Sean Marotta
@smmarotta.bsky.social
Partner with Hogan Lovells's Appellate and Administrative Litigation groups. Banner image by Art Lien. My GC wants you to know that my postings are my own and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of Hogan Lovells, clients, or personnel.
My nine-year-old nephew scream-singing "Turn Down For What" along with the Thanksgiving Day parade is how you know I am now over 40 and the music from my youth is now People In The Target Demo With Money music.
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My nine-year-old nephew scream-singing "Turn Down For What" along with the Thanksgiving Day parade is how you know I am now over 40 and the music from my youth is now People In The Target Demo With Money music.
We're more fractured than we once were, but every year I remain thankful for the friends I've made, a few hundred characters at a time.
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We're more fractured than we once were, but every year I remain thankful for the friends I've made, a few hundred characters at a time.
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Come for the APA claims, stay for the 42-page state standing analysis regarding downstream effects of the MAHA certification for single Turkey on the Minnesota poultry industry.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Come for the APA claims, stay for the 42-page state standing analysis regarding downstream effects of the MAHA certification for single Turkey on the Minnesota poultry industry.
Longing for the halcyon days of the NALP plan, antitrust be damned.
The biggest law firms’ intensive recruiting of first-year students has spread to smaller rivals, with some making offers even before first-semester grades are in.
Big Law’s Pushy Recruiting Pressures First-Semester Students
The biggest law firms’ intensive recruiting of first-year students has spread to smaller rivals, with some making offers even before first-semester grades are in.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Longing for the halcyon days of the NALP plan, antitrust be damned.
BREAKING: A coalition of 17 Blue States has filed suit in D.C. district court to vacate the turkeys' MAHA certifications under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Trump: "Despite their size, Secretary Kennedy has formally certified that these are the first ever MAHA turkeys. They could be fat, but they're still MAHA. They've been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, to allow the smoothies and all the other things they have been eating for this occasion."
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
BREAKING: A coalition of 17 Blue States has filed suit in D.C. district court to vacate the turkeys' MAHA certifications under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
For being what some consider an "elite" attorney, I really, really hate direct conflict and therefore was never cut out for trial-court litigation.
"Raffi I don't understand why you hate depositions"
And, here is Bovino's third day of depositions, November 4: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For being what some consider an "elite" attorney, I really, really hate direct conflict and therefore was never cut out for trial-court litigation.
Man. I am so mad at the person who scheduled my dentist appointment for 8 am.
(It's me.)
(It's me.)
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Man. I am so mad at the person who scheduled my dentist appointment for 8 am.
(It's me.)
(It's me.)
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My mentor Professor in history sat me down and said “have you looked at the salaries for full professors in history?”
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My mentor Professor in history sat me down and said “have you looked at the salaries for full professors in history?”
I really, really, really liked the rules to games as a kid.
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I really, really, really liked the rules to games as a kid.
Or is the Librarian not allowed to purchase books for the Supreme Court's law library because there is no Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
#textualism
#textualism
Except ... the U.S. Code uses "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court" in 2 U.S.C. § 135.
Reminder: John Roberts is the Chief Justice of the United States. He is not the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. It doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme, but if you get it wrong, SCOTUS watchers will judge you!
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Or is the Librarian not allowed to purchase books for the Supreme Court's law library because there is no Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
#textualism
#textualism
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Every once in a while during a SCOTUS argument, someone will call the Justices "judges," and sometimes they get snippy about that. One time when it happened, (I think) Justice Stevens very kindly noted that Article III uses the word "judges" to include the ones on the Supreme Court.
Reminder: John Roberts is the Chief Justice of the United States. He is not the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. It doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme, but if you get it wrong, SCOTUS watchers will judge you!
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Every once in a while during a SCOTUS argument, someone will call the Justices "judges," and sometimes they get snippy about that. One time when it happened, (I think) Justice Stevens very kindly noted that Article III uses the word "judges" to include the ones on the Supreme Court.
Good on the judge and the courthouse's director of security for standing their ground and getting ICE to back off, even under harrowing circumstances.
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good on the judge and the courthouse's director of security for standing their ground and getting ICE to back off, even under harrowing circumstances.
My sons' public school does an annual Thanksgiving luncheon, which families are invited to attend. I get to work from home when I want, generally speaking, so I went, though my older son was anxious I might not be coming because parking was crowded and so it took me a few minutes to get inside. /1
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
My sons' public school does an annual Thanksgiving luncheon, which families are invited to attend. I get to work from home when I want, generally speaking, so I went, though my older son was anxious I might not be coming because parking was crowded and so it took me a few minutes to get inside. /1
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"I bet the media won't even cover this" watch, part ♾️
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"I bet the media won't even cover this" watch, part ♾️
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Wonderful! @judgedillard.bsky.social is an especially good egg.
It was just a joy to see @judgedillard.bsky.social receive the Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence at tonight’s NCSC dinner. Such a worthy recognition of an exemplary ambassador for the American bench.
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Wonderful! @judgedillard.bsky.social is an especially good egg.
This is a fantastic thread and reflects a good deal of what I do. I would also add that if you are writing a dense email, like a short legal analysis that wouldn't go into a memo, draft the email in Word and copy-paste to email. Don't try to compose it directly in Outlook.
A gentle thought, though: If you are a law student or early career attorney, and considering using AI because professional emails are intimidating to you (they were to me! I didn’t know lawyers), here are some tips you can use, instead of chatwhatthefuckever:
You do not need AI to "punch up" your email. Just send it and move on with your life, Dostoevsky.
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is a fantastic thread and reflects a good deal of what I do. I would also add that if you are writing a dense email, like a short legal analysis that wouldn't go into a memo, draft the email in Word and copy-paste to email. Don't try to compose it directly in Outlook.
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Foley Square at sunrise. It’s an oral argument day here in New York.
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ah. Well, then.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ah. Well, then.
In an opinion from noted anti-Trumpist . . .
(Checks notes)
. . . Trump appointee and former Texas Supreme Court justice Jeff Brown.
(Checks notes)
. . . Trump appointee and former Texas Supreme Court justice Jeff Brown.
BREAKING: A three-judge court blocks Texas from using the congressional map passed by its Republican-controlled legislature in August for the 2026 midterms as part of the gerrymandering fight sparked by President Trump. An appeal to the Supreme Court is expected
www.courtlistener.com/docket/60654...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/60654...
Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction – #1437 in Leagu...
Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
www.courtlistener.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In an opinion from noted anti-Trumpist . . .
(Checks notes)
. . . Trump appointee and former Texas Supreme Court justice Jeff Brown.
(Checks notes)
. . . Trump appointee and former Texas Supreme Court justice Jeff Brown.
Explicate the multicircuit lottery.
Question 25:
Brag on yourself.
There’s something you do better than literally everyone else. What is it?
Brag on yourself.
There’s something you do better than literally everyone else. What is it?
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Explicate the multicircuit lottery.
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TIL that this state court rule exists and I think @smmarotta.bsky.social's next mission in life should be getting a federal district court to adopt it. What do you say #lawsky?
C'mon Sean you can do it I believe in you.
C'mon Sean you can do it I believe in you.
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
TIL that this state court rule exists and I think @smmarotta.bsky.social's next mission in life should be getting a federal district court to adopt it. What do you say #lawsky?
C'mon Sean you can do it I believe in you.
C'mon Sean you can do it I believe in you.
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I say this often to new attorneys: one of the most important things to remember is that you will NOT be a fit for every client, and that’s okay. We are human beings first, attorneys second - not the other way around. If you prioritize appealing to everyone and lose yourself, you’ve lost.
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I say this often to new attorneys: one of the most important things to remember is that you will NOT be a fit for every client, and that’s okay. We are human beings first, attorneys second - not the other way around. If you prioritize appealing to everyone and lose yourself, you’ve lost.
Okay. Here's the thing with Aaron. The transcriptions aren't always accurate.
Miran says "disinflationary," not "deflationary." Disinflationary is when the rate of inflation declines; deflationary is when inflation goes negative. The latter is REALLY BAD; the former, not so much.
Miran says "disinflationary," not "deflationary." Disinflationary is when the rate of inflation declines; deflationary is when inflation goes negative. The latter is REALLY BAD; the former, not so much.
Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Cutting down net migration to 0, potentially even negative because of the deportations that have been occurring, I think is very deflationary."
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Okay. Here's the thing with Aaron. The transcriptions aren't always accurate.
Miran says "disinflationary," not "deflationary." Disinflationary is when the rate of inflation declines; deflationary is when inflation goes negative. The latter is REALLY BAD; the former, not so much.
Miran says "disinflationary," not "deflationary." Disinflationary is when the rate of inflation declines; deflationary is when inflation goes negative. The latter is REALLY BAD; the former, not so much.
When @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social news hits my inbox.
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social news hits my inbox.