Scott Tilsen
@stilsen.bsky.social
Ret. federal defender, (MN & MO) husband, father, bibliophile.
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without ploughing the ground.”
— Frederick Douglass
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without ploughing the ground.”
— Frederick Douglass
Reposted by Scott Tilsen
O, how I wish this was true. The state House of Representatives is tied and the win was in an overwhelmingly DFL district.
March 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
O, how I wish this was true. The state House of Representatives is tied and the win was in an overwhelmingly DFL district.
Why isn’t anyone terrified about the ineffectiveness of sanctuary laws to protect doctors and others in the face of the Extradition clause in the constitution and Supreme Court precedent?
March 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Why isn’t anyone terrified about the ineffectiveness of sanctuary laws to protect doctors and others in the face of the Extradition clause in the constitution and Supreme Court precedent?
I am looking forward to the campus protests demanding support for Ukraine.
March 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I am looking forward to the campus protests demanding support for Ukraine.
At least the dogs and cats will be safe.
February 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
At least the dogs and cats will be safe.
Who wants to bet the geniuses didn’t think about the cost of unemployment insurance and that we will never see a number setting out the net savings, if any.
February 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Who wants to bet the geniuses didn’t think about the cost of unemployment insurance and that we will never see a number setting out the net savings, if any.
The answer, whatever it is , will be frightening.
February 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The answer, whatever it is , will be frightening.
Shield Laws don’t protect reproductive health service providers from criminal prosecution by another state.
I fear for the NY doctor indicted in LA. Extradition between states is both Constitutional & codified under federal law.
See Puerto Rico v. Branstad. See also: The Fugitive Slave Act.
I fear for the NY doctor indicted in LA. Extradition between states is both Constitutional & codified under federal law.
See Puerto Rico v. Branstad. See also: The Fugitive Slave Act.
February 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Shield Laws don’t protect reproductive health service providers from criminal prosecution by another state.
I fear for the NY doctor indicted in LA. Extradition between states is both Constitutional & codified under federal law.
See Puerto Rico v. Branstad. See also: The Fugitive Slave Act.
I fear for the NY doctor indicted in LA. Extradition between states is both Constitutional & codified under federal law.
See Puerto Rico v. Branstad. See also: The Fugitive Slave Act.
This is actually a good idea and has been proposed by several administrations over the past 2 decades. Unfortunately it takes an act of Congress since the power over coinage is specifically given to congress in the constitution
February 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is actually a good idea and has been proposed by several administrations over the past 2 decades. Unfortunately it takes an act of Congress since the power over coinage is specifically given to congress in the constitution
I’m asking other lawyers if they can come up with an answer to this question: In light of the extradition clause can anything stop Louisiana- or any state - from extraditing doctors charged with providing abortion medicine from their home states if indicted?
February 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’m asking other lawyers if they can come up with an answer to this question: In light of the extradition clause can anything stop Louisiana- or any state - from extraditing doctors charged with providing abortion medicine from their home states if indicted?