession, our Constitution, and our democracy.

It's Time for Zealous Advocacy To Safeguard the Rule of Law | Opinion A collapse of the system of laws in America will rattle markets not just here but everywhere.

We depend on the rule of law. We rely on it to do our work, to defend our rights, to support our communities.

Writing for @newsweek.com, I urge lawyers to become zealous advocates in support of the rule of law.

www.newsweek.com/its-time-zea...

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

We must all try to move the fucking sink.

“Trump’s new Executive Order underscores how far removed this President, Attorney General and Administration are from our nation’s Constitution and bedrock values. Our liberties depend on lawyers’ willingness to represent unpopular people and causes, including in matters adverse to the Federal Government. An attack on lawyers who perform this work is inexcusable and despicable. Our profession owes every client zealous legal representation without fear of retribution, regardless of their political affiliation or ability to pay. We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie’s challenge to the Administration’s executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration’s erosion of the rule of law.” – John Keker, Robert Van Nest, Elliot Peters, Laurie Carr Mims, and the Keker, Van Nest & Peters Partnership

Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”

Yes, boundaries are an affront to the culture of supremacist thinking.

This is 🎯. The primaries of 2026 will not be easily defined by progressive vs moderate - they’ll be shaped by things like tone & style; fight vs decorum, & I strongly suspect, generational lines.

I’m not watching nonsense.

Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/vot...