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Owen Barcala

@obarcala.bsky.social

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I would prefer not to. NM civil litigator. Trials, appeals, plaintiff, defense, you name it. Opinions are my own, not my firm's

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 6h

There is an inverse relationship between the softness of a towel and its effectiveness in drying

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 1d

Demonstrating once again that, by holding that partisan gerrymandering is a nonjusticiable “political question,” SCOTUS set up a situation in which voters and their representatives are essentially punished in Congress if they choose to run their own states fairly.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina Republicans announced today they’re going to pass a new congressional map to draw a Dem out of Congress; they already did last cycle, going from 7-7 to 10-4. Thus would be 11-3. t.co/XLJIhe8vZn

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 8h

I don't think I've heard her speak before so I didn't realize she was so insufferably self-important

Resignation letter heard 'round the world, good god

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 8h

The whole free markets and personal liberties thing didn't work out how they expected, huh

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 9h

JUST IN: Judge Smith says the Trump administration is violating his order prohibiting FEMA from conditioning grants to states on their willingness to assist with immigration enforcement.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 1d

And we think litigation today takes way too long

In 1500, during his third voyage to the Americas, Columbus was arrested and dismissed from his posts. He and his sons, Diego and Fernando, then conducted a lengthy series of court cases against the Castilian Crown, known as the pleitos colombinos, alleging that the Crown had illegally reneged on its contractual obligations to Columbus and his heirs.[94] The Columbus family had some success in their first litigation, as a judgment of 1511 confirmed Diego's position as viceroy but reduced his powers. Diego resumed litigation in 1512, which lasted until 1536, and further disputes initiated by heirs continued until 1790.

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 1d

Tastes like pizza 🤷‍♂️

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 1d

Like I said, cobbled together 🤪

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 1d

Another example of tweeting leads to eating. I saw someone make a Detroit-style pizza and decided to cobble something together from stuff in the pantry.

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 1d

"I think that's dumb."

"Whoaaa, look at the thought police over here, policing my thoughts."

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2d

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 2d

Plan is going flawlessly, by the way. Everyone from random MSNBC viewers to the President of the United States thinks you've made up your mind on the vast majority of these cases. Good luck selling books though.

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 2d

"We had to say 'because we can,' otherwise people might think we've already made up our minds."

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 2d

There's a wide gulf between writing a long opinion and saying essentially nothing about what you're doing or why

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 2d

I was just watching the 2017 Mummy reboot with Tom Cruise and for the first half I thought, This is fun, why did no one like this?

Then in the second half, Russell Crowe was revealed as Dr. Jeykll and I was like, Ohh, that tracks...

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 3d

Turns out it was COVID, flu, and Tdap. Both arms are down.

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 3d

My wife scheduled me for a COVID booster on my arm day 🙃

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d

UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵

OPINION AND ORDER
Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division
of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This
tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even
the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one
state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such
a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such
an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas
have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 4d

A little moment in my newest James Gunn interview www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 4d

JUST IN: U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui refuses an indictment DC US Atty's office got from DC Superior Court grand jury after US District Court grand jury refused to indict. Faruqui calls indictment "facially invalid." Govt to appeal to Boasberg. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 4d

*desperately trying to figure out what people actually do at job I'm not qualified for*

"Hey, here's a fun game, why doesn't everyone send an email talking about how they spend their working ours?!"

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 4d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not a rally guy but the way this is upsetting the worst people in the country really makes me want to attend

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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David Kluft @dkluft.bsky.social · 4d

#LegalEthics Tidbit: How can I turn an innocent Zelle transfer error into a one-year suspension?

An OH attorney inadvertently Zelle-transferred $550 to a man in Illinois who had the same name as attorney’s husband. The Illinois man contacted his bank & was ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law

Image by Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels. Woman checking phone in restaurant.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5d

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5d

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5d

Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

Read the indictment returned against New York AG Letitia James, via @lawfaremedia.org:

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 5d

Well, it's sort of about the broader fact that the US Attorney for EDVa will evidently indict people for anything