Joe Dudek
@joedudekjd.bsky.social
Maryland attorney specializing in appeals and insurance coverage.
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Joe Dudek
@joedudekjd.bsky.social
· Oct 4
Among other things, his capacity for needless cruelty appears to know no bottom.
It is very funny when the NFL refs describe an offensive formation or somebody’s downfield contact as “illegal.”
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It is very funny when the NFL refs describe an offensive formation or somebody’s downfield contact as “illegal.”
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
• James Taylor, Hourglass
• Ben Folds, Supersunnyspeedgraphic
• Motion City Soundtrack, Commit This to Memory
• Sara Bareilles, Kaleidoscope Heart
• John Mayer, Sob Rock
• James Taylor, Hourglass
• Ben Folds, Supersunnyspeedgraphic
• Motion City Soundtrack, Commit This to Memory
• Sara Bareilles, Kaleidoscope Heart
• John Mayer, Sob Rock
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Trombone Shorty
Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O
Fred Wesley (I think with the JBs, but maybe the Horny Horns)
Maceo Parker
Buddy Guy
Trombone Shorty
Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O
Fred Wesley (I think with the JBs, but maybe the Horny Horns)
Maceo Parker
Buddy Guy
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Weird Al Yankovic
G3 (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Ben Folds (Five) (x5)
Nine Inch Nails
Regina Spektor
Weird Al Yankovic
G3 (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Ben Folds (Five) (x5)
Nine Inch Nails
Regina Spektor
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
• James Taylor, Hourglass
• Ben Folds, Supersunnyspeedgraphic
• Motion City Soundtrack, Commit This to Memory
• Sara Bareilles, Kaleidoscope Heart
• John Mayer, Sob Rock
• James Taylor, Hourglass
• Ben Folds, Supersunnyspeedgraphic
• Motion City Soundtrack, Commit This to Memory
• Sara Bareilles, Kaleidoscope Heart
• John Mayer, Sob Rock
Initialisms do not take a second period when they end a sentence.
Two victims have been identified and a suspect has been named in yesterday's National Guard shooting in Washington D.C..
Here's everything we know.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Here's everything we know.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Washington D.C. National Guard Shooting: Everything We Know
The two victims have been identified, and a suspect has been named
www.rollingstone.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Initialisms do not take a second period when they end a sentence.
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On this Thanksgiving Day, I remain grateful for the best/worst teaching eval I’ve ever received.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
On this Thanksgiving Day, I remain grateful for the best/worst teaching eval I’ve ever received.
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Of course the first American pope has Turkey for Thanksgiving.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
In Turkey, Pope Meets Erdogan With Message of Outreach
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Of course the first American pope has Turkey for Thanksgiving.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
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The Trump administration’s lethal strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific “suggest that the U.S. executive holds a license to kill—one that could potentially be wielded within U.S. borders,” writes @bcfinucane.bsky.social.
America Unbound in the Caribbean
The real costs of Washington’s use of force.
fam.ag
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Happy Erev Thanksgiving to all who celebrate!
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Happy Erev Thanksgiving to all who celebrate!
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
Every part of this pod is great. Get ready for tomorrow!
open.spotify.com/episode/02p3...
open.spotify.com/episode/02p3...
Thanksgiving Prep: An Optimist’s Guide to Dinner Table Debate
open.spotify.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Every part of this pod is great. Get ready for tomorrow!
open.spotify.com/episode/02p3...
open.spotify.com/episode/02p3...
Erin Hawley is a well-connected, middling lawyer. That might be the best we can hope for right now.
Whether it is from citations, top-tier placements, or arguing in court in front of like-minded justices, there is value and reward in taking positions that will make people's lives worse off.
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
The Lawyer Who Killed Roe Is About to Get a Promotion
Erin Hawley has devoted her career to rolling back the civil rights of vulnerable Americans. Now she is poised to become a circuit court judge.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Erin Hawley is a well-connected, middling lawyer. That might be the best we can hope for right now.
Baltimore’s mayor absolutely slaps sometimes.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrjM1yYC/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrjM1yYC/
Mayor #BrandonScott on the dumbest question he’s ever been asked by a reporter
TikTok video by Channel 5 News
www.tiktok.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Baltimore’s mayor absolutely slaps sometimes.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrjM1yYC/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrjM1yYC/
The Supreme Court designed by the Constitution is not up to this task. Worse, the current justices believe that it is.
Feels as though these questions require a real clear-eyed look at the relationship between Congress and the executive, and the implications of this moment for separation of powers
NGL I am not confident SCOTUS is up to the task
NGL I am not confident SCOTUS is up to the task
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Supreme Court designed by the Constitution is not up to this task. Worse, the current justices believe that it is.
Lord, give me the confidence of a Chotiner interviewee and the wisdom to never become one.
Another good reason to avoid being on X is that Isaac Chotiner could start asking you questions there at any time
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Lord, give me the confidence of a Chotiner interviewee and the wisdom to never become one.
Hey, remember when the Senate Republicans confirmed Bove to a lifetime judgeship? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Hey, remember when the Senate Republicans confirmed Bove to a lifetime judgeship? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Germans going to have to make?
F.D.R.: The big concession is they stop fighting and don't take any more land.
F.D.R.: The big concession is they stop fighting and don't take any more land.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Germans going to have to make?
F.D.R.: The big concession is they stop fighting and don't take any more land.
F.D.R.: The big concession is they stop fighting and don't take any more land.
It's “reach out,” Amy.
NEW: Amid reports that the U.S. DOGE Service is "dead," alleged Acting Administrator Amy Gleason breaks her silence on LinkedIn: “I’m alive.”
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It's “reach out,” Amy.
As the United States Supreme Court emphatically reaffirmed, the role of the federal government in addressing race-based discrimination is “exceedingly limited.” Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 502 (1954).
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
As the United States Supreme Court emphatically reaffirmed, the role of the federal government in addressing race-based discrimination is “exceedingly limited.” Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 502 (1954).
This was inevitable and will be entertaining: Judge Boasberg holding Judge Bove in contempt of court.
BREAKING: In Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry, Plaintiffs include Emil Bove, now a Third Circuit judge, on their list of potential witnesses. Others include Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign—both of whom Boasberg mentioned as likely witnesses—and Yaakov Roth, a senior official in DOJ's Civil Division.
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This was inevitable and will be entertaining: Judge Boasberg holding Judge Bove in contempt of court.
In January, we froze refugee admissions. Now, we're deporting refugees. And for what? To punish people for needing refuge?
We were strangers in the land of Egypt.
We were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In January, we froze refugee admissions. Now, we're deporting refugees. And for what? To punish people for needing refuge?
We were strangers in the land of Egypt.
We were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Silly dog, that's not how you sit on a couch.
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Silly dog, that's not how you sit on a couch.
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The lawyer who wrote this brief was a favorite clerk of Chief Justice Roberts and then-Judge Kavanaugh, who are both typically very hostile to campaign finance regulations.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The lawyer who wrote this brief was a favorite clerk of Chief Justice Roberts and then-Judge Kavanaugh, who are both typically very hostile to campaign finance regulations.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
BREAKING: New legal filing in important legal case says surprising things. [Link to news website.]
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Howdy. Yeehaw. Y'all.
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ⓘ This user lives in Seattle
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
BREAKING: New legal filing in important legal case says surprising things. [Link to news website.]
ⓘ This user did not include a link to the filing itself
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“The Justice Department should never have brought such an astoundingly shoddy case” against James Comey, @qjurecic.bsky.social argued in September. That decision, she added, was “an indication of how thoroughly Trump has been able to corrupt the department.”
The Comey Indictment Is an Embarrassment
The Justice Department should never have brought such a shoddy case.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“The Justice Department should never have brought such an astoundingly shoddy case” against James Comey, @qjurecic.bsky.social argued in September. That decision, she added, was “an indication of how thoroughly Trump has been able to corrupt the department.”
Federalism But Only When Out of Power was one of Jessica Bulman-Pozen’s earliest research agendas.
NEW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s devotion to state sovereignty has long been central to his political identity.
Yet he has helped President Donald Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.
Yet he has helped President Donald Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Long a Defender of States’ Rights, Embraces Trump’s Push to Expand Presidential Power
Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Abbott’s political identity. Yet he has helped Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Federalism But Only When Out of Power was one of Jessica Bulman-Pozen’s earliest research agendas.
Well, we’re back to malice tempered by incompetence. 🤷🏼♂️
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Well, we’re back to malice tempered by incompetence. 🤷🏼♂️