Conrad Z. Risher
@czrisher.bsky.social
(he/him) (Not actually Thomas Hobbes, I just try to be.)
Agreed. The AG needs to understand the law and lawyers but is chiefly a politician and manager so does not need to be or have been a lawyer. The SG's non-lawyering duties are incidental and can be done by someone else.
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Agreed. The AG needs to understand the law and lawyers but is chiefly a politician and manager so does not need to be or have been a lawyer. The SG's non-lawyering duties are incidental and can be done by someone else.
That's not unique to the SG, though, and it's odd that neither US attorneys, who might be purely managers, nor AUSA, whose duty is to represent the US im court, shave the requirement. (Special AUSA must be attorneys. 28 U.S.C. § 543)
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
That's not unique to the SG, though, and it's odd that neither US attorneys, who might be purely managers, nor AUSA, whose duty is to represent the US im court, shave the requirement. (Special AUSA must be attorneys. 28 U.S.C. § 543)
But that's just saying that the SG must be and have been a lawyer, a requirement never made of justices or, for example, the attorney general.
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
But that's just saying that the SG must be and have been a lawyer, a requirement never made of justices or, for example, the attorney general.
A MUCH better article by @maustermuhle.bsky.social for @51st.news that makes more clear how the Trump administration violated the law and the Constitution by deploying the National Guard to Washington, DC, and did so incompetently.
Federal judge: National Guard deployment in DC is ‘unlawful’
The 2,300 Guardsmen aren’t headed home just yet, though.
51st.news
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A MUCH better article by @maustermuhle.bsky.social for @51st.news that makes more clear how the Trump administration violated the law and the Constitution by deploying the National Guard to Washington, DC, and did so incompetently.
A federal judge ruled just today that the deployment of the National Guard to DC was illegal. We don't have to pretend POTUS hasn't given illegal orders. bsky.app/profile/npr....
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb on Thursday ruled that the use of troops in the nation's capital was unlawful. n.pr/47S9WVt
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's troop deployment in D.C.
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb on Thursday ruled that the use of troops in the nation's capital was unlawful.
n.pr
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A federal judge ruled just today that the deployment of the National Guard to DC was illegal. We don't have to pretend POTUS hasn't given illegal orders. bsky.app/profile/npr....
For whale's [heads].
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
For whale's [heads].
Thank you. I hate this stuff so much. Worse, when Gmail loads for me, the Settings icon gets replaced by the Gemini icon after ~1 second so when I try to click on Settings, it claims I wanted to reactivate Gemini.
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Thank you. I hate this stuff so much. Worse, when Gmail loads for me, the Settings icon gets replaced by the Gemini icon after ~1 second so when I try to click on Settings, it claims I wanted to reactivate Gemini.
I know nothing about this but read it as proposing an equivalent to the Seventh Amendment, saying that a case about a bottle of whisky does not merit the cost of trial by jury. Maybe wrong but not presuming guilt. It would seem that the factor should the punishment rather than the alleged crime.
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I know nothing about this but read it as proposing an equivalent to the Seventh Amendment, saying that a case about a bottle of whisky does not merit the cost of trial by jury. Maybe wrong but not presuming guilt. It would seem that the factor should the punishment rather than the alleged crime.
Sarah Churchill would [metaphorically] flay you.
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Sarah Churchill would [metaphorically] flay you.
"jeopardy attaches when the jury is empaneled and sworn.” Martinez v. Illinois, 572 U.S. 833, 839 (2014) (quoting Crist v. Bretz, 437 U.S. 28, 35 (1978)).
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"jeopardy attaches when the jury is empaneled and sworn.” Martinez v. Illinois, 572 U.S. 833, 839 (2014) (quoting Crist v. Bretz, 437 U.S. 28, 35 (1978)).
I'm not sure what article you're thinking of but, in case it helps, @stevevladeck.bsky.social has been talking about the undue power of SCOTUS's selection of its cases for a long time. I _hate_ linking to Substack but: www.stevevladeck.com/p/1-the-rule...
1. The Rule of Four
The debut issue offers an in-depth introduction to the "writ of certiorari," and how it fundamentally transformed the role of the Supreme Court in our constitutional system
www.stevevladeck.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm not sure what article you're thinking of but, in case it helps, @stevevladeck.bsky.social has been talking about the undue power of SCOTUS's selection of its cases for a long time. I _hate_ linking to Substack but: www.stevevladeck.com/p/1-the-rule...
If you've any interest in Dickens, Mil Nicholson has done nine of his works and they're free and they are god-tier narrations, simply astonishingly good. librivox.org/reader/2026?...
Works read by Mil Nicholson | LibriVox
LibriVox
librivox.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If you've any interest in Dickens, Mil Nicholson has done nine of his works and they're free and they are god-tier narrations, simply astonishingly good. librivox.org/reader/2026?...
Let her know it's happening and then, together, see which ones she gets and, for the rest, how close her guess is to reality.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Let her know it's happening and then, together, see which ones she gets and, for the rest, how close her guess is to reality.
As a civil litigator, my profession has contributed its share to the convolutions atop the lobbying, to say nothing of the anti-regulation contingent of the judiciary.
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As a civil litigator, my profession has contributed its share to the convolutions atop the lobbying, to say nothing of the anti-regulation contingent of the judiciary.
Could not this mean that someone shot is four times more likely to survive? (I expect the literature explains why not and welcome the education.)
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Could not this mean that someone shot is four times more likely to survive? (I expect the literature explains why not and welcome the education.)
Risking rudeness, I try not to open Substack links because of their support of White supremacists and, thus, miss out on reading your work. Others may, too. @juliusgoat.bsky.social has suggested you could switch platforms without losing audience or money. Perhaps worthy of your consideration.
A Newsletter Writer Reflects On Leaving Substack
Many of you may be familiar with the brilliant writer A.R. Moxon, writer of the excellent “The Reframe” newsletter. Last year, he moved The Reframe from Substack to Ghost, and has now w…
www.techdirt.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Risking rudeness, I try not to open Substack links because of their support of White supremacists and, thus, miss out on reading your work. Others may, too. @juliusgoat.bsky.social has suggested you could switch platforms without losing audience or money. Perhaps worthy of your consideration.
Risking rudeness: I try not to open Substack links because of their support of White supremacists and, thus, miss out on reading your work. Others may, too. @juliusgoat.bsky.social has suggested you could switch platforms without losing audience or money. Perhaps worthy of your consideration.
A Newsletter Writer Reflects On Leaving Substack
Many of you may be familiar with the brilliant writer A.R. Moxon, writer of the excellent “The Reframe” newsletter. Last year, he moved The Reframe from Substack to Ghost, and has now w…
www.techdirt.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Risking rudeness: I try not to open Substack links because of their support of White supremacists and, thus, miss out on reading your work. Others may, too. @juliusgoat.bsky.social has suggested you could switch platforms without losing audience or money. Perhaps worthy of your consideration.
"Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo, as you mentioned a murder; Churchill's "Marlborough"; and @vermontgmg.bsky.social's "When the Sea Came Alive," an oral history of D-Day; and the Billy Bunter stories mentioned on @theresthistory.bsky.social have been fun.
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo, as you mentioned a murder; Churchill's "Marlborough"; and @vermontgmg.bsky.social's "When the Sea Came Alive," an oral history of D-Day; and the Billy Bunter stories mentioned on @theresthistory.bsky.social have been fun.
Have you seen @omrimarian.bsky.social's GLOW - Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog? They're trying to track all of the federal lawyers' alleged misconduct.
The Government Lawyers Database
glowlaw.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Have you seen @omrimarian.bsky.social's GLOW - Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog? They're trying to track all of the federal lawyers' alleged misconduct.
It's often worse than that, with scientists avoiding studying even female animals so they don't have to consider the effects of menstruation or menopause, meaning they know the difference but don't care.
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's often worse than that, with scientists avoiding studying even female animals so they don't have to consider the effects of menstruation or menopause, meaning they know the difference but don't care.