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Raffi, I’m truly sorry. I was honored to meet your father at SCOTUS; his warmth and pride in you were unmistakable.
In the Muslim tradition, we say, “From God we come and to Him we return.”
Wishing you and your family strength and gentle days ahead.
In the Muslim tradition, we say, “From God we come and to Him we return.”
Wishing you and your family strength and gentle days ahead.
Many of you have gotten to know my Dad through my stories about his life.
Yesterday, he passed away after a terrible heart attack here at home. We were with him at the end. All of us our devastated by the loss of a truly remarkable man.
For now, here he is at his happiest - with me at SCOTUS.
Yesterday, he passed away after a terrible heart attack here at home. We were with him at the end. All of us our devastated by the loss of a truly remarkable man.
For now, here he is at his happiest - with me at SCOTUS.
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Raffi, I’m truly sorry. I was honored to meet your father at SCOTUS; his warmth and pride in you were unmistakable.
In the Muslim tradition, we say, “From God we come and to Him we return.”
Wishing you and your family strength and gentle days ahead.
In the Muslim tradition, we say, “From God we come and to Him we return.”
Wishing you and your family strength and gentle days ahead.
Mourning mentor and friend, Charles “Chuck” Cole, who led #Steptoe appellate with brilliance and kindness.
Wise, patient, and unfailingly humane in a profession that doesn’t always reward those traits.
He was a man, take him for all in all; I shall not look upon his like again #appellatesky
Wise, patient, and unfailingly humane in a profession that doesn’t always reward those traits.
He was a man, take him for all in all; I shall not look upon his like again #appellatesky
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Mourning mentor and friend, Charles “Chuck” Cole, who led #Steptoe appellate with brilliance and kindness.
Wise, patient, and unfailingly humane in a profession that doesn’t always reward those traits.
He was a man, take him for all in all; I shall not look upon his like again #appellatesky
Wise, patient, and unfailingly humane in a profession that doesn’t always reward those traits.
He was a man, take him for all in all; I shall not look upon his like again #appellatesky
Wow
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Wow
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Move over lawyer dog, it's duck lawyers' time to shine
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving
Wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving
To have it happen once is an unfortunate accident, to have it happen twice…
Are lawyers heeding warnings about hallucinated citations? There were at least 3 hallucinated citation cases JUST YESTERDAY 🤖😵
Cojom v. Roblen digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Schlichter v. Kennedy cases.justia.com/california/c...
Neal v. Frayer digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Cojom v. Roblen digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Schlichter v. Kennedy cases.justia.com/california/c...
Neal v. Frayer digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcont...
cases.justia.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
To have it happen once is an unfortunate accident, to have it happen twice…
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My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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An #AppellateSky aside,
50 Ways to Lose your Writ:
Chorus:
Remedy at law, Shaw
Why were you late, Kate
You filed way too soon, June
Just get yourself screwed
Res judicata, Ata
You don't need to rewrite it
Just get it reviewed, Dude
And get yourself screwed
50 Ways to Lose your Writ:
Chorus:
Remedy at law, Shaw
Why were you late, Kate
You filed way too soon, June
Just get yourself screwed
Res judicata, Ata
You don't need to rewrite it
Just get it reviewed, Dude
And get yourself screwed
Make a new plan, Stan
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
An #AppellateSky aside,
50 Ways to Lose your Writ:
Chorus:
Remedy at law, Shaw
Why were you late, Kate
You filed way too soon, June
Just get yourself screwed
Res judicata, Ata
You don't need to rewrite it
Just get it reviewed, Dude
And get yourself screwed
50 Ways to Lose your Writ:
Chorus:
Remedy at law, Shaw
Why were you late, Kate
You filed way too soon, June
Just get yourself screwed
Res judicata, Ata
You don't need to rewrite it
Just get it reviewed, Dude
And get yourself screwed
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bit.ly/3JOvhG3 he would’ve said “take the deal.” #lawandorder
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
bit.ly/3JOvhG3 he would’ve said “take the deal.” #lawandorder
I don’t know any state that doesn’t.
Had a related case once-apparently goes back to ye olde Europe, Montesquieu, separation of powers, and that the authority of the executive branch didn’t rest entirely in the Governor.
Had a related case once-apparently goes back to ye olde Europe, Montesquieu, separation of powers, and that the authority of the executive branch didn’t rest entirely in the Governor.
I know many States do it, but I still cannot quite grasp electing a State's Attorney General separate from its Governor.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I don’t know any state that doesn’t.
Had a related case once-apparently goes back to ye olde Europe, Montesquieu, separation of powers, and that the authority of the executive branch didn’t rest entirely in the Governor.
Had a related case once-apparently goes back to ye olde Europe, Montesquieu, separation of powers, and that the authority of the executive branch didn’t rest entirely in the Governor.
Not saying I once lived in this apartment, but not denying it either.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Not saying I once lived in this apartment, but not denying it either.
Ah, the number of times a lawyer tells a dinner or social gathering about something related to the discussion, to gasps and “they couldn’t do that! It would be against the law!”
O sweet child…. #lawsky
O sweet child…. #lawsky
This is my point again that the electorate has no idea of what's actually going on. Not in some ideological way, so you can argue whether it's good or not, just in a fact way.
Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ah, the number of times a lawyer tells a dinner or social gathering about something related to the discussion, to gasps and “they couldn’t do that! It would be against the law!”
O sweet child…. #lawsky
O sweet child…. #lawsky
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“Navigating state #privacy statutes is rather like untangling spaghetti—one wrong move and you’ve got a sauce-stained lap and an annoyed judiciary.” #appellatesky
December 10, 2024 at 7:57 PM
“Navigating state #privacy statutes is rather like untangling spaghetti—one wrong move and you’ve got a sauce-stained lap and an annoyed judiciary.” #appellatesky
Has she ever been right about anything?
McCaskill: There's people like Sherrod Brown and Roy Cooper that are very happy tonight. We didn't think the senate was going to be in play next year. I think after tonight, it’s in play.
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Has she ever been right about anything?
“Be you ever so high, the law is above you.”
(Thomas Fuller, quoted by Lord Denning in Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers [1978] AC 435.)
The one-line answer to “Don’t you know who I am?” #RuleOfLaw #appellatesky
(Thomas Fuller, quoted by Lord Denning in Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers [1978] AC 435.)
The one-line answer to “Don’t you know who I am?” #RuleOfLaw #appellatesky
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Be you ever so high, the law is above you.”
(Thomas Fuller, quoted by Lord Denning in Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers [1978] AC 435.)
The one-line answer to “Don’t you know who I am?” #RuleOfLaw #appellatesky
(Thomas Fuller, quoted by Lord Denning in Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers [1978] AC 435.)
The one-line answer to “Don’t you know who I am?” #RuleOfLaw #appellatesky
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The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.
Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.
“They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone—the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.” — Brandeis, J., dissenting, Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 478 (1928). #privacy #appellatesky
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone—the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.” — Brandeis, J., dissenting, Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 478 (1928). #privacy #appellatesky
Congratulations to old schoolmate Mosharraf Zaidi, ever a good sport in social-media dust-ups, on being named spokesperson to the Prime Minister of Pakistan; corrections now come with a crest.
At the Tabadlab 2025 Summit today, I spoke to former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi about the overall outlook for Pakistan in 2025
You can watch the full conversation here: youtu.be/JP5ne6Py4TA?...
You can watch the full conversation here: youtu.be/JP5ne6Py4TA?...
2025 Summit | Tabadlab
YouTube video by Tabadlab
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Congratulations to old schoolmate Mosharraf Zaidi, ever a good sport in social-media dust-ups, on being named spokesperson to the Prime Minister of Pakistan; corrections now come with a crest.