Dahlia Lithwick
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
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Forgive me for tagging you @dahlialithwick.bsky.social , but this is an important read and you have a wider reach.
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Forgive me for tagging you @dahlialithwick.bsky.social , but this is an important read and you have a wider reach.
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@joycewhitevance.bsky.social While listening to @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Amicus #podcast episode 430, I tagged your Giving Up Is Unforgivable #audiobook version for future #reading. Tia!
#Booksky #Law
#Libby #Politics
#Booksky #Law
#Libby #Politics
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social While listening to @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Amicus #podcast episode 430, I tagged your Giving Up Is Unforgivable #audiobook version for future #reading. Tia!
#Booksky #Law
#Libby #Politics
#Booksky #Law
#Libby #Politics
With @mjsdc.bsky.social and Marc Busch of Georgetown on what real, actual economists think about tariffs (and why Trump is likely gonna lose this one)
The Supreme Court Might Actually…Say No to Trump?
It seems like the tariffs aren’t long for this world, but you never know with this court.
slate.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
With @mjsdc.bsky.social and Marc Busch of Georgetown on what real, actual economists think about tariffs (and why Trump is likely gonna lose this one)
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AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Unbelievable but believable.
BREAKING: The Justice Department said it would file an appeal after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to pay food stamps in full this month www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Unbelievable but believable.
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BREAKING:
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
BREAKING:
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
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NEWS:
Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people
Trump is seeking to reverse a Biden policy that allowed transgender applicants to choose male, female or "X" as gender markers.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
NEWS:
Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Your reminder that the Roberts Court's apparent unwillingness to serve as Trump's privy council in the tariffs case is an anomaly
mais bien sûr
BREAKING: #SCOTUS lifts block on Trump policy mandating U.S. passports show gender at birth. Apparent 6-3 ruling. Jackson dissents for liberals. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Your reminder that the Roberts Court's apparent unwillingness to serve as Trump's privy council in the tariffs case is an anomaly
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NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends
equal protection principles than displaying their country of
birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to
a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential
treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to
establish that the Government’s choice to display biological
sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to
harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the
State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de-
clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex-
pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiacrtgoecxjy5y7ojz7xzbun4c4nwutjcvqn4qb4p25ldpt6va5lu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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#BREAKING: #SCOTUS grants yet another stay to the Trump administration, putting back into place a new State Department policy requiring passports to display their bearers' biological sex at birth.
Justice Jackson (joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan) once again dissents.
Justice Jackson (joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan) once again dissents.
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Sandwich man leaving court
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Sandwich man leaving court
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Like, is he effectively public-domaining his mark by doing so?
It would be awesome if his narcissism bit him in the ass.
It would be awesome if his narcissism bit him in the ass.
First of all, the incredible corruption of Trump using his own name in official government platforms should be grounds for impeachment. (Note: *Republicans* dubbed ACA “Obamacare.”)
But has anyone investigated the TRADEMARK implications of Trump using his name/brand for government activities?
But has anyone investigated the TRADEMARK implications of Trump using his name/brand for government activities?
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Like, is he effectively public-domaining his mark by doing so?
It would be awesome if his narcissism bit him in the ass.
It would be awesome if his narcissism bit him in the ass.
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Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”
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When Politico is fun, it's very fun lol www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Donald Trump enters his lame duck era
Republicans are starting to contend with the fact that the president will soon be gone, and they'll be fending for themselves.
www.politico.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
When Politico is fun, it's very fun lol www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Besides writers @dahlialithwick.bsky.social, @mjsdc.bsky.social, Fred Kaplan, and a host of others, pieces like this are why I support @slate.com.
@jesspish.bsky.social knocks it out of the park on this compelling story. Also helps explain the maga cult/cults in general. slate.com/news-and-pol...
@jesspish.bsky.social knocks it out of the park on this compelling story. Also helps explain the maga cult/cults in general. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Her Husband Claimed She Was Murdered by the Mob. Hollywood Made a Hit Film About It. The Truth Was Far Darker.
A mythical sheriff, a murder—and a Tennessee town that wants none of it.
slate.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Besides writers @dahlialithwick.bsky.social, @mjsdc.bsky.social, Fred Kaplan, and a host of others, pieces like this are why I support @slate.com.
@jesspish.bsky.social knocks it out of the park on this compelling story. Also helps explain the maga cult/cults in general. slate.com/news-and-pol...
@jesspish.bsky.social knocks it out of the park on this compelling story. Also helps explain the maga cult/cults in general. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Your faith says you can't eat dinner with Jewish people?
Heritage Foundation having a normal one
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Your faith says you can't eat dinner with Jewish people?
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The hed now reads "Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace" and the dek reads "And if so, can conservative feminism fix it?"
✌🏾Conservative feminism✌🏾 is an oxymoron.
✌🏾Conservative feminism✌🏾 is an oxymoron.
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The hed now reads "Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace" and the dek reads "And if so, can conservative feminism fix it?"
✌🏾Conservative feminism✌🏾 is an oxymoron.
✌🏾Conservative feminism✌🏾 is an oxymoron.
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The Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats are “blatantly unlawful as a matter of U.S. domestic law—and a quickly spreading stain on whatever is left of the executive branch’s commitment to the rule of law.”
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
188. Five Questions About "Extrajudicial Killings"
There is no obvious legal argument to support President Trump's expanding campaign of strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. And the implications are even scarier.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats are “blatantly unlawful as a matter of U.S. domestic law—and a quickly spreading stain on whatever is left of the executive branch’s commitment to the rule of law.”
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
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Sen. Grassley and Rep. Jordan don't like judges talking to the press, at least about certain things.
They just sent a letter to the Chief Justice that includes:
They just sent a letter to the Chief Justice that includes:
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Sen. Grassley and Rep. Jordan don't like judges talking to the press, at least about certain things.
They just sent a letter to the Chief Justice that includes:
They just sent a letter to the Chief Justice that includes:
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Think back to how you felt a year ago when Trump was reelected.
Now think about how you feel after last night's election.
You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out.
You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off.
Remember this.
Now think about how you feel after last night's election.
You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out.
You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off.
Remember this.
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Think back to how you felt a year ago when Trump was reelected.
Now think about how you feel after last night's election.
You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out.
You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off.
Remember this.
Now think about how you feel after last night's election.
You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out.
You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off.
Remember this.
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"...we are at the stage — as Trump continues to murder-bomb people on a three degree of separation in an undeclared not-war not-drug action — where a right wing Justice asks whether Congress can cede their most fundamental authorities."
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"...we are at the stage — as Trump continues to murder-bomb people on a three degree of separation in an undeclared not-war not-drug action — where a right wing Justice asks whether Congress can cede their most fundamental authorities."
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Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
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Last night was huge rejection of Trump's plan to rig midterms:
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Voters soundly reject Trump's plot to rig the next election
On Tuesday, Democrats passed new congressional maps, defeated GOP attempts to make it harder to vote, and protected pro-democracy judges.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Last night was huge rejection of Trump's plan to rig midterms:
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...