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Chip Stewart
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Doctor of Journalism. Law-talking guy. Chaotic good. Fan of bad sports teams. I have friends everywhere. https://schieffercollege.tcu.edu/faculty_staff/daxton-chip-stewart/

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · Jan 23
I have to admit, I’ve been getting down about the liars and the dirty dirty cheats of the world

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 10h
I got this far in December 6 before wishing you all a Happy Woolseymas. My apologies.

Happy Woolseymas! 92 years since district judge John Woolsey ruled that Ulysses was not obscene and could be legally sold in the US.

Good to celebrate these things while we still can.

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 21h
Are you doing full again at Disney? Just half for me this year

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Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social · 21h
We restored the zip ties on baby Jesus. The #Christmas story is literally about an authoritarian ruler using violence, causing fear, and eventually driving the holy family to become refugees in Egypt. The parallels couldn't be more clear between scripture and our nativity. We're not going anywhere.

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 21h
Still better than that little hill they had in center at Enron Field

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 21h
Nice - congrats!

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 22h
But he can rest on it between pitches or on plays in the infield, which is good for his rickety old man back and legs

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d
Article is better than the headline but

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 1d
Here's a better headline for Axios: "How Trump has normalized racism and racist slurs." Why can't some journalists just call a thing what it is? https://loom.ly/hiKWr58
How Trump flipped America's race conversation
Language that once was disqualifying is now a fixture of national political discourse.
www.axios.com

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Matt @mbunchanumbers.bsky.social · 1d
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

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"smokey stevenson" @kurtblumenau.bsky.social · 1d
down a “Spies Like Us” rabbit hole. I chuckled at the reference to Aykroyd “working as a professional musician in other contexts.” I suppose he has sung lead on one more US Top 40 single than I have.
Wiki snippet from the entry for Paul McCartney’s song Spies Like Us. Allegedly the video was not played by the BBC b/c Dan Aykroyd and Chevy chase appear in it pretending to play instruments and neither is actually on the record

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 1d
One of the most satisfying things was when I was a finalist but didn’t get hired for a big-time job, and when folks in my circles found out who got the it, they all said, who is that?

(fwiw it’s a cursed job and I am so, so lucky it wasn’t me)

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 1d
Make it happen
SMU vs Mizzou

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 1d
Maybe they’ll show it on the common screen of the reeducation camp if we meet the AI chip making quota

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 1d
Likewise Luke’s 6-pack

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 1d
Alas it appears to be in 2027 for the 50th anniversary and not 2026

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 1d
At long last, I say: Take my money

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20th Century Baseball Man @20thbaseball.bsky.social · 1d
I was not expecting this to happen!! I know what I'll be doing on Feb 17 2026 gizmodo.com/star-wars-or...
It's Official: The Original Theatrical Cut of 'Star Wars' Is Coming Back to Theaters
Lucasfilm is celebrating the film's 50th anniversary on February 17, 2027, in the best possible way.
gizmodo.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d
We need to talk about the massive loophole that the Supreme Court just carved into election law over the shadow docket—giving states a free pass to enact patently unconstitutional voting rules within nearly *one year* of an election. A stunning new limit on judicial review. slate.com/news-and-pol...
In practice, what it means right now is that red states like Indiana and Florida will get a free pass to gerrymander racial minorities into oblivion, even if their maps are blatantly illegal and openly racist. That gives a huge advantage to Republicans because in many states, their one neat trick for gaining a partisan advantage is diluting representation for racial minorities to create more safe GOP districts. And so they can now go full steam ahead, changing the rules, rigging the maps, hampering democracy, without worrying about any pesky litigation that will cause for them. That is the sign of a party that’s desperate to cling on to power because it is losing popular support.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1d
Yesterday, Judge Moss held a hearing in NPR v. Trump in which the two sides clashed over the First Amendment.

@mollyroberts.bsky.social describes what occurred in the courtroom, where NPR argued the government is disfavoring speech it disagrees with by cutting its funding.
Hearing Dispatch: NPR Fights Trump on the First Amendment
The plaintiffs argue the government is disfavoring speech it disagrees with. The government barely disputes that.
www.lawfaremedia.org

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d
my measured conclusion upon review of the Supreme Court's order reimposing Texas's racially gerrymander is that the only thing the Republican justices hate more than district court judges is people of color voting

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
The Supreme Court Wants Republicans to Keep the House In 2026
A federal district court found that Texas Republicans’ redistricting proposal is an illegal racial gerrymander. The conservative justices couldn't care less.
ballsandstrikes.org

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 1d
I happen to think Donald Trump getting a prize from the most corrupt organization in the world is actually perfect.

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 1d
FIFA loves an authoritarian

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 1d
"for more than 50 years, the court was often in sync with the masses..However, when we analyze decisions during Roberts’ tenure as chief justice, starting in 2005, we find a negative relationship, indicating that the court has tended to move away from public opinion."
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: When did the Supreme Court stop caring about public opinion?
The court has historically understood the perils of completely ignoring precedent and the will of the people. Chief Justice John Roberts is different.
www.latimes.com

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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 1d
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.

Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT

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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 2d
📍NEXT WEDNESDAY 12/10 at 12:30pm ET: Join a conversation with social scientists and legal scholars focused on efforts to detect and measure chilling effects using scientific methods, how evidence produced by social science is evaluated in court, and more. RSVP: knightcolumbia.org/events/the-s...
The Science of Chilling Effects
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 2d
Don't let anyone tell you that the Commission's DSA enforcement against X is about speech or censorship.

That would, indeed, be interesting. But this is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring laws that would get bipartisan support in the U.S. (I bet similar bills *have* had that support.) 1/

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2d
IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.

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Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.
thebarbedwire.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d
As a Supreme Court justice, my job is to call balls and strikes. Specifically in the style of Angel Hernandez and Doug Eddings.

by John Roberts