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Nick Smith

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Assistant Professor of Legal Practice and Assistant Director of Academic Achievement and Bar Success at AJMLS. Skeets are not legal advice. Feel free to ask bar exam related questions if you stumble across my profile while studying.

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Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · 24d

Happy pride

The pictures shows my view of a giant pride flag while helping to carry it during the parade at Atlanta Pride. There are other people carrying it and spectators lined along the sidewalk.

Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · Jul 7

The handball rules are incomprehensible

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · Jun 22

There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.

Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · Jun 22

The US has hust dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear sites, according to Trump, bringing American military forces into Israel’s war with Iran.

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Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · Jun 11

It’s a never ending source of pain to be a supporter of the USMNT.

Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · May 18

Good morning Knoxville

The view of the Tennessee river from the back deck of a houseboat. The water is a little murky. The sky is cloudy. But it’s a beautiful morning.

Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · May 17

Look I know buccees doesn’t seem like a great place for vegetarians to find food. But the one one I75 north of Atlanta has a veggie burrito with chipotle pimento cheese. It’s delicious.

Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · May 10

a cartoon character from bob 's burgers is making a funny face .

Alt: a cartoon character, Tina Belcher, from bob 's burgers is making a funny face while saying “uuuhhhhhh”

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Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · May 10

What the fuck was Miranchuk thinking

Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · May 5

About six months ago I, tragically, broke a bottle of garam masala. The vacuum that I used to clean up my mess to this day smells like masala every time I use it. Follow me for more housekeeping hacks.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Apr 23

This is straight authoritarianism!

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Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · Apr 23

I do it to myself every spring semester, but the absolute pile of things to grade before the semester is over might just be the death of me.

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Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · Apr 12

Nearly a 1,000 student visas invoked by Sec. of State Rubio and counting.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · Apr 14

The American President pardons guilty insurrectionists but allows innocent men to rot in foreign prisons.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Apr 11

Has the Supreme Court really become so woke that it's demanding an innocent man be returned from an El Salvador torture prison?

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Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · Apr 11

If you happen to see a headline soon that says “five idiots struck by lighting and then completely frozen to death” it’s because me and my friends are the world’s worst at picking weekends to go camping.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Apr 10

Wow. This is the full document submitted by Rubio against Mr. Khalil invoking INA 237(a)(4)(C).

The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
FROM: Marco Rubio MA
SUBJECT: (SBU) Notification of Removability Determinations under Section
237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
(SBU) I am writing to inform you that upon notification from the Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Investigations (DHS/ICE/HSI) on March 7, 2025, I have determined that
and Mahmoud Khalil (DOB: 01-JAN-1995; POB: Algeria),
both U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs), are deportable aliens under INA section 237(a)(4)(C). I understand that ICE now intends to initiate removal charges against them, based on assurances from DHS/ICE/HSI.
(SBU) Under INA section 237(a)(4)(C)(i), an alien is deportable from the United States if the Secretary of State has reasonable ground to believe that the alien's presence or activities in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States. Under INA section 237(a)(4)(C)(ii), for cases in which the basis for this determination is the alien's past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations that are otherwise lawful, the Secretary of State must personally determine that the alien's presence or activities would compromise a compelling U.S. foreign policy interest.
(SBU) Pursuant to these authorities, I have determined that the activities and presence of these aliens in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences and would compromise a compelling U.S. foreign policy interest. These determinations are based on

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Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · Apr 5

An estimated 30,000 people marched to the Georgia capitol today.

My wife and I standing just outside liberty park in Atlanta. She’s holding a sign that reads “Education Not Deportation” and I’m wearing a T-Shirt that gives instructions for what to say to the police if you are arrested, which is nothing. There are several people holding political signs in the background.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Apr 1

They have been building this snitch culture - report on women getting an abortion, professors engaged in wrongthink, federal employees working on DEI - for years.

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · Apr 1

I’m sure the Stasi wish they’d thought of the phrase “crowdsourced patriotism.”

Twitter post urging people to use a new ICE app to snitch on immigrants

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · Mar 24

Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.

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Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · Mar 23

Agendum sounds ozian

Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · Mar 21

It’s a little embarrassing how empty SoFi is tonight.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · Mar 18

The death penalty in any form is a crime against humanity and I don’t care how far we get down the this brutality is normal road I will never stop saying it

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Mar 14

This is not an impressive defense. Literally every “consequence” of a government shutdown is a description of things Trump and Musk are already doing

Opinion | Chuck Schumer: Trump and Musk Would Love a Shutdown. We Must Not Give Them One.

A government shutdown would lead to real pain for the American people.

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Nick Smith @nicksmith.bsky.social · Mar 14

The republicans control the majority in every part of the federal government. If they need dem votes to pass a budget they should earn them.

Schumer and any other dem who bends the knee and votes for this CR should be primaried.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Mar 11

If a Democratic president said this we would be buried in an *avalanche* of takes about how out of touch they are. People got mad at Pelosi for having too much ice cream!!!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 11

"They have one for $35,000, which is pretty low" -- Trump during his Tesla promotional event with Elon Musk at the White House says he bought a cybertruck for his granddaughter Kai

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