Professa Murray
@kalimurray.bsky.social
I am a law professor. The Only Patent Habermasian. Dedicated to bringing a knife to a knife fight. A GREAT LEGAL SCHOLAR.
It would not be surprising to me if Hegseth is the Fall Guy for the National Guard crisis as well. And sometimes you are more like the Jump Guy: as in you are so stupid, everyone gets out your way, as you explain how to jump in the Grand Canyon without a parachute makes you more manly or something.
Lame Duck Watch
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It would not be surprising to me if Hegseth is the Fall Guy for the National Guard crisis as well. And sometimes you are more like the Jump Guy: as in you are so stupid, everyone gets out your way, as you explain how to jump in the Grand Canyon without a parachute makes you more manly or something.
Sometimes it is not a conspiracy; sometimes, it is a policy. Military commanders warned Pete Hegseth that leaving soldiers in open air sites like the Metro would lead to attacks; Pete Hegseth’s Department of War published their location: www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/n....
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Sometimes it is not a conspiracy; sometimes, it is a policy. Military commanders warned Pete Hegseth that leaving soldiers in open air sites like the Metro would lead to attacks; Pete Hegseth’s Department of War published their location: www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/n....
The Trump Administration is a rapidly become a Legitimation Zombie, i.e., he is being afforded respect based on the respect traditionally afforded the President rather than any particularly coherent agenda. And yes, it is quite a problem for our constitutional order.
It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The Trump Administration is a rapidly become a Legitimation Zombie, i.e., he is being afforded respect based on the respect traditionally afforded the President rather than any particularly coherent agenda. And yes, it is quite a problem for our constitutional order.
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Frederick Douglass lived through legalized slavery, attempts by the American Colonization Society to "repatriate" native born free Black Americans to foreign lands they had never been, & legal restriction on the settlement of free Black people in the US. 1/
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
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teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Frederick Douglass lived through legalized slavery, attempts by the American Colonization Society to "repatriate" native born free Black Americans to foreign lands they had never been, & legal restriction on the settlement of free Black people in the US. 1/
As a long-time Metro rider, I want to put the malcompetence of the Trump Administration in stark relief: 98 Metro Stations exist in the DC Metro. We know as early as August 2025, the DHS and “War” Department had troops in ten stations, because their idiots on social media were blasting it.
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As a long-time Metro rider, I want to put the malcompetence of the Trump Administration in stark relief: 98 Metro Stations exist in the DC Metro. We know as early as August 2025, the DHS and “War” Department had troops in ten stations, because their idiots on social media were blasting it.
The National Guard are controlled by the Governors in states. At least nine states have voluntarily sent their National Guard: Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia and Tennessee. My Blue Dots in red states: begin to call your Governor’s and local reps.
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The National Guard are controlled by the Governors in states. At least nine states have voluntarily sent their National Guard: Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia and Tennessee. My Blue Dots in red states: begin to call your Governor’s and local reps.
Sometimes, it is not a conspiracy folks, sometimes, it reflects the priorities of the Administration and it is done right smack in the open.
The guy leading the DHS Counterterrorism is 22 years old: www.propublica.org/article/trum..., and took this picture for his official portrait.
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Sometimes, it is not a conspiracy folks, sometimes, it reflects the priorities of the Administration and it is done right smack in the open.
The Department of Homeland Security was posting video and press clips of the Metro Stations at which the National Guards were stationed: www.war.gov/News/News-St....
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The Department of Homeland Security was posting video and press clips of the Metro Stations at which the National Guards were stationed: www.war.gov/News/News-St....
I am going to predict this probably violates the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965. My general sense of these things is that because President says something, we don’t have to do it anymore.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I am going to predict this probably violates the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965. My general sense of these things is that because President says something, we don’t have to do it anymore.
President Trump’s priorities: decoration, retribution and corruption.
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
President Trump’s priorities: decoration, retribution and corruption.
The President’s response of sending 500 more National Guards is unacceptable as a policy matter; so without any after review of how and why this situation occurred, you are placing more National Guards in danger? A security breach this significant and your response is to send more troops?
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The President’s response of sending 500 more National Guards is unacceptable as a policy matter; so without any after review of how and why this situation occurred, you are placing more National Guards in danger? A security breach this significant and your response is to send more troops?
Stephen Miller, the Vizier of Domestic Security, has redirected the FBI to pursue immigrants, fired key counterterrorism experts, and allowed the agency to be consumed by review of the Epstein Files. Not to mention ordering those Guards to be in an open air situation in the first place.
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Stephen Miller, the Vizier of Domestic Security, has redirected the FBI to pursue immigrants, fired key counterterrorism experts, and allowed the agency to be consumed by review of the Epstein Files. Not to mention ordering those Guards to be in an open air situation in the first place.
Man, I looooove this for Bill Pulte.
Rep. Eric Swalwell's lawsuit against Bil PULTE has been assigned to ... Judge Boasberg.
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Man, I looooove this for Bill Pulte.
I would respectfully decline to interview with the FBI, and then send a clip of the commercial back to the FBI.
Long live the Stuart Constitution.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL CONFIRMS FBI HAS REQUESTED INTERVIEWS WITH SIX U.S. LAWMAKERS WHO WARNED ABOUT ILLEGAL MILITARY ORDERS
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I would respectfully decline to interview with the FBI, and then send a clip of the commercial back to the FBI.
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social stop depressing me. I am still working through the federal government’s release of key data set to the AI Imperium; I need the ghost of Chester Arthur to rest easy this morn.
New Paper: Presidential Control of the Civil Service.
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Presidential Control of the Civil Service
<p>Conventional wisdom treats the federal civil service as largely beyond the president’s reach. This Article challenges that assumption. Legal scholars too oft
papers.ssrn.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social stop depressing me. I am still working through the federal government’s release of key data set to the AI Imperium; I need the ghost of Chester Arthur to rest easy this morn.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
What I have learned from the Trump Adminstration is what its says about the law is excuse my French, bullshit. I suspect a classification that you have already approved for refugee status is a reliance interest and even in immigration law, you would have to meet a sufficient Matthews standard.
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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...
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
What I have learned from the Trump Adminstration is what its says about the law is excuse my French, bullshit. I suspect a classification that you have already approved for refugee status is a reliance interest and even in immigration law, you would have to meet a sufficient Matthews standard.
Two things that would make housing affordable again: properly constituted public hoarding and a wholesale recognition of tenant’s unions.
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Two things that would make housing affordable again: properly constituted public hoarding and a wholesale recognition of tenant’s unions.
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The “presumption of regularity” is a issue in the “ good cause removal” of Lisa Cook. Bill Pulte’s public criminal referral letter relies on a mortgage term in a standard agreement and much like Leticia James, subsequent factual inquiries show that she disclosed her intended use in the application.
Me on DOJ’s behavior: “it’s malevolence *exacerbated* by incompetence. That’s problematic enough for the government’s credibility before federal district judges. But at some point soon, one suspects that the Supreme Court itself may well have to grapple with its consequences—or risk being duped.”
194. Another Bad Week for the Presumption of Regularity
Three different flashpoints highlight how much the Trump administration has done, in such short order, to undermine its own litigation efforts and to damage—perhaps irreparably—DOJ's credibility.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The “presumption of regularity” is a issue in the “ good cause removal” of Lisa Cook. Bill Pulte’s public criminal referral letter relies on a mortgage term in a standard agreement and much like Leticia James, subsequent factual inquiries show that she disclosed her intended use in the application.
What did Our Queen Joyce Carol Oates say:
wherever he goes, he wants to leave’--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
wherever he goes, he wants to leave’--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What did Our Queen Joyce Carol Oates say:
wherever he goes, he wants to leave’--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
wherever he goes, he wants to leave’--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
Woke Colonel Sanders (Ty Cobb) always kills me. And I will say this: every lawyer—like a soldier—swears an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws of their state. It is something we are bound by independent of any particular man.
Ex Trump WH Lawyer Ty Cobb: “The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump, whose desire is to accumulate & abuse power - total authoritarianism… lawyers, judges, the military don’t have to follow illegal orders even though they have been rampantly.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Woke Colonel Sanders (Ty Cobb) always kills me. And I will say this: every lawyer—like a soldier—swears an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws of their state. It is something we are bound by independent of any particular man.
The Master wishes to create a space where only his law matters. The Master wishes us to believe he only has to say something for it to become law. There is fundamental difference, between a statute, passed through democratically accountable means and executive order, the word of one mean.
Donald Trump granted 238 pardons and commutations in his first term. In his second, he has issued nearly 2,000. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lxDoAu
The Meaning of Trump’s Presidential Pardons
The President granted two hundred and thirty-eight pardons and commutations in his first term; less than a year into his second, he has issued nearly two thousand.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Master wishes to create a space where only his law matters. The Master wishes us to believe he only has to say something for it to become law. There is fundamental difference, between a statute, passed through democratically accountable means and executive order, the word of one mean.
You organize your politics by identifying what you need. Ella Baker. It helps you stay focused. What is the need? What I aiming for? It is also a good marker to help you think about the opposition. Quite a bit, I think about Russell Vought’s need, to explain his action.
WELKER: You've also said that President Trump is a despot. Do you still believe President Trump is a threat to democracy?
MAMDANI: Everything I've said in the past I continue to believe. That's the thing that I think is important in our politics -- we don't shy away from where we have disagreements
MAMDANI: Everything I've said in the past I continue to believe. That's the thing that I think is important in our politics -- we don't shy away from where we have disagreements
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
You organize your politics by identifying what you need. Ella Baker. It helps you stay focused. What is the need? What I aiming for? It is also a good marker to help you think about the opposition. Quite a bit, I think about Russell Vought’s need, to explain his action.
As I said, Russell Vought believes in one thing—executive authority—and also believes in a permanent vanguard of the conservative elite that rule us from within the state: and if that sounds, wild, why yes it is.
DOGE is down to about 45 employees, but others have burrowed their way into government agencies as full time employees. Some are helping Vought's efforts to downsize the government. Others are implementing private AI across government.
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
As I said, Russell Vought believes in one thing—executive authority—and also believes in a permanent vanguard of the conservative elite that rule us from within the state: and if that sounds, wild, why yes it is.