No one uses cataract that way, come on. #nytconnections
01.10.2025 17:35 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0@clastevenson.bsky.social
Murphy's Law Expert (aka fed crim appellate/postcon), Clinical Prof., and fmr. Director of prison-based clinics at Univ. of Wisconsin Law School’s Frank J. Remington Center. Helping students help clients. Comments/Views are my own
No one uses cataract that way, come on. #nytconnections
01.10.2025 17:35 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0I’m going to be requesting reargument in my last Seventh Circuit appeal because Birdie and Junebug were not present to set the tone for the day.
28.09.2025 16:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Everybody has to have swag. I’ll give it to the court, this is a solid cup.
17.09.2025 14:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Don’t mind me, I’ll just be nervously tapping my foot for the next several hours. 2/2
17.09.2025 11:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My student argues a clinic case in the 7th Cir today. It’s great to see students have an opp. to see their work come to fruition and argue a case in a circuit court, something many attys never will do. It’s also nerve wracking (at least for me, the supervisor who basically can just watch) 1/2
17.09.2025 11:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 2I'm horrified to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah.
Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence.
Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.
I’m pretty sure I must have shared my calendar with the AO of the courts at some point. No other way every one seems to know when I have long, disruptive obligations.
02.09.2025 14:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Did you think about a car? Well that’s PC of a moving violation
30.08.2025 16:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Anecdotally, I’m aware that a few states (WA?) that have said that it alone is not enough, but that’s definitely the minority position, even in states with legalized regimes (because of the federal prohibition). States even allow it when it’s indecipherable from CBD
30.08.2025 16:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the defense, who represent the defendant; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the defendant. Both sit in their offices, without movement for hours staring at Word. These are their stories
26.08.2025 23:45 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0And, naturally, my students and I head down to federal court in Chicago in a few weeks to have one of the students are a case.
25.08.2025 22:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Herd of elk sitting next to driveway
Mother elk with calves
Young elk calve in field
Young elk calves crossing a driveway
Neighborhood family out for a walk past our AirBnb this morning. Graciously moved their party to the field when we needed to leave.
24.08.2025 20:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Multiple orange and blue starfish
A purple starfish
Multiple purple starfish around an orange starfish
Even under extensive questioning, I could not get these folks to confirm whether the water was hot dog flavored
23.08.2025 20:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Picture of Sol Duc River in WA from back deck
Current AirBnb view of the Sol Duc River just outside Olympic National Park awaiting elk, deer, and maybe bears and cougars. You’ve got three days fauna, get fauna-ing
23.08.2025 02:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Smart lawyers wear the hybrid dress shoes with sneaker soles/comfort
21.08.2025 18:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And what’s that peaking out from behind the TV? An RPG? See, parents, kids will try to be sneaky, but with these simple tips, you can find all their stash.
21.08.2025 14:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No cheating, post the last pic of your pet.
21.08.2025 12:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0i hope this email doesn’t find you at all. i hope you got out. i hope you’re free
14.08.2025 12:25 — 👍 1410 🔁 409 💬 13 📌 6From my experience (a small-ish sample size), it seems to be issues at OHR or (to a lesser extent) MSP that cause the delays because of the heavy traffic to/from there and the cascade effect.
13.08.2025 23:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Definitely a more historical and in-person definition of “hacking”
13.08.2025 18:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Actually, you know what? Let’s stop complaining for a second. QT this with a GOOD airport. Defend that title as much or as little as you like. But let’s hear about airports that don’t suck.
13.08.2025 18:14 — 👍 229 🔁 9 💬 367 📌 1278Madison, WI, while a small airport, outdoes itself for its size. Plus, where else can you buy a 12 pack of famous local beer (that you can’t buy out of WI) from a prominent display?
13.08.2025 18:50 — 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 7 📌 0I tell my students that PACER is like Geocities and they stare at me like I’m speaking Latin. I then have to switch to “birth of the internet level stuff”
13.08.2025 00:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Elimination of the elimination of cash bail in the states would take state action. Cash bail has been found to be ineffective, to disproportionately target people of color, and disrupt the lives and jobs of many (often innocent) individuals
11.08.2025 15:16 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Let’s keep the receipt
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